Overview
This is our modification of a recipe used by John Loera at the University of Texas at Austin. The Texas recipe is apparently based on the malt medium described by Lakovaara (1969), with the addition of soy. This is a firm medium that resists liquification from heavy larval activity and stores well at 10o -- 14o C. It will keep for a month if well sealed, although weaker stocks will do better on food less than a week old. If stored at 4o C you may find that it 'weeps' when brought to room temperature. Leaving fresh flats at room temperature for 24 hours before moving them to 4o will reduce weeping.
Details
Details of this protocol, Current Bloomington Recipe For Drosophila Medium, are located on a web site other than Biocompare Protocols.