Impact of standardized feed additives on reeling traits of mulberry silkworm hybrids csr2 × csr4 and nd7 × csr2 (jayalakshmi)
International Journal of Development Research
Impact of standardized feed additives on reeling traits of mulberry silkworm hybrids csr2 × csr4 and nd7 × csr2 (jayalakshmi)
Received 25th April, 2017; Received in revised form 14th May, 2017; Accepted 06th June, 2017; Published online 22nd July, 2017
Copyright ©2017, Sudhakara and Neelu Nangia. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Among nine different flours of feed additives tested the silkworm hybrids CSR2 × CSR4 and ND7 × CSR2 (Jayalakshmi) in combination of Horse gram + Grain Amaranthus flour (50 : 50) recorded significantly maximum reeling traits, viz., higher per cent raw silk recovery (21.45, 21.41; 15.55, 15.48), per cent neatness (95.58,95.51; 91.25, 91.17), per cent cleanliness (97.45,97.36; 96.13, 96.05), lower sericin per cent (20.23, 20.38 p; 22.23, 22.29) and higher fibroin per cent (79.75, 79.61; 77.76, 77.69) respectively, when provided from fourth instar up to spinning in both hybrids.
