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Evaluation of three north-eastern Quercus species for oak tasar silkworm rearing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 September 2011

Rakesh K. Pandey
Rakesh K. Pandey
Affiliation:
Purvanchal Sericulture Development Project, Central Silk Board, 12 A Kasturba Nagar, Sigra, Varanasi-221 010, India
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Abstract

The oak tasar silkworm, Antheraea proylei J., was reared on the foliage of Quercus serrata Thunb., Q. griffithii Hook. fil. and Thoms, and Q. dealbata Hook, fil and Thoms. under controlled indoor conditions to assess the suitability of these plants as feed for the silkworm. Relative growth rate of the silkworm was lowest on Q. dealbata, perhaps due to the relatively low level of crude protein and high level of crude fibre in this species. These results show that Q. dealbata is a nutritionally inferior food plant in comparison with Q. serrata and Q. griffithii.

Résumé

Le ver-à-soie tasar du chêne, Antheraea proylei J. a été élevé sur feuille de Quercus serrata Thunb., Q. griffithii Hook. fil. and Thoms., et Q. dealbata Hook. fil and Thoms. dans des conditions contrôlées de laboratoire en vue d'évaluer leur convenance en tant que nourriture pour le ver-à-soie tasar, Le taux de croissance relatif du ver-à-soie tasar du chêne était le plus bas avec Q. dealbata à cause peut-être de la moindre teneur en protéines foliaires brutes et de plus de fibres brutes. Ces résultats montrent que Q. dealbata est une plante inférieure sur le plan nutritionnel, comparée à Q. serrata et Q. griffithii.

Keywords

oak tasar silkwormleaf constituentsnutritional indiceschênever-à-soie tasarconstituants foliairesindices nutritionnels
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Research Articles
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International Journal of Tropical Insect Science , Volume 15 , Issue 4-5 , October 1994 , pp. 525 - 528
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Copyright © ICIPE 1994

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