• International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.21-23
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• 2011

In order to produce the colored cocoons we finalized the adequate amount of dyes throughout several trial and error experiments. The proper amount of each dye required for per 100 g of each colored cocoon turned out to be 150 mg of Rhodamine, 1560 mg of Thionin, 170 mg of Neutral red, and 200 mg of N-Blue, respectively. With this amount of dyes silkworms grew without physiological disorders. In order to produce colored cocoons, artificial diet composed mainly of mulberry leaves was fed to silkworms from the beginning of 5th instar, and subsequently fed with dye included diet from $4^{th}$ day of the 5th instar. This process resultantly produced colored silkworm body from the onset of feeding and subsequently colored cocoons and eggs. Nevertheless, the dye induced color was not inherited to next generation.

• International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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• 제43권1호
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• pp.22-28
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• 2021

Natural nonwoven silk fabric has attracted researchers' attention owing to its unique properties as a biomaterial. It is fabricated by reeling, wetting, and hot pressing natural silk filament from silkworm cocoons. In this study, silkworm cocoons were immersed in water at different temperatures for various durations to examine the effects of wet treatment on their crystallinity and morphology. As the treatment temperature and time increased, the cocoon's silk filament separation became more evident, and fibroin strands were observed in it. The crystallinity indexes of the silkworm cocoons increased until a treatment time of 2 h and remained constant thereafter. The increase in the crystallinity index using wet treatment was enhanced by increasing the treatment temperature. Although the weight loss of the silkworm cocoon was insignificant until 40℃, it was appreciable above this temperature, and the degree of weight loss constantly increased with increases in the treatment temperature and time.

• International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.18-23
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• 2019

Bombyx mori silkworm has many silkworm varieties and the structure and properties of silk can be varied depending on the silkworm variety. Therefore, the choice of proper silkworm variety can be an effective way to control and improve the performance of silk materials in biomedical and cosmetic applications. As a preliminary study, in the present study, thirty nine Bombyx mori silkworm cocoons were prepared and their molecular conformation and crystallinity were examined. Molecular conformation and the crystallinity of silkworm cocoons were different depending on the silkworm variety. Interestingly, the crystallinity index of outside of cocoon was different from that of inside of cocoon and the difference between the crystallinities of outside and inside of cocoon was varied depending on the silkworm variety. In this study, the silkworm variety cocoons were classified into three groups (Group 1, Group 2, and Group 3) based on the difference of crystallinities between outside and inside.

• International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.31-39
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• 2015

Antheraea mylitta Drury (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) is a commercial silk producing forest insect of India, but it has never been experimented in Uttarakhand state in spite of the huge availability of its forestry host plants. This is the first study on A. mylitta in Uttarakhand. The goal of this study is to introduce forest based commercial rearing of A. mylitta, in tropical forest areas of Uttarakhand to reduce poverty among forest dependent people. In current study, we assessed the effect of seven forest tree species, rearing seasons, and their interactions on cocoon productivity of Daba (bivoltine) ecorace of A. mylitta in the New Forest of FRI, Dehra Dun during 2012 and 2013 and collected the data that was analysed by two-way completely randomized block factorial design. Post HOC Tukey's HSD test was carried out to compare the homogeneous pairs of means. We also carried out Evaluation Index analysis to rank the tested forestry host plants for better growth and development of A. mylitta under the climatic condition of Uttarakhand. Analysis of variance indicated that cocoon yield of A. mylitta differed significantly between rearing seasons (DF=1, F=88.24, p<0.05) and host plants (DF 6, F= 368.63, p<0.05); however, their interactions were found insignificant (DF=6, F=0.99, p>0.05). In first rearing season of July-August, there was higher cocoon yield than the second season of September-November. Results indicated that Terminalia alata fed larvae showed significantly higher cocoon yield (164.11 cocoons/300 larvae); followed by, T. tomentosa (148.89 cocoons), T. arjuna (140.00 cocoons) and Lagerstroemia speciosa (129.47 cocoons) fed larvae. Whereas, Lagerstroemia tomentosa fed larvae that was used by the first time in India, showed lowest cocoon yield (48.81 cocoons), followed by T. chebula (72.53 cocoons) fed larvae. Cocoon yield of T. tomentosa and T. arjuna fed larvae of A. mylitta did not differ significantly with each other.

