Breeding of Bombyx Mori

Bombyx mori is a Lepidoptera silk-laundering insect that feeds on mulberry leaves. The bombyx mori variety selection has made a significant contribution to the promotion of the sericulture industry as a whole. However, the rural sericulture environment is heavily polluted, in poor conditions and bombyx mori has more pests and diseases, which restrict the development of the silk industry. Therefore, breeding high quality, high yielding and efficient bombyx mori varieties can better develop the market. Early genetic breeding research on bombyx mori was highly developed and a scientific system for breeding and preserving silkworm seeds was formed, but traditional genetic resources have been fully exploited and the silkworm and silk industry is facing an unprecedented and enormous challenge.

Our Services for Breeding of Bombyx Mori

In recent years, with the flourishing development of molecular biology, genomics, transgenics and genome editing technologies and their rapid application, bombyx mori genetic breeding has been gaining momentum. Lifeasible provides breeding services for bombyx mori to breed excellent bombyx mori varieties with comprehensive traits like high-yield, multi-filament, and strong resistance.

Our Methods for Breeding of Bombyx Mori

• Transgenic technology

We can use various technical methods such as direct injection of exogenous DNA fragments, sperm-mediated, gene gun, electroporation, virus-mediated, pulsed field electrophoresis, parthenogenetic homologous recombination, and silkworm transgenic technology based on piggyBac transposon, to improve silk production and quality, improve antiviral genetic properties, and develop bioreactors.

• Genome editing technology

We have established a genome editing technology system based on zinc-finger nucleases (ZFNs), transcription activator-like effector nucleases (TALEN) and CRISPR/Cas9 in bombyx mori. The expected genetic changes can be obtained by introducing exogenous DNA elements into specific sites in the bombyx mori.

Advantages

• We can breed bombyx mori summer and autumn varieties that are robust, well-fed, resistant to adversity and have a stable and high yield.
• We can breed bombyx mori spring varieties that are high quality, high yielding, easy to multiply and have a high silk yield.
• We can breed bombyx mori varieties for both spring and autumn.
• We can produce bombyx mori varieties for special applications.

Lifeasible provides breeding services for bombyx mori to breed excellent varieties with good comprehensive traits of bombyx mori. We use transgenic and genome editing technologies to rapidly and accurately improve specific traits for target traits to produce bombyx mori varieties with superior traits. If you are interested in our services or if you have any questions, please click online inquiry for more detailed information.