Forest Insect Industry in Collaborative Forest Management: An Overview

Bhatia, Narendra Kumar; Yousuf, Mohammad

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“…Major studies on A. mylitta includes: morphology of the larva , influence of temperature and photoperiod on termination of pupal diapauses (Jolly et al, 1970), effect of habitat and food (Prasad, 1980), effect of refrigeration on hatching (Dash et al, 1988;Nayak and Dash, 1989), growth and leaf yield of Asan and Arjun (Nayak et al,1988, and larval energetic in different food plants (Dash and Dash, 1989;Dash et al, 1996;Dash, 2001), occurrence of deformed cocoons (Dash and Nayak, 1990), rearing performance of A. mylitta with artificial diet (Akai et al, 1991), effect of food plants on cocoon crop performance (Dash et al, 1992(Dash et al, , 1994, preservation of seed cocoons ( Kapila et al, 1992), voltinism (Nayak et al, 1992), rearing and cocooning (Ojha et al, 1994), abnormal tasar cocoons (Mohanty and Behera, 1998), effect of starvation on larva (Dash et al, 1988), cocoon and post cocoon studies (Rao and Samitha, 2000), bioenergetics during diapauses (Satpathy, 2003), effect of outdoor cocoon preservation (Chakrabarty et al, 2003), reassuring livelihood functions of the forests to their dependents (Bhatia and Yousuf, 2013a), forest insect industry in collaborative forest management (Bhatia and Yousuf, 2013b), assessment on climatic suitability of Dehradun to introduce forest based rearing of A. mylitta in Uttarakhand (Bhatia and Yousuf 2013c) and parasitic behaviour of Xanthopimpla pedator on A. mylitta (Bhatia and Yousuf 2013d) The following highlights of the literatures, which are particularly relevant to the effect of rearing season, host plants and their interaction on biological and economical parameters of tropical tasar silkworm Antheraea mylitta, are given as under.…”

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Effect of rearing season, host plants and their interaction on economical traits of tropical tasar silkworm, Antheraea mylitta Drury- an overview

Bhatia¹,

Yousuf²

2014

International Journal of Industrial Entomology

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Tropical tasar silkworm, Antheraea mylitta (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) is a polyphagous silk producing forest silkworm of commercial importance in India. Forest dependent people rear its larvae on different forestry host plants twice or thrice in a year for small household income. Larvae of A. mylitta feeds on many forest tree species, but always show a great degree of selectivity as a function of its behavioural responses to physical structure and chemical features of the host plants. Cocoon crop of A. mylitta is influenced by heterogeneity of tasar food plants and climatic conditions of the habitat. The role of host plants, temperature, humidity, rainfall, photoperiod and climatic variables on the growth and development of insects have clearly been demonstrated. This article entails an in-depth analysis on ecological and nutritional aspects of A. mylitta, which may provide selective information to researcher and forest managers, who are particularly associated with livelihood improvement of the poor people in forested area through location specific forest insect industry. In nature, A. mylitta has opted forty-five forest tree species as primary, secondary and tertiary food plants (Srivastav and Thangavelu, 2005) and have built up sixty-four different forms of ecological populations called ecoraces (Rao et al., 2003). The polyphagous nature of the tasar silkworm is a boon for many rural tribal in central The knowledge regarding insect-host plant relationship has highlighted the food preference by insects with regard to its nutritional value. Long back, Hiratsuka (1920) carried out a comprehensive quantitative study on digestion and utilization of Bombyx mori on mulberry leaf. Thereafter, Evans and Goodliffe (1939) worked on utilization of food by insects. Earlier studies on utilization of food by insects were not clearly described because several indices were used to report more or less the same measurement in different names (Hopkins, 1912;Evans and Goodliffe, 1939; Crowell, 1941;Smith, 1959;Mathur, 1967;Saxena, 1969). Study of the effects of host plants on the biology of insects is important in understanding the host suitability under different environmental condition (Xue et al., 2009). First, Thangavelu (1992 emphasised the need for conservation of wild sericigenous insects in Himalayan states of India. He highlighted the importance of systematic research on various aspects of non-mulberry silks, because studies on the host plant interaction of sericigenous insects are necessary for better management and development of the sericulture industry (Sinha et al., 2000). Siddiqui et al. (2006) stressed that conservation of A. mylitta in different pockets of forest under different geographical and climatic area is necessary and some of the commercial ecoraces of A. mylitta viz., Raily, Modal, Bhandara, Sukinda, Daba and Andhra local are being maintained in different forest areas of central India; but it is lacking in Uttarakhand. As suggested by many sericulturists, the specific climatic and geographical pockets...

