silkworm seed


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Noun1.silkworm seed - eggs of a silkworm
egg - animal reproductive body consisting of an ovum or embryo together with nutritive and protective envelopes; especially the thin-shelled reproductive body laid by e.g. female birds
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During the study, the effect of vitality, silkworm cocoon quality and quantity, silkworm seed quality and quantity were evaluated.
Effect of Popcorn Disease Infected Leaves on Silkworm Performance and Differential Proteome Analysis of Mulberry Popcorn Disease
Quality silkworm seed refers to richness of layings, egg viability, hatching uniformity and more importantly good rearing performance of the progeny (Ullal and Narashimhanna, 1981) and it depends on management practices i.e., rearing temperature, humidity, nutrition, and genotype of the breed.
Effect of Rearing Temperature and Humidity on Fecundity and Fertility of Silkworm, Bombyx mori L. (Lepidoptera: Bombycidae)

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