*Jung Lee¹, Toshiaki Fujimoto², Katsushi Yamaguchi³, Shuji Shigenobu³, Ken Sahara², Atsushi Toyoda⁴, Toru Shimada¹ (1. Gakushuin University (Japan), 2. Iwate University (Japan), 3. National Institute for Basic Biology (Japan), 4. National Institute of Genetics (Japan))

*Yan Meng^1,2, Dan Liang³, Rui Shu⁴, Toru Shimada⁵ (1. School of Life Sciences, Anhui Agricultural University (China), 2. Anhui Key Laboratory of Resource Insect Biology and Innovative Utilization, Anhui Agricultural University (China), 3. College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Yangzhou University (China), 4. Institute of Sericulture, Anhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences (China), 5. Department of Life Science, Gakushuin University (Japan))

*Silvia Cappellozza¹ (1. Council for Agricultural Research and Economics (Italy))

*Tsuguru Fujii¹, Toshiaki Fujimoto¹, Yusuke Kimura¹, Kazunori Yamamoto¹, Kei Tamura¹, Kazuhiro Nishikawa¹ (1. Kyushu University (Japan))

*Himanshu Dubey¹, Indumathi Kamatchi B.¹, Rajal Debnath¹, S. Manthira Moorthy¹, Ponnuvel Kangayam M², Arunkumar Kallare P³ (1. Seri Biotech Research Laboratory, Central Silk Board, Bangalore - 560035. INDIA (India), 2. National Silkworm Seed Organization, Central Silk Board, Kodathi, Bangalore, INDIA. (India), 3. Central Muga Eri Research and Training Institute, Central Silk Board, Jorhat, INDIA. (India))

*Zenta Kajiura¹, Koji Shirai¹, Yoongu Lee², Yutaka Banno³, Toru Shimada², Tsuguru Fujii³ (1. Shinshu University (Japan), 2. Gakusyuin University (Japan), 3. Kyusyu University (Japan))

*Atsuo Yoshido¹, Frantisek Marec¹ (1. Institute of Entomology, Biology Centre CAS (Czech Republic))

*Kangayam Muthusamy Ponnuvel^1,2, Manthira Moorthy Shunmugam^1,2 (1. Seribiotech Research Laboratory, Central Silk Board, Bangalore 560035 (India), 2. National Silkworm Seed Organization, Central Silk Board, BTM Layout, Bangalore 560068 (India))