• International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.93-97
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• 2007

A Silkworm breeding programme was designed to develop a robust but productive bivoltine silkworm hybrid of Bombyx mori L. suitable for rearing throughout the year in tropical climate by utilizing indigenous polyvoltine and productive bivoltine breeds. The breeding was carried out under high temperature ($36^{\circ}C{\pm}1^{\circ}C$) and low humidity ($50{\pm}5%$) conditions in the environmental chamber. By $F_{12}$, three oval and three dumbbell breeds were isolated with higher survival and productive merits. These breeds were utilized in the hybrid evaluation along with other popular breeds. Based on combining ability test results, the hybrid $SR_2{\times}SR_5$ was selected for large scale testing and evaluated in different seasons. The evaluation studies indicated that the hybrid has higher viability and productive merits and it is suitable to rear throughout the year. The hybrid $SR_2{\times}SR_5$ recorded a survival of 92.0%, cocoon shell weight of 0.417 g, cocoon shell percentage of 23.0 and a filament length of 1042 meters under hot and dry conditions of environmental chamber compared to the control thermo-tolerant hybrid $CSR18{\times}CSR19$.

• International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.165-173
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• 2003

Cytokines represent an essential part of the innate immune response in mammals. Recently, several studies have reported the presence of cytokine-like activities and molecules in the invertebrates such as echinoderms, tunicates, mollusks and insects. In our serial study, we investigated presence of cytokines in the silkworm, Bombyx mori, infected with several immune inducers. Western blotting analysis using rabbit anti-human cytokines showed the presence of IL-6-like molecule in the hemolymph collected at 8 and 24 hrs after infection with peptidoglycan and oligodeoxynucleotide, and the molecular weight of the proteins was ∼45 kDa. We attempted to isolate the molecule by gel permeation HPLC, anion exchange chromatography, ultra centrifugation, and immuno-dot-blot assay, but until now the effort was not much successful yet. It, however, does not appear that the IL-6-like molecule in the silkworm larvae is a mere experimental artifact happened by Western blotting analysis. Instead, further experiment on this subject probably will provide us more fruitful result as detected in other invertebrates including insects.

• 한국잠사곤충학회지
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• 11호
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• pp.63-68
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• 1970

가잠의 Virus다각체의 저온 및 고온처리에 대한 유발현상을 조사하기 위하여 5령기잠을 공시하고 저온(5$^{\circ}C$, 24hrs.), 고온(Hot water bath 에 4$0^{\circ}C$, 5min으로 침지 및 Oven 내에 4$0^{\circ}C$, 30min.으로 단독 및 복합처리하여 핵다각체병(N) 중장형 다각체병(C), 병발형(NC) 유발률을 조사하고 동시에 핵다각체병(N)과 중장형다각체병(C)대하여 Giemsa solution 염색법에 의한 염색성을 조사하였다. 1. 냉장(5$^{\circ}C$, 24 시간) 처리와 고온(Hot water bath, 4$0^{\circ}C$, 5분간) 처리를 한 핵복다각체병(N)은 중장형다각체병(C)보다 그 유발률이 적고 또 복합처리에 있어서도 중장형다각테병(C)의 유발율은 핵다각체병(N)보다 많다. 2. 냉장처리후 고온(4$0^{\circ}C$, 30분간 건열) 처리, 반대로 고온처리후 냉장처리한 Virus다각체의 유발률도 중장형다각체병(C) 보다 핵형다각예병(N)의 유발현상이 현저하게 많이 나타났다. 3. Giemsa solution 염색법에 의한 핵다각체병(N)의 다각체는 염색이 되지 않으나 중장형다각예병(C)의 다각체는 잘 염색되어 염색성에 의하여 구별할 수 있었다.