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Effect of Systemic Fungicide on Total Hemocyte Count and Hemolymph Biochemical Changes in Silkworm, Bombyx mori L., infected with Beau-veria bassiana  

Mallikarjuna, M. (Central Sericultural Research and Training Institute)
Nataraju, B. (Central Sericultural Research and Training Institute)
Thiagarajan, V. (Central Sericultural Research and Training Institute)
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International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials / v.5, no.2, 2002 , pp. 189-194 More about this Journal
Abstract
Silkworm diseases are major constraint in silk cocoon production. Among silkworm diseases, white muscar-dine is highly contagious and most common in winter and rainy seasons. It is suggested that hemocytes involve in defense against invasion of Beauveria bassi-ana and systemic fungicide/chemicals prevent the proliferation of fungi in the hemolymph or preventing the growth of the fungi in the body cavity through enhancing the hemocyte mediated defense response. In the present study the influence of systemic fungicide on hematological changes in silkworms infected with Beauveria bassiana was reported. It is observed that the total hemocyte counts increased in the hemolymph up to 5 days post inoculation in systemic fungicide treated batches while in the inoculated control the increase was up to 3 days indicating the positive hemocyte mediated response in silkworm treated with systemic fungicide. After 2 days in the inoculated control as the multiplication and growth of mycelia increased, defense capacity of the silkworm was decreased. The biochemical changes were also observed in the hemolymph of silkworm infected with B. bassiana. In silkworm infected with Beauveria bassi-ana, the total protein content increased whereas total carbohydrate and total lipids decreased as the infection progresses. In the case of systemic fungicide treated batches the increase in total protein content was comparatively higher and decrease in total carbohydrate and lipids were comparatively lower than the inoculated control.
Keywords
Total Hemocyte count; Total protein; Total carbohydrate; Total lipids; Silkworm; Bombyx mori L.;
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