Special Issue Description


Authors : J. A. Chavan and G. P. Bhawane

Page Nos : 23-28

Description :
In the present investigation, the plants having antiviral activity used against the inoculation of BmNPV silkworm infected larvae of PM and CSR2 races. The result showed that Total Haemocyte Count (THC) count was decreased in inoculated group when compared with respective control group of B. mori. The treatment of plants having the antiviral activity at 6000ppm of Curcuma longa, Argemone mexicana and Boganvellia spectabilis showed improvement in THC and values are more or less similar when compared with their control groups. Keywords: Bombyx mori, Curcuma longa, Argemone Mexicana, Boganvellia spectabilis, BmNPV infection.

Date of Online: 30 Special Issue 3,Nov.2017