Studies on the quantitative and qualitative characters of cocoons and silk from methoprene and fenoxycarb treated Bombyx mori (L) larvae

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 5, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 1422-1426

  Mamatha, D M ^a   Cohly, H P P ^b   Raju, A H H ^a   Rajeswara Rao, M ^a  

^a SRI VENKATESWARA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cocoons and silk; Fenoxycarb; Methoprene; Silkworm

Indexed keywords

FENOXYCARB; FIBROIN; JUVENILE HORMONE DERIVATIVE; METHOPRENE; SERICIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LARVA; NONHUMAN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SERICULTURE; SILKWORM;

BOMBYX MORI; HEXAPODA;

EID: 33747104890     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: 16845315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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