Vol. 11, Issue 6 (2023)
Effect of castor and cassava foliage on growth and cocoon characters of Eri silkworm (Samia Cynthia ricini)
Author(s): Vasanth V, Arasakumar E, Ranjith Kumar S, Nilav Ranjan Bora, Gajjala Nitish, Nandha Kumar R and Moulidharshan R
Abstract:
Eri silkworm S. ricini is a semi domesticated and polyphagous in nature. The aim of the present study to evaluate the effect of castor (Ricinus communis) and cassava (Manihot utilissima) leaves on growth and cocoon characters of S. ricini. The observed results on the economic parameters are larval duration (20 days), larval weight (4.083±0.06), cocoon weight (2.2±0.03), pupal weight (1.85±0.01), shell ratio (22.27±1.02) and effective rate of rearing (77.19±1.97), survival rate (84.21%) and mortality rate (15%) were noted in eri silkworm. However, the analyzed economic parameters are found to be higher in eri silkworm fed with castor leaves when compared to cassava leaves. S. ricini highly prefers the castor leaves for their growth and development.
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Vasanth V, Arasakumar E, Ranjith Kumar S, Nilav Ranjan Bora, Gajjala Nitish, Nandha Kumar R, Moulidharshan R. Effect of castor and cassava foliage on growth and cocoon characters of Eri silkworm (Samia Cynthia ricini). Int J Chem Stud 2023;11(6):23-26.
