About the Authors
- Lina De Smet
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Contributed equally to this work with: Lina De Smet, Fani Hatjina
* E-mail: lina.desmet@ugent.be
Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Entomology and Bee Pathology, Faculty of Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- Fani Hatjina
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Contributed equally to this work with: Lina De Smet, Fani Hatjina
Affiliation Division of Apiculture, Institute of Animal Science, Hellenic Agricultural Organisation ‘DEMETER’, Nea Moudania, Greece
- Pavlos Ioannidis
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Affiliation Division of Apiculture, Institute of Animal Science, Hellenic Agricultural Organisation ‘DEMETER’, Nea Moudania, Greece
- Anna Hamamtzoglou
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Affiliation Division of Apiculture, Institute of Animal Science, Hellenic Agricultural Organisation ‘DEMETER’, Nea Moudania, Greece
- Karel Schoonvaere
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Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Entomology and Bee Pathology, Faculty of Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- Frédéric Francis
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Affiliation Department of Functional and Evolutionary Entomology, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
- Ivan Meeus
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Affiliation Department of Crop Protection, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- Guy Smagghe
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Affiliation Department of Crop Protection, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- Dirk C. de Graaf
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Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Entomology and Bee Pathology, Faculty of Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Competing Interests
Co-author Prof. Guy Smagghe is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and samples.
Author Contributions
Conceptualization: LDS FH FF IM GS DdG. Data curation: LDS FH. Formal analysis: LDS FH. Funding acquisition: DdG FH. Investigation: LDS FH PI AH KS. Methodology: LDS FH DdG. Project administration: FH DdG. Resources: FH PI AH DdG. Supervision: DdG FH GS FF. Validation: FH DdG. Visualization: LDS FH. Writing – original draft: LDS FH. Writing – review & editing: LDS FF GS IM DdG KS.