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Using bryophytes as a tool to cure European foulbrood disease of honey bee: an eco-friendly approach [1]

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.

 
Publication Date: 
10/08/2011
Dheeraj Gahtori [2], Preeti Chaturvedi [3], Shivom Singh [4]
Current Science [5]
101
3
420-423
Tags:
Honey Bees [6], Micro Organisms [7], Diseases [8]
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[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