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Seminar: Effect of supplemental feeding on the weight of silk glands and larval development of mulberry silkworm (bombyx mori)
May 19, 2024, 9:49 a.m.

Objectives or Summary:

Insects’ domestication has received less attention compared to other animals. Insects are the most diverse

animals on the earth, they provide valuable services to humans in both man-made and natural ecosystems

(Lecocq, 2018). Sericulture has supplied humans with a natural animal silk since long time. Silkworm

are the larvae of the moth Bombyx mori (Lepidoptera, Bombycidae). They are the most important insects

serving the human economy, because they are the main producer of silk worldwide (Aswartha et al.,

2017; Chauhan and Tayal, 2017). The silk gland is an organ specialized for the synthesis and secretion of

silk proteins (Zhang, 2006).

This study aimed to revive the Sericulture in our area after three decades of absence and to investigate the

role of supplemental feeding on silk glands, larval growth, and some economic traits of cocoons of

mulberry silkworms.

Presenter: Dr. Zahra N. Ayoub

Place: Seminar Hall of Plant Protection Department

Date: 22nd May 2024, 10:30 AM