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Larvae, cocoon and post-cocoon characteristics of bombyx mori L. (lepidoptera: bombycidae) fed on mulberry leaves fortified with Kenyan royal elly

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dc.contributor.author Nguku, E. K.
dc.contributor.author Mulie, M.
dc.contributor.author Raina, S. K.
dc.date.accessioned 2017-09-21T10:52:55Z
dc.date.available 2017-09-21T10:52:55Z
dc.date.issued 2007
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/612
dc.identifier.uri http://www.bioline.org.br/abstract?id=ja07101&lang=en
dc.description Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management (JASEM) en_US
dc.description.abstract Fourth instar Bombyx mori silkworm larvae were fed on mulberry leaves to which royal jelly had been added. The impact on the larval, cocoon, shell and pupal weight, shell ratio percentage, filament length and weight, and the number of breaks during reeling were examined. The results indicate that royal jelly-enhanced diet significantly increased larval, cocoon and pupal weights, but had no significant effect on shell weights and denier. Similarly filament length, weight and filament reeling breaks were significantly different between controls and royal jelly fed groups. The cocoon shell ratio percentage was significantly higher in the control compared to the royal jelly fed groups. Results established positive trends in all the values of different parameters observed in the experimental group against the control group, apart from the cocoon shell ratio percentage. Results imply that supplementing mulberry leaves with royal jelly has the potential to enhance the commercial qualities of silk and can be used in sericulture for yield improvement. en_US
dc.description.sponsorship International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) en_US
dc.publisher JASEM en_US
dc.rights Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States *
dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/ *
dc.subject Larvae en_US
dc.subject cocoon en_US
dc.subject bombyx mori L. (lepidoptera: bombycidae) en_US
dc.title Larvae, cocoon and post-cocoon characteristics of bombyx mori L. (lepidoptera: bombycidae) fed on mulberry leaves fortified with Kenyan royal elly en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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