Sericulture is a labour-intensive enterprise involving activities with dependency on manual labour. With the growing competition of Chinese silk which is of superior quality and lesser price, the indigenous silk is falling in demand in the domestic market. There is a felt need to...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2024/v27i81200
Eri silkworms (Samia ricini Boisd.) are phytophagous insect which feeds on a numbers of host plants. In the present study an effort was made to evaluate the economic characters like larval duration (days), larval weight (g), single cocoon weight (g), pupal weight (g), single shel...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2024/v27i91393
Eri silkworm (Samia ricini Boisd.) is a commercially exploited domesticated silkworm. In the present study an effort was made to evaluate the rearing performances of five eco-races of eri silkworm such as Borduar, Titabar, Dhemaji, Diphu and Kokrajhar in the circumstances of Jorh...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2024/v27i91328