PAGE INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Stock 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Selection within stock 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

Habrobracon females homozygous for the mutant ebony produce about 5% mosaic progeny among fertilized eggs. The present experiment demonstrates by means of a test-cross method that in the production of these mosaics only one pronucleus is involved, and that this nucleus cleaves before union of one of its daughter nuclei with the sperm nucleus.

grape berry moth, lobesia botrana (denis and schiff.) is a destructive pest of grapevine in orumieh (northwest, iran) vineyards. it is mainly controled through application of broad-spectrum insecticides, which can adversely affect vineyard ecosystem and consequently human health. since a first step in setting up an ipm program is to assess the biological control agents within the ecosystem, so ...

a total of 29 species in 16 genera and 8 subfamilies of the braconids (hym., braconidae) were collected from alfalfa fields in bahariya and farafra oases (western desert, egypt) these species were identified, together with details of the sites where they were found and an indication of their relative abundance in each site. among the samples, 4 species in 4 genera and 3 subfamilies are recorded...

We read with interest the report by Holmsen and Leasure (1) in which they reported the growth-inhibiting property of tris(1-aziridinyl)phosphine oxide (APO) on grasses. We feel that one of the most important biological properties of the chemical was not mentioned in the report, namely, the ability to induce mutations. Indeed APO is a powerful mutagen; APO (or triethylenephosphoramide, TEPA) pro...

Received January 16, 1961 A LTHOUGH the irradiation of Drosophila results in more crossover off spring, it has not been demonstrated that this effect has its origin in meiosis (WHITTINGHILL 1955) rather than in gonia1 exchange. Hence it is appropriate to irradiate specimens or stages which may have only oijgonia rather than the mixture of gonia and gametocytes carried by adults. Previous experi...