Aruna Ambadahalli Siddaiah, R. Prasad, S. Rai, O. Dubey, Subrat Satpaty, R. Sinha, Suraj Prsad, A. Sahay
{"title":"Influence of abiotic factors on seasonal incidence of pests of tasar Silkworm Antheraea mylitta D.","authors":"Aruna Ambadahalli Siddaiah, R. Prasad, S. Rai, O. Dubey, Subrat Satpaty, R. Sinha, Suraj Prsad, A. Sahay","doi":"10.7852/IJIE.2014.29.1.135","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7852/IJIE.2014.29.1.135","url":null,"abstract":"Rearing of tropical tasar silkworm, Antheraea mylitta Drury is mainly conducted in outdoor on Terminalia tomentosa W. & A. a nature grown primary host plant available in forest and also on raised primary host plant Terminalia arjuna Bedd. Temperature, relative humidity and rainfall are the main environmental factors for occurrence of pests (parasites and predators) of tasar silkworm during I, II and III crop rearing in the tropical tasar producing zones. The present study was aimed to study the influence of abiotic factors on prevalence of tasar silkworm pests. The study was conducted at different agro-climatic regions viz., Central Tasar Research &Training Institute, Ranchi, Jharkhand, Regional Extension Centre, Katghora, Chattisgarh and Regional Extension Centre, Hatgamaria during 2010-13 covering 3 seed crop and 6 commercial crops. Data on incidence of tropical tasar silkworm endo-parasitoids like Uzi Fly, Blepharipa zebina Walker and Ichneumon fly (Yellow Fly), Xathopimpla pedator, Fabricius and Predators such as Stink bug (Eocanthecona furcellata Wolf), Reduviid bug (Sycanus collaris Fabricius) and Wasp (Vespa orientalis Linnaeus) was recorded Weekly. The meteorological data was collected daily. Data was collected from 4 different agro-climatic zones of tasar growing areas. Analysis of the data revealed a significant negative correlation between abiotic factors and incidence of ichneumon fly and uzi fly. Based on the 3 years data on prevalence of pests region-wise pest calendars and prediction models were developed.","PeriodicalId":14140,"journal":{"name":"International journal of industrial entomology","volume":"4 1","pages":"135-144"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74544119","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ultrastructural studies on the neurosecretory cells in the pars intercerebralis of larvae of tasar silkworm, Antheraea mylitta (D) eco-race Bhandara (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae)","authors":"D. Barsagade, Shruti Gharade","doi":"10.7852/IJIE.2014.29.1.120","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7852/IJIE.2014.29.1.120","url":null,"abstract":"The cerebral neurosecretory cells (NSC) constitute four paired groups, medial (MNC), lateral (LNC-I, LNC-II) and posterior (PNC) in the brain of larvae of tasar silkworm Antheraea mylitta (D) Eco-race Bhandara. The MNC is the largest groups of peptidergic neurosecretory cells and are located in the pars intercerebralis region. The transmission electron microscopic (TEM), ultrastructure of the NSC confirmed the presence of mitochondria, endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi bodies, lysosomes and neurosecretory granules. The median neurosecretory cells shows secretory activity and release of secretory products, the neurosecretory granules (NSG) in the axons of NSC as well as the blood sinus.","PeriodicalId":14140,"journal":{"name":"International journal of industrial entomology","volume":"33 1","pages":"120-127"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85300169","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Impact of maternal crowd on the reproductive performance of an ecto-pupal parasitoid Nesolynx thymus (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae)","authors":"Aruna Ambadahalli Siddaiah, Manjunath Danagoudra","doi":"10.7852/IJIE.2014.29.1.128","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7852/IJIE.2014.29.1.128","url":null,"abstract":"Int. J. Indust. Entomol. Vol. 29, No. (1), pp. 128-134 (2014) 128 129 thymus, 2 day-old N. thymus adults were provided with 3 dayold pupae of E. bombycis for parasitisation at host-parasitoid ratios of 1:1 to 1:10. The parasitoid adults were allowed to parasitize the host pupae for a period of 3 d when they were fed honey 50%. Thereafter, they were separated from the host pupae and the latter were kept for parasitoid emergence. Each treatment consisted of 10 replications. Following the emergence of the parasitoid progeny (first generation) number of pupae parasitized, developmental duration, sex-wise and total adult recovery, sex ratio, adult size and adult female longevity were recorded / calculated. Subsequently, the gravid female (2 day-old) emerging at different treatments (1:1 to 1:10) were offered four 3 dayold uzi