Root-knot disease of mulberry is caused by the nematode Meloidogyne incognita. It has important economic implications for sericulture. The homeopathic medicines, Cina mother tincture (MT) and potentised Cina 200C, prepared from the flowering meristems of Artemisia nilagirica (Clarke) Pamp, were applied by foliar spray on mulberry (Morus alba L.) infected with M. incognita juveniles (J2). Pretre...

Abstract Nan province, the biggest cultivation area of fresh mulberry fruit in Thailand is located four districts: Chaloem Phra Kiat, Bor Klua, Tha Wang Pha, and Wiang Sa. The production yield about 848.6 kg/acre/year; however, it mostly sold as frozen product. Queen Sirikit Department Sericulture intends to develop a new marketing channel for fruit. present study was explore current situation ...

The tropical tasarculture in India involve two and half lakh aboriginal families to produce vanya (tasar) silk by growing wild silk-insect as their cultural heritage and livelihood. However, the inadequacy in tasar commercial egg (on-time to match crop seasons) and quality, often results to uncertainty of silkworm rearing, hampering the crop economics and intensification of tasar industry. To o...

Antherina suraka Boisduval (Saturniidae, Lepidoptera) produces a silken cocoon that has been the focus of efforts to create a commercial wild silk industry in Madagascar. In this study, structural and mechanical properties of the cocoon of A. suraka from two sites were measured and compared to the cocoon of Bombyx mori L. (Bombycidae, Lepidoptera) the world's most common source for silk. Result...

Realization of current trends and innovative uses of insect fibre, silk is required to exploit its compatibility, eco friendly and value addition potential. The nutritive value as human diet for cardiac and diabetic patients, component for cosmetic preparations indicate silk application rate. The bio-compatibility made it a base material for tissue wall, membrane, muscle ligament, blood vessel,...

A tropical climate prevails in most of the sericultural areas in India, where temperature increases during the summer lead to adverse effects on temperate bivoltine silkworm rearing and cause crop losses. Screening for thermotolerance in the silkworm, Bombyxmori L. (Lepidoptera: Bombycidae) is an essential prerequisite for the development of thermotolerant breeds/hybrids. In the current study, ...

The study on the “Effect of medicinal plant extract treatment on BmNPV polyhedra was undertaken in the Department of Sericulture UAS, GKVK, Bangalore-65. The treated polyhedral bodies with aqueous extracts of different medicinal plants viz., Adathoda vasica, Bougainvillea spectabilis, Phyllanthus niruri, Terminalia arjuna and Pongamia glabra administered to silkworm through mulberry leaves once...

The Indian sericulture industry is beset with many problems. One of the main problems is the inability to produce quality silk of international grade. The quality silk can be produced only form bivoltines. The bulk of silk produced in India is from Multivoltines which are of inferior quality. Therefore, it is highly pertinent to have more productive bivoltine silkworm breeds capable of producin...

The domesticated silkworm, Bombyx mori Linn., a lepidopteran molecular model and an important economic insect that are emerging as an ideal molecular genetic resource for solving a broad range of biological problems. The silkworm, B. mori produces massive amount of silk proteins during the final stage of larval development. These proteins are stored in the middle silk gland and they are dischar...

Moriculture is a significant factor for better production of silk in the field sericulture. The present study deals with influence micronutrients on increased growth and yield mulberry plants [MR2 (Mildew Resistant Variety 2)]. Field experiments comprising twelve treatments including controlsupplemented desired quantity single or combination were analysed to morphometric characteristic paramete...