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Vol. 8 (5) : September-October 2017 issue
Green Farming Vol. 8 (5) : 1201-1205 ; September-October, 2017
Effect of fortification of mulberry leaves with vermiwash on mulberry silkworm, Bombyx moriL.
CHAITHRA J.1* and S.G. RAYAR2
Department of Agricultural Entomology, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad – 580 005 (Karnataka)
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1Research Associate *(chaithraprami@gmail.com), 2Associate Professor
Subject : Sericulture
Paper No. : P-6688
Total Pages : 5
Received : 26 April 2017
Revised accepted : 10 July 2017
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CHAITHRA J. and S.G. RAYAR. 2017. Effect of fortification of mulberry leaves with vermiwash on mulberry silkworm, Bombyx mori L. Green Farming Vol. 8 (5) : 1201-1205 ; September-October, 2017

ABSTRACT
A study was carried out to evaluate the effect of vermiwash fortification on mulberry silkworm, Bombyx mori L. The vermiwash was taken in different concentrations as 5, 10, 15, 25 and 50 %. Fresh mulberry leaves were dipped in each concentration of vermiwash and were fed to fifth instar silkworms of kolar gold once a day in morning and remaining two feeds with normal leaves. The weight of larvae, silk productivity, cocoon weight, cocoon shell weight, shell ratio, total cocoon weight, silk filament length and fibroin content were significantly increased. Minimum larval weight (34.24 g) was in control and maximum (40.15 g) was in 15 % enriched larvae. The cocoon weight of control, treated control, 5, 10, 15, 25 and 50 % treatment was 15.82, 17.06, 16.72, 18.60, 20.70, 17.84 and 17.78 g respectively. The shell weight was maximum in 15 per cent fortification (4.03 g/ 10 shells) and minimum in control (2.66 g/ 10 shells). The same trend was noticed in all silk and cocoon parameters showing best effective in 15 per cent fortification followed by 10 percent.
Key words :
Bombyx mori, Fortification, Growth and development, Mulberry leaves, Silkworm, Vermiwash.