EFFECT OF STEM BARK EXTRACTS OF OROXYLUM INDICUM; AN ETHNOMEDICINAL FOREST TREE ON SILK PRODUCTION OF BOMBYX MORI
AbstractThe present investigation was under taken to find out the effect of stem bark extracts of medicinally important forest tree Oroxylum indicum (L) Kurz on silk production of Bombyx mori. Silk worms were fed with the leaves of mulberry fortified with stem bark extracts of O. indicum. The silk worms were reared up to the end of fifth instar. As the concentration of stem bark extract of O. indicum increased, there was significant increase in the average cocoon weight, pupal weight, shell weight, silk percentage and also filament length of silk. Hence, the stem bark extract of O. indicum can also be considered as cheap and abundant source to enhance the commercial characters of silk.
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568-571
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IJPSR
Samatha Talari , Sampath Akula , Sujatha Kuntamalla and Rama Swamy Nanna
Plant Biotechnology Research Group, Department of Biotechnology, Department of Sericulture, Kakatiya University, Warangal-506009, Andhra Pradesh, India
swamynr.dr@gmail.com
27 September, 2013
23 October, 2013
14 January, 2014
http://dx.doi.org/10.13040/IJPSR.0975-8232.5(2).568-71
01 February, 2014
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