Assessing in Vitro Acaricidal Effect and Joint Action of a Binary Mixture Between Essential Oil Compounds (Thymol, Phellandrene, Eucalyptol, Cinnamaldehyde, Myrcene, Carvacrol) Over Ectoparasitic Mite Varroa Destructor (Acari: Varroidae)

Varroa destructor (Anderson & Trueman, 2000) causes the most important parasitosis of beekeeping in the world. For this reason, prevention is needed to avoid colony death. The most typical treatments involve synthetic acaricides. However, the use of these acaricides results in the emergence of r...

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Main Authors: Brasesco Constanza, Gende Liesel, Negri Pedro, Szawarski Nicolás, Iglesias Azucena, Eguaras Martín, Ruffinengo Sergio, Maggi Matías
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2017-12-01
Series:Journal of Apicultural Science
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/jas-2017-0008