Silkworms (Bombyx mori) reared on artificial diets have great potential applications in
sericulture. However, the mechanisms underlying the enhancement of metabolic utilization …

Simple Summary As oligophagous insects, silkworms have a very limited diet. Here, the
transcriptomic characteristics of the head and midgut tissues of fifth instar male and female …

Simple Summary There is growing interest in insects as an alternative to animal proteins in
the food and feed industries because of concerns about the unsustainability of existing …

Biothermodynamics is a discipline which has developed intensely during the last 50 years.
Thermodynamic properties have been reported for humans, animals, plants and …

Polyamines are ubiquitous low molecular weight polycationic aliphatic amines involved in
diverse cellular processes. Spermidine (Spd), a polyamine, has been proved to be crucial …

Sericulture, often known as silk farming is the practice of rearing silkworms for production of
raw silk. One of the major impediments faced by the sericulture community is the silkworm …

Prosperous silk production as well as quality of silk cocoon depend on the nutritional value
of mulberry leaves and larval growth. The present study is carried out to evaluate the …

Silkworm Bombyx mori L.(Lepidoptera: Bombycidae), is a domestic insect which produce
silk through spinning. Silkworm is a monophogous insect and major portion of successful …

Previous study showed that exogenously applied recombinant thymosin from Bombyx mori
(BmTHY) reduces B. mori nucleopolyhedrovirus (BmNPV) proliferation in silkworm. Which …

Objective: To evaluate the effect of cow's milk as a protein supplement to improve growth
and expression of productive parameters in the silkworm (Bombyx mori L.) …