X-Message-Number: 24866
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 05:27:58 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug Skrecky <>
Subject: 156'th update on fly longevity experiments

     This is the 156'th update of my fly longevity experiments. Average
 temperature was 27.4 C during this run. Estimated maximal longevity using
 the formula (363 - T*11.2) is 56 days.
     Here I continue checking out beet roots, and beet leaves (chard).
 There was a transient advantage to yellow chard in run #153, and I was
 curious to see if this was a chance finding or not.
     In this run, yellow chard proved to be quite disappointing.

 Run #156          Percent Survival on Day
 supplement         8 18 29 34 40 45 50 55
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 control one       83 75 50 38 33  5  3  0
 control two       91 49 23 16 14  2  0  -
 green chard 5%    71 60 36 24  9  2  0  -
 green chard 20%   90 73 22  8  0  -  -  -
 red beet 12.5%    86 64 26 12  2  0  -  -
  (water  25%      82 62 38 18  3  3  0  -
 extract) 50%      86 71 14 11  4  0  -  -
 yellow beet 5%    87 72 31 10  5  3  0  -
 yellow beet 20%   90 80 35 18  4  2  0  -
 yellow chard 5%   72 59 39 20  2  0  -  -
 yellow chard 10%  90 80 38  8  0  -  -  -
 yellow chard 20%  77 67 13  3  3  0  -  -

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