The use of antibiotics is not permitted in Switzerland; moreover, no other medication exists to combat European foul brood. Hives with symptoms must therefore be destroyed in order to limit the outbreak, and the contaminated material must be sanitised. Since prevention is the best cure, early detection is desirable. Numerous studies have been undertaken and documents have been created at the Swiss Bee Research Centre and elsewhere to draw the attention of beekeepers to these problems and inform them about the causes and the control measures to be implemented.

Merkblatt zur erkennung von Bienenbrutkrankheiten (German (PDF, 357 kB, 18.10.2017) and French (PDF, 226 kB, 02.02.2017))
M. Tschumi (2011)

Publication List

Institutional Repository Agroscope

Publication List

Publications Andreas Lüscher

Klaus V., Richter F., Buchmann N., El Benni N., Jan P., Lüscher A.
Produktivität biologisch bewirtschafteter Weiden und Wiesen im Kanton Solothurn.
In: 16. Wissenschaftstagung Ökologischer Landbau. 9. März, Publ. FiBL, Frick. 2023, 1-4.

Pauler C., Lüscher A., Kreuzer M., Bérard J., Schneider M. K.
Robust cattle, sheep and goats in green alder shrubs – or how to preserve mountain pastures.
Grassland Science in Europe, 27, 2022, 247-249.

Schärer M.L., Lüscher A., Kahmen A.
Increased mineral soil N availability contributes to post-drought yield outperformance of Lolium perenne.
Grassland Science in Europe, 27, 2022, 469-471.

Lüscher A., Widmer F., Fox A., Barreiro A., Dimitrova Martensson L.M.
Effect of N fertilization on the biomass of soil fungal groups in production grasslands.
Grassland Science in Europe, 27, 2022, 343-345.

Fox A., Schultz S., Brennan F., Widmer F., Huguenin-Elie O., Schloter M., Lüscher A.
Long-term mineral fertilizer application strongly influences soil microbial community structure but not diversity.
Grassland Science in Europe, 27, 2022, 382-384.

Fox A., Widmer F., Lüscher A.
Differences in soil fungal community structure driven by grassland management not sampling period.
Grassland Science in Europe, 27, 2022, 385-387.

Pan Y., Jackson R., Hollinger D.Y., Phillips O., Nowak R., Norby R.J., Oren R., Reich P., Lüscher A., Mueller K., Owensby C., Birdsey R., Hom J., Luo Y.
Contrasting responses of woody and grassland ecosystems to increased CO2 as water supply varies.
Nature Ecology & Evolution, 6, 2022, 315-323.

Barreiro A., Fox A., Jongen M., Melo J., Musyoki M., Viera A., Zimmermann J., Carlsson G., Cruz C., Lüscher A., Rasche F., Silva L., Widmer F., Dimitrova Martensson L.M.
Soil bacteria respond to regional edapho-climatic conditions while soil fungi respond to management intensity in grasslands along a European transect.
Applied Soil Ecology, 170, 2022, Article 104264.

Fox A., Widmer F., Lüscher A.
Soil microbial community structures are shaped by agricultural systems revealing little temporal variation.
Environmental Research, 214, (3), 2022, 1-12.

Huguenin-Elie O., Schmid H., Odermatt M., Stutz C. J., Gago R., Lüscher A.
Strengthening the resilience of grasslands against the unpalatable C4 grass Setaria pumila.
Grassland Science in Europe, 27, 2022, 409-411.

Maschler J., Bialic-Murphy L., Wan J., Andresen L. C., Zohner C. M., Reich P. B., Lüscher A., Schneider M. K., Müller C., Moser G., Dukes J. S., Kappel Schmidt I., Bilton M. C., Zhu K., Crowther T. W.
Links across ecological scales: Plant biomass responses to elevated CO2.
Global Change Biology, 28, (21), 2022, 6115-6134.

Schneider M. K., Homburger H., Pauler C., Scherer-Lorenz M., Lüscher A.
The role of pasture use intensity for ecosystem services in alpine pastures.
In: 73rd Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science. 5 - 8 September, Porto (PT). 2022, 141.

Lüscher A., Barkaoui K., Finn J. A., Suter D., Suter M., Volaire F.
Using plant diversity to reduce vulnerability and increase drought resilience of permanent and sown productive grasslands.
Grass and Forage Science, 77, (4), 2022, 235-246.

Pauler C., Lüscher A., Kreuzer M., Bérard J., Schneider M. K.
Robust livestock in green alder shrubs – or how to preserve mountain pastures.
In: 29th general meeting. 26. Juni, Publ. European Grassland Federation EGF, Caen, France. 2022, 1.

Klötzli J., Schaffner U., Suter M., Lüscher A.
Experimental trials in Europe: managed by Agroscope and AGFF.
Veneto Agricoltura - Agenzia veneta per l’innovazione nel settore primario, Veneto. 20. Juni, 2022, 8 pp.

Richter F., Lüscher A., El Benni N., Jan P., Buchmann N., Klaus V.
Provisioning ecosystem services of fertilized meadows and pastures differ in their response to organic management.
Grassland Science in Europe, 27, 2022, 262-264.

Klötzli J., Suter M., Schaffner U., Müller-Schärer H., Lüscher A.
Joint effects of biocontrol herbivory and plant competition greatly reduce the growth of Rumex obtusifolius.
Grassland Science in Europe, 27, 2022, 415-417.

Lüscher A., Barkaoui K., Finn J.A., Suter D., Suter M., Volaire F.
Using plant diversity to reduce vulnerability and increase drought resilience of permanent and sown productive grasslands.
Grassland Science in Europe, 27, 2022, 309-322.

Klaus V., Richter F, Reichmuth C, Jan P., El Benni N., Buchmann N, Lüscher A.
How professional stakeholders perceive the current and future relevance of grassland ecosystem services in Switzerland.
In: Grassland Science in Europe. Vol. 27, Publ. European Grassland Federation (EGF), Caen. 2022, 198-200.

Pauler C., Zehnder T., Staudinger M., Lüscher A., Kreuzer M., Bérard J., Schneider M. K.
Thinning the thickets: Foraging of hardy cattle, sheep and goats in green alder shrubs.
Journal of Applied Ecology, 59, (5), 2022, 1394-1405.