An Analysis on Morphological Structure of Cocoon Filaments from Diffrerent Layers of Mulberry Silkworm and Eri-silkworm Cocoons
An Analysis on Morphological Structure of Cocoon Filaments from Diffrerent Layers of Mulberry Silkworm and Eri-silkworm Cocoons
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2013
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Zhang Yang
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Zhang Yang
The characteristics of morphological structure of cocoon filaments from cocoon layers are important references for studying the formation of different types of cocoon filament fibers and the physiological process of larva spinning and for selecting appropriate technology to process the raw cocoons. The cross-section structure of cocoon floss and cocoon filaments from the outer,middle and inner layers of cocoon shell of both mulberry silkworm and eri-silkworm was observed under optical microscope. The major axis,minor axis and cross-sectional area were measured with the help of microscopic granularity analysis software,so as to obtain variation tendency of the compressed degree and roundness of cocoon filaments from different layers. It was found that cocoon floss of both mulberry silkworm and eri-silkworm had the highest variation coefficients in all characterized indexes on morphological structures while the outer layer ranked the second and the middle layer had the least variation coefficients. Both the compressed degree and roundness increased from the outer layer to the middle layer at which peak value was achieved and then decreased towards the inner layer. The roundness of cocoon filament from mullberry silkworm cocoon floss was relatively lower than that of eri-silkworm cocoon floss. Mulberry silkworm cocoon filament had the largest cross-sectional area at middle layer and thus its middle layer was well-formed. On the other hand,the cross-sectional area of eri-silkworm cocoon filament decreased gradually from the outer layer to the inner layer. Observation with atomic force microscope to three dimensional morphology revealed that the cross-section of eri-silkworm cocoon filament was loose at the center,which could be resulted from difference of aggregation structure. Besides,there were certain number of crystals on the surface of eri-silkworm cocoon filament,while the surface of mulberry silkworm cocoon filament was smooth.