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THE EFFECT OF TWO FODDER PLANTS ON THE PERFORMANCE OF THE JAPANESE OAK SILKWORM, ANTHERAEA YAMAMAI
Author(s) -
Hu Cui,
Ye Gongyin
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
insect science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.991
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1744-7917
pISSN - 1672-9609
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-7917.1994.tb00251.x
Subject(s) - biology , fodder , horticulture , larva , botany
The Japanese oak silkworm, Antheraea yamami , is a precious wild silkworm. Through comparing survival rate, stadium, bodyweight, nutritional indexes, coconing rate and cocoon quality of the larvae reared on Quercus fabri fresh leaves with those on Q. acutissima , it was concluded that Q . fabri is a better fodder plant for this silkworm than Q. acutissima in East China.