Journal of Zhejiang Agricultural Sciences ›› 2024, Vol. 65 ›› Issue (11): 2733-2737.DOI: 10.16178/j.issn.0528-9017.20230353

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Effects of disease and insect pests on nutrient composition of mulberry leaves and economic characters of silkworm

SU Siyuan(), ZHANG Zhiyong, HU Chunmei, LIU Binbin, LIU Junfeng, WANG Honglin, KOU Jing, WU Jianmei*()   

  1. Sericultural Research Institute, Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences (Institute of Special Economic Animals and Plants,Sichuan Academy of Agricultural Sciences), Nanchong 637000, Sichuan
  • Received:2023-04-03 Online:2024-11-11 Published:2024-11-15

Abstract:

In this study, the effects of disease and insect pests on nutrient composition of mulberry leaves and the growth and economic characteristics of silkworm were analyzed, and the possibility of using disease and pest affected mulberry leaves to reduce the loss of silkworm was discussed. Normal mulberry leaves, brown spot mulberry leaves and red spider insect mulberry leaves were collected to detect the nutritional components of each group. The effects of disease and pest affected mulberry leaves on silkworm were analyzed through silkworm rearing experiments. The results showed that the contents of crude fat and soluble sugar in diseased mulberry leaves were significantly higher than those in normal mulberry leaves, while the contents of total amino acid and crude fiber were significantly lower than those in normal mulberry leaves. The contents of total amino acid and crude protein in pest affected mulberry leaves were significantly higher than those in normal mulberry leaves, while the contents of crude fat and soluble sugar were significantly lower than those in normal mulberry leaves. The results of silkworm rearing experiments showed that mulberry leaves had a great effect on cocoon quality, but had no significant effect on cocoon production and growth of ten thousand silkworm. The yield of mulberry leaves was damaged by brown spot and red spider, but it still had feeding value. Timely harvest for silkworm rearing can reduce loss and increase yield.

Key words: diseases and insect pests, mulberry leaf, nutrient composition, silkworm, economic character

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