The Fate of Radiophosphorus Ingested by House Flies and German Cockroaches1
- 1 December 1956
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Economic Entomology
- Vol. 49 (6) , 820-822
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/49.6.820
Abstract
Musca domestica, and Blattella germanica were fed P32-containing medium to study its effect on their fertility. The biological half-life of P32 was 0.8 day for house flies and 9 days for male roaches, whereas in female roaches it did not fall to 50% in the 14-day observation period. House flies fed P32-labeled food continuously for 6 days did not oviposit. After 2 days on normal food a few eggs of low viability were deposited. Flies fed P32 for shorter periods showed inhibited oviposition and fertility and immature ovaries. Larvae reared on p32-medium developed into normal adults. German roaches fed p32 developed oothecae which contained no eggs.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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