S.F Fani Yazdi; M Rajabian; N Mahadavi Shahri
Volume 2, Issue 4 , March 2014, , Pages 67-75
Abstract
Abstract The Saffron plant (Crocus sativus), a native plant from Iran and especially of Khorasan region, has a specific place for people's diet. According to several studies about effects of Saffron and because there are no specific studies on the effects of Saffron on the development of Drosophila melanogaster ...
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Abstract The Saffron plant (Crocus sativus), a native plant from Iran and especially of Khorasan region, has a specific place for people's diet. According to several studies about effects of Saffron and because there are no specific studies on the effects of Saffron on the development of Drosophila melanogaster as an animal model, this subject is being evaluated in the current study. A total of 5 pairs of 3-days-old wild Drosophila melanogaster were transferred to every culture plate containing different concentrations of Saffron in order to intercross and oviposition and were brought out after 8 hrs. sampling of larvae were performed in the seven steps at intervals of twelve hours and in each step, Morphometrical changes in the length and width of the larvae, were studied. The obtained data were evaluated statistically using SAS software, The variance between groups were evaluated by the test of One way ANOVA, and the mean of data were compared using Ttukey test with minimum significance level of p in high concentrations, has inverse effect on the biology of this insect.