pupae for parasitization for 3 d. After the emergence of parasitoid progeny (second generation) observations were recorded on the following: number of pupae parasitised, developmental duration, sex-wise and total adult recovery, and sex ratio. The longevity of first generation N. thymus females was determined by maintaining 10 replications each with 10 adults. The adults were fed honey 50% and their mortality was recorded at 24 h intervals. The size of the parasitoid adults was measured by selecting randomly 10 adults of each sex using an ocular micrometer at 40x. The results were analyzed statistically (SPSS Package) by one way ANOVA followed by DMRT for level of significance. Karl Pearson’s correlation co-efficients were also estimated to know the correlation between the ovipositing parasitoid density and reproductive as well as morphometric characteristics of N. thymus.","PeriodicalId":14140,"journal":{"name":"International journal of industrial entomology","volume":"22 1","pages":"128-134"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74673157","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Effect of rearing season, host plants and their interaction on economical traits of tropical tasar silkworm, Antheraea mylitta Drury- an overview","authors":"N. K. Bhatia, Mohammad Yousuf","doi":"10.7852/IJIE.2014.29.1.93","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7852/IJIE.2014.29.1.93","url":null,"abstract":"Tropical tasar silkworm, Antheraea mylitta (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) is a polyphagous silk producing forest silkworm of commercial importance in India. Forest dependent people rear its larvae on different forestry host plants twice or thrice in a year for small household income. Larvae of A. mylitta feeds on many forest tree species, but always show a great degree of selectivity as a function of its behavioural responses to physical structure and chemical features of the host plants. Cocoon crop of A. mylitta is influenced by heterogeneity of tasar food plants and climatic conditions of the habitat. The role of host plants, temperature, humidity, rainfall, photoperiod and climatic variables on the growth and development of insects have clearly been demonstrated. This article entails an in-depth analysis on ecological and nutritional aspects of A. mylitta, which may provide selective information to researcher and forest managers, who are particularly associated with livelihood improvement of the poor people in forested area through location specific forest insect industry.","PeriodicalId":14140,"journal":{"name":"International journal of industrial entomology","volume":"251 1","pages":"93-119"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76305409","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kee-Young Kim, Pil-Don Kang, Mi Ja Kim, K. Ryu, J. Park, Iksoo Kim
{"title":"Microsatellite Analysis of Silkworm Strains (Bombyx mori) of Japan Origin Preserved in Korea","authors":"Kee-Young Kim, Pil-Don Kang, Mi Ja Kim, K. Ryu, J. Park, Iksoo Kim","doi":"10.7852/IJIE.2014.28.2.39","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7852/IJIE.2014.28.2.39","url":null,"abstract":"In order to understand the diversity and genetic relationships of silkworm strains preserved in Korea, we genotyped 78 Bombyx mori strains (Bombycidae: Lepidoptera) originating from Japan, using eight polymorphic microsatellite loci. We obtained per-locus allele numbers ranging from 5 to 16 (with an average value of 9.1), per-locus observed heterozygosity ranging from 0.13 to 1.00, and per-locus polymorphic information content ranging from 0.36 to 0.77, indicating that some loci are highly variable. Phylogenetic analysis with the eight concatenated microsatellite loci showed no clustering based on known strain characteristics and origin. Nineteen strain-specific apomorphic alleles, which discriminated 16 of the 78 silkworm strains, were obtained from eight loci. These strain-specific alleles can thus be utilized for routine discrimination of strains from Japan, without any further typing of other loci. Homozygotes were also observed at some loci (27 of 118 genotypes), which can also be used to discriminate several strains by typing a few loci. These results showed that eight microsatellite loci described herein were sufficiently variable to discriminate among the 78 silkworm strains we examined, and may be useful for future investigations of this economically important species.","PeriodicalId":14140,"journal":{"name":"International journal of industrial entomology","volume":"41 1","pages":"39-50"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74388507","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Food Consumption and Utilization Efficiency in Samia ricini Donovan