Acta Agriculturae Zhejiangensis ›› 2024, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (5): 1032-1041.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-1524.20230794

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The directional transfer of the plain silkworm variety Jingsong into a sex-limited multilunar silkworm variety

LIAO Pengfei(), LI Qiongyan, LUO Shungao, LIU Min, ZHU Hongtao, LI Jiya, BAI Hongying, CHEN Haiquan, FAN Yonghui, DONG Zhanpeng*()   

  1. Sericultural & Apicultural Research Institute, Yunnan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Mengzi 661101, Yunnan, China
  • Received:2023-06-26 Online:2024-05-25 Published:2024-05-29

Abstract:

To identify the gender of the larvae in the early developmental stages of the current plain silkworm variety Jingsong, for the purpose of achieving sex-separation in rearing and differential utilization, the female of the sex-limited normal marking silkworm race Yuncan 7A was crossed with the male of multilunar silkworm race Cb. Then, these hybrids were respectively crossed with the commercial plain silkworm race Jingsong A and Jingsong B. The progeny were backcrossed to the commercial plain silkworm race for several times and then selfed, combined with categorized selection for individual and batches. This process introduced sex-limited normal marking gene of Yuncan 7A and multilunar gene of Cb into the commercial plain silkworm race Jingsong, directed breeding resulted in Jing A Chaxian and Jing B Chaxian. The results showed that during the breeding process, the larval spot differentiation turned into easy-to-distinguish multilunar and non-multilunar types by color and shape. The cultivated Jing A Chaxian and Jing B Chaxian larvae displayed clearly different color differentiation of multilunar at the beginning of the 3rd instar, allowing for accurate gender identification. The economic traits of Jing A Chaxian and Jing B Chaxian, such as the larva-pupa rate of 96.91% and 96.40%, the whole cocoon weight of 1.62 g and 1.56 g, the cocoon shell ratio of 23.78% and 23.26%, were slightly different from their recurrent parents, exhibiting characteristics of good health, easy rearing, and high-quality cocoons. This study laid a foundation for creating breeding materials with special traits, the differential utilization of male and female silkworms, and reducing the breeding costs of male silkworms.

Key words: silkworm race, sex-limited normal marking, plain, sex-limited multilunar, directional transfer

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