눈꽃동충하초균의 감염이 고치에 미치는 영향을 알아보기 위하여 5령 누에에 균을 접종하고 실험을 수행하였다. 저 농도 눈꽃동충하초균의 침입을 받은 누에는 건강한 누에처럼 생존하여도 경과일수의 지연, 체중의 감소를 가져 왔고, 견질면으로 보아도 고치 무게, 고치층 무게, 번데기 무게 등의 감소로 견질이 저하되었다.
Cordyceps, Paecilomycesjaponica, was inoculated against silkworm, Bombyx mori in the 5th instals to know effect of cordyceps on the cocoon quality. Feeding period of larvae in 5th instals was more longer than normal larvae. Larval body weight, cocoon weight, cocoon layer weight, and pupal weight were reduced 21.56%, 13.64%, 15.18% and 11.74% respectively. The cocoon quality of silkworms which inoculated with cordyceps was inferior than cocoon quality of normal silkworms.
