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Influence of larval density as stress factor for rearing of CSR hybrid silkworms

Volume : 87
Issue: Oct-dec
Pages: 586 - 590
Published: June 28, 2023
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Abstract


Newly evolved productive bivoltine hybrid CSR2 x CSRS rearing was conducted with differentie larval densities ranging from 50 larvae / sq.ft to 100 larvae / sq.ft in fifth instar. The cocoon character, a t cocoon yield and disease incidence was recorded with optimum rearing conditions as well as in the presence of 1 per cent infectious source (Flacherie and Grasserie). The results revealed that the cocoon characters were significantly improved and diseases incidence were reduced under low densityrearing (50 & 60 larvae/ sq.ft). However, there was no significant difference between 50 & 60 larvae/sq.ft. treatments with regard to spread of flacherie and grasserie

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586 - 590
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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Madras Agricultural Students' Union in Madras Agricultural Journal (MAJ). This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited by the user.

Keywords


Cocoon characters Disease incidence Disease spread Flacherie Grasserie Larval density
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