Determination of Lactic Acid Content during Embryonic Development of the Silkworm under Imposed Photoperiodic Regimes

Abstract

The variations in the lactic acid content of developing eggs were examined in day to day developmental period, and significant modifications and beneficial responses to light induction were discovered when compared to the untreated control. The importance of lactic acid deposition during embryonic development under anaerobic settings is an adaptive strategy to tide over the unfavourable environmental condition. The current research project is devoted to the concept of photoperiodic effects on the lactic acid level in the developing embryo of the silkworm.  During the imposed photoperiodic regimes, the lactic acid content slowly disintegrated and activated aerobic respiration in the silkworm eggs, which proliferated and facilitated the rate of increased morphogenesis and organ differential attributed to embryonic age advancement. It plays a significant role in the adaptive mechanism under extreme environmental conditions in hibernated eggs rather than non-hibernated eggs of the mulberry silkworm, Bombyx mori L. The study of the objective is to study the changes in the lactic acid content of developing embryos of CSR₄ breed under 16:08 light and dark conditions.