Abstract
Mulberry sericulture is an alternative farm-based livelihood activity and is practiced in various climatic conditions. A field and rearing experiment was conducted to evaluate the mulberry variety S-1635 for leaf and silk cocoon productivity under alternative pruning and rearing schedule during autumn 2019 and spring 2020 seasons. The leaf moisture content, leaf fall at harvest, primary shoots plant-1, longest shoot length, total shoots length and leaf yield plant-1 was significantly higher in new pruning schedule in both the season. The new mulberry crop schedule recorded higher leaf productivity to a tune of 12% in autumn and double in comparison to existing schedule practiced by farmers. The role of optimal weather and period of crop growth had a greater impact on leaf yield during autumn and spring crops, respectively. Most of the reeling cocoon and silk parameters obtained from fed leaves differed significantly with pruning schedules in both the seasons. Effective rate of rearing and weight was significantly higher in new pruning schedule while single cocoon weight was higher in existing schedule. The new silkworm rearing schedule recorded 10-12% higher cocoon yield in both Agrahayani (75.67 kg) and Falguni (62.08 kg) crops compared to existing crop schedule. The investigation revealed that delaying the mulberry pruning and silkworm rearing date by two weeks effectively increased both leaf and cocoon output. The new mulberry sericulture crop schedules will be a climate change adaptation strategy to maintain production potential in the lower-gangetic region.
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Claims 12
Claim · model-written summary
The new pruning schedule significantly increased leaf yield per plant in both seasons.
- Taxon
- mulberrye0
- Material
- S-1635e0
- Treatment
- new pruning schedulee1
- Outcome
- leaf yield plant-1e1
- Direction
- highere1
Not reportedComparator
Verbatim
e0“mulberry variety S-1635”
e1“The leaf moisture content, leaf fall at harvest, primary shoots plant-1, longest shoot length, total shoots length and leaf yield plant-1 was significantly higher in new pruning schedule in both the season”
Claim · model-written summary
The new pruning schedule significantly increased primary shoots per plant, longest shoot length and total shoot length.
- Taxon
- mulberrye0
- Material
- S-1635e0
- Treatment
- new pruning schedulee1
- Outcome
- primary shoots plant-1, longest shoot length, total shoots lengthe1
- Direction
- highere1
Not reportedComparator
Verbatim
e0“mulberry variety S-1635”
e1“The leaf moisture content, leaf fall at harvest, primary shoots plant-1, longest shoot length, total shoots length and leaf yield plant-1 was significantly higher in new pruning schedule in both the season”
Claim · model-written summary
The new pruning schedule significantly increased leaf moisture content and leaf fall at harvest.
- Taxon
- mulberrye0
- Material
- S-1635e0
- Treatment
- new pruning schedulee1
- Outcome
- leaf moisture content, leaf fall at harveste1
- Direction
- highere1
Not reportedComparator
Verbatim
e0“mulberry variety S-1635”
e1“The leaf moisture content, leaf fall at harvest, primary shoots plant-1, longest shoot length, total shoots length and leaf yield plant-1 was significantly higher in new pruning schedule in both the season”
Claim · model-written summary
The new mulberry crop schedule gave 12% higher leaf productivity in autumn than the existing schedule.
Verbatim
e0“mulberry variety S-1635”
e3“The new mulberry crop schedule recorded higher leaf productivity to a tune of 12% in autumn and double in comparison to existing schedule practiced by farmers”
Claim · model-written summary
The new mulberry crop schedule doubled leaf productivity compared with the existing schedule.
Verbatim
e0“mulberry variety S-1635”
e3“The new mulberry crop schedule recorded higher leaf productivity to a tune of 12% in autumn and double in comparison to existing schedule practiced by farmers”
Claim · model-written summary
Optimal weather and crop growth period influenced leaf yield, with weather having the greater impact in autumn and growth period in spring.
Not reportedDirection
Verbatim
e0“mulberry variety S-1635”
e4“The role of optimal weather and period of crop growth had a greater impact on leaf yield during autumn and spring crops, respectively”
Claim · model-written summary
Most reeling cocoon and silk parameters differed significantly with pruning schedules in both seasons.
- Taxon
- mulberrye0
- Treatment
- pruning schedulese5
- Outcome
- reeling cocoon and silk parameterse5
- Qualifier
- Most ofe5
Not reportedDirection
Verbatim
e0“mulberry variety S-1635”
e5“Most of the reeling cocoon and silk parameters obtained from fed leaves differed significantly with pruning schedules in both the seasons”
Claim · model-written summary
The effective rate of rearing and weight was higher under the new pruning schedule than under the existing schedule.
Verbatim
e0“mulberry variety S-1635”
e6“Effective rate of rearing and weight was significantly higher in new pruning schedule while single cocoon weight was higher in existing schedule”
Claim · model-written summary
Single cocoon weight was higher under the existing schedule than under the new pruning schedule.
Verbatim
e0“mulberry variety S-1635”
e6“Effective rate of rearing and weight was significantly higher in new pruning schedule while single cocoon weight was higher in existing schedule”
Claim · model-written summary
The new silkworm rearing schedule gave 10-12% higher cocoon yield than the existing crop schedule in both Agrahayani and Falguni crops.
- Taxon
- mulberrye0
- Treatment
- new silkworm rearing schedulee7
- Interactor
- silkworm
Bombyx morie7herbivore - Outcome
- cocoon yielde7
- Direction
- highere7
- Value
- 10-12%e7
- Qualifier
- Agrahayani (75.67 kg) and Falguni (62.08 kg)e7
- Comparator
- existing crop schedulee7
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“mulberry variety S-1635”
e7“The new silkworm rearing schedule recorded 10-12% higher cocoon yield in both Agrahayani (75.67 kg) and Falguni (62.08 kg) crops compared to existing crop schedule”
Claim · model-written summary
Delaying the pruning and rearing date by two weeks effectively increased leaf and cocoon output.
- Taxon
- mulberrye0
- Treatment
- delaying the mulberry pruning and silkworm rearing date by two weekse7
- Outcome
- leaf and cocoon outpute7
- Direction
- increasede7
Not reportedComparator
Verbatim
e0“mulberry variety S-1635”
e7“delaying the mulberry pruning and silkworm rearing date by two weeks effectively increased both leaf and cocoon output”
Claim · model-written summary
New mulberry sericulture crop schedules are a climate change adaptation strategy to maintain production potential in the lower-Gangetic region.
Verbatim
e0“mulberry variety S-1635”
e7“The new mulberry sericulture crop schedules will be a climate change adaptation strategy to maintain production potential in the lower-gangetic region”
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