Thymol

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In the 1990s, the Bee Research Centre took part in a screening programme testing the potential effectiveness of over 100 essential oils and essential oil components against the varroa mite. Although sage, hyssop and thyme oils proved interesting, only thymol has been used in acaricide products. Thymol treatments require little effort, and there are a variety of preparations on the market. The advantages and drawbacks of thymol use are listed in the articles "Apilife VAR: A new varroacide with thymol as the main ingredient" and "THYMOVAR for Varroa control".

Use of essential oils for the control of Varroa jacobsoni (Oud.) in honey bee colonies (PDF, 1 MB, 20.01.2017)
A. Imdorf, S. Bogdanov, R. Ibáñez Ochoa, N. W. Calderone (1999)

Elenco di pubblicazione

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Pubblicazioni Tomke Musa

Musa T., Kägi A., Gütlin H., Schnée S., Massana Codina J., Sullam K.
Potato late blight control with a botanical product and reduced copper applications.
Plant Disease, In Press, 2025.

Schwärzel R. H., De Vrieze M., Torche J.-M. A., de Werra P., Musa T., Dupuis B.
Schweizer Sortenliste für Kartoffeln 2025.
Agroscope Transfer, 560, 2024, 1-8.
altre lingue: francese

Musa T., Kägi A., Togni N., Oswald D., Sullam K.
Strategien zur Kupfer-Reduktion bei der Bekämpfung der Kraut- und Knollenfäule : Stratégies de réduction du cuivre dans la lutte contre le mildiou.
In: SGP Frühjahrstagung 2022. 31. März, Ed. Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Phytomedizin, Zürich. 2022, 1-18.

Sullam K., Musa T.
Ecological dynamics and microbial treatments against oomycete plant pathogens.
Plants, 10, (12), 2021, 1-18.

Meier S., Musa T.
Auch die Knollen sind bedroht.
Schweizer Bauer, 19. Mai, 2021, 13.

Sullam K., Musa T.
Erfolgreiche alternative Saatgutbehandlung von Getreide mit thermischen Verfahren oder Naturstoffen und neue Herausforderungen.
In: Pflanzenschutztagung Feldbau. 19.01., online. 2021.

Sullam K., Musa T., Kägi A.
Field results with copper alternatives in Switzerland.
In: EuroBlight Workshop. 30.04., Online. 2021.

Drakopoulos D., Gimeno Sierra A., Kägi A., Jenny E., Bänziger I., Musa T., Forrer H.-R., Vogelgsang S.
Innovative Anbausysteme zur Reduktion von Fusarium- Mykotoxinen in Weizen.
Agrarforschung Schweiz, 12, 2021, 16-23.
altre lingue: inglese | francese

Meier S., Musa T.
PhytoPRE hilft bei der Krautfäulevorbeugung.
Schweizer Bauer, 8. Mai, 2020, 14.

Drakopoulos D., Kägi A., Gimeno A., Six J., Jenny E., Forrer H.-R., Musa T., Giuseppe M., Vogelgsang S.
Prevention of Fusarium head blight infection and mycotoxins in wheat with cut-and-carry biofumigation and botanicals.
Field Crops Research, 246, ((Article number 107681)), 2019, 1-9.

Vogelgsang S., Jenny E., Musa T., Bucheli T., Wettstein F., Forrer H.-R.
An eight-year survey of wheat shows distinctive effects of cropping factors on different Fusarium species and associated mycotoxins.
In: International Commission on Food Mycology conference. 3 June, Ed. ICFM, Freising. 2019, 1.

Vogelgsang S., Beyer M., Pasquali M., Jenny E., Musa T., Bucheli T., Wettstein F., Forrer H.-R.
An eight-year survey of wheat shows distinctive effects of cropping factors on different Fusarium species and associated mycotoxins.
European Journal of Agronomy, 105, (April), 2019, 62-77.

Musa T., Forrer H.-R., Vogelgsang S., Sullam K.
Use of alternative products for the control of early and late blight on potatoes.
In: 17th EuroBlight Workshop 12.-15. May 2019. 14.05., York, UK. 2019, 1-22.

Schöneberg T., Kibler K., Sulyok M., Musa T., Bucheli T., Mascher-Frutschi F., Bertossa M., Voegele R., Vogelgsang S.
Can plant phenolic compounds reduce Fusarium growth and mycotoxin production in cereals?
Food Additives & Contaminants: Part A, online, 2018, 1-17.

Schöneberg T., Kibler K., Wettstein F., Bucheli T., Forrer H.-R., Musa T., Mascher-Frutschi F., Bertossa M., Keller B., Vogelgsang S.
Influence of temperature, humidity duration and growth stage on the infection and mycotoxin production by Fusarium langsethiae and Fusarium poae in oats.
Plant Pathology, 68, (2019), 2018, 173-184.

Zorn A., Musa T., Lips M.
Was kostet die Vermeidung des Pilzgifts Deoxynivalenol im Weizenanbau?
Agrarforschung Schweiz, 9, (2), 2018, 63-65.
altre lingue: francese

Schöneberg T., Musa T., Forrer H.-R., Mascher-Frutschi F., Bucheli T., Bertossa M., Keller B., Vogelgsang S.
Infection conditions of Fusarium graminearum in barley are variety specific and different from those in wheat.
European Journal of Plant Pathology, 151, 2018, 975-989.

Schöneberg T., Jenny E., Wettstein F., Bucheli T., Mascher-Frutschi F., Bertossa M., Musa T., Seifert K., Gräfenhan T., Keller B., Vogelgsang S.
Occurrence of Fusarium species and mycotoxins in Swiss oats - Impact of cropping factors.
European Journal of Agronomy, 92, 2017, 123-132.

Vogelgsang S., Musa T., Bänziger I., Kägi A., Bucheli T., Wettstein F., Pasquali M., Forrer H.-R.
Fusarium mycotoxins in Swiss wheat: a survey of growers’ samples between 2007 and 2014 shows strong year and minor geographic effects.
Toxins, 9, (8), 2017, 1-19.

Zorn A., Musa T., Lips M.
Wirtschaftlichkeit präventiver Pflanzenschutzmassnahmen zur Reduktion der DON-Belastung im Weizenanbau.
In: Agrarwirtschaft und Agrarsoziologie. Ed. Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Agrarwirtschaft und Agrarsoziologie. 2017, 54-56.

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Apilife VAR: A new varroacide with thymol as the main ingredient (PDF, 103 kB, 20.01.2017)
A. Imdorf, S. Bogdanov, V. Kilchenmann, C. Maquelin (1994)

"THYMOVAR" for Varroa control (PDF, 75 kB, 27.01.2017)
F. Bollhalder (1998)


Although the use of thymol leads to residues in the wax and honey, these are negligible from a toxicological viewpoint. Since about 2008 the use of thymol-based products has been declining in Switzerland, and beekeepers making use of these products have tended to experience greater winter losses than those using e.g. formic acid.

Thymol residues in wax and honey after Apilife VAR treatment (PDF, 757 kB, 14.09.2016)
S. Bogdanov, A. Imdorf, V. Kilchenmann (1998) 

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