Special Issue: Honey Bee Viruses

Viruses

Sebastian Gisder²  Elke Genersch¹ 

[1] Institute for Bee Research, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Bee Diseases, Friedrich-Engels-Str. 32, 16540 Hohen Neuendorf, Germany

关键词: Lake Sinai Viruses (LSV);    bee macula-like virus (BeeMLV);    Apis mellifera filamentous virus (AmFV);    chronic bee paralysis virus (CBPV);    Israeli acute paralysis virus (IAPV);    RNAi approach;    honey bee viruses;    Apis mellifera;    Bombus terrestris;   

DOI  :  10.3390/v7102885

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

Pollination of flowering plants is an important ecosystem service provided by wild insect pollinators and managed honey bees. Hence, losses and declines of pollinating insect species threaten human food security and are of major concern not only for apiculture or agriculture but for human society in general. Honey bee colony losses and bumblebee declines have attracted intensive research interest over the last decade and although the problem is far from being solved we now know that viruses are among the key players of many of these bee losses and bumblebee declines. With this special issue on bee viruses we, therefore, aimed to collect high quality original papers reflecting the current state of bee virus research. To this end, we focused on newly discovered viruses (Lake Sinai viruses, bee macula-like virus), or a so far neglected virus species (Apis mellifera filamentous virus), and cutting edge technologies (mass spectrometry, RNAi approach) applied in the field.

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