Nutrition quality of mulberry varieties assessed through chemo-assay study of internal tissues and organs of Bombyx mori Linn

Abstract

The nutritional quality of the mulberry (Morus sp.) variety is judged by the chemical constituents of different tissues and organ systems of the bivoltine race Alps yellow of Bombyx mori Linn. The biochemical analysis of the internal tissues and organs in the larvae, pupae and adults of Alps yellow race shows that no single internal tissue and organ in the larvae, pupae and adults consists of all the nutrients at the higher level. The overall assessment made of the nutritional level of the leaves of different mulberry varieties reveals that the variety V1, fed silkworm, scored maximum for most of the parameters, followed by Kanva-2. Therefore the V1 variety is found to be the best variety among the varieties studied.