Abstract
The tropical silkworm Antheraea mylitta is commercially exploited for it immense economic importance in sericulture industry, which feeds mainly on the leaf of Arjun, Asan and Sal and spin cocoon. The quality of silk depends upon the quality and quantity of the leaf they feed on. So, keeping this in mind the present study was carried out using two different organic manure i.e. Sheep and Poultry manure along with biofertilizer and inorganic manure. The different treatment showed significant improvement on the experimental plant. The moisture contained of the leaf ranged from 60.788-79.077%. While the crude protein ranged from 2.572-11.124% and total carbohydrate ranged from 38.489-158.307 mg g-1. The nutrient content of leaf i.e. N% ranged from 0.4177-1.8098% with highest in K10 (1.764%). The phosphorus per cent ranged from 0.0486-0.4611% with highest (0.45%) in K11 and the potassium per cent ranged from 0.7435-1.8504% with highest in K9 (1.8%). The dry matter were found to be ranged from 114.13-486.469 g/plant with highest in the leaf of K8(469.56g).
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