Silkworm's silk is natural biopolymer with unique properties including mechanical robustness, all aqueous base processing and ease in fabrication into different multifunctional templates. Additionally, the nonmulberry silks have cell adhesion promoting tri-peptide (RGD) sequences, which make it an immensely potential platform for regenerative medicine. The compatibility of nonmulberry silk with...

Studies on cold acclimation of insects including s ilkworms have shown significant variations in the levels of various biomolecules to cope with thermal shock. The present study has been carried out on cold-stressed larvae of Daba Trivoltine (TV) of tasar silkworm, Antheraea mylitta Drury to analyze the mortality rate, variations in the biomolecules and excretory products at varied durations. T...

Tropical Tasar silkworm Antheraea mylitta Drury (Family: Saturniidae) produces silk which has very high demand globally and because of their wide range distribution in tropical regions, they have adapted to different niches forming ecoraces. In Odisha, alone seven types ecoraces A. been reported, namely Modal, Sukinda, Nalia, Jata-Daba, Adaba, Umerkote, Boudh. These show differences phenotypes,...