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Overview on Neo Classical Aspects of Indian Uzifly, E. sorbillans:The Notorious Pest of Silkworm Bombyx mori L.


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1 Department of Life Sciences, Bangalore University, Bengaluru (Karnataka), India
2 Directorate of Research, Rai Technology University, Bengaluru (Karnataka), India
     

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Sericulture is a major vital and viable agro-based cottage industry across Asia. uzifly, Exorista sorbillans (Wied.) is one of the polyphagous endoparasitoid of the silk-producing lepidopteran Bombyx mori L., which causes 20-30% cocoon crop loss across India and other silk producing Asian countries. Earlier studies confined only towards understating its biology and developing control measure to check its infestation of this pest. Still there is large gap that remains to be filled mainly with reference to the classical, cytological and molecular aspects of the fly pest. The article anatomizes two decade effort the various research findings of our group. The focus of the article is on mainly neo classical aspects of E. sorbillans and its interactions with symbionts Wolbachia and Wo phage along with scope for future research.
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Authors

C. H. Huchesh
Department of Life Sciences, Bangalore University, Bengaluru (Karnataka), India
S. Sampathkumar
Department of Life Sciences, Bangalore University, Bengaluru (Karnataka), India
B. M. Prakash
Directorate of Research, Rai Technology University, Bengaluru (Karnataka), India
J. Uday
Department of Life Sciences, Bangalore University, Bengaluru (Karnataka), India
H. Ravikumar
Department of Life Sciences, Bangalore University, Bengaluru (Karnataka), India
H. P. Puttaraju
Department of Life Sciences, Bangalore University, Bengaluru (Karnataka), India

Abstract


Sericulture is a major vital and viable agro-based cottage industry across Asia. uzifly, Exorista sorbillans (Wied.) is one of the polyphagous endoparasitoid of the silk-producing lepidopteran Bombyx mori L., which causes 20-30% cocoon crop loss across India and other silk producing Asian countries. Earlier studies confined only towards understating its biology and developing control measure to check its infestation of this pest. Still there is large gap that remains to be filled mainly with reference to the classical, cytological and molecular aspects of the fly pest. The article anatomizes two decade effort the various research findings of our group. The focus of the article is on mainly neo classical aspects of E. sorbillans and its interactions with symbionts Wolbachia and Wo phage along with scope for future research.

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