Galls are unusual swellings or outgrowths of plant tissues that result from the activity of various organisms such as insects, mites, fungi, and bacteria. These structures arise due to chemical and mechanical stimuli that disrupt the plant’s hormonal balance, particularly involvi...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i82808
Eri silkworms (Samia ricini Boisd.) are phytophagous insect which feeds on a numbers of host plants. In the present study an effort was made to evaluate the economic characters like larval duration (days), larval weight (g), single cocoon weight (g), pupal weight (g), single shel...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2024/v27i91393
The amount of silk produced by silkworms is influenced by several factors. The silkworm's nutrition is the most important element for good quality cocoon and silk production as it is dependent on the healthiness of the silkworm. Health, growth and resistance to biotic factors are...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2024/v27i71107
The host plant under the genus Morus is highly considered for rearing of silkworm. Apart from the rearing, the mulberry plant can be utilized in many valuable purposes. Among the plant parts, the mulberry fruit is highly nutritious. Mulberry fruits can be made available in the fo...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i92943
Sericulture is an important agro-based sector that creates the environmentally friendly silk material that sustains rural livelihoods. Recent developments in nanotechnology, especially the use of metal nano-particles, have shown great promise for enhancing sericulture in a number...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i103109