Influence of Different Sources of Manure on theBioChemical and Mineral Constituent on the Leaf of Host Plant of Antheraea mylitta Drury

Abstract

The tropical silkworm Antheraea mylitta is commercially exploited for it immense economic
importance in sericulture industry, which feeds mainly on the leaf of Arjun, Asan and Sal and
spin cocoon. The quality of silk depends upon the quality and quantity of the leaf they feed on.
So, keeping this in mind the present study was carried out using two different organic manure
i.e. Sheep and Poultry manure along with biofertilizer and inorganic manure. The different
treatment showed significant improvement on the experimental plant. The moisture contained
of the leaf ranged from 60.788-79.077%. While the crude protein ranged from 2.572-11.124%
and total carbohydrate ranged from 38.489-158.307 mg g-1
. The nutrient content of leaf i.e. N%
ranged from 0.4177-1.8098% with highest in K10 (1.764%). The phosphorus per cent ranged
from 0.0486-0.4611% with highest (0.45%) in K11 and the potassium per cent ranged from
0.7435-1.8504% with highest in K9 (1.8%). The dry matter were found to be ranged from
114.13-486.469 g/plant with highest in the leaf of K8(469.56g).