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    • A method for semi-field rearing of Varroa destructor (Acari: Varroidae) to obtain mites of controlled age and specific life cycle 

      Muntaabski, Irina; Russo, Romina Maria; Liendo, María Clara; Landi, Lucas; Lanzavecchia, Silvia Beatriz; Scannapieco, Alejandra Carla (Les Amis d'Acarologia, 2023-03)
      Varroa destructor is one of the most devastating ectoparasites of the honey bee, Apis mellifera, worldwide. Given that V. destructor has very low survivability and exhibits no successful reproduction away from their natural ...

    • Age‑performance and intensity of grooming behavior toward Varroa destructor in resistant and susceptible Apis mellifera colonies 

      Russo, Romina Maria; Landi, Lucas; Muntaabski, Irina; Liendo, María Clara; Pietronave, Hernan Pablo; Merke, Julieta; Rodriguez, Graciela Adriana; Palacio, María Alejandra; Basilio, Alicia Mabel; Lanzavecchia, Silvia Beatriz; Scannapieco, Alejandra Carla (Springer, 2022-10)
      Grooming behavior confers resistance to honey bees against Varroa destructor, being of interest to social immunity studies and breeding programs. The objective of this study was to characterize at the individual level the ...

    • Assessing the role of key genes involved in the reproductive success of the honey bee parasite Varroa destructor 

      Muntaabski, Irina; Salvador, Ricardo; Russo, Romina Maria; Wulff, Juan Pedro; Landi, Lucas; Liendo, María Clara; Lanzavecchia, Silvia Beatriz; Scannapieco, Alejandra Carla (BioMed Central, 2025-07)
      The ectoparasite Varroa destructor is the primary global threat to the western honey bee, Apis mellifera. Growing resistance to acaricide-based treatments has spurred interest in alternative control strategies. In this ...

    • Bacterially expressed dsRNA induces Varroa destructor gene knockdown by honey bee-mediated oral administration 

      Muntaabski, Irina; Scannapieco, Alejandra Carla; Liendo, María Clara; Niz, José María; Russo, Romina Maria; Salvador, Ricardo (Taylor and Francis, 2022-02)
      The ectoparasite Varroa destructor causes serious losses of Apis mellifera colonies and negatively impacts the beekeeping industry around the world. New control methods have been proposed based on the RNA interference ...

    • Chromosome-scale genome assembly of the South American fruit fly, Anastrepha fraterculus sp.1 

      Rivarola, Maximo Lisandro; Conte, Claudia Alejandra; Berube, Pierre; Chen, Shu-Huang; Giardini, Maria Cecilia; Scannapieco, Alejandra Carla; Milla, Fabian Horacio; Soria, Maria Celeste; Russo, Romina Maria; Wulff, Juan Pedro; Djambazian, Haig H.; Pomar, Rolando R.; Handler, Alfred M.; Bourtzis, Kostas; Ragoussis, Ioannis; Lanzavecchia, Silvia Beatriz (Wiley, 2025-10)
      Anastrepha fraterculus is a cryptic species complex with at least eight morphotypes distributed across the Americas. Among them, A. fraterculus sp.1, present in Argentina, is a major pest impacting fresh fruit production. ...

    • El comportamiento de acicalamiento de Apis mellifera hacia el ácaro Varroa destructor : Bases fenotípicas y genéticas e implicancia sobre la resistencia a la varroosis 

      Russo, Romina Maria (Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de Buenos Aires, 2023-08)
      Apis mellifera es un insecto polinizador clave y constituye el mayor productor de miel para consumo humano. Uno de los principales patógenos de las abejas melíferas es el ácaro Varroa destructor. Este ectoparásito generalmente ...

    • Distribution and prevalence of Nosema apis and N. ceranae in temperate and subtropical eco-regions of Argentina 

      Pacini, Adriana Cecilia; Mira, Anabela; Molineri, Ana Ines; Giacobino, Agostina; Bulacio Cagnolo, Natalia Veronica; Aignasse, Andrea María Elisa; Zago, Luis Fernando Basili; Izaguirre, Mercedes; Merke, Julieta; Orellano, Emanuel; Bertozzi, Ezequiel; Pietronave, Hernan Pablo; Russo, Romina Maria; Scannapieco, Alejandra Carla; Lanzavecchia, Silvia Beatriz; Schnittger, Leonhard; Signorini, Marcelo (2016-11)
      A total of 361 colonies from 59 apiaries located in two temperate and three subtropical eco-regions were examined during the post-harvest period to determine distribution and prevalence of Nosema spp. Apiaries from subtropical ...

