title: Laboratory and field studies with a compound chromosome strain of Drosophila melanogaster.
abstract: A compound third chromosome strain of D. melanogaster was evaluated for population control potential in the laboratory and field. In the laboratory, the compound strain can replace a wild-type strain at release ratios above 4 compounds: 1 wild-type, but the compound strain proved to be ineffective in the field because of an inability to utilize tomatoes for oviposition sites.
authors.affiliation: United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Northeastern Region, Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: W W
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: Cantelo
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Childress