Breeding of a New Silkworm Variety, Chugangjam, with a Sex-Limited Larval Marking and High Silk Yielding for Summer-Autumn Rearing Season

Breeding of a New Silkworm Variety, Chugangjam, with a Sex-Limited Larval Marking and High Silk Yielding for Summer-Autumn Rearing Season

A new silkworm variety, Chugangjam, with a sex-limited larval marking and high silk yielding for summer-autumn rearing season is $F_1$ hybrid between Jam 147, a Japanese race bred from P8503/8453, and Jam 148, a Chinese race from M8306/Jam 130. Jam 147, Japanese parent of the Chugangjam showed a high GCA (general combining ability) in pupation percentage and Jam 148, Chinese parent, showed a high GCA in pupation percentage and single cocoon weight. In the local adaptability test performed at 8 local areas in autumn of 2001, Chugangjam was 5% higher in cocoon yield and 8% in raw silk productivity in the 10,000 of the 3rd molted larvae, respectively, than the check variety Daesungjam.