Varroa destructor en Latinoamérica: una introducción a la biología, ecología y control en la región

Giselle Fuentes; Azucena Iglesias; Giulia Mitton; Facundo Ramos; Constanza Brasesco; Matias Maggi

doi:10.52559/eunk.v1i2.30

Autores/as

Giselle Fuentes Instituto de Investigaciones en Producción Sanidad y Ambiente (IIPROSAM), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Centro Científico Tecnológico Mar del Plata, CONICET. Centro de Asociación Simple CIC PBA, Mar del Plata, Argentina; Centro de Investigación en Abejas Sociales, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Mar del Plata, Argentina.
Azucena Iglesias Instituto de Investigaciones en Producción Sanidad y Ambiente (IIPROSAM), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Centro Científico Tecnológico Mar del Plata, CONICET. Centro de Asociación Simple CIC PBA, Mar del Plata, Argentina; Centro de Investigación en Abejas Sociales, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Mar del Plata, Argentina.
Giulia Mitton Instituto de Investigaciones en Producción Sanidad y Ambiente (IIPROSAM), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Centro Científico Tecnológico Mar del Plata, CONICET. Centro de Asociación Simple CIC PBA, Mar del Plata, Argentina; Centro de Investigación en Abejas Sociales, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Mar del Plata, Argentina.
Facundo Ramos Instituto de Investigaciones en Producción Sanidad y Ambiente (IIPROSAM), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Centro Científico Tecnológico Mar del Plata, CONICET. Centro de Asociación Simple CIC PBA, Mar del Plata, Argentina; Agencia Nacional de Promoción Científica y Tecnológica (ANPCyT), Mar del Plata, Argentina.
Constanza Brasesco Instituto de Investigaciones en Producción Sanidad y Ambiente (IIPROSAM), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Centro Científico Tecnológico Mar del Plata, CONICET. Centro de Asociación Simple CIC PBA, Mar del Plata, Argentina; Centro de Investigación en Abejas Sociales, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Mar del Plata, Argentina.
Matias Maggi Instituto de Investigaciones en Producción Sanidad y Ambiente (IIPROSAM), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Centro Científico Tecnológico Mar del Plata, CONICET. Centro de Asociación Simple CIC PBA, Mar del Plata, Argentina; Centro de Investigación en Abejas Sociales, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Mar del Plata, Argentina.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52559/eunk.v1i2.30

Palabras clave:

Apis mellifera, abejas africanizadas, acaricidas, Varroa destructor

Resumen

El ectoparásito de Apis mellifera, Varroa destructor, es uno de los principales problemas para la apicultura mundial. La siguiente revisión indaga en investigaciones relacionadas con la parasitosis, con principal hincapié en los estudios llevados a cabo en Latinoamérica. Desde los primeros registros de la parasitosis y hasta la actualidad, se presenta una recopilación de la biología, ecología, virus asociados a Varroa, mecanismos de control con acaricidas de síntesis y resistencia; como así su interacción con los linajes africanos. Finalmente, se integra y discute la relación de los conocimientos en el área con la actividad apícola y los mecanismos actuales de control natural.

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