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From: wetges@COMP.UARK.EDU (William J. Etges)
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Subject: Re: buzzatii nutrition
Date: 19 Dec 1994 06:40:23 -0800
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At  8:54 AM 19/12/94 +0000, A.J. Davis wrote:
>Hallo Newsgroupers,
>
>Please, is anyone able (and willing !) to give me or point me towards
>information on the nutritional requirements of Drosophila buzzatii or the
>secondary chemistry of its main food, Opuntia cactus ?
>I think i've exhausted the literature available to me and to my colleagues
>working on this beast but not found anything of real help.
>
>
>Thanks,  Andrew
>
>a.j.davis@uk.ac.leeds


Andrew,
                D. buzzatii is quite easy to rear in the lab. Barker et al
use a recipe that is synthetic, David's killed yeast medium, me thinks. Why
do you ask? The secondary chemistry of Opuntia depends. Which species?
There are many that this species uses as natural hosts. There is no reason
to assume all Opuntia are the same. If you can give me more details of what
you are after, I will try to find more information.

Bill

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