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Entomological Communications, 2021 The mulberry silkworm, Bombyx mori L., 1758 (Lepidoptera: Bombycidae) is classified as univoltine, bivoltine, and polyvoltine based on the annual brood frequency. Voltinism in B.
Kiran Rudramuni +4 more
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The Need for Greater Diversification of Tourism Products in the Samarkand Region of Uzbekistan
Journal of Tourismology, 2021 Before the Covid pandemic, Samarkand, Uzbekistan was seen as an emerging, exotic tourist destination. This is because of the growing interest in its historical importance and cultural history which wasstrongly linked with the Great Silk Road.
Shukhrat Rakhmonov, Ian Patterson
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Flaw-tolerance in silk fibrils explains strength, extensibility and toughness of spider silk [PDF]
, 2011 Silk is an ancient but remarkably strong, extensible and tough material made from simple protein building blocks. Earlier work has shown that the particular molecular geometry of silk with a composite of semi-amorphous and nanocrystalline beta-sheet ...
Melis Arslan +2 more
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Breeding for higher productivity in mulberry
Czech Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding, 2012 Mulberry (Morus L.) is an economically important tree being cultivated for its leaves to rear the silkworm Bombyx mori. Rearing of silkworm is an art and science popularly known as sericulture; an agrobased cottage industry provides employment to ...
Kunjupillai VIJAYAN +3 more
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A study of ladder-like silk foothold for the locomotion of bagworms
Scientific Reports, 2021 While walking on horizontal substrates, caterpillars skilfully engage all their legs, including three pairs of thoracic legs and a maximum of five pairs of prolegs, to move in a flexible wave-like motion.
Taiyo Yoshioka +2 more
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Pharmaceutics, 2023 Polo-like protein kinase 1 (PLK1) plays a key role in lung cancer cell mitosis. The knockout of PLK1 gene by the CRISPR–Cas9 system can effectively inhibit the proliferation of tumor cells, but there is no suitable vector for in vivo delivery.
Peng Pan +6 more
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Molecular and nanostructural mechanisms of deformation, strength and toughness of spider silk fibrils [PDF]
, 2010 Spider silk is one of the strongest, most extensible and toughest biological materials known, exceeding the properties of many engineered materials including steel.
Keten, S. +15 more
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Applicability of forcibly spinning technology to produce a finer silk filament
Journal of Natural Fibers, 2020 Forcibly spinning method has once shown a potential to enhance tensile strength of Bombyx mori silkworm silk fibers to the level of spider dragline silk.
Yutaka Kawahara, Tomohiko Hananouchi
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Heliyon, 2022 Background: Castor (Ricinus communis L.) is cultivated for seed oil and to feed (leaves) Eri silkworm, Samia ricini (Donovan) Hutt. Alternaria blight affects castor cultivation resulting substantial yield loss (∼30%).
Sosanka Protim Sandilya +6 more
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Evidence of the Most Stretchable Egg Sac Silk Stalk, of the European Spider of the Year Meta menardi [PDF]
, 2011 Spider silks display generally strong mechanical properties, even if differences between species and within the same species can be observed. While many different types of silks have been tested, the mechanical properties of stalks of silk taken from the
Lepore, Emiliano +33 more
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