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VOL. 8, ISSUE 8 (2023)
Effect of vital dye supplimentation on nutritional indices of mulberry silkworm, Bombyx mori L.
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B Nazeer Mohamed, P Mohideen Askar Nawas, R Kebaraj, Athmanathan Balasundaram
Abstract
There is a growing interest to introduce more new functionalities into
silk while maintaining its advantageous intrinsic properties. Various methods with
their merits are assessed to produce functional silk, specifically those with
colour and luminescence. Vital dyes are stains can be applied on living cells
without killing them. Silkworms fed on supplemented leaves dipped in different vital
dye mixed mulberry leaves to all the larval instars four times in a day produce
coloured larvae and cocoon. Hence it is necessary to study the overall
nutritional quality index for nutritional rating. Lower concentrations of vital
dyes proved to be considerably effective along with mulberry feed without any
drastic effects on their digestive system, feeding efficacy, nutritional
indices, their length and weight, colouring of larva and cocoons, survivability
and cocooning, shell ratio, weight of shell and cocoon. These findings reported
that economic traits was noticed and found to be variously coloured. Vital dyes
which performed best results amongst the treatments and natural diet. This
report showed that, mulberry treated with vital dyes significantly improved the
silk production along with colouring of silkworm and their cocoons.
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Pages:24-28
How to cite this article:
B Nazeer Mohamed, P Mohideen Askar Nawas, R Kebaraj, Athmanathan Balasundaram "Effect of vital dye supplimentation on nutritional indices of mulberry silkworm, <i>Bombyx mori </i>L.". International Journal of Entomology Research, Vol 8, Issue 8, 2023, Pages 24-28
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