    • Embryogenesis and apoptosis appears as key molecular pathways involved in Varroa destructor reproduction 

      Muntaabski, Irina; Latorre Estivalis, Jose M.; Russo, Romina Maria; Landi, Lucas; Agra, Marcelo Nicolás; Liendo, María Clara; Lanzavecchia, Silvia Beatriz; Scannapieco, Alejandra Carla (Springer, 2023-10)
      In this study, we identified candidate genes associated with the reproductive success of Varroa destructor in Apis mellifera brood cells at a key point in time, the 4th day after host cell capping. First-life cycle reproducing ...

    • Evaluation of a Varroa-resistant Apis mellifera selected stock under a commercial beekeeping system in Northern Argentina 

      Pietronave, Hernan Pablo; Russo, Romina Maria; Giacobino, Agostina; Palacio, María Alejandra; Liendo, María Clara; Lanzavecchia, Silvia Beatriz; Merke, Julieta; Scannapieco, Alejandra Carla (Taylor & Francis, 2025)
      The selection and breeding of Apis mellifera colonies with a natural ability to survive Varroa destructor provide a long-term solution for a sustainable apiculture. In Argentina, a selected honey bee stock showing resistance ...

    • Genetic variation and heteroplasmy of Varroa destructor inferred from ND4 mtDNA sequences 

      Muntaabski, Irina; Russo, Romina Maria; Liendo, María Clara; Palacio, María Alejandra; Cladera, Jorge Luis; Lanzavecchia, Silvia Beatriz; Scannapieco, Alejandra Carla (Springer, 2020-02)
      Varroa destructor, a parasitic mite of the western honey bee, Apis mellifera L., is a serious threat to colonies and beekeeping worldwide. Population genetics studies of the mite have provided information on two mitochondrial ...

    • Grooming Behavior in Naturally Varroa-Resistant Apis mellifera Colonies From North-Central Argentina 

      Russo, Romina Maria; Liendo, María Clara; Landi, Lucas; Pietronave, Hernan Pablo; Merke, Julieta; Fain, Hernan Carlos; Muntaabski, Irina; Palacio, María Alejandra; Rodriguez, Graciela Adriana; Lanzavecchia, Silvia Beatriz; Scannapieco, Alejandra Carla (Frontiers Media, 2020-10-22)
      The Western honey bee, Apis mellifera, is an important species in providing honey and pollination services globally. The mite Varroa destructor is the major threat to A. mellifera, and it is associated with the severe ...

    • El grooming: enemigo de la varroa 

      Russo, Romina Maria; Liendo, María Clara; Landi, Lucas; Pietronave, Hernan Pablo; Merke, Julieta; Muntaabski, Irina; Palacio, María Alejandra; Rodriguez, Graciela Adriana; Lanzavecchia, Silvia Beatriz; Scannapieco, Alejandra Carla (Sociedad Argentina de Apicultores, 2021-07)
      Una de las enfermedades que mayores pérdidas ocasiona a la industria apícola es la Varroosis, causada por el ácaro Varroa destructor. La selección de colonias por el comportamiento de grooming puede ser una respuesta a ...

    • Gut bacteriome analysis of Anastrepha fraterculus sp. 1 during the early steps of laboratory colonization 

      Salgueiro, Julieta; Pimper, Lidia Elena; Segura, Diego Fernando; Milla, Fabian Horacio; Russo, Romina Maria; Asimakis, Elias D.; Stathopoulou, Panagiota; Bourtzis, Kostas; Cladera, Jorge Luis; Tsiamis, George; Lanzavecchia, Silvia Beatriz (Frontiers Media, 2020-10)
      Microbial communities associated to insect species are involved in essential biological functions such as host nutrition, reproduction and survivability. Main factors have been described as modulators of gut bacterial ...

