A new silkworm race for sericin production "SERICIN HOPE" and its product, "VIRGIN SERICIN"

Journal of Insect Biotechnology and Sericology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 85-88

  Mase, Keisuke ^a   Iizuka, Tetsuya ^a   Okada, Eiji ^a   Miyajima, Takako ^a   Yamamoto, Toshio ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bombyx mori; New race; Sericin Hope; Silkworm breeding; Virgin Sericin

Indexed keywords

BOMBYX MORI; NEW RACE; SERICIN HOPE; SILKWORM BREEDING; VIRGIN SERICIN;

EMULSIFICATION;

ANIMALS;

BOMBYX MORI; INSECTA;

BREED; COCOON; SERICIN; SILKWORM;

EID: 33748519862     PISSN: 13468073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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