Claim · model-written summary
Silkworms fed on tukra-infected leaves showed vacuolated cytoplasm with mild cell degeneration.
- Taxon
- mulberrye0
- Interactor
- silkworm
Bombyx morie4herbivore - Outcome
- cytoplasme4
- Qualifier
- vacuolated with mild degeneration of celle4
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Verbatim
e0“These botanicals were sprayed on the tukra (Pink mealy bug) infected mulberry leaves and fed to silkworm”
e4“cytoplasm was reported vacuolated with mild degeneration of cell in silkworm fed on the tukra infected leaves”
Title
Angothu Samba Naik; N.P. Usha; M. Jagadish Naik European Journal of Experimental Biology 2016
Other claims from this paper (3)
- Intervention effect Silkworms fed on mulberry leaves sprayed with botanical extracts showed no change in fat body histology.
- Observation Silkworms fed on tukra-infected mulberry leaves showed slightly sloughed epithelial cells.
- Observation Silkworm tissues fed on tukra mulberry leaves showed slight degeneration with nutritional impact.