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Laboratory and field studies with a compound chromosome strain of Drosophila melanogaster

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A compound third chromosome strain of D. melanogaster was evaluated for population control potential in the laboratory and field. In the laboratory, the compound strain can replace a wild-type strain at release ratios above 4 compounds: 1 wild-type, but the compound strain proved to be ineffective in the field because of an inability to utilize tomatoes for oviposition sites.

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  1. United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Northeastern Region, Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, Maryland, USA

    W. W. Cantelo & D. Childress

  2. Vegetable Laboratory Agricultural Research Service, 20705, Beltsville, Maryland

    W. W. Cantelo

  3. Metabolism and Radiation Research Laboratory Agricultural Research Service, 58102, Fargo, North Dakota, USA

    D. Childress

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Cantelo, W.W., Childress, D. Laboratory and field studies with a compound chromosome strain of Drosophila melanogaster . Theoret. Appl. Genetics 45, 1–6 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00281167

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