Flight Distances of Drosophila Determined with Radioactive Phosphorus
- 1 June 1961
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Economic Entomology
- Vol. 54 (3) , 425-428
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/54.3.425
Abstract
The flight range of Drosophila spp. has become increasingly important to the vineyardist and fig grower of the San Joaquin Valley of California due to the increased intermixing of various other fruit and vegetable crops and their attendant cull disposal problem. Drosophila were tagged with p32 on fermenting fruit paste and released in the field. Several types of bait traps were used to recapture the insects. D. melanogaster Meig. was trapped at a distance of at least 4.4 miles upwind from the release point after 24 hours.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
- Low-Cost Plastic Fruit Fly Trap1Journal of Economic Entomology, 1957
- Dispersion of Radioactively Tagged Drosophila from Pit Privies1Journal of Economic Entomology, 1955
- Vinegar Fly Investigations in Northern CaliforniaJournal of Economic Entomology, 1954