Identification of Certain Chemicals and Medicinal Plants having Potential to Suppress the Flacherie Disease in Silkworm Bombyx Mori L.

Authors: Satyanarayana B.

Country: India

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Abstract: In India, the extant of cocoon crop loss due to the silkworm diseases is nearly 40% (Sahay et al., 2000). As there are no curative measures in silkworm rearing for the control of silkworm disease, different preventive methods using chemical disinfectants are practiced (Singh et al., 2002, 2005). Thangavelu et al. (1995) used various chemicals as disinfectants for the control of different diseases in tasar silkworm. Bhattacharaya et al. (1995), Datta et al. (1998) and Samson et al. (1998), Patil and Shardamma (1999) used chemicals based body and rearing seat disinfectants like Labex, Sanjeevani, Vijetha, Resham Jyoti for management of diseases in mulberry silkworm Bombyx mori. Phenolic compound (Henga, 1977), Sodium hypochlorite and formalin (Vail et al., 1968) and formalin (Ignoff and Garcia, 1968) against several pathogens. Various disinfectants viz. formalin (Kagawa, 1980), Asiphore (Venkata Reddy et al., 1990), Chlorinated lime and hydrochloric acid (Miyajima, 1979), Chlorine dioxide (Balavenkatasubbaiah et al., 1999) were tested against silkworm pathogens. Baig et al. (1989) formulated a mixture of paraformaldehyde, benzoic acid and lime as a bed disinfectant against Nuclear polyhedrosis of mulberry silkworm. Bansal et al. (1996) tested Asiphore and sodium hypochlorit against virosis in tasar silkworm. T.K.O. and Jeevan Suraksha are developed by CTR&TI is only confined to containment of bacteriosis and virosis diseases.

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Paper Id: 1682

Published On: 2013-09-23

Published In: Volume 1, Issue 1, September-October 2013

Cite This: Identification of Certain Chemicals and Medicinal Plants having Potential to Suppress the Flacherie Disease in Silkworm Bombyx Mori L. - Satyanarayana B. - IJIRMPS Volume 1, Issue 1, September-October 2013.

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