STUDIES ON THE EFFECT OF PESTICIDES ON THE REPRODUCTION OF THE SILKWORM, BOMBYX MORI L. : I. Effects of Chemicals Administered During the Larval Stage on Egg-Laying and Hatching

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The administration of sublethal pesticide doses to silkworm (Bombyx mori L.) larvae resulted in marked reproductive abnormalities: a decrease in the total number of eggs laid; an increase in the number of non-fertilized eggs; the death of embryos in the early developmental stage; the inability of embryos, developed to the stage just before hatching, to hatch; and the death of newly hatched silkworms.