Performance of silkworm breeds with references to disease occurrence during different seasons under terai ecological conditions of West Bengal

Authors
Ghosh, J Senapati, SK Baral, K
Citation
J. Ghosh et al., Performance of silkworm breeds with references to disease occurrence during different seasons under terai ecological conditions of West Bengal, I J AGR SCI, 70(4), 2000, pp. 234-238
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Agriculture/Agronomy
Journal title
INDIAN JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES
ISSN journal
00195022 → ACNP
Volume
70
Issue
4
Year of publication
2000
Pages
234 - 238
Database
ISI
SICI code
0019-5022(200004)70:4<234:POSBWR>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
An experiment was conducted for 2 year; durig 1994-96 at Cooch Behar to eva luate the relative performance of 7 bivoltine silkworm breeds namely P-5, K PG(B), SH6 NE18, P-5 x KPG(B), KPG(B) x P-5 and P-5 x SE6 against occurrenc e of different diseases during different seasons, viz February-March, March -April, May-June, June-July, August-September, October-November and Novembe r-December. It is observed that SH6 and its hybrids with P-5 showed higher survivality against different diseases over seasons, indicates their suitab ility for terai region of West Bengal. Incidence of different diseases was found maximum during May to September and minimum during February to April and again in October to December.