Abstract

India environmental conditions are very suitable for the development of sericulture. In the case of Tasar silk production this latter aim is multifaceted and involves finding the best conditions under which to grow Tasar host plants in the most efficient and economical way to harvest the cocoons. This Research Article is an effort to study the relative variations in respect of rearing performances and to study the impacts of zonal differences on the productivity and qualities of tasar cocoons of three mutant strains viz; Am-yellow, Am-blue and Am-almond of tasar silk worm, A. mylitta D. along with the control (Am-Green) during the seed crop season in respect of percentage of E.R.R., cocoon weight, shell weight, shell ratio, filament length of tasar yarn and denier have been evaluated. The observations further reveal that the rearing performances of all the three mutant strains as well as the control have been found to be better during the commercial crop season than the seed crop season.

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