Toxicity of commercial fungicides to larvae of Drosophila melanogaster Meigen (Diptera, Drosophilidae) and effect on the sex ratio
Toxicity of commercial fungicides to larvae of Drosophila melanogaster Meigen (Diptera, Drosophilidae) and effect on the sex ratio
Marchal Segault, D.
Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part B, Pesticides, Food Contaminants, and Agricultural Wastes 24(4): 307-324
1989
The effects of Bouillie bordelaise (copper sulfate) at 50-250 p.p.m., Benlate (benomyl) at 50-250 p.p.m., Euparene (dichlofluanid) at 250-1250 p.p.m. and Dithane M-45 (mancozeb) at 250-1250 p.p.m. incorporated into artifical diet on Drosophila melanogaster were investigated. The fungicides had no effect on the eggs, but post-hatching mortality was observed to increase with increasing dose.