=Three types of artificial diets viz., Artificial diet1, Artificial diet2 and Artificial diet3 with different compositions were used for rearing Kolar Gold race of mulberry silkworm, Bombyx mori L. where the diets were fed up to initial three instars and the later two instars were reared on natural diet (untreated leaves). Formulated diets were compared with natural diet and the observations on growth parameters were recorded. The study revealed that amongst the three formulated artificial diets, artificial diet1 (mulberry leaf powder - 30 g, soybean powder - 28 g, cellulose powder - 15 g, corn starch -6 g, citrate - g, salt mixture - 4 g, sucrose - 4 g, agar agar - 7 g, along with vitamin B mixture - g, soybean oil - g and antibiotic chloramphenicol - g and water - ml) was found to be promising in almost all the growth parameters of the silkworm under study and selected for further studies. |
