Case study on the kind of food medium that affects the rate of reproduction of fruit flies

Date Submitted: 09/09/2006 23:36:08
Category: / Science & Technology / Biology
Length: 3 pages (824 words)
I. Problem Will the kind of food medium affect the rate of reproduction of fruit flies? II. Hypothesis The food medium will affect the rate of reproduction of fruit flies. I think that sweet potato will have a more positive affect on the rate of reproduction of the fruit flies. The sweet potato compared to the regular potato has a taste suited by the flies. Fermentation in the sweet potato will most likely give the …
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…know as of this point is that the food medium does affect the rate of reproduction of fruit flies. Sweet potato increases the rate of production by 937% compared to ordinary potato. My conclusion therefore of the experiment is sweet potato acts a better food medium in the event of breeding fruit flies. Potatoes will still allow you to come up with a good number of flies but sweet potatoes will give you a better number.
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