Evaluation of Silkworm Lines against Variations in Temperature and RH for Various Parameters of Commercial Cocoon Production
Table 2
Estimation of evaluation index values for cocoon weight, shell weight, shell ratio, yield and filament length of eleven silkworm lines reared at different conditions of temperature and RH.
Evaluation index values
Silkworm Lines
Cocoon weight (g)
Shell weight (g)
Shell ratio (%)
Yield (Kg/10,000 larvae)
Filament Length (m)
*Cumulative EI Value
Ranking of silkworm lines
M-101
59.86
65.45
47.75
62.61
63.22
59.15
2
M-103
32.83
44.53
46.78
33.26
41.77
40.51
9
M-104
42.81
41.49
45.71
42.44
43.81
43.33
8
Pak-1
51.54
45.66
47.08
44.60
48.59
49.26
7
M-107
41.37
41.01
46.76
55.39
42.20
50.03
4
Pak-2
58.99
56.66
46.90
55.56
53.16
56.37
3
Pak-3
56.76
54.53
46.63
42.18
56.53
52.83
5
Pak-4
62.74
62.59
47.65
65.34
64.84
61.42
1
PFI-I
57.73
59.85
50.35
58.39
61.66
52.62
6
PFI-II
46.12
40.35
45.76
45.13
39.88
40.37
11
S-1
39.24
37.91
45.50
45.09
34.34
40.45
10
*The silkworm lines were ranked by establishing total cumulative indices.
