The use of artificial feed enables factorial sericulture and the study of silkworm genetic mecha-nisms of feeding behavior as well as the breeding of silkworm varieties for artificial feed,which is an essen-tial basis for achieving this goal.Whole-age artificial feed and whole-age mulberry leaf diets were applied separately in four silkworm varieties including A Ji,872,Qing Song,and Su Chun to investigate the weight of fifth instar silkworm and feeding habit of fifth instar silkworm.Results showed a significant difference between 872 and Su Chun,but there is no significant difference between A Ji and Qing Song by two feeding regimes.In whole-age artificial feed group,more than 80% fifth instar larvae of the three vari-eties of A Ji,872 and Qing Song chose artificial feed,while only 20% of Su Chun silkworms chose artifi-cial feed.Under the full-age mulberry leaf feeding,the fifth instar larvae of the three varieties of 872,Qing Song and Su Chun all chose mulberry leaf diet,only 70% of A Ji chose mulberry leaf feeding.Further,the fifth instar larvae mandibles on day 3 of Su Chun with significant different body weight and the worst feed-ing ability of artificial diet and A Ji with no significant different body weight and good feeding ability of ar-tificial diet were selected as tissue samples,and the expression differences of general odorant binding pro-tein genes,GOBP1,GOBP2 and odorant receptor gene,OR56 of 2 different breeds were analyzed by real-time fluorescence quantitative PCR (qRT-PCR).The results showed that the expression of GOBP 1 and GOBP2 was higher in Su Chun than A Ji (P<0.01,P<0.001),but the expression of OR56 in A Ji was higher than Su Chun (P<0.05).It is found that the feeding habits of artificial feed of silkworm influenced by variety and the expression level of olfactory related genes,which is different among varieties with dif-ferent diets.This could serve as one of the foundational criteria for the selection and breeding of silkworm varieties adapted to artificial feed.
关键词
家蚕人工饲料育/5龄蚕体质量/5龄摄食性/嗅觉相关基因
Key words
Artificial feed of silkworm/Weight of 5th instar/Feeding habit of 5th instar/Olfactory related genes