ISSN:
1570-7458
Keywords:
Olfactory response
;
Drosophila
;
menthol
;
bioassay
;
trap assay
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
Notes:
Abstract A modification of the trap assay (Woodard et al., 1989) was used to evaluate the response of Drosophila melanogaster (Meigen) to food media containing menthol. Dose-response curves for flies to mentholic foods were produced for flies that had been pre-exposed to menthol, during development and adult life, and flies that had not been exposed to menthol before the assay. Mentholic food media were less attractive to Drosophila than plain food medium. Rearing flies on a medium containing menthol reduced their aversion to some concentrations of menthol. The rearing effect was not simply due to lowered general activity levels resulting from developing in a medium containing menthol. There was a threshold concentration of menthol in the rearing medium below which we found no induced behavioural change.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1003509802181
