Hostname: page-component-7bb8b95d7b-cx56b Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-09-20T11:39:21.061Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

Rearing Drosophila melanogaster Mg. for Insecticide Investigations*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

R. W. Kerr
Affiliation:
Division of Entomology, C.S.I.R.O., Canberra, A.C.T.

Extract

A method is described for rearing Drosophila melanogaster Mg., which provides a high and consistent yield of adult flies, of uniform age and size, for insecticide studies.

Type
Original Articles
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1954

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

Bartlett, B. R. (1951). J. econ. Ent., 44, p. 621.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Caldwell, A. H. (1949). J. econ. Ent., 42, p. 707.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Hodson, A. C. & Chiang, H. C. (1948). Science, 107, pp. 176177.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Kerr, R. W. (1954). Bull. ent. Res., 45, pp. 323328.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
McLeod, W. S. (1944). Canad. J. Res., (D) 22, pp. 87104.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Morrison, F. O. (1943). Canad. J. Res., (D) 21, pp. 3575.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Sang, J. H. (1949). Physiol. Zoöl., 22, pp. 183202.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Stultz, H. T. (1940). 70th Rep. ent. Soc. Ont., 1939, pp. 7280.Google Scholar