Production Efficiency of Cocoon Shell of Silkworm,Bombyx moriL. (Bombycidae: Lepidoptera), as an Index for Evaluating the Nutritive Value of Mulberry,Morussp. (Moraceae), Varieties | Zendy

Jalaja S. Kumar | Zendy; N. Suresh Kumar | Zendy

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Production Efficiency of Cocoon Shell of Silkworm,Bombyx moriL. (Bombycidae: Lepidoptera), as an Index for Evaluating the Nutritive Value of Mulberry,Morussp. (Moraceae), Varieties

Author(s) -

Jalaja S. Kumar,

N. Suresh Kumar

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

psyche a journal of entomology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.168

H-Index - 22

eISSN - 1687-7438

pISSN - 0033-2615

DOI - 10.1155/2011/807363

Subject(s) - bombyx mori , lepidoptera genitalia , moraceae , sericulture , biology , production efficiency , mathematics , horticulture , zoology , toxicology , botany , engineering , mechanical engineering , biochemistry , gene

The nutritional efficiency of mulberry leaves consumed by silkworms, Bombyx mori L., is usually evaluated in terms of the proportion of cocoon shell weight to the amount of food ingested. The production efficiency of cocoon shell is generally used to identify the superiority of a mulberry variety for silkworm rearing. In this study the production efficiency of cocoon shell was used as an index for evaluating the nutritive value of different mulberry varieties of India. Among the varieties, V-1, having highest production efficiency of cocoon shell with less amount of food ingested and highest digestibility, is regarded as the best suitable variety with nutritive values ideal for silkworm rearing

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