Rearing Drosophila melanogaster Mg. for Insecticide Investigations
- 1 March 1954
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Bulletin of Entomological Research
- Vol. 45 (2) , 313-316
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0007485300027127
Abstract
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.Keywords
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