The Effects of Vitamin C on Biological, Biochemical and Economical Characteristics of the Silkworm, Bombyx mori L.
Etebari, Kayvan(University of Guilan, Somehe Sara, Iran)E-mail:[email protected] | Ebadi, Rahim(Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran) | Matindoost, Leila(University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran)
In order to investigate the effects of supplementary nutrients on silkworms, Bombyx mori, an experiment was conducted with ascorbic acid treatments. Dietary supplements of ascorbic acid 1, 2 and 3% were fed to silkworm larvae through 1st to 5th instar, The larvae were fed by mulberry loaves of Kokoso variety and the supplementary loaves were used once a day. These treatments resulted in a significant increase of biological parameters such as larval weight, the rate of food consumption and the approximate digestibility of the food. But the economical parameters such as cocoon weight and cocoon shell weight didnt show considerable difference compared to control.
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