Artificial culturing of Cordyceps cicadidae on living silkworm / 中国中药杂志

ABSTRACT

<p><b>UNLABELLED</b>To culture silkworm Cordyceps cicadidae artificially.</p><p><b>METHOD</b>Twenty Paecilomyces cicadae were collected and isolated from 8 natural reserves in China and the Cheju Island of Korea. By the impregnation method, their infection to silkworm larvaes and silkworm chrysalises and the synneneta production were studied.</p><p><b>RESULT</b>The results showed that all P. cicadiae strains could infect silkworm larvaes and silkworm chrysalises, and some strains could produce synnenetas.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The silkworm chrysalis was better than silkworm larvae to culture C. cicadidae.</p>