Untangling environmental effects on bee health in the face of Varroa

面对瓦螨，解开环境对蜜蜂健康的影响

• 批准号: FT230100478
• 负责人: Dr Rachael Dudaniec
• 金额: $ 65.67万
• 依托单位: Macquarie University
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: ARC Future Fellowships
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2023-07-01 至 2027-06-30
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/FT230100478
• 关键词: Untangling; environmental; effects; bee; health

This project aims to assess bee health, disease and evolution in European honeybees and bumblebees. Bee viruses transmitted by the destructive Varroa mite cause worldwide pollinator declines. Factors determining bee health will be identified across Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom, which differ in Varroa impact and bee introduction histories. Harnessing Australia’s currently threatened Varroa-free status, the bumblebee invasion in Tasmania, and cutting-edge multi-omics techniques (for microbiomes, viruses and genomes), predictors of disease dynamics will be identified for two globally important bee pollinators. The project outcomes will boost Australia's capacity to manage threats to pollination services at landscape scales.

该项目旨在评估欧洲蜜蜂和大黄蜂的蜜蜂健康，疾病和进化。破坏性瓦罗螨传播的蜜蜂病毒导致全球传粉媒介下降。确定蜜蜂健康的因素将在澳大利亚，新西兰和英国各地确定，这些因素在Varroa Impact和Bee引入历史上有所不同。利用澳大利亚目前威胁的无谷地状况，塔斯马尼亚州的大黄蜂入侵以及尖端的多词技术（对于微生物组，病毒和基因组），将为两个全球重要的Bee授粉剂确定疾病动力学的预测指标。该项目的结果将提高澳大利亚在景观量表上管理对授粉服务威胁的能力。