Laboratory studies on the photostability of fumagillin, the active ingredient of Fumidil B

Apidologie

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 301-310

  Kochansky, Jan ^a   Nasr, Medhat ^b,c  

^a USDA ARS Bee Research Laboratory   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Crop Diversification Centre North   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apis mellifera; Fumagillin; Nosema disease; Photolysis; Stability

Indexed keywords

PHOTOLYSIS;

APIS; APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; NOSEMA;

EID: 2942585669     PISSN: 00448435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/apido:2004017     Document Type: Article

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