• Caracterización de la variabilidad genética de colonias comerciales y silvestres de Apis mellifera en Argentina 

      Agra, Marcelo Nicolás (Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, 2018-09)
      La abeja doméstica o abeja melífera, Apis mellifera (Linnaeus, 1758) , es un insecto social perteneciente al orden Hymenoptera, familia Apidae. Esta especie está estrechamente relacionada con la actividad humana a través ...
    • Defensive Behavior and Morphometric Variation in Apis mellifera Colonies From Two Different Agro-Ecological Zones of North-Western Argentina 

      Bianchi, Eliana Mariel; Agra, Marcelo Nicolás; Garcia, Cristina Esther; Gennari, Gerardo Pablo; Maldonado, Luis Maria; Rodriguez, Graciela Adriana; Palacio, María Alejandra; Scannapieco, Alejandra Carla; Lanzavecchia, Silvia Beatriz (Frontiers Media, 2021-09-14)
      European lineages of Apis mellifera were first introduced into America for beekeeping purposes. A subsequent introduction and accidental release of A. m. scutellata resulted in hybridization events that gave rise to ...
    • 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 ...
    • Estrategias de manejo agropecuario en escenarios de sequía 

      Lewczuk, Nuria; Echarte, Laura; Puricelli, Marino Marcelo; Urcola, Hernan Alejandro; Montoya, Marina Rosa; Faberi, Ariel; Panaggio, Nestor Hernan; Gianelli, Valeria Rosana; Alonso, María Ángeles; Divita, Ignacio Federico; Mondino, Eduardo Ariel; Thougnon Islas, Andrea Julieta; Tulli, María Celia; Sainz Rozas, Hernan Rene; Abbate, Pablo Eduardo; Cabral Farias, Carlos Alejandro; Echarte, Laura; Bonelli, Lucas Emmanuel; Edwards Molina, Juan Pablo; Recavarren, Paulo Mario; Leaden, Kevin Alejandro; Cicore, Pablo Leandro; Burges, Julio Cesar; Borracci, Sebastian Emilio; Cambareri, Gustavo Sebastián; Sallesses, Leonardo Fabian; Gyenge, Javier; Fernandez, María Elena; Agra, Marcelo Nicolás (Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Balcarce, INTA., 2022-10)
      Las condiciones hídricas actuales en los partidos que conforman la región sudeste de Buenos Aires (Balcarce, Benito Juárez, Gral. Pueyrredon, Gral. Alvarado, La Madrid, Laprida, Lobería, Necochea, Olavarría, Tandil) son ...
    • Molecular characterization of Apis mellifera colonies from Argentina: genotypic admixture associated with ecoclimatic regions and apicultural activities 

      Agra, Marcelo Nicolás; Conte, Claudia Alejandra; Corva, Pablo Marcelo; Cladera, Jorge Luis; Lanzavecchia, Silvia Beatriz; Palacio, María Alejandra (Wiley Online Library, 2018-08)
      The European honeybee, Apis mellifera L. (Hymenoptera: Apidae), is considered as a main contributor to pollination of important crops and to honey production. Originally, beekeeping in Argentina was performed in an extended ...
    • Selection and hybridization shaped the rapid spread of African honey bee ancestry in the Americas 

      Calfee, Erin; Agra, Marcelo Nicolás; Palacio, María Alejandra; Ramirez, Santiago; Coop, Graham (Public Library of Science, 2020-10)
      Recent biological invasions offer ‘natural’ laboratories to understand the genetics and ecology of adaptation, hybridization, and range limits. One of the most impressive and well-documented biological invasions of the ...