African Journal of
Biotechnology

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Biotechnol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1684-5315
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJB
  • Start Year: 2002
  • Published Articles: 12481

Review

Overview of silkworm pathology in China

  Kang Guo-Ping1,2* and Guo Xi-Jie1,2  
  1Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212018, China. 2Sericultural Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhenjiang 212018, China.
Email: [email protected]

  •  Accepted: 25 November 2011
  •  Published: 12 December 2011

Abstract

 

In this study, we elaborated the history and progress of studies on silkworm diseases in China through summarizing and reviewing the achievements on silkworm pathology, pathogenic molecular biology, epidemiology, pathogen detection and diagnostic techniques, damage from non-infectious silkworm diseases and control of non-infectious silkworm diseases. These summaries and reviews would provide good references for further studies in silkworm diseases.

 

Key words: Silkworm, pathology, disease control, China.