CONSUMPTION OF FRESH LEAF OF TERMINALIA ARJUNA AND LEAF – COCOON RATIO OF INDIAN TASAR SILK WORM ANTHERAEA MYLITTA DRURY
- Deptt. of Zoology, Siddheswar College, Amarda Rd., Balasore - 756030, Odisha, India .
- Deptt. of Zoology, Nilgiri College, Nilgiri, Balasore - 756020, Odisha, India.
- P. G. Deptt. of Biosc. & Biotech., F. M. University, Vyasa Vihar, Balasore-756019, Odisha, India.
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The Indian tasar silk worm Antheraea mylitta Drury is polyphagous in nature as it feeds on different types of food plants. But one of the suitable food plants is Arjun ( Terminalia arjuna) which is adjudged as its primary food plant. In the recent study, the amount of fresh leaf consumption during the entire larval period was determined instar wise. It was noticed that the amount of leaf consumption gradually increased with progress of each stage of instars and was much higher during 5th instar. Finally the ratio of consumed leaf in each instar and for the formation of one cocoon was determined which was 136.31 g : 1
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Amulya Kumar Dash, Urbasi Rani Jena and Bhaskar Behera. (2016); CONSUMPTION OF FRESH LEAF OF TERMINALIA ARJUNA AND LEAF – COCOON RATIO OF INDIAN TASAR SILK WORM ANTHERAEA MYLITTA DRURY, International Journal of Advanced Research (IJAR), 4 (08), 666-668, ISSN 2320-5407. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/1261
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