Effects of mulberry leaf enrichment with Lepidium sativum L. seed powder suspension on the economic parameters of Bombyx mori L.

ABSTRACT: The phytochemicals of high nutritional and functional properties in Lepidium sativum L. (garden cress) seeds have nominated their seed powder (regardless of the concentration used) for enrichment of mulberry leaves in order to enhance Bombyx mori L. larval feeding, and consequently to gain ground in sericulture industry. As expected, B. mori larval feeding on L. sativum-enriched mulberry leaves showed not only a remarkable increase in mean values of certain economic parameters of B. mori, such as cocoon weight, cocoon shell weight, pupal weight, and egg yield, compared with the control group, but also showed a phenomenal increase in egg counts (on average, ca. 958-1256 eggs laid per female moth) and a significant increase in egg size (measured as egg surface area and egg volume). Male or f

SUBMITTER: Alfazairy AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11343774 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature