Among the silkworm diseases, white muscardine caused by Beauveria bassiana is the most common disease. The seven different chemicals viz., BKC (90%), pine Oil (100%), bleach (12%), sodium chlorite (80%), bleaching powder (30%), sanitech (2000ppm) and hydrated lime (80%) were tested and screened against fungus (beauveria bassiana and bacteria (bacillus and staphyllococcus) based on poison food technique with different concentrations such as , , 1%, 2%, , 3%, 5%and 10% with three replications for each chemical concentration along with control. Among all the chemical the BKC (90%) gave better result. all the six concentration viz., , , , , 5 and 10 were tested against fungus (beauveria bassiana) and bacteria ( bacillus and staphylococcus). |
