Effect of fortification of Mulberry leaves with homeopathic drug Nux Vomica on Bombyx Mori. L.

Abstract

Silk worm (Bombyx mori L.) larvae were fed on Mulberry leaves treated with Nux vomica mother tincture. The impact on larval, cocoon, shell and pupal weight, silk ratio, average filament length and denier, and number of breakages during reeling were investigated. The results were positive in all parameters under study except cocoon weight, pupal weight, and the average denier of the filament.

Intestinal Immune Responses of the Silkworm Larvae, to Bacterial Leaf Blight Caused by Pantoea ananatis

“…), which are crucial for its nutrition, silk production and cocoon formation. Since B. mori must be raised indoors, they are susceptible to various infectious diseases caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi, and protozoa (Seidavi et al, 2005;Hiware, 2006). Mulberry is cultivated in Africa, Asia and Europe as raw materials, mostly for the silk production and medical beauty industries (Yuan and Zhao, 2017).…”

Effect of pollen a bee-hive product on some physiological, biochemical and economical characteristics of silkworm, Bombyx mori L.

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The Impact of Fortification of Mulberry Leaves with the Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae and the Blue Green Algae Spirulina platensis on some Quantitative Parameters of Silkworm Bombyx mori (L.)

“…The mulberry silkworm B. mori is a monophagous insect, obtain all the needed nutrients for its development from the mulberry leaves. The goodness of silk produced by the silkworm counts on environmental conditions as well as the quality of yield of mulberry leaves that plays a very influential role in producing cocoons with high quality (Legay, 1958, Etebari et al 2004and Samami et al 2019 Recently, many researchers have made attempts to progress the quality and quantity of mulberry leaf over foliar application on leaf matrix with either use of some natural products (Sudhakar et al, 2000;Hiware, 2006, Nguku et al, 2007and Kamel et.al. 2016 or artificial compounds (Shankar and Rangaswamy, 1999;Mamatha et al, 2006;Rahmathulla et al, 2007 andBhattacharyya et al 2016) Supplements of nutrition e.g., vitamins, proteins, amino acids and probiotics when added to larval feed tend to elevate nutritional adequacy and economic feature of silkworm (Etebari and Matindoost, 2005;Singh et al, 2005and Amalarani et al, 2011and Balasundaram et al 2013 Probiotics are the live microbial food additions, advantageously affecting the host by enhancement of the microbial balance and improved the development and the cellular growth.…”