{"id":3037,"date":"2026-04-17T06:49:54","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T06:49:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/?p=3037"},"modified":"2026-04-17T06:49:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T06:49:54","slug":"rnai-is-effective-against-varroa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apimondia.org\/fra\/rnai-is-effective-against-varroa\/","title":{"rendered":"L'ARNi est efficace contre Varroa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">L'interf\u00e9rence par ARN (ARNi), une technologie mol\u00e9culaire innovante d\u00e9j\u00e0 utilis\u00e9e contre les virus (par exemple le virus des ailes d\u00e9form\u00e9es - DWV), pourrait \u00e9galement \u00eatre utile pour le contr\u00f4le du varroa.<br>Une nouvelle \u00e9tude de l'Universit\u00e9 de Wellington, en Nouvelle-Z\u00e9lande, a rapport\u00e9 un contr\u00f4le efficace des acariens \u00e0 l'aide d'ARNinterf\u00e9rent sp\u00e9cifique au varroa (vadescana), administr\u00e9 par voie orale \u00e0 deux doses diff\u00e9rentes. Les deux doses ont r\u00e9duit les populations d'acariens par rapport au t\u00e9moin non trait\u00e9, avec des niveaux comparables \u00e0 ceux obtenus avec des acaricides synth\u00e9tiques. Le taux de survie des colonies trait\u00e9es \u00e9tait \u00e9galement significativement plus \u00e9lev\u00e9 que celui du groupe t\u00e9moin (45%contre 7,5% ).<br>L'ARNsi confirme son efficacit\u00e9 contre le Varroa, ouvrant une nouvelle strat\u00e9gie de lutte contre cet acarien.<br><br>Lisez le document scientifique <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/00218839.2026.2622814\" title=\"\">ici<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Une nouvelle \u00e9tude de l'Universit\u00e9 de Wellington, en Nouvelle-Z\u00e9lande, a fait \u00e9tat d'un contr\u00f4le efficace des acariens gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 l'ARN interf\u00e9rence sp\u00e9cifique au Varroa (vadescana), administr\u00e9 par voie orale \u00e0 deux doses diff\u00e9rentes. Les deux doses ont r\u00e9duit les populations d'acariens par rapport au groupe t\u00e9moin non trait\u00e9, avec des niveaux comparables \u00e0 ceux obtenus avec des acaricides synth\u00e9tiques. Le taux de survie des colonies trait\u00e9es \u00e9tait \u00e9galement significativement plus \u00e9lev\u00e9 que celui du groupe t\u00e9moin (45%contre 7,5% ).<br \/>\nL'ARNsi confirme son efficacit\u00e9 contre le Varroa, ouvrant une nouvelle strat\u00e9gie de lutte contre cet acarien.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3038,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A new study from the University of Wellington, New Zealand, reported effective mite control using Varroa-specific RNAi (vadescana), administered through feeding at two different doses. 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