MONITORING OF SMALL HIVE BEETLE (AETHINA TUMIDA MURRAY) IN CALABRIA (ITALY) FROM 2014 TO 2016: PRACTICAL IDENTIFICATION METHODS

Monitoring of Small Hive Beetle (Aethina Tumida Murray) in Calabria (Italy) from 2014 to 2016: Practical Identification Methods

The Small Hive Beetle (SHB), Aethina tumida, is an invasive pest of honey bee colonies that causes significant damage to the beekeeping sector.SHB was detected in southern Italy (EU) in 2014 and despite adopted eradication measures, is still present there.After three years of observations of SHB in Calabria (2014-2016), we provide here some practic

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Role of surface modification in zinc oxide nanoparticles and its toxicity assessment toward human dermal fibroblast cells

Mohankandhasamy Ramasamy,1 Minakshi Das,1 Seong Soo A An,1 Dong Acrylic Board Wall Art Kee Yi2 1Division of Bionanotechnology, Gachon University, Seongnam, 2Department of Chemistry, Myongji University, Yongin, South Korea Abstract: The wide-scale applications of zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles (NPs) in ­photocatalysts, gas sensors, and cosmetics

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