• International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.103-106
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• 2003

Among silkworm diseases, white muscardine is the most virulent and contagious disease caused by Beauveria bassiana and common during winter and rainy seasons. The disease is managed at present by practicing the silkworm body and rearing seat disinfection to prevent the spread of white muscardine during silkworm rearing as the available methods do not cure the silkworms against white muscardine. The use of systemic fungicide was suggested recently to control white muscardine. The present study investigated the practicability of application aspect of systemic fungicide as spray, It is observed that 3 times feeding of systemic fungicide through mulberry leaf, fed immediately after third, fourth moult and on $4^{th}$ day of final instar as most effective in suppressing the multiplication of the fungus in silkworm. Spraying of the systemic fungicide on mulberry in the rearing house, air-dried and feeding was suggested as suitable application method. Alternately the spraying of the systemic fungicide on mulberry in mulberry garden 6 hrs prior to feeding was also suggested as a method for the control of white muscardine in silkworm rearing.

• International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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• 제48권1호
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• pp.42-47
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• 2024

The value of silkworms as functional health food materials has increased, as has the interest in its disease control for stable production, and in the economic value of entomopathogenic microorganisms. In this study, we isolated and identified disease-causing fungi from white muscardine silkworms, and confirmed whether this strain could produce white muscardine silkworms. For the analysis of the cause of white muscardine disease in the infected silkworms, the fungi and prokaryotes causing the disease were identified, isolated, and identified using metagenome analysis. Metagenomic analysis detected a large amount of the fungus Metarhizium rileyi in silkworms, and a large amount of the bacterium Enterococcus mundtii, which was presumed to be the causative agent of the disease. For accurate identification of the fungi, these were purified by culture medium, and sequencing and phylogenetic tree analyses were performed using an internal transcribed spacer. As a result, M. rileyi, Cladosporium cladosporioides, and C. tenuissimum were identified. In general, M. rileyi is known to form green conidia, but in this study, white-yellow conidia were formed, indicating that the exact causative agent of the fungal disease cannot be estimated by diagnosing the symptoms. Thus, a diagnostic method is necessary for the continuously collection of required pathogens, and identifying their morphological and genetic characteristics.

• International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.171-174
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• 2002

Two systemic fungicides, SF1 (Bavistin, a carbandazim fungicide 50% WP, Rallis India ltd., India) and SF2 (Bayleton 25% WP-Triadiamefon, a Triazole compound, Rallis India Ltd., India) were screened for control of muscardine disease in silkworm, Bombyx mori. One and two percent of SF1 and 0.05 and 0.1 % of SF2 in aqueous solution were found to be effective in in vivo condition for the control of the disease. These fungicides, on feeding through mulberry leaves continuously for two days to 4$^{th}$ and 5$^{th}$ instar silkworm larvae inoculated topically with conidia of Beauveria bassiana (4$\times$10$^{6}$ conidia/ml) resulted in reduction in mortality due to muscardine by over 90% as against 100% mortality in inoculated control. SF1 at 1% reduced the mortality by 90% in 4$^{th}$ instar and 91% in final instar silkworm while at 2%, the reduction was 92% and 96%, respectively. SF2 at 0.05 and 0.1 % concentration reduced the mortality by 82 and 88% during 4$^{th}$ instar and by 88 and 92% during 5$^{th}$ instar, respectively.

• 한국잠사곤충학회지
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• 제3권
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• pp.45-49
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• 1963

이 시험은 예비시험에 지나지 않고 그 병원성에 대하여서는 익년에 다시 하여야 한다. 그러나 지금까지 하여온 결과를 종합하여 요점을 들면 다음과 같다. (1) 누에의 녹강병과 야외곤충의 경화병 시체는 공통된 병원균 Nomuraea pracina와 Isaria spp에 의하여서 걸리는 것이라고 짐작이 된다. (2) 송충이는 Isaria spp에 의하여 이미 그 구제방법으로 실시하고 있어서 다른 야외 곤충에도 그 포자가 전파되어 있음을 짐작할 수 있다. (3) 흰불나방 유충은 경화병균에 의하여 침범되지 않는 것 같다.

