| Abstrakt: |
Six different mounting materials viz., Mulberry shoot mountage, Dried grass mountage, Typha grass mountage, Maize straw mountage, Wicker willow shoot mountage and Plastic collapsible mountage (control), were evaluated during the course of the present study. Maize straw mountage was found to be excellent for most of the cocoon parameters viz., single cocoon weight (1.8g), single shell weight (0.430g), cocoon shell percentage (23.8%), Silk productivity (6.14cg) and pupation rate (93.11%). The reeling parameters viz., average filament length (1068m), non-breakable filament length (476m), denier (2.64), raw silk percentage (16.28%) and reelability (82.35%) were also found better in newly designed Maize straw mountage. From the studies conducted, it is concluded that maize straw can be used as an alternative mounting materialfor spinning cocoons by silkworm larvae with good success so that farmers can get good remuneration for their produce. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
