A Study on Evaluation of Alkaline and Acid Phosphatase Isozymes During Different Developmental Stages of New Breeding Lines and Races of Bombyx mori L

It is interesting to note that different silkworm races reared in laboratory offer an important testing ground for the application of biochemical methods to taxonomic problems. Moreover, there is scarcity of knowledge on enzyme studies in new breeding lines and races of silkworm specially Bombyx mori L. Therefore, we designed the present study with the main goal to evaluate the activities of alkaline and acid phosphatases quantitatively during different developmental stages of new breeding lines and races viz. Kalimpong-A (KA), B18, Pure Mysore (PM), evolved R1 and R2 of Bombyx mori L. Quantitative estimations of in alkaline and acid phosphatases were expressed in terms of enzyme activity. Alkaline and acid phosphatase activities during the different developmental stages of KA, NB18, PM, evolved R1 & R2 races were determined using Sodium-1 naphthahyl phosphate as a substrate following the dye-coupling method. The assay mixture included 2 ml of substrate and 0.2 ml of enzyme extract and incubation was made for 30 minutes at 25°c. The reaction was stopped by adding 2 ml of post coupling solution (5 parts of 4% sodium dodecyl sulphate and 2 parts of 0.2% Fast red TR salt) and colorimetric determination were made at 540 nm. Results illustrated that the activity of phosphatases was found to be different and high activity was found in the larval stage, which is feeding stage followed by pupae.