Nutrigenic traits GSH KNG C. W TR-10
I* H %D/(χ2) I* H %D/(χ2) I* H %D/(χ2) I* H %D/(χ2)
Ingesta/L (g) 2.36 {8.62} 3.44 {11.0} 31.5 (0.71) 2.16 {8.45} 3.50 {10.7} 37.4 (0.38) 2.21 {8.55} 3.85 {11.3} 42.6 (0.42) 2.25 {8.82} 3.70 {10.6} 39.2 (0.51)
Digesta/L (g) 0.84 {4.89} 0.9 {5.56} 8.33 (0.98) 0.98 {5.25} 1.07 {5.49} 8.06 (0.99) 0.73 {5.65} 0.94 {5.92} 22.8 (0.97) 0.75 {4.97} 0.87 {5.36} 13.7 (0.99)
Excreta/L (g) 1.55 {7.13} 2.74 {9.51} 43.7 (0.53) 1.27 {6.4} 2.80 {9.60} 54.7 (0.34) 1.24 {6.38} 2.75 {9.55} 55.1 (0.34) 1.54 {7.11} 2.73 {9.50} 43.7 (0.55)
RR (g) 2.30 {8.84} 2.9 {9.78} 18.3 (0.93) 2.32 {8.70} 3.30 {10.3} 29.2 (0.66) 1.74 {8.45} 2.52 {9.96} 30.8 (0.78) 2.16 {7.58} 3.0 {9.12} 27.8 (0.82)
RGR 0.43 {4.11} 0.47 {4.65} 9.86 (1.0) 0.52 {3.86} 0.66 {5.52} 21.7 (0.99) 0.46 {3.73} 0.90 {3.93} 50.9 (0.81) 0.74 {4.93} 0.97 {5.64} 23.4 (0.97)
ECIL (%) 53.6 {42.4} 56.3 {43.9} 4.86 (0.9) 59.5 {40.1} 61.0 {41.9} 2.30 (0.82) 45.7 {38.9} 55.4 {43.0} 17.5 (0.08) 49.5 {41.6} 53.4 {45.8} 7.20 (0.77)
ECDL (%) 18.6 {21.4} 20.2 {22.4} 7.82 (0.72) 17.7 {21.6} 23.0 {23.1} 23.8 (0.15) 19.6 {20.7} 25.4 {23.1} 22.8 (0.05) 22.9 {19.6} 25.5 {21.4} 10.0 (0)
ECIC (%) 45.5 {47.0} 48.3 {48.6} 5.64 (0.8) 41.6 {50.5} 45.0 {51.3} 7.15 (0.82) 39.5 {44.7} 46.6 {46.9} 15.2 (0.23) 44.3 {42.5} 51.5 {40.0} 14.0 (0.19)
ECDC (%) 13.3 {25.5} 14.6 {6.7} 8.33 (0.94) 13.6 {24.8} 15.0 {28.8} 12.4 (0.62) 12.5 {26.2} 15.5 {30.1} 19.1 (0.52) 11.4 {28.6} 13.4 {30.3} 15.3 (0.73)
ECIS (%) 16.4 {23.8} 17.7 {24.8} 7.66 (0.74) 20.3 {26.7} 21.0 {27.6} 5.61 (1.0) 16.5 {23.9} 18.2 {25.2} 9.35 (0.9) 20.4 {26.8} 21.5 {27.6} 5.37 (0.90
ECDS (%) 7.66 {14.6} 8.46 {15.9} 9.53 (0.69) 7.54 {15.9} 8.30 {16.7} 9.62 (0.8) 6.44 {16.0} 7.56 {16.8} 14.8 (0.76) 8.54 {16.9} 9.46 {17.9} 9.76 (0.85)
SEm±/F-test 0.43 0.68 ** 0.52 0.58 ** 0.49 0.70 ** 0.35 0.44 **
CD at 5% 1.26 2.0   1.52 1.71   1.46 2.05   1.04 1.29  
CV (%) 3.94 5.83   4.66 4.80   4.66 5.91   3.22 3.64  
SD± 17.94 18.72   18.67 19.22   16.19 18.01   16.40 19.23  
Table 1: Effect of leaf spot diseased mulberry leaf on various nutrigenic parameters of NB4D2 race of silkworm Bombyx mori L. in the fifth instar H= healthy, I= Infected, %D= Percent Decrease, Values in small Brackets () are the χ2-test values, values in long Brackets {} are arc sine values D/L, Digesta per Larva; I/L, Ingesta per Larva; ECD, Efficiency Conversion of Digesta; ECI, Efficiency of Conversion of Ingesta; RR, reference ratio; RGR, Relative Growth Rate