Reared on Ricinus communis, lin. Leaves Supplemented with Cyanobacteria","authors":"K. Sujatha, R. Singh, A. Sampath, B. Rao","doi":"10.7852/IJIE.2014.28.2.32","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7852/IJIE.2014.28.2.32","url":null,"abstract":"Food consumption and conversion efficiency of eri silkworm Samia ricini Donovan were studied during 4 th and 5 th larval instars by feeding castor leaves fortified with 100, 200, 300, 400 and 500 ppm concentrations of aqueous extracts of cyanobacteria Anabaena variabilis. The nutritional indices viz., ingesta, digesta, approximate digestibility (%), reference ratio and efficiency parameters like ECI and ECD were recorded which were significantly high at 400 ppm concentration treated batches of 4 th instar larvae over control batches. The decline in nutritional efficiency parameters of 5 th instar treated larvae might be due to higher utilization of the digested food for metabolic activities. Significant difference of ECI to cocoon % and non-significant difference of ECD to cocoon% and shell were observed between the treatments and control. Cyanabacteria feed supplement contains antibiotic and nutritions factors which has reflective effect on the biological parameters in eri silkworm and therefore has greater application in commercial eri silkworm rearing. also (Bajpeyi et al ., 1991). Probiotics are the live microbial feed supplements which beneficially affect the host by improving the microbial balance (Yeung et al ., 2002). The microbes, Lactobacilli and Bifidobacteria, are gram + ve bacteria producing lactic acid and extensively studied to improve cocoon characters in B.mori L (Masthan et al ., 2010). Oral administration of mulberry leaf and castor leaf supplemented with single cell protein ‘spirulina’ (Blue green algae) as a feed to respective silkworms Bombyx mori L (Venkataramana et al ., 2003) and Samia cynthia ricini Boisduval (Jayaprakash et al ., 2005) was found to be effective in enhancing the larval and cocoon characters in mulberry silk worm. The antiviral protein of spirulina platensis Abstract","PeriodicalId":14140,"journal":{"name":"International journal of industrial entomology","volume":"15 1","pages":"32-38"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88015130","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Combination Method of CO 2 -Narcosis and Cold Treatment for Breaking Diapause of Bombus ignitus and Bombus terrestris Bumblebee Queens","authors":"H. Yoon, K. Lee","doi":"10.7852/IJIE.2014.28.2.58","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7852/IJIE.2014.28.2.58","url":null,"abstract":"Int. J. Indust. Entomol. Vol. 28, No. (2), pp. 58-65 (2014) 58 59 ing carbon dioxide (a 30-min narcosis treatment repeated twice) would start laying eggs within a week. However, this method produced many side effects. Pormeroy and Plowright (1979) found that this treatment induced the ejection of larvae by bumblebee workers in narcotized colonies. Röseler (1985) reported the emergence of some males among the first batch of workers in such colonies. Carbon dioxide-treated bumblebee queens sometimes produced males instead of workers and their nests could be of smaller size than those of overwintered queens (Tasei, 1994; Yoon et al., 2003). Although increased survival rates have been reported in some studies, few studies have attempted to evaluate the effects of different diapause methods, including a combination method of CO2-narcosis and cold treatment, on the survival rates of diapaused queens and their subsequent ability to establish a colony. To evaluate the effects of a combination method of CO2narcosis and cold treatment for diapause break in B. ignitus and B. terrestris queens, we determined whether this method affected their ability to establish a colony after diapause break. This is the first study describing a combination method of CO2-narcosis and cold-treatment application for breaking the diapause of B. ignitus and B. terrestris queens. Materials and Methods Origin of experimental insects The insects used in the experiment were second and sixthgeneration queens acquired from B. ignitus and B. terrestris colonies that were reared year-round in a climate-controlled room (27°C, 65% relative humidity, and continuous darkness) at the Division of Applied Entomology, Department of Agricultural Biology, National Academy of Agricultural Science, Republic of Korea.","PeriodicalId":14140,"journal":{"name":"International journal of industrial entomology","volume":"44 1","pages":"58-65"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85681718","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yaqi Liu, N. Park, Yong Gyun Kim, Keun-Ki Kim, H. Park, H. Son, C. H. Hong, Sang Mong Lee
