Studies on the effect of leaf blight infected leaves on silkworm rearing
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Studies on the effect of leaf blight infected leaves on silkworm rearing. |
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2004 - 2005 |
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Central Sericultural Research and Training Institute, Pampore, Jammu & Kashmir |
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Important findings Feeding of the larvae with leaf blight infected leaves caused decrease in ERR by number (12.2%) and by weight (21.8%). A decrease in single cocoon weight (10.9%), single shell weight (42.2%) and silk ratio (8.4%) was also observed in the lots fed with infected leaves in comparison to the lots fed with healthy leaf. |