Author(s): Chavan KK, Galande SM, Kharbade SB, Hole UB, Badge AS and Kuruva Veeranjaneyulu

Abstract: The nutritive value of mulberry leaves has a direct influence on various growth parameters of the silkworm. The mulberry leaves enriched with additional nutritional supplements have often proved to be beneficial for larval and pupal parameters. The present investigation was undertaken to know the effect of mulberry leaves enrichment with combinations of various nutritional supplements viz., vitamin C, vitamin B-complex, soya flour, methionine and L-serine on growth characters in FC₁X FC₂ silkworm hybrid. The result of the study revealed that marked improvement in the growth parameters viz. larval length (cm), larval breadth (mm), larval weight (g), larval duration (days), pupal length (cm), pupal breadth (mm), pupal weight (g) and pupal duration (days) when the FC₁ X FC₂ silkworm larvae reared on vitamin C 0.25% + soya flour 0.25% + vitamin B-complex 0.5% + methionine 0.5% over control batches.

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