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de Landa GF, Porrini MP, Revainera P, Porrini DP, Farina J, Correa-Benítez A, Maggi MD, Eguaras MJ, Quintana S. Pathogens Detection in the Small Hive Beetle (Aethina tumida (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae)). Neotrop Entomol 2021; 50:312-316. [PMID: 32845459 DOI: 10.1007/s13744-020-00812-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2019] [Accepted: 08/10/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Aethina tumida Murray is currently a worldwide emergent pest of Apis mellifera L. hives. Although the damaging effect on the colony stores and brood is well known, the possible role of these beetles as a disease carrier is not clear. This is the first report of DNA presence of the trypanosome honeybee parasite Lotmaria passim and Crithidia bombi, and the Apis mellifera filamentous virus (AmFV) in A. tumida. Further studies will be needed to determine if A. tumida is indeed a mechanical or biological vector of these pathogens.
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- G Fernandez de Landa
- Centro de Investigación en Abejas Sociales (CIAS), Instituto de Investigaciones en Producción Sanidad y Ambiente (IIPROSAM-CONICET-CIC), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Univ Nacional de Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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- Centro de Investigación en Abejas Sociales (CIAS), Instituto de Investigaciones en Producción Sanidad y Ambiente (IIPROSAM-CONICET-CIC), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Univ Nacional de Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Centro de Investigación en Abejas Sociales (CIAS), Instituto de Investigaciones en Producción Sanidad y Ambiente (IIPROSAM-CONICET-CIC), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Univ Nacional de Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- GENEBSO, INBIOTEC, UNMdP, CONICET, Mar del Plata, Argentina
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- Museo Municipal de Ciencias Naturales de Mar del Plata (Lorenzo Scaglia), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Depto de Medicina y Zootecnia de Abejas, Conejos y Organismos Acuáticos (DMZA:CyOA), Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia (FMVZ), Univ Nacional Autónoma de Mexico (UNAM), Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico
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- Centro de Investigación en Abejas Sociales (CIAS), Instituto de Investigaciones en Producción Sanidad y Ambiente (IIPROSAM-CONICET-CIC), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Univ Nacional de Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Centro de Investigación en Abejas Sociales (CIAS), Instituto de Investigaciones en Producción Sanidad y Ambiente (IIPROSAM-CONICET-CIC), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Univ Nacional de Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Centro de Investigación en Abejas Sociales (CIAS), Instituto de Investigaciones en Producción Sanidad y Ambiente (IIPROSAM-CONICET-CIC), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Univ Nacional de Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Damiani N, Gende LB, Maggi MD, Palacios S, Marcangeli JA, Eguaras MJ. Repellent and acaricidal effects of botanical extracts on Varroa destructor. Parasitol Res 2010; 108:79-86. [PMID: 20838808 DOI: 10.1007/s00436-010-2043-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2010] [Accepted: 08/26/2010] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Extracts of indigenous plants from South America have shown a broad spectrum of bioactivities. No-contaminant and natural substances have recently resurged as control treatment options for varroosis in honey bee colonies from Argentina. The aim of this work was to evaluate the biological activity of botanical extracts from Baccharis flabellata and Minthostachys verticillata on Varroa destructor and Apis mellifera. The acaricidal and insecticidal activities were assessed by the spraying application method. Both ethanolic extracts showed high levels of toxicity against the mites and were harmless to their host, A. mellifera. During the attractive-repellent test, the olfactory stimulus evoked for the extract from B. flabellata resulted as a repellent for mites. The aromatic stimulus of these extracts would be strong enough to cause disturbance on the behavior of V. destructor. Thus, the repellent effect of these substances plus the toxicity on mites postulate these botanical extracts like promising natural compound to be incorporated for the control of varroosis.
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- Natalia Damiani
- Laboratorio de Artrópodos, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Funes 3350 (7600) Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Maggi MD, Ruffinengo SR, Negri P, Eguaras MJ. Resistance phenomena to amitraz from populations of the ectoparasitic mite Varroa destructor of Argentina. Parasitol Res 2010; 107:1189-92. [DOI: 10.1007/s00436-010-1986-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2010] [Accepted: 07/13/2010] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Maggi MD, Ruffnengo SR, Gende LB, Sarlo EG, Eguaras MJ, Bailac PN, Ponzi MI. Laboratory Evaluations ofSyzygium aromaticum(L.) Merr. et Perry Essential Oil AgainstVarroa destructor. Journal of Essential Oil Research 2010. [DOI: 10.1080/10412905.2010.9700278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Maggi MD, Sardella NH, Ruffinengo SR, Eguaras MJ. Morphotypes of Varroa destructor collected in Apis mellifera colonies from different geographic locations of Argentina. Parasitol Res 2009; 105:1629-36. [PMID: 19727820 DOI: 10.1007/s00436-009-1605-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2009] [Accepted: 08/14/2009] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Parasites display considerable phenotypic plasticity in life-history traits such as, body size. Varroa destructor is an ectoparasitic mite of the western honey bee Apis mellifera. Several studies have reported that in V. destructor, there is a wide phenotypic plasticity within a population of mites. However, it is unknown if there are morphologic variations in V. destructor populations affecting different A. mellifera populations. A morphometric study of V. destructor populations was conducted to provide information concerned to the relationships among parasite populations found in different geographic locations from A. mellifera colonies of Argentina. The hypothesis tested was different morphotypes of V. destructor populations parasitizing different A. mellifera populations from Argentina exist. A discriminant analysis employing eight morphologic variables revealed that it is possible to differentiate morphotypes of mites in Argentina. However, the level of discrimination detected among mites population varied according to the grouping of mite's population. Possible causes explaining the morphometric variability in the V. destructor populations were discussed.
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- Matías D Maggi
- Laboratorio de Artrópodos, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Funes, Mar del Plata, Argentina.
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