Sahoo, Alpana
Dutta, Abinash
Dandapat, Jagneshwar
Samanta, Luna
Article History
Received: 21 August 2017
Accepted: 11 January 2018
First Online: 22 January 2018
Ethics approval
: All experiments have been conducted as per the guidelines of the Institutional Animal Ethics Committee, Department of Zoology, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. However, the insect species used in this study is reared for commercial production of raw silk materials, as a part of agro-based industry. Therefore, use of this animal in research does not require ethical clearance. We have obtained permission from the office of Research officer sericulture, Baripada, Orissa, India for the provision of infrastructure and support for rearing of silkworm both in indoor and outdoor conditions related to our study to promote sericulture practices.
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