Publications

Grindrod, I.; Kevill, J.L.; Villalobos, E.M.; Schroeder, D.C.; Martin, S.J. (2021) Ten Years

of Deformed Wing Virus (DWV) in Hawaiian Honey Bees (Apis mellifera), the Dominant

DWV-A Variant Is Potentially Being Replaced by Variants with a DWV-B Coding Sequence.

Saez,A., M.A. Wizen, S.Medici, M. Viel, E. Villalobos, and P. Negri. (2020) Bees increase

crop yield in an alleged pollinator-independent almond variety Scientific Reports 10(1). DOI:

10.1038/s41598-020-59995-0.

Negri, P., E. Villalobos, N. Szawarski, N. Damiani, L. Gende, M. Garrido, M. Maggi, S.

Quintana, L. Lamattina, and M. Eguaras. (2019) Towards Precision Nutrition: A novel concept

linking phytochemicals, immune response and honey bee health. Insects 10, (401).

S. Nikaido, E.M. Villalobos, A. Cubero, N. Castillo, and J. M. Rodriguez (2018). Scientific

Note: Detection of Africanized Honey Bees in the Dominican Republic. Journal of Apicultural Research 57 (3): 351-353.

Santamaria, E. Villalobos, L. Brettell, S. Nikaido, J. Graham, and S.J. Martin.

Evidence of Varroa-mediated Deformed Wing virus spillover in Hawaii (2017). Journal

of Invertebrate Pathology 151, DOI: 10.1016/j.jip.2017.11.008.

Mordecai, L. Brettell, P. Pachori, E. Villalobos, S.J. Martin, and I. Jones. 2016.

"Moku virus; a new Iflavirus found in wasps, honey bees and Varroa." Nature Scientific

Reports: 6, Article 34983.

Villalobos, E. M. 2016. “The mite that jumped, the bee that traveled, the disease that

followed”. Science 41: 554-556.

Martin SJ., Hardy J, Villalobos E, Martin-Hernandez R, Nikaido S, Higes M. (2013) Do the

honeybee pathogens Nosema ceranae and deformed wing virus act synergistically?

Environmental Microbiology Reports 5, 506-510 doi:10.1111/1758-2229.12052

Danka, R.G.; J. Harris; E. Villalobos; & T. Glenn. (2012) Varroa destructor resistance of

honey bees in Hawaii. USA, with different genetic proportions of Varroa Sentive Hygiene

(VSH). Journal of Apicultural Research 51(3): 288-290.

Martin, S. J.; A, C. Highfield; L.E. Brettell; E. Villalobos, G.E. Budge; M.E. Powell;

S.Nikaido; & D.C. Schroeder. (2012) Global Honey Bee Viral Landscape Altered by a

Parasitic Mite. Science 336 (6086): 1304-6