Effect of Fungicide, Thiovit? Jet on Several Life History Trait of Drosophila melanogaster (Diptera: Drosophilidae)

摘要

ThepresentworkaimstodemonstratetheprofoundeffectofawidelyusedfungicideThiovit?Jet,onseverallifehistorytraitsinDrosophilamelanogaster.Thefungicideunderstudyhasaverywideapplicationinfruitorchards.FreshlylaideggsofwildtypeD.melanogaster,weretransferredtodifferentdietaryconcentrationsofthetestchemical(20,30,40,50,100,200,400,800,1600and2000ppm).Larvalduration,PupaldurationandEmergenceoffliesofbothtreatedandcontrolgroupswererecorded.Resultsobtainedshowasignificant(p0.05)changeinthementionedparametersinthetreatedfliesincomparisontothecontrol.Themaximumnoticeableincreaseindurationhasbeenrecordedwith40ppmtreatment.ThusthestudyindicatesaneffectofafungicideThiovit?Jetonthedurationofdifferentlifestagesandtherebysuggestingaroleofthefungicideonanon-targetorganismlikeDrosophila.