The study on contribution and constraints of women in sericulture was conducted across selected villages of Tumakuru and Chikkaballapura districts in Karnataka. A total of 30 women engaged in various field-level sericulture activities were surveyed. Garrett’s Ranking Technique wa...
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Research Article10.9734/jsrr/2025/v31i83367
With an intention to understand the mechanism of dual stress tolerance, a study on antioxidant enzymes activity in thermotolerant bivoltine silkworm breeds and hybrids under Beauveria bassiana infection was conducted at the Department of Sericulture, UAS, GKVK, Bengaluru during 2...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2024/v27i91292
The oil and chitosan were extracted from silkworm pupae and analysed its physicochemical properties. Oil content in silkworm pupae ranged from 26 to 28 % on a dry weight basis. Notably, female pupae had a higher oil content (27.99 %) compared to males (27.03%). Further, bivoltine...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2024/v27i81235
Four thermotolerant bivoltine silkworm parents viz., B1, B4, B6 and B8 and their 12 hybrids viz., B1×B4, B1×B6, B1×B8, B4×B1, B4×B6, B4×B8, B6×B1, B6×B4, B6×B8, B8×B1, B8×B4 and B8×B6 were used in the experiments. One set of the parents and their hybrids were inoculated with Beau...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2024/v27i5776
Silkworm, Bombyx mori L. being a poikilothermic insect is susceptible to both biotic and abiotic factors. The present study was carried to assess the performance of few thermotolerant bivoltine silkworm breeds under high temperature treatment (36 ± 1⁰ C for 6 hours) and Beauveria...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2022/v12i121576
An assessment of new bivoltine races and their hybrids was conducted to identify the best-performing hybrid. Five thermotolerant pure breeds (B1, B2, B4, B6 and B8) and four popular CSR breeds (CSR2, CSR27, CSR6, CSR26) were used to develop six foundation crosses and eight double...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2024/v27i81216