Evaluation of Castor (Ricinus communis L.) Genotypes and Their Feeding Values on Rearing Performance of Eri Silkworm (Samia cynthia ricini Boisduval) (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) in Southwest Ethiopia

Table 3

Effect of different castor genotypes on hatchability, fecundity, larval period, matured larval weight, life cycle, and effective rate of rearing (ERR).

Castor genotypes	Hatchability (%)	Fecundity	Larval period (day)	Larval weight (g)	Total life cycle (day)	ERR (%)
200390	92.68^a	294.00^a	22.00^c	5.93^c	58.00^d	94.54^a
Abaro	89.00^a	312.67^a	24.00^a	6.16^a	58.33^d	90.60^ab
219645	89.68^a	292.67^a	23.00^b	6.05^b	61.00^abc	88.32^abc
106564	86.00^a	282.00^a	22.00^c	5.83^d	58.33^d	82.79^bc
212631	88.52^a	294.34^a	23.00^b	6.12^a	62.33^a	82.40^c
219650	89.24^a	304.98^a	24.00^a	5.46^c	59.32^bcd	86.58^bc
219682	91.89^a	296.52^a	23.00^c	5.92^c	58.20^d	88.17^abc
219671	89.52^a	304.34^a	23.00^b	6.10^a	61.31^ab	87.22^abc
Wolenchite	89.14^a	314.98^a	24.00^a	5.46^c	59.32^bcd	86.48^bc
Local tepi	86.42^a	298.54^a	23.00^b	6.00^a	62.33a	82.40^c
value	0.2676	0.5172	0.0001	0.0001	0.0302	0.0074
CV (%)	4.2132	8.239	0.0458	0.6742	1.833	5.540

The means within a column followed by different letters are significantly different at (the Tukey test).