• 유기물자원화
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.105-111
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• 2004

환대 발생 직후의 줄지렁이에 제지슬러지, 농공지역(연천), 농업지역(남해)의 하수슬러지를 급이하였을 때, 104일 동안 줄지렁이가 생산한 난포수는 제지슬러지, 농업지역, 농공지역 순으로 각각 11.8, 8.6, 3.5개/마리였다. 그리고 제지슬러지를 급이한 경우는 조사기간동안 꾸준한 산란수를 유지하였으나 농공지역 하수슬러지를 급이한 지렁이는 먹이급이 52일 경과 후, 농업지역 하수슬러지는 먹이 급이 95일후부터 난포를 생산하지 못하였다. 환대 발생 직후의 줄지렁이에 농공지역(연천), 농업지역(남해)의 하수슬러지 및 제지슬러지를 급이하여 산란된 난포의 부화율은 각각 42.8, 38.3, 39.2%로 차이가 없었다. 그러나 연천하수슬러지와 남해하수슬러지를 급이한 경우 먹이 급이 46일, 43일 이후에 생산된 난포에서는 전혀 부화가 이루어지지 않았다. 부화기간은 33.8~36.0일로 먹이에 따른 차이는 없었다. 하수슬러지 및 제지슬러지를 급이한 후 생산된 난포에서 부화된 유충에 계속하여 하수슬러지 및 제지슬러지를 급이하였을 때, 먹이 급이 60일경과 후 지렁이의 치사율이 제지슬러지에서는 16%, 농업지역 하수슬러지에서는 90%, 농공지역 하수슬러지에서는 100%를 나타내었다.

• 한국잠사곤충학회지
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• 제39권1호
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• pp.22-29
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• 1997

Ultraviolet weavelength (UV) of 366 nm produced clearer fluorescent dolor than that of 254 nm for the inspection of silkworm cocoons. Fluorescent color of silkworm cocoons varied in color, appears no relationship with the natural color under the normal light. Uniformity of fluorescent color was improved by selection of blue or yellow line from wild types. Blue and yellow, located at the opposite poles on the color solid and L*a*b* color system, confirmed as pure standard of fluorescent color in the silkworm races for commercial white cocoons. the cocoons with blue fluorescence occupied as high as 1.7 to 8.6 times than those with yellow in the Japanese silkworm races. Fluorescence of silkworm cocoon was not affected by forced flow dry at 70$^{\circ}C$ for 6 hrs. While the Japanese races revealed no sexual difference in fluorescent color, sex-dependence of the color was common in the Chinese races for commercial white cocoon. The fluorescence of cocoon shell of Chinese races showed clear separation of blue of median color. Silkworm strain of Dc20 and Fc24 were sexualy segregated 98.8${\pm}$1.20%, 99.0${\pm}$1.00% by cocoon fluorescence, as that of 99.3${\pm}$0.44% by typical larval marking of sex-limited inheritance. Specific expression of cocoon fluorescence, applicable to breeding of simple discrimination of sex for Chinese races, inspected thoroughly on the surface and inner layer of cocoon shell.

• Natural Product Sciences
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• 제1권1호
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• pp.66-69
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• 1995

Traditional Antheraea pernyi silkworm cocoon is tawny color. The white Antheraea pernyi silkworm cocoons studied here by IR and UV are new breeds of recent breeding. We discovered that the main body of the first grade structure of silk protein in the new white is as same as the one in the traditional tawny Antheraea pernyi silkworm cocoon, yet there are small quantities of cross-linked polymer of gentisic acid and silk protein in the white silkworm cocoons. In spite of the least surviving quantity of the polymer, the white silkworm cocoons are most white and its white color is similar to white Bombyx mori silkworm cocoon.

