20Jan 2017

GENETIC DIVERSITY STUDIES IN SIX BIVOLTINE RACES OF BOMBYX MORI L., BASED ON PHENOTYPIC CHARACTERS.

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Comparative studies of phenotypic characters in some developmental stages of mulberry silkworm, Bombyx mori. L was carried out in order to access their genetic diversity. Three Jam and three Pam races evolved in J&K were selected for the study. The egg, larvae and cocoon stage were studied for the various phenotypic and economic parameters; these qualitative and quantitative characters were put into various statistical analysis like correlation studies of length and weight changes during V instar and clustering on the basis of UPGMA, Ward’s method and Single linkage analysis. Results indicated highly significant differences for all the studied characters; high positive correlation between larval length and weight change during the V instar larval stage, Also, the races were divided into few clusters/groups on the basis of weight gain characteristics. The present study will help in selection of parents for various breeding programmes and evolving new locally acclimatized, high yielding superior quality silk producing races.

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[Anita Kumari and N.K.Tripathi. (2017); GENETIC DIVERSITY STUDIES IN SIX BIVOLTINE RACES OF BOMBYX MORI L., BASED ON PHENOTYPIC CHARACTERS. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Jan). 1048-1054] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

Anita Kumari
department of Zoology, University of Jammu

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/2851      
DOI URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/2851

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