STUDIES ON THE MODE OF PLANTATION OF MULBERRY FOR SILKWORM REARING.
Nirmal Singh
, J.S. Tara
, Sapna Rajput
, Suraksha Chanotra
, Rakhi Gupta
, Mohd. Bashir
, Ishfaq Ahmed Dar
, Neetu Dhar
and Rajat Mohan.
- P.G. Department of sericulture, Poonch Campus, University of Jammu.
- Department of Zoology, University of Jammu.
- Regional Sericulture Research Station, Miran Sahib, Jammu.
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The present study was conducted to evaluate the plantation system of mulberry suitable for larval growth of silkworm, which ultimately influences the cocoon traits such as cocoon yield, cocoon weight, shell weight, silk percentage etc. Three plantation systems namely TR-10 bush, TR-10 cultivated tree and wild tree of same age were selected to feed on the ruling silkworm hybrid of Jammu SH6 × NB4D2 during the spring season to find out the varietal influence on silkworm hybrid. Three replications each containing 250 larvae were retained after 3rdinstar. Different larval and cocoon parameters are recorded. From the results obtained, it is evident that the cultivated TR-10 tree should be grown for sericulture purpose in Jammu region.
[Nirmal Singh, J.S. Tara, Sapna Rajput, Suraksha Chanotra, Rakhi Gupta, Mohd. Bashir, Ishfaq Ahmed Dar, Neetu Dhar and Rajat Mohan. (2016); STUDIES ON THE MODE OF PLANTATION OF MULBERRY FOR SILKWORM REARING. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 4 (Jun). 1420-1423] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com
