Technology Details

Area of Technology:Sericulture

Title of the Innovation: PHYTOECDYSONE (SAMPOORNA)

Brief About Innovation

Phytoecdysone (20-hydroxy ecdysone) is a molting hormone extracted from a locally available weed. This hormone is used in the early and uniform maturation of silkworms in the fifth instar so as to synchronize the spinning of cocoons. This results in saving of precious mulberry leaves for further rearing and also saving in manpower. Suitably diluted concentration of this hormone is sprayed on the silkworms directly at the end of fifth instar stage when few of the silkworm larve are ready for spinning the cocoons. Winin 24 hours after spary of the hormone all the silkworm larve get ripened for spinning of cocoons.

Plant & machinery:

Extraction machinery for handling bulk plant material, rotary vacuum evaporator or flash evaporator with pump, temperature controlled water baths, deep freezer, quality control equipment like HPLC, spectrophotometer, etc.