The colourful pigment extracted from the lac insect may actually be produced by a symbiotic yeast-like organism living inside the insect, a new study by researchers at the Indian Institute of Science ...

You’ve been eating it your whole life, and it’s perfectly OK. The natural waxy coating on fruits is often stripped during washing after harvest. Edible lac resin coatings—derived from insects— restore ...

THE commercial value of the insects from which cochineal, lac, and Japanese white wax are obtained were briefly referred to, by Dr. L. O. Howard, in the course of a short paper on a useful American ...

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IN view of the importance of the lac industry to the Indian Empire, it is obviously desirable that the best practical information should be readily accessible to all who seek it. Mr. P. M. Glover, ...

The invasive lobate lac scale identified as Paratachardina lobata (Chamberlin) (Hemiptera: Keriidae), native to southern India and Sri Lanka, is a severe threat to native and economic plants in ...

Md Sohel Rana, an engineer-turned-entrepreneur, has achieved self-reliance through a unique trade -- collecting lac resin from raintrees. Hailing from Chapainawabganj, Rana studied Electrical and ...