TY - JOUR ID - 20810 TI - The Effect of Leaves of Different of Mulberry Varieties on the Performance of Silkworm, Mazandaran Province JO - Iranian Journal of animal Science JA - IJAS LA - en SN - 2008-4773 AU - Motahari, Hamideh AU - Rezaei, Mansour AU - Seydavi, Alireza AD - Y1 - 2009 PY - 2009 VL - 40 IS - 3 SP - EP - KW - . KW - Mulberry variety KW - Nutrition KW - performance KW - Silkworm DO - N2 - An experiment was conducted to study the effect on performance of silkworm Bombyx mori L., when fed by leaves of different mulberry varieties a CRD design with 12 tratments (including Kamasari, Kaeiryo Ichinose, Kaeerizhotezomigaeeshi, Tachibana, Ichinose, Chekemaoha, Yukishinogi, Shin Ichinose, Wasemidori, Roso, Kenmochi, as well as some local varieties in 4 replications. The larvae were reared under standard rearing protocols. Larval feeding and mounting durations, cocoon and such pupae traits as produced cocoon number; good, middle, low and double cocoon number, pupae vitality, and weight of cocoon types were recorded. Results showed that the nutritional effect of feeding of leaves of different mulberry varieties were significant on most investigated traits (P UR - https://ijas.ut.ac.ir/article_20810.html L1 - https://ijas.ut.ac.ir/article_20810_93fd0f39cfbb9d1594a43da59d0c5db2.pdf ER -