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Relationship between diet composition and the fecundity of Musca domestica
Author(s) -
WON Ran,
KWON Ohseok
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
entomological research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.421
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 1748-5967
pISSN - 1738-2297
DOI - 10.1111/j.1748-5967.2009.00252.x
Subject(s) - fecundity , housefly , musca , biology , larva , muscidae , composition (language) , reproduction , zoology , toxicology , botany , ecology , population , linguistics , philosophy , demography , sociology
A study of the relationship between diet compositions of housefly Musca domestica and the fecundity of the insect was carried out. Fecundity was increased more than 30% by adding a protein source and inorganic salts into the larval and adult diets. Also, adding a protein source into the adult diet prolonged the oviposition period of adult houseflies.