Earthworms and microbes work together to break down organic materials to create vermicompost, a microbiologically active amendment that is high in nutrients. This organic fertilizer is created when earthworms break down organic waste. It provides major advantages for the economy,...
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Research Article10.9734/ajee/2025/v24i9787
Prakash Hariwal, Fatima Sadatulla, S. Chandrashekar & Chikkalingaiah·Asian Journal of Biology·2025
Soil and climatic condition in which mulberry is grown influences the quality of mulberry, which in return decides the quantitative and qualitative feature of cocoon yield. Mulberry being a vegetative propagated perennial crop; initial establishment is of prime importance. Vegeta...
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Research Article10.9734/ajob/2025/v21i8545
Vermicomposting, a process leveraging earthworms' bio-conversion capabilities, transforms organic waste into nutrient-dense compost. The resultant vermicompost exhibits a peat-like structure, characterized by excellent moisture retention and nutrient availability, rendering it a...
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Research Article10.9734/arrb/2025/v40i82296
The silkworm, Bombyx mori L. is susceptible to infection of various pathogenic organisms. Pebrine, one of the deadliest disease of silkworm caused by highly virulent microsporidian parasite, Nosema bombycis. Several strains and species of microsporidians have since been isolated...
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Research Article10.9734/jeai/2025/v47i73596
The Mulberry (Morus sp.), is the food for silkworm and is of great importance to sericulture industry. It can be propagated by seeds, cuttings, budding and grafting. Propagation by cuttings has distinct advantages over the other methods due to high survival rate and quick establi...
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Research Article10.9734/ijecc/2022/v12i121515
The present study was conducted in Bangalore. It aims at studying the effect of different concentrations of indole-3-butyric acid (IBA) (1000, 2000 and 3000 ppm) on V-1 mulberry cuttings with varying number of buds (one, two, three and four) consist of twelve treatments which wer...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2022/v34i242608
An investigation was undertaken to study the mean performance of elite mulberry genotypes across different seasons at Department of Sericulture, UAS, GKVK, Bengaluru during 2023-24. Stability parameters were estimated and considered for testing the stability of the mulberry genot...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2025/v28i11907
Mulberry silkworm Bombyx mori nourishes its nutrition from its sole food plant Morus spp. Various biochemical techniques have facilitated the sericulture’s in identifying the most nutritive mulberry variety for obtaining eminent silk. A deficiency of certain nutrients or an imbal...
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Research Article10.9734/jabb/2024/v27i101470
The efficacy of hydrogels under sensor-based irrigation on biochemical contents of tree mulberry leaves was studied during 2022-23 and the experiment was laid out in Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with nine treatment combinations and three replications. The hydrogels wer...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2024/v36i54499
A field experiment was carried out to study the efficacy of hydrogels under sensor-based irrigation on soil nutrient status of tree mulberry during 2022-23. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with nine treatment combinations and three replicati...
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Research Article10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i234281
The present study was conducted to analyze resource use efficiency in mulberry cultivation using data from cultivators of the Chikkaballapur district of Karnataka collected during 2021-22 from mulberry growing farmers. Twenty mulberry growers were selected using a multistage rand...
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Research Article10.9734/ajaees/2024/v42i52455