{"title":"Molecular Cloning of the cDNA of Heat Shock Protein 88 Gene from the Entomopathogenic Fungus, Paecilomyces tenuipes Jocheon-1","authors":"Yaqi Liu, N. Park, Yong Gyun Kim, Keun-Ki Kim, H. Park, H. Son, C. H. Hong, Sang Mong Lee","doi":"10.7852/IJIE.2014.28.2.71","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7852/IJIE.2014.28.2.71","url":null,"abstract":"Ya-qi Liu et al. Molecular Cloning of the cDNA of the Heat Shock Protein 88 Gene 72 73 present study. Until now, a great number of variable species of HSPs including small HSPs with molecular weights ranging from 15-40 kDa and many types of HSPs with molecular weights over 40 kDa have been studied; however, HSP88 is rarely investigated (Schlesinger, 1990; Sorensen et al., 2003; Davis, 2004; Burnie et al., 2006; Bendz et al., 2007; Tsan and Gao, 2009; Manjunatha et al., 2010; Shim et al., 2012; Routray et al., 2013). Although the amino acid sequence of the HSP88 has been reported from a fungal species (PlesofskyVig and Brambl, 1998), there are few reports regarding the full-length cDNA sequence. This is the first report, to our knowledge, about the HSP88 from Paecilomyces tenuipes Jocheon-1 (P. tenuipes Jocheon-1), an entomopathogenic fungus also known as the vegetable wasp, and plant worm. P. tenuipes Jocheon-1 is an ecotype of the corresponding species. Dongchoonghacho, a kind of silkworm mushroom produced from the entomopathogenic fungus of P. tenuipes, has been known as a mysterious ancient medicine in Asian countries, particularly in China, Korea, and Japan. This paper describes the molecular cloning of HSP88 cDNA from P. tenuipes Jocheon-1, the expression of cDNA, the deduced amino acid sequence of the protein, and the influence of the heat shock treatment on the corresponding mRNA expression levels. Materials and Methods","PeriodicalId":14140,"journal":{"name":"International journal of industrial entomology","volume":"54 1","pages":"71-84"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77394735","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Oxidative Stress and Antioxidant Defences in the Tasar Silkworm Antheraea mylitta D: Challenged with Nosema Species","authors":"K. Jena, J. Pandey, A. Sinha","doi":"10.7852/IJIE.2014.28.2.85","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7852/IJIE.2014.28.2.85","url":null,"abstract":"This study was designed to find out the effect of Nosema spore on oxidative damages and antioxidant defence in the midgut of tasar silkworm Antheraea mylitta. Higher level of lipid peroxidation (LPX) and total hydroperoxides indicate the resultant oxidative stress in the Nosema exposed specimen. Increased superoxide dismutase (SOD) suggests activation of physiological mechanism to scavenge the superoxide radical produced during Nosema infection. Higher activities of catalase and glutathione-S-tranferase on 18 th d indicate adaptive behaviour of the tissue against oxyradicals. The results suggest that Nosema infection is involved in altering the active oxygen metabolism by modulating LPX and reactive oxygen species (ROS), which is indicative of pebrine disease disorder.","PeriodicalId":14140,"journal":{"name":"International journal of industrial entomology","volume":"1 1","pages":"85-91"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83037484","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kyu‐Won Kwak, Myung‐Sae Han, S. Nam, Ji-Young Choi, Seokhyung Lee, Youngcheol Choi, K. Park
{"title":"Detection of Insect Pathogen Serratia marcescens in Protaetia brevitarsis seulensis (Kolbe) from Korea","authors":"Kyu‐Won Kwak, Myung‐Sae Han, S. Nam, Ji-Young Choi, Seokhyung Lee, Youngcheol Choi, K. Park","doi":"10.7852/IJIE.2014.28.2.25","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.7852/IJIE.2014.28.2.25","url":null,"abstract":"【Protaetia brevitarsis seulensis (Kolbe) is widely used in Korea, as a protein-rich, alternate, functional food with pharmacological benefits. In addition to anti-oxidant properties, the larvae of P. b. seulensis also show positive effects against hepatic disorder and diabetes; therefore, P. b. seulensis larvae are being reared on a large scale in Korea. We evaluated reared larvae of P. b. seulensis from Gyeong-gi in Korea. Using 16SrRNA PCR, electro-microscopy, and bioassay techniques, we found that the larvae harbored Spo-1, a bacterium identified as the insect pathogen Serratia marcescens. Therefore, we highlight the use of this insect as an alternate food and the need for its sanitary rearing conditions, as contamination may affect public health.】","PeriodicalId":14140,"journal":{"name":"International journal of industrial entomology","volume":"59 1","pages":"25-31"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84280629","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}