Impact of Thiadiazole as Bombyx Mori Growth Enhancer

Neha Singh Sisodia¹ , S. Gaherwal²

Section:Research Paper, Product Type: Isroset-Journal
Vol.6 , Issue.2 , pp.197-202, Apr-2019

CrossRef-DOI:   https://doi.org/10.26438/ijsrbs/v6i2.197202

Online published on Apr 30, 2019

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Abstract :
Sericulture or silk farming is the rearing of silkworms for the production of raw silk. The mulberry silkworm, Bombyx mori is a domesticated and monophagous insect which feeds only on the leaves of mulberry for its nutrition. In this study we investigated the growth and economic parameters of Silkworm, Bombyx mori (Lepidoptera: Bombycidae) by dietary supplementation of thiadiazole. Thiadiazoles are heterocyclic compounds containing oxygen and nitrogen. 1, 3, 4, thiadiazoles are extensively studied and are known to play diverse biological activities. Diamines or polyamines are found in various biological fluids and are necessary for optimal growth, replication and metabolism of every cell in the body. This report describes the synthesis of diamino substituted thiadiazole and its effect on the growth parameters of Bombyx mori silkworm. Results show that the thiadiazole resulted in increased worm weight, silk gland weight and cocoon weight. We conclude that the thiadiazole can be fed to Bombyx mori silk worms for improving their economic parameters.

Key-Words / Index Term :
Diamines, Thiadiazoles, Bombyx mori, sericulture, Economic parameter

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