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Effect of rearing season, host plants and their interaction on economical traits of tropical tasar silkworm, Antheraea mylitta Drury- an overview

Bhatia¹,

Yousuf²

2014

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“…Forestry social services (FSS) include a range of offerings, such as forestry technical guidance (Zhang & Mehmood 2001, O'Herrin & Shields 2016, pest and disease control (Ji et al 2011, Bhatia & Yousuf, 2013, forest fire prevention (Stocks & Martell 2016), operational and management support (Boakye-Danquah & Reed 2019), and forest product processing and sales (Munn & Rucker 1994). The provision of these services primarily relies on the collaborative body of four key stakeholders: government agencies, markets, social organizations, and farmers, each with distinct objectives (Szulecka et al 2016).…”

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Factors affecting adoption of forestry social services: evidence from major forestry provinces in China

Liao,

Fu,

Yuan

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Analyzing the influence mechanism of the transformation of demand willingness and behavior of forestry social services (FSS) of farmers with different operation scales in the production process is crucial for promoting the modernization of the collective FSS system. Based on the survey data of 800 farmers in 3 provinces of China, this study uses the multivariate (Mv-) probit model to quantitatively analyze the mechanism of factor endowments’ influence on farmers’ deviation of demand willingness and choice behavior on three FSSs in the different scales: fine seed and cultivation technology service (SCTS), forest insect pest prevention and treatment service (IPTS), and timber collection and sale service (TCSS). Our results show that the demand rates of IPTS, SCTS, and TCSS are 80.25%, 68.00%, and 68.38%, respectively. Large-scale farmers are more willing to demand FSS than small and medium-scale farmers. However, their actual adoption behavior is low, and there are significant deviations in farmers’ demand willingness and adoption behavior for different types of FSS, i.e., 30.37%,12.62%, and 44.88% for SCTS, IPTS, and TCSS, respectively. Farmers’ transformation from demand willingness to adoption behavior is significantly affected by farmers’ characteristics. Compared with the farmers’ demand willingness model, the inhibitory factors for the transformation behavior for FSS increased significantly, including common factors such as the scale of the managed forest land, the difficulty in applying for logging permits, getting afforestation subsidies, and the proportion of forestry income. In contrast, these factors had the opposite influence on the demand willingness model. The number and degree of positive significant influencing factors decreased, with only the family labor force positively influencing farmers’ transformation behavior for SCTS. Based on the results, it is suggested to scientifically guide the orderly flow of rural labor, promoting the moderate scale concentration of forest land flow, accelerating the speed and benefits of inclusiveness in rural finance, and resolving issues related to farmers’ loans to improve the adoption behavior of FSS by farmers.

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Effects of forestry host plants, rearing seasons and their interaction on cocoon productivity of tropical tasar silkworm, Antheraea mylitta in uttarakhand

Bhatia¹,

Yousuf²

2015

International Journal of Industrial Entomology

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Keywords:Tropical forests, forest dependent people, forest based livelihood opportunity, vanya sericulture, poverty alleviation, socioeconomic development of Uttarakhand Antheraea mylitta Drury (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) is a commercial silk producing forest insect of India, but it has never been experimented in Uttarakhand state in spite of the huge availability of its forestry host plants. This is the first study on A. mylitta in Uttarakhand. The goal of this study is to introduce forest based commercial rearing of A. mylitta, in tropical forest areas of Uttarakhand to reduce poverty among forest dependent people. In current study, we assessed the effect of seven forest tree species, rearing seasons, and their interactions on cocoon productivity of Daba (bivoltine) ecorace of A. mylitta in the New Forest of FRI, Dehra Dun during 2012 and 2013 and collected the data that was analysed by two-way completely randomized block factorial design. Post HOC Tukey's HSD test was carried out to compare the homogeneous pairs of means. We also carried out Evaluation Index analysis to rank the tested forestry host plants for better growth and development of A. mylitta under the climatic condition of Uttarakhand. Analysis of variance indicated that cocoon yield of A. mylitta differed significantly between rearing seasons (DF=1, F=88.24, p<0.05) and host plants (DF 6, F= 368.63, p<0.05); however, their interactions were found insignificant (DF=6, F=0.99, p>0.05). In first rearing season of July-August, there was higher cocoon yield than the second season of SeptemberNovember. Results indicated that Terminalia alata fed larvae showed significantly higher cocoon yield (164.11 cocoons/300 larvae); followed by, T. tomentosa (148.89 cocoons), T. arjuna (140.00 cocoons) and Lagerstroemia speciosa (129.47 cocoons) fed larvae. Whereas, Lagerstroemia tomentosa fed larvae that was used by the first time in India, showed lowest cocoon yield (48.81 cocoons), followed by T. chebula (72.53 cocoons) fed larvae. Cocoon yield of T. tomentosa and T. arjuna fed larvae of A. mylitta did not differ significantly with each other. Materials and Methods Out door rearing of A. mylitta on seven forestry host plantsWe investigated the effect of seven forestry host plants

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Forest Insect Industry in Collaborative Forest Management: An Overview

Abstract: In India, forest based insect enterprises has never been linked up with any forest management activity, either as a forest conservation strategy or to reduce the poverty in forested area.

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Effect of rearing season, host plants and their interaction on economical traits of tropical tasar silkworm, Antheraea mylitta Drury- an overview

Effect of rearing season, host plants and their interaction on economical traits of tropical tasar silkworm, Antheraea mylitta Drury- an overview

Factors affecting adoption of forestry social services: evidence from major forestry provinces in China

Effects of forestry host plants, rearing seasons and their interaction on cocoon productivity of tropical tasar silkworm, Antheraea mylitta in uttarakhand

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