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Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Year: 1999 | Volume: 2 | Issue: 3 | Page No.: 1002-1005
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.1999.1002.1005
Collaborative Effect of Optimum Dosages of N, K, Ca, P and Mn on the Larval Developmentand Silk Yield of Bombyx mori (L.)
Muhammad Azeem Basit and Muhammad Ashfaq

Abstract: Silkworm larvae feeding on mulberry leaves supplemented with the best optimum dosed solution (0.1% P+ 0.3% K + 0.1 % Ca + 0.2 % N and 0.15 % Mn) proved better in terms of increased food consumption, co-efficient of utilization, larval weight, length and silk yield. It is concluded from the present study, the minerals supplementation had a positive influence not only on the yield components but the life processes too. Thus it is evident from the experimental verification references that treatment T11 emerged as the best one, where mulberry leaves were treated with 0.1 per cent P + 0.1 per cent Ca + 0.2 per cent N + 0.3 per cent K & 0.15 Mn leading to develop a stronger lot of silkworm larvae and silk yield as well.

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Muhammad Azeem Basit and Muhammad Ashfaq , 1999. Collaborative Effect of Optimum Dosages of N, K, Ca, P and Mn on the Larval Developmentand Silk Yield of Bombyx mori (L.). Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, 2: 1002-1005.

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