UTILIZATION OF CUTICULAR COMPONENTS OF ANTHERAEA-MYLITTA DRURY LARVAEBY PENICILLIUM-CITRINUM THOM

Authors
SRIVASTAVA PP BANSAL AK SHUKLA RM BANERJEE ND SAXENA NN SINHA SS
Citation
Pp. Srivastava et al., UTILIZATION OF CUTICULAR COMPONENTS OF ANTHERAEA-MYLITTA DRURY LARVAEBY PENICILLIUM-CITRINUM THOM, Mycopathologia, 128(2), 1994, pp. 81-84
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Mycology,Pathology
Journal title
Mycopathologia → ACNP
ISSN journal
0301486X
Volume
128
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
81 - 84
Database
ISI
SICI code
0301-486X(1994)128:2<81:UOCCOA>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
The major cuticular components of Indian tasar silkworm, Antheraea myl itta Drury, were sequentially extracted and estimated to ascertain pre ferential utilization of these components for growth by the entomopath ogenic fungus Penicillium citrinum Thorn. Proteins which constituted 6 1.64% dry weight of cuticule were found to play a key role in the grow th of P. citrinum whereas lipids (7.15%) and chitin (30.02%) were leas t involved. Also, this study suggests absence of any mycocidal substan ce in the cuticle of A. mylitta.