1Assistant Professor, Department of Zoology, School of Bioengineering and Biosciences, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, India
2MSc. Student, Department of Zoology, School of Bioengineering and Biosciences, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, India
3Assistant Professor, Department of Botany, School of Bioengineering and Biosciences, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, India
*Email: loveenmarwaha@gmail.com
Present research work deals with reprotoxic effects evaluation of noon chai on, Drosophila melanogaster. To achieve, present objectives, second instar larvae were exposed to 1% concentration of noon chai, thereafter exposed larvae were reared under controlled condition of insectory, upto imago stage. Subsequently, adult flies were allowed to crossmate in two different sets, including first set: treated males and normal female, second set: treated female and normal male, along with control stocks. It had been observed that there was significant decline in fecundity of treated flies in comparison to untreated flies. Additionally, it had been reported that reprotoxic effects were more pronounced in male flies than female flies. Finally, obtained data from different experimental test was scrutinized by Z test, and procured data had been analysed statistically significant, in comparison to natural population.
Noon Tea, Reprotoxic Effects, Drosophila melanogaster
