Influence of Micronutrients on the Food Consumption Rate and Silk Production of Bombyx mori (Lepidoptera: Bombycidae) Reared on Mulberry Plants Grown in a Mountainous Agro-Ecological Condition
The study involves analyzing the performance of bivoltine Bombyx mori larvae reared on different host plants varieties. The consumption rate (CR) of different strains of B. mori was high when fed with Jorhat and TR10 mulberry plant varieties. Jorhat and TR10 mulberry plant varieties were found to co...
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| author | Lalfelpuii Ruth Souvik Ghatak Sarathbabu Subbarayan Bidyut Nath Choudhury Guruswami Gurusubramanian Nachimuthu Senthil Kumar Tang Bin |
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| description | The study involves analyzing the performance of bivoltine Bombyx mori larvae reared on different host plants varieties. The consumption rate (CR) of different strains of B. mori was high when fed with Jorhat and TR10 mulberry plant varieties. Jorhat and TR10 mulberry plant varieties were found to contain significant amount of calcium, potassium, magnesium and phosphorus. Local (Hmute) mulberry plant variety had high amount of protein, carbohydrate and reducing sugar. Majority of the B. mori strains reared on Jorhat and TR10 mulberry plant varieties had high level of fibroin protein which resulted in increased silk productivity than those larvae reared with other mulberry varieties. The filament length was higher when reared on Jorhat and TR10 mulberry plant varieties. CSR4 × CSR2, FC1 × FC2, and FC2 × FC1 strains reared on Jorhat and TR10 mulberry plant varieties performed well in terms of economic parameters. Proteins and other nutrients in combination with high levels of micronutrients are very much essential for better silk quality. The present study attempted to identify the most suitable host plants for silkworm rearing under mountainous agro-ecological conditions which can lead to sustainable production of silk in relation to physiological and economic parameters. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-76c8e1166234477db99fe06e38ca043d2022-12-21T23:28:38ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Physiology1664-042X2019-07-011010.3389/fphys.2019.00878372893Influence of Micronutrients on the Food Consumption Rate and Silk Production of Bombyx mori (Lepidoptera: Bombycidae) Reared on Mulberry Plants Grown in a Mountainous Agro-Ecological ConditionLalfelpuii Ruth0Souvik Ghatak1Sarathbabu Subbarayan2Bidyut Nath Choudhury3Guruswami Gurusubramanian4Nachimuthu Senthil Kumar5Tang Bin6Department of Biotechnology, Mizoram University, Aizawl, IndiaDepartment of Biotechnology, Mizoram University, Aizawl, IndiaDepartment of Biotechnology, Mizoram University, Aizawl, IndiaRegional Office, Central Silk Board, Guwahati, IndiaDepartment of Zoology, Mizoram University, Aizawl, IndiaDepartment of Biotechnology, Mizoram University, Aizawl, IndiaCollege of Life and Environmental Sciences, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, ChinaThe study involves analyzing the performance of bivoltine Bombyx mori larvae reared on different host plants varieties. The consumption rate (CR) of different strains of B. mori was high when fed with Jorhat and TR10 mulberry plant varieties. Jorhat and TR10 mulberry plant varieties were found to contain significant amount of calcium, potassium, magnesium and phosphorus. Local (Hmute) mulberry plant variety had high amount of protein, carbohydrate and reducing sugar. Majority of the B. mori strains reared on Jorhat and TR10 mulberry plant varieties had high level of fibroin protein which resulted in increased silk productivity than those larvae reared with other mulberry varieties. The filament length was higher when reared on Jorhat and TR10 mulberry plant varieties. CSR4 × CSR2, FC1 × FC2, and FC2 × FC1 strains reared on Jorhat and TR10 mulberry plant varieties performed well in terms of economic parameters. Proteins and other nutrients in combination with high levels of micronutrients are very much essential for better silk quality. The present study attempted to identify the most suitable host plants for silkworm rearing under mountainous agro-ecological conditions which can lead to sustainable production of silk in relation to physiological and economic parameters.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphys.2019.00878/fullbivoltineBombyx morifood consumptionmicronutrientseconomicsmulberry |
| spellingShingle | Lalfelpuii Ruth Souvik Ghatak Sarathbabu Subbarayan Bidyut Nath Choudhury Guruswami Gurusubramanian Nachimuthu Senthil Kumar Tang Bin Influence of Micronutrients on the Food Consumption Rate and Silk Production of Bombyx mori (Lepidoptera: Bombycidae) Reared on Mulberry Plants Grown in a Mountainous Agro-Ecological Condition Frontiers in Physiology bivoltine Bombyx mori food consumption micronutrients economics mulberry |
| title | Influence of Micronutrients on the Food Consumption Rate and Silk Production of Bombyx mori (Lepidoptera: Bombycidae) Reared on Mulberry Plants Grown in a Mountainous Agro-Ecological Condition |
| title_full | Influence of Micronutrients on the Food Consumption Rate and Silk Production of Bombyx mori (Lepidoptera: Bombycidae) Reared on Mulberry Plants Grown in a Mountainous Agro-Ecological Condition |
| title_fullStr | Influence of Micronutrients on the Food Consumption Rate and Silk Production of Bombyx mori (Lepidoptera: Bombycidae) Reared on Mulberry Plants Grown in a Mountainous Agro-Ecological Condition |
| title_full_unstemmed | Influence of Micronutrients on the Food Consumption Rate and Silk Production of Bombyx mori (Lepidoptera: Bombycidae) Reared on Mulberry Plants Grown in a Mountainous Agro-Ecological Condition |
| title_short | Influence of Micronutrients on the Food Consumption Rate and Silk Production of Bombyx mori (Lepidoptera: Bombycidae) Reared on Mulberry Plants Grown in a Mountainous Agro-Ecological Condition |
| title_sort | influence of micronutrients on the food consumption rate and silk production of bombyx mori lepidoptera bombycidae reared on mulberry plants grown in a mountainous agro ecological condition |
| topic | bivoltine Bombyx mori food consumption micronutrients economics mulberry |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphys.2019.00878/full |
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