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Science 3 May 1963:
Vol. 140. no. 3566, pp. 493 - 494
DOI: 10.1126/science.140.3566.493
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Arsenates: Effect on Fecundity in Some Diptera

A. D. Pickett 1 and N. A. Patterson 1

1 Research Station, Canada Department of Agriculture, Kentville, Nova Scotia

Four species of adult Diptera, Rhagoletis pomonella (Walsh), Drosophila melanogaster Mg., Drosophila hydei Sturt., and Musca domestica L. showed varying degrees of reduced fecundity when sublethal doses of arsenic were included in their food. The possible influence of the frequent use of arsenicals on arthropod populations is discussed.


THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES:
Insect Fecundity and Fertility: Chemically Induced Decrease.
D. S. Grosch (1963)
Science 141, 732-733
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