Abstract
Leaves are the predominant food source for silkworm, Bombyx mori rearing. Pink mealy bug infests the mulberry plants and cause Tukra diseases that leads to qualitative loss of mulberry plantation. Hence a preliminary study was carried out using plant extracts as natural botanicals origin by spraying tukra infested mulberry leaves. The botanical extract sprayed to tukra infested mulberry leaves fed to the silkworms and its impact on Trehalose, Phosphorylase activity in tissues like fat bodies and haemolymph was studied. For the study, good healthy leaves(Control)and plant extracts viz., Azadirachta indica,Ocimum Sanctum,&parthenium hysterophorus were sprayed to tukra infested V1 mulberry variety and fed to Silkworm (CSR2 Bivoltine hybrid). The trehalose activity gradually increased, this increase however was significant (P>0.05). The elevation in total phosphorylase activity gradually progressed from day 3 to day 6, in the order: day 3<4<5<6; and the magnitude of increase between one day to the other were statistically significant when fed with natural extracts sprayed mulberry to silkworm Foliar spray of the extracts hold greater promise for control of tukra infested mulberry leaves and did not affect enzyme activity in silkworms. This can sturdily suggest that the aqueous Extract sprayed infested mulberry leaves can be effectively utilized for the silkworm rearing instead of pesticides insecticides for mulberry sericulturistes.
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Claims 5
Claim · model-written summary
Silkworm trehalose activity increased gradually when fed extract-sprayed infested mulberry leaves, reported as significant.
- Taxon
- Mulberryt0
- Treatment
- botanical extract sprayed to tukra infested mulberry leavese3
- Interactor
- Bombyx Mori
Bombyx morit1herbivore - Outcome
- trehalose activitye2
- Direction
- increasede2
- Comparator
- good healthy leaves(Control)e4
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e2“The trehalose activity gradually increased, this increase however was significant (P>0.05)”
e3“The botanical extract sprayed to tukra infested mulberry leaves fed to the silkworms”
e4“good healthy leaves(Control)and plant extracts viz., Azadirachta indica,Ocimum Sanctum,&parthenium hysterophorus were sprayed to tukra infested V1 mulberry variety”
t0“(Maconellicoccus Hirsutus) Infested Mulberry”
t1“Silkworm, Bombyx Mori L.”
Claim · model-written summary
Silkworm total phosphorylase activity rose from day 3 to day 6 when fed natural extract-sprayed mulberry, with significant day-to-day increases.
- Taxon
- Mulberryt0
- Organ / stage
- fat bodies and haemolymphe6
- Treatment
- natural extracts sprayed mulberrye5
- Interactor
- Bombyx MoriBombyx morit1herbivore
- Outcome
- total phosphorylase activitye5
- Direction
- elevatione5
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e5“The elevation in total phosphorylase activity gradually progressed from day 3 to day 6, in the order: day 3<4<5<6; and the magnitude of increase between one day to the other were statistically significant when fed with natural extracts sprayed mulberry to silkworm”
e6“impact on Trehalose, Phosphorylase activity in tissues like fat bodies and haemolymph was studied”
t0“(Maconellicoccus Hirsutus) Infested Mulberry”
t1“Silkworm, Bombyx Mori L.”
Claim · model-written summary
Foliar spray of the extracts did not affect enzyme activity in silkworms.
- Taxon
- Mulberryt0
- Treatment
- Foliar spray of the extractse7
- Interactor
- Bombyx MoriBombyx morit1herbivore
- Outcome
- enzyme activity in silkwormse7
- Direction
- did not affecte7
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e7“Foliar spray of the extracts hold greater promise for control of tukra infested mulberry leaves and did not affect enzyme activity in silkworms”
t0“(Maconellicoccus Hirsutus) Infested Mulberry”
t1“Silkworm, Bombyx Mori L.”
Claim · model-written summary
Foliar spray of the extracts is considered more promising for controlling tukra-infested mulberry leaves.
- Taxon
- Mulberryt0
- Treatment
- Foliar spray of the extractse7
- Interactor
- Maconellicoccus Hirsutus
Maconellicoccus hirsutust0pest - Outcome
- control of tukra infested mulberry leavese7
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e7“Foliar spray of the extracts hold greater promise for control of tukra infested mulberry leaves and did not affect enzyme activity in silkworms”
t0“(Maconellicoccus Hirsutus) Infested Mulberry”
Claim · model-written summary
Aqueous extract sprayed on infested mulberry leaves can be used for silkworm rearing instead of pesticides.
Verbatim
e0“the aqueous Extract sprayed infested mulberry leaves can be effectively utilized for the silkworm rearing instead of pesticides insecticides for mulberry sericulturistes”
t0“(Maconellicoccus Hirsutus) Infested Mulberry”
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