Effects of Different Instars of Artificial Diets on Growth,Development and Cocoon&Silk Quality of Youshi No.1
The effects of 1~3 instar artificial feed,1~4 instar artificial feed and 1~5 instar artificial feed were compared with Youshi No.1 silkworm as test material and full-age mulberry leaf rearing as control,and the silk quality of different artificial feed rearing was tested.The results showed that the age process,vitality,cocoon production,total cocoon amount,cocoon layer amount and cocoon layer rate of Youshi No.1 were obviously different after being fed with different artificial feeds.Among different artificial diets,1~3 instar artificial diets had the best performance,and were not significantly different from CK,but 1~3 instar artificial diets had significantly higher rearing results than 1~4 instar artificial diets and 1~5 instar artificial diets.The performance of 1~5 instar artificial diet was the worst.Except for cleanliness and cleanliness,the other indexes of silk quality of 1~3 instar artificial diets were significantly better than 1~4 instar artificial diets and 1~5 instar artificial diets.At present,artificial diets of 1~3 instar were the best feeding method suitable for popularization in Jiangxi silkworm rearing area.
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