• 한국잠사곤충학회지
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• 제7권
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• pp.75-79
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• 1967

생견 및 건견에 적외선을 조사하여 조사성적과 생사의 품위를 조사하고 아울러 생사에 직접 조사한 때의 실외 물리적 성질을 조사한 결과는 다음과 같다. 1. 생견에 적외선을 조사한 것은 건견 및 무처리구에 비하여 생사량비율이 높았다. 2. 원료견과 생사에 적외선이 조사되면 생사의 강력(4.5g/d)은 향상되나 신도는 저하되었다. 3. 적외선조사에 의하여 생사는 황변화 하였다.

• 한국잠사곤충학회지
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• 제10권
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• pp.81-88
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• 1969

견검정용 자견기 증자부에 Infra-red-ray Lamp를 설치한 후 1968년도 춘추잠견에 대하여 자견을 행하였다. 동시에 이들 원료견의 조사를 하여 해서상태와 생사량 및 부견사량 등 몇가지 항목에 대한 조사결과 다음과 같은 결론을 얻어 이에 보고하는 바이다. (1) IRR-Heater의 조사는 원료견의 해서를 향상시켰는데 원료견에 따라서 그 효과에 차이가 있어 춘잠견에서는 5∼9％, 추잠기에서는 2∼10％의 향상을 보았다. (2) 생사량비율에 있어서는 유의차는 있지 않으나 춘잠원료견에 따라서는 0.3∼0.6％, 추잠견에서는 0.2∼1.3％(지수)의 증수였다. (3) IRR-Heater의 조사본수별 효과도 원료견성상에 따라 불량견에서 2kW, 우량견에서는 1kW로서 그의 효과가 있었다. (4) 조사능률은 춘추잠견별로 최저 3％, 최고 14％(지수)의 행상을 보았다. 이상 해서율의 향상과 이에 따른 사조고장의 감소 및 능률의 향상과 생사량비율의 증수를 고려하여보면 현재 우리나라의 조사기가 자동화하여 (현 39.5％)가는 현실로 보아 전국 각제사공장의 기업제사를 더욱 합리적으로 경영키 위해서는 적외선처리로서 원료견의 해서를 도모해야할 것이다.

• International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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• 제45권2호
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• pp.84-92
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• 2022

White-Jade silkworm (previously also known as Baegokjam) variety is the most popular silkworm variety that produces white cocoons. In 2021, the market share of White-Jade variety in Korea is very high, accounting for 88% of the silkworm production. Daebaekjam, Dodamsilkworm, Kumkangjam, and Kumokjam varieties, which have recently been established, make white cocoons like White-Jade. In this study, we found that 5 types of HongJams produced from 5 varieties of silkworms producing white cocoons did not show any severe difference in proximate analysis. The amounts of crude proteins, the most abundant nutrient, were between 71.05 ~ 73.38%, and those of crude lipids were 13.89 ~ 14.69% in 5 types of HongJams. In addition, there was no difference between White-Jade HongJam (WJ) and Daebaekjam HongJam in amino acid compositions. The amount of unsaturated fatty acid was significantly higher in WJ than in the other four types of HongJams, but the omega-6 fatty acids/omega-3 fatty acids ratio was higher in the four types of HongJams. Most of the minerals were higher in four types of HongJams than in WJ, and three heavy metal were not detected in all 5 types of HongJams. Phytochemicals were also most abundant in WJ, but the difference in the amounts were not severe. And pepsin digestibility was the highest for Kumokjam HongJam and the lowest for Dodam-silkworm HongJam, but the difference was not severe. The nutritional component analysis results of this study suggested that four new varieties can be used for producing HongJams, and Daebaekjam can replace White-Jade the most as the protein source.