“…There have been reports of the germicidal effects of lime, phenolic compounds (Henga, 1977) [20] , calcium hydroxide, chlorinated lime (Balvenkatasubbaiah et al, 1993) and chlorine dioxide (Balvenkatasubbaiah et al, 1994(Balvenkatasubbaiah et al, , 1996 and 1999) [9,10,7] against some or all silkworm pathogens. According to studies (Singh et al, 2005(Singh et al, , 2006) [66,61] , the virosis and pebrine diseases of the tasar silkworm are effectively treated by a number of disinfectants, such as bleaching powder, slaked lime and formalin. According to Singh et al (2004Singh et al ( , 2006 [67,61] , wood ash solution can be used as an effective disinfectant against viruses and bacteria as an alternative of slaked lime.…”