• International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.81-85
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• 2007

White Muscardine is the most common fungal disease of silkworm, Bombyx mori L. caused by the pathogenic fungus, Beauveria bassiana (Balsamo) Vuillemin. In the present investigation, an attempt has been made to screen locally available medicinal/ weed plants against Beauveria bassiana. Among the plant extracts (PE) tested, 5% aqueous crude extract of the bulb of Allium sativum (Garlic) has been found to be most effective against Beauveria bassiana. The radial growth of Beauveria bassiana in vitro was inhibited to the tune of 54.9% in aqueous extract and 54.4% in ethanolic extract of Allium sativum and correspondingly mycelial dry weight gave rise to 110.7 mg and 108.7 mg against 201.7 mg in control 15 days post treatment. Similarly, silkworm larvae topically inoculated with the Beauveria bassiana conidia ($1.8{\times}10^6/ml$) registered survival up to 53.0% against 0.0% in control after treatment with aqueous extract of Allium sativum. Simultaneously, as a preventive measure, silkworm larvae were put to rear in conidia contaminated seat paper instantly treated with aqueous extract of Allium sativum that also increased survival up to 61.0% against 4.6% in control. It is also observed that the plant extract is absolutely innocuous to silkworm.

• 한국잠사곤충학회지
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.19-23
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• 1977

차아염소산 나트륨용액의 실험실내에서의 간이시험을 통하여 양잠소독 약제로써의 적용가능성을 얻고 경화병원균에 대한 생물학적 약효검정에 대한 시험결과 아래와 같은 성적을 얻었다. 1. 차아염소산 나트륨용액 1,3,5%를 누에에 처리하여 약제가 누에표피에 접착됨으로써 받은 피해를 조사하였으나 아무런 해가 없는 것으로 나타났다. 2. 차아염소산 나트륨용액 1,3,5%를 누에에 침식하여 약제가 누에의 생리에 미치는 영향을 조사하였으나 약해가 없는 것으로 나타났다. 3. 차아염소산 나트륨용액의 황강병원균에 대한 약효는 생물학적 검정을 통하여 조사한 결과 동약제의 3%의 경우는 춘추잠기에 각각 7.3, 11.4% 발병율을 보였고 5%의 경우는 춘추잠기에 각각 6.7, 10.0%의 발병율을 보임으로써 무처리구의 평균 97%의 발병율을 보인데 비하여 좋은 효과를 보였다.

• International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.229-234
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• 2004

Six entomopathogenic fungus isolates, Beauveria bassiana J57A, Nomuraea rileyi J125A, Paecilomyces farinosus J3A, Paecilomyces fumosoroseus J50A, Metarhizium anisopliae J88, Aspergilius sp. J64A, causing muscardine disease and aspergillosis in the silkworm, Bombyx mori were investigated for their cultural and morphological characteristics (on PDA culture media within 14 days at $24^{\circ}C$). The results showed that they differ each other from the features of cultural characteristics (colony elevation, colony color, colony growth rate) or morphological characteristics (conidiogenous cell structure, phialides, conidia size and shape). Among cultural characteristics, colony color is the easiest recognizable character between isolates. The morphological characteristics of each fungal isolate correspond to the descriptions of current system of classification.

• 한국잠사곤충학회지
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.32-36
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• 1984

전국 621개 양잠시범부락의 84가을 누에병 발생율과 그 원인을 조사한 결과는 다음과 같다. 1. 누에 사육 기간중 누에병 발생율은 약 17%이었다. 2. 누에병 종류별 발생율은 농병(38.5%), 경화병 (20.3%), 연화병(17.9%) 및 쉬파리병 (9.4%)의 순이었다. 3. 누에병은 종잠기보다 장잠기 이후에 주로 발생하였다. 4. 누에병 발생의 주원인은 기상환경불량, 농약피해 및 소독불량이었고, 엽질불량, 사육기술부족 및 공해는 큰 문제가 되지 않았다.

• International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.191-196
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• 2003

Silkworm body and rearing seat disinfection is an integral part of effective silkworm rearing as it prevents the spread of various diseases through secondary contamination in the rearing bed. Many bed disinfectants are recommended by various research institutes in India. In the present study, eight bed disinfectants viz., Vijetha, Labex, Resham Jyothi, Sanjeevini, Suraksha, Reshamkeet Oushadh, Dithane M45 and Captan recommended by various Sericultural Research Institutions in the country against the spread of common diseases of silkworm were tested to determine their comparative efficacy. For the study, all the treatment batches were introduced with fixed number of specific diseased larvae so as to maintain a constant source of pathogen in the bed and then followed by treatment with respective bed disinfectants. Percent mortality/infection due to each disease was recorded to determine efficacy of bed disinfectant treatment against respective disease. The results show that all the bed disinfectants tested have considerable efficacy against the spread of various diseases in the rearing bed. However, Vijetha was distinctly superior in its efficacy against all four major diseases of silkworm. The study emphasize the role of bed disinfectants in silkworm rearing and the fact that they should be judiciously selected based on the efficacy of the bed disinfectant and the type of disease prevalent in a particular season and area.