    • Morphometric and genetic characterization as tools for selection of Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae) stocks in an area of natural hybridization in Argentina 

      Litvinoff, Leonardo; Menescardi, Francisco; Porrini, Leonardo; Russo, Romina Maria; Liendo, María Clara; Nucci, Alejandro; Lusarreta, Esteban; Ventura, Rocio; Espasadin, Luna; Monmany-Garzia, A. Carolina; Scannapieco, Alejandra Carla; Galindo Cardona, Alberto (Frontiers Media, 2023-01)
      Beekeepers around the world select bees’ characteristics that facilitate and favor production. In regions where hybridization among lineages is taking place, this selection is a challenge, given that these regions are ...

    • Preliminary genome assembly of the Wolbachia endosymbiont of the South American fruit fly, Anastrepha fraterculus sp. 1. 

      Conte, Claudia Alejandra; Rivarola, Maximo Lisandro; Gonzalez, Sergio Alberto; Russo, Romina Maria; Scannapieco, Alejandra Carla; Wulff, Juan Pedro; Handler, Alfred M.; Ragoussis, Ioannis; Segura, Diego Fernando; Bourtzis, Kostas; Lanzavecchia, Silvia Beatriz (MDPI, 2025-04)
      Wolbachia sp., an alpha-proteobacterium associated with reproductive phenotypes, has been described with a high prevalence in the South American fruit fly, Anastrepha fraterculus (Diptera: Tephritidae). Two Wolbachia ...

    • Reduction in acute bee paralysis virus Infection and mortality in honey bees (Apis mellifera) by RNA interference technology 

      Ferrufino, Cecilia Gabriela; Scannapieco, Alejandra Carla; Russo, Romina Maria; Gonzalez, Fernanda Noemi; Salvador, Ricardo; Dus Santos, Maria Jose (MDPI, 2025-05)
      In Argentina, various studies have reported the detection of multiple viruses in honey-producing and queen-rearing apiaries, with Aparavirus apisacutum, the causal agent of acute bee paralysis (ABP), demonstrating a ...

    • Rendimiento de miel en colonias de Apis mellifera resistentes a Varroa destructor 

      Pietronave, Hernan Pablo; Russo, Romina Maria; Scannapieco, Alejandra Carla (Ediciones INTA; Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Reconquista, 2021-12)
      Un aspecto poco considerado a la hora de mantener poblaciones o colmenas de Apis mellifera que soportan niveles bajos del ácaro Varroa destructor, es la productividad individual de miel. Si bien, la estimación de la ...

    • Stimulus-specific gene expression profiles associated with grooming behavior and Varroa destructor resistance in honey bees 

      Russo, Romina Maria; Pietronave, Hernan Pablo; Conte, Claudia Alejandra; Liendo, María Clara; Basilio, Alicia Mabel; Lanzavecchia, Silvia Beatriz; Scannapieco, Alejandra Carla (Frontiers Media, 2024-07)
      Grooming behavior is one of the mechanisms of social immunity in Apis mellifera. This behavior has been proposed as an active strategy of honey bees to restrain the population growth of the ectoparasitic mite Varroa ...

    • Temporal changes in volatile profiles of Varroa destructor-infested brood may trigger hygienic behavior in Apis mellifera 

      Liendo, María Clara; Muntaabski, Irina; Russo, Romina Maria; Lanzavecchia, Silvia Beatriz; Segura, Diego Fernando; Palacio, María Alejandra; Cladera, Jorge Luis; Fernández, Patricia Carina; Scannapieco, Alejandra Carla (Wiley, 2021-03-16)
      Varroa destructor Anderson & Trueman (Acari: Varroidae) is one of the major contributors to the significant losses of western honey bee, Apis mellifera L. (Hymenoptera: Apidae), colonies worldwide. Hygienic behavior, in ...

    • Understanding the differential performance in hygienic behavior against dead brood of drones and workers of Apis mellifera : a chemical approach 

      Duggan Dowd, Delfina; Muntaabski, Irina; Russo, Romina Maria; Galindo Cardona, Alberto; Scannapieco, Alejandra Carla; Liendo, María Clara (Taylor and Francis, 2025)
      Hygienic behavior is a social health mechanism displayed by honey bee workers of Apis mellifera by which dead or diseased brood is removed from the hive. Such behavior is known to be induced by olfactory cues. The efficiency ...