Organically grown fruits' effect on reproductive fitness of Drosophila melanogaster

Abstract: Quality of food consumed by an organism plays a very strong environmental impact on the organism's health and fitness. A factor which is easily and quickly influenced by the type of food consumed is reproductive fitness. In the present study D melanogaster were reared in wheat cream agar media as well as media prepared from organically and conventionally grown fruits. These flies were then subjected to tests to study their reproductive fitness. The results obtained showed that consumption of organic fruits increased the reproductive capacity of the fly however no significant beneficial effect was observed when longevity was considered as a parameter. [Wafa Faroki, M.S. Krishna. Organically grown fruits' effect on reproductive fitness of Drosophila melanogaster