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Title:   Author  item
                                            YODER, JAY - Wittenberg Universityitem
                                            HEYDINGER, DERRICK - Wittenberg Universityitem
                                            HEDGES, BRIAN - Wittenberg Universityitem
                                            Sammataro, Dianaitem
                                            DeGrandi-Hoffman, Gloria
  Submitted to: CRC Press
                                    Publication Type: Book / Chapter
                                    Publication Acceptance Date: 5/30/2011
                                    Publication  Date: 1/2/2012
                                    Citation: Yoder, J.A., Heydinger, D.J., Hedges, B.Z., Sammataro, D., Hoffman, G.D. 2012. The critical transition temperature (CTT) of chalkbrood fungi Ascosphaera apis and Ascosphaera aggregata, and its significance for disease incidence. In: Sammataro, D. and Yoder, J., editors. Honey Bee Colony Health: Challenges and Sustainable Solutions. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press. p. 131-134.Interpretive Summary: Predisposing conditions incite chalkbrood disease (Ascosphaera apis) in honey bee colonies either by cooling or warming brood and correspond to an abundance of mummies where temperatures fluctuate widely.  This Chapter describes a novel technique for estimating the temperature where the incidence of chalkbrood is the highest, which may vary according to species and different colonies.  In the laboratory, growth rates for pure fungal isolates of A. apis were determined by measureing the spread of the myucelium in a Petri dish at different temperatures.  Graphical anlaysis shows a temperature where a rapid increase in growth rate occurs, defined as critical transition temperature (CTT).  Of interest is CTT of A. apis matches the temperature where chalkbrood symptoms are seen in a bee colony.  Thus, determination of CTT of the fungus can be an effective tool for gauging the onset and offset of a fungal disease.
                                Technical Abstract: Predisposing conditions incite chalkbrood disease (Ascosphaera apis) in honey bee colonies either by cooling or warming brood and correspond to an abundance of mummies where temperatures fluctuate widely.  This Chapter describes a novel technique for estimating the temperature where the incidence of chalkbrood is the highest, which may vary according to species and different colonies.  In the laboratory, growth rates for pure fungal isolates of A. apis were determined by measuring the spread of the mycelium in a Petri dish at different temperatures.  Graphical analysis shows a temperature where a rapid increase in growth rate occurs, defined as critical transition temperature (CTT).  Of interest is CTT of A. apis matches the temperatue where chalkbrood symptoms are seen in a bee colony.  Thus, determination of CTT of the fungus can be an effective tool for gauging the onset and offset of a fungal disease.


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