European foulbrood disease is a broad disease in honey bees caused by a bacterium, Melissococcus plutonius. By now, various herbal and chemical drugs have been tried to control it. In the present study, the effects of different organic extracts of three different bryophytes and a standard drug (positive control) have been tried to control the bacterium in vitro by using agar disc diffusion and micro broth dilution method.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/using-bryophytes-tool-cure-european-foulbrood-disease-honey-bee-eco-friendly
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/dheeraj-gahtori
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/preeti-chaturvedi
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/shivom-singh
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/current-science
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/honey-bees
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/micro-organisms
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/diseases