The origin and dispersal of the domesticated Chinese oak silkworm, Antheraea pernyi, in China: A reconstruction based on ancient texts

Journal of Insect Science

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Liu, Yanqun ^a   Li, Yuping ^a   Li, Xisheng ^b   Qin, Li ^a  

^a SHENYANG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Sericultural Institute of Liaoning Province   (China)

Author keywords

Antheraea pernyi; artificial rearing; Chinese oak silkworm; historic record

Indexed keywords

ANTHERAEA PERNYI; BOMBYX MORI; MORUS (ANGIOSPERM);

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHINA; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; GENETICS; HISTORY; HUMAN; MOTH; PHYSIOLOGY; SILK;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CHINA; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MOTHS; SILK;

EID: 77953349723     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15362442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1673/031.010.14140     Document Type: Article

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