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)

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Publications Kevin Gauthier

Jaegle B., Voichek Y., Haupt M., Sotiropoulos AG., Gauthier K., Heuberger M., Jung E., Herren G., Widrig V., Leber R., Li Y., Schierscher-Viret B., Serex S., Boczkowska M., Jasińska M. P. and others
k-mer-based GWAS in a wheat collection reveals novel and diverse sources of powdery mildew resistance.
Genome Biology, 26, 2025, Article 172.

Jigisha J., Ly J., Minadakis N., Freund F., Kunz L., Piechota U., Akin B., Balmas V., Ben-David R., Bencze S., Bourras S., Bozzoli M., Cotuna O., Couleaud G., Cseplo M. and others
Population genomics and molecular epidemiology of wheat powdery mildew in Europe.
PLOS Biology, 23, (5), 2025, Article e3003097.

Knapp S., Bräunlich S., Gauthier K., Fossati D., Chalhoub P. B.
Comparing prediction accuracy of genomic and phenotypic selection in winter wheat.
In: 75th Plant Breeders Conference. 25 November, Publ. Saatgut Austria, Raumberg-Gumpenstein (AT). 2024.

Gauthier K., Strauch C. J., Bonse S., Bauer P., Heidler C., Niehl A.
Detection and quantification of soil-borne wheat mosaic virus, soil-borne cereal mosaic virus and Japanese soil-borne wheat mosaic virus by ELISA and one-step SYBR green real-time quantitative RT-PCR.
Viruses, 16, (10), 2024, Article 1579.

Yates S., Fossati D., Knapp S., Foiada F., Bräunlich S., Gauthier K., Ariza-Suarez D., Quesada-Traver C., Camp K.-H., Chalhoub P. B., Studer B.
Genomic selection in wheat: Optimizing Swiss wheat breeding through data integration and machine learning.
In: EUCARPIA General Congress. 18 August, Publ. EUCARPIA / IPK, Leipzig (DE). 2024, 63.

Gauthier K., Handley-Cornillet A., Fasel A., Isoz E., Majdi R., Stevenel P., Chalhoub P. B.
Wheat breeding against the most common fungal diseases in Switzerland landscape.
In: Mycology Swiss Symposium. 16th June, Zürich. 2023.