Status and Perspective of Disease Resistance Breeding in the Honey Bee

Year 2020, Volume: 3 Issue: 1, 71 - 73, 01.01.2020

Kaspar Bienefeld

Abstract

Breeding for disease/Varroa resistance is much more complex than for production traits. Hygienic behaviour against diseased brood is the most important factor of disease resistance and likely to be controlled by a small number of loci, which affect a bee’s sensitivity to the stimulus of diseased brood. Disease resistance traits are likely to exceedingly benefit from markers-based models for genetic evaluation.

Keywords

Honey bee, Disease resistance, Breeding

Supporting Institution

The study was supported financially by the Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture, and Consumer Protection, Germany (Grant 2808HS009).

Project Number

2808HS009

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