Antibiotic (Gentamicin) Impact on Bacterial Flacherrie Disease of Silkworm, Bombyx mori L.. | ||||
| Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences. A, Entomology | ||||
| Article 7, Volume 5, Issue 2, August 2012, Page 55-63 PDF (177.28 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/eajbsa.2012.14792 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Souad M. Mahmoud; Rehab H. Taha; Saad, I. A. I. | ||||
| Sericulture Department, Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| There are many factors that influence the success of silk production. Bacterial flacherrie considered the most important factor. Antibiotics showed promising results for controlling of silkworm diseases and to improve the production of silk and harvesting superior crop. The effect of antibiotic (Gentamicin) upon the infection with bacterial flacherrie was discussed. Gentamicin as a cheap antibiotic in Egypt can be used easily by trainees and farmers. It was found that Gentamicin significantly increases the effective rate of rearing (ERR %) and larval weight (97.333% and 2.631gm, respectively). Single female and male cocoon weights (1.400 gm and 1.068 gm, respectively) and male cocoon shell ratio (22.708%) were significantly increased under the effect of antibiotic treatment comparing with control. Polymorphism among the tested haemolymphal samples were investigated using SDS-PAGE electrophoresis. A variation was detected in the protein banding pattern with considerable polymorphism (88.2 %), with the appearance of 2 monomorphic bands, 12 polymorphic and 3 unique bands. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| antibiotic; Bacterial Flacherrie Disease; Bombyx mori | ||||
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