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http://dx.doi.org/10.7852/ijie.2015.30.2.58

Silkworm-food plant-interaction: search for an alternate food plant for tasar silkworm (Antheraea mylitta Drury) rearing  

Deka, Manabendra (Central Tasar Research and Training Institute)
Gargi, Gargi (Central Tasar Research and Training Institute)
Kumar, Rajendra (Central Tasar Research and Training Institute)
Yadav, Harendra (Central Tasar Research and Training Institute)
Sahay, Alok (Central Tasar Research and Training Institute)
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International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials / v.30, no.2, 2015 , pp. 58-63 More about this Journal
Abstract
An experimental rearing of tropical tasar silkworm, Antheraea mylitta Drury was conducted to study silkworm-food plant-interaction and thereby to search for an alternate silkworm food plant. The silkworm-food-plant-interaction was studied with six different food plant species viz. Terminalia tomentosa, Terminalia arjuna, Terminalia belerica, Terminalia chebula of Combretaceae family and Lagerstroemia speciosa, Lagerstroemia parviflora of Lythraceae family. The rearing performance of silkworm on Lagerstroemia speciosa in terms of cocoons per DFL and silk ratio was found comparable with Terminalia tomentosa and Termonalia arjuna, the primary tasar silkworm food plant species. These three plant species also possessed better results in terms of physiological (leaf moisture content and net photosynthesis rate) and biochemical (Chlorophyll, protein, carbohydrate and crude fibre contents) characteristics to support silkworm rearing than Terminalia belerica, Terminalia chebula and Lagerstroemia parviflora. The correlation study between silkworm rearing performance and food plant's constituents indicates commercial perspective of Lagerstroemia speciosa as an alternate food plant for tasar silkworm rearing.
Keywords
Tasar silkworm; silkworm rearing; physio-biochemical characteristics; Disease free layings (DFLs); silk ratio; photosynthesis; transpiration; stomatal conductance etc;
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