Selective Breeding for Low and High Varroa destructor Growth in Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) Colonies : Initial Results of Two Generations
After two years of bidirectional selection for low and high rates of Varroa destructor population growth (LVG and HVG, respectively) in honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies in Ontario, Canada, significant differences between the two genotypes were observed. LVG colonies had V. destructor population increases over the summer of 1.7 fold compared to 9.6 fold for HVG colonies by Generation 2. Additionally, HVG colonies had significantly higher mite infestation rates in adult bees compared to LVG colonies for both selected generations. DWV prevalence and levels were significantly higher in HVG colonies than in LVG colonies in Generation 1 but not in Generation 2. Winter mortality rates of Generation 1 colonies were significantly different at 26% and 14% for the HVG and LVG genotypes, respectively. The results of this study thus far indicate that selection for LVG may result in colonies with lower V. destructor infestation rates, lower prevalence, and levels of DWV and higher colony winter survivorship. Future work will focus on determining what mechanisms are responsible for the genotypic differences, estimating genetic parameters, and molecular analyses of the genotypes to identify candidate genes associated with resistance to V. destructor and DWV that could potentially be used for marker-assisted selection.
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2020 |
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2020 |
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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11 |
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| Enthalten in: |
Insects - 11(2020), 12 vom: 04. Dez. |
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Englisch |
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De la Mora, Alvaro [VerfasserIn] |
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Apis mellifera |
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Date Revised 26.12.2020 published: Electronic Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE |
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10.3390/insects11120864 |
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