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Effect of Microsporidian Infection on Reproductive Potentiality on Mulberry Silkworm, Bombyx mori L. (Lepidoptera: Bombycidae) in Different Seasons  

Chakrabarti, Satadal (Parasitology Research Unit, University of Calcutta)
Manna, Buddhadeb (Parasitology Research Unit, University of Calcutta)
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International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials / v.17, no.1, 2008 , pp. 157-163 More about this Journal
Abstract
Infection of pathogenic microsporidia, Nosema bombycis and Nosema mylitta (Chakrabarti and Manna, 2006) decreased egg production, fecundity, hatching % and increased sterile eggs in heavily infected mulberry silkmoth, Bombyx mori L. On an average a disease free moth laid upto 442.67 eggs with high hatching % (99.53) and less sterile eggs ($0.47{\sim}2.00%$). While an infected moth laid less number of eggs ($7.00{\sim}412.00$) with low hatching % ($32.437{\sim}98.643$) and high sterile eggs ($2.143{\sim}129.571$). Fecundity of disease free laying was highest (468.714) during season-1 then gradually decreased during season- 2 (414.000) to season- 3 (404.285). But fecundity of an infected laying was highest during season-2 and hatched eggs were lowest during season-2. Higher inoculums concentration of N. mylitta infected to 5th stage larva of mulberry silkworm drastically decreased the fecundity in season - 3 and lower inoculums concentration of N. bombycis decreased the fecundity in season-1 and 3. Season-3 was most effective season to decrease the fecundity and increase sterile eggs when both temperature and humidity were fluctuated from the optimum level.
Keywords
Fecundity; Hatching %; Nosema bombycis; Pebrine disease; Silkworm;
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