Abstract: The genus Drosophila shows diverse preference of food. To determine food preference in constant laboratory temperature, collected drosophila were cultured and they were used for study of food preference in different natural and artificial foods. Three experiments were conducted and it is found that in without yeast medium, larva, pupa never develops. When natural and artificial foods are given at the same time, the cultured drosophila in artificial medium still prefers natural food. In course of study it was found that drosophila which was collected from wild area of Tiger-Hill forest (26.9967° N, 88.2944° E), could not survive in artificial food medium because of their specificity of food. It was found that, they prefer mango as a seasonal fruit and they can detect the sweetness of artificial sweetener. It was also found that they never come in salted food items.
Keywords: artificial food, sex comb, culture, pupa, Yeast, Propionic acid, ethanol.
Title: A STUDY ON FOOD PREFERENCE IN DROSOPHILA POPULATION IN EX-SITU CONDITION
Author: Mayukh Bhattacharya, Willie Henry, Rujas Yonle, Rakesh Verma
International Journal of Life Sciences Research
ISSN 2348-313X (Print), ISSN 2348-3148 (online)
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