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) 2.29 {8.70} 3.52 {10.8} 34.8 (0.64) 2.46 {9.01} 3.46 {10.7} 29.1 (0.76) 2.24 {11.9} 4.31 {8.59} 48.1 (0.07) 3.44 {11.1} 3.74 {10.6} 8.83 (0.96)
Digesta/L(g) 0.76 {4.99} 0.86 {5.32} 11.7 (1.0) 0.73 {4.88} 1.28 {6.41} 43.0 (0.77) 0.53 {5.75} 1.01 {4.17} 47.5 (0.05) 0.63 {5.32} 0.86 {4.53} 37.5 (0.95)
Excreta/L(g) 1.59 {7.25} 2.68 {9.41} 40.5 (0.62) 1.76 {7.62} 2.55 {9.18} 31.0 (0.80) 1.67 {10.9} 3.58 {7.42} 53.4 (0.05) 2.79 {9.58} 2.78 {10.9} 0.43 (1.0)
RR (g) 2.31 {8.73} 2.84 {9.69} 18.7 (0.94) 2.43 {8.96} 3.20 {10.2} 23.9 (0.85) 1.98 {11.3} 3.90 {8.09} 49.1 (0.08) 2.32 {0.72} 3.46 {11.3} 49.3 (0.51)
RGR 13.9 {3.95} 15.1 {4.30} 8.01 (1.0) 14.6 {3.89} 16.3 {4.26} 10.7 (1.0) 12.5 {4.37} 15.4 {3.84} 18.9 (0.98) 13.0 {4.30} 14.3 {4.37} 9.85 (1.0)
ECIL (%) 0.48 {21.8} 0.56 {22.8} 15.4 (0.94) 0.46 {22.4} 0.56 {23.8} 16.8 (0.86) 0.45 {23.3} 0.58 {20.7} 22.9 (0.45) 0.45 {22.2} 0.57 {23.1} 25.9 (0.86)
ECDL (%) 16.7 {40.6} 18.5 {43.0} 9.91 (0.68) 18.4 {40.5} 20.5 {41.8} 10.4 (0.86) 20.4 {43.8} 23.4 {40.1} 12.8 (0.26) 18.5 {44.6} 21.8 {43.8} 17.8 (0.04)
ECIC (%) 42.5 {24.0} 46.5 {25.4} 8.76 (0.87) 42.3 {25.3} 44.5 {26.9} 5.03 (0.70) 41.6 {28.9} 47.9 {26.8} 13.2 (0.63) 40.4 {27.8} 49.3 {28.9} 22.2 (0.39)
ECDC (%) 52.3 {46.2} 54.6 {47.6} 4.27 (0.88) 53.2 {46.8} 58.3 {49.7} 8.73 (0.61) 48.5 {46.9} 53.3 {44.1} 9.05 (0.59) 50.3 {48.0} 55.3 {46.9} 9.90 (0.44)
ECIS (%) 16.6 {16.2} 17.3 {16.8} 3.77 (0.94) 20.2 {15.6} 22.6 {16.5} 10.7 (0.93) 17.8 {15.5} 20.1 {17.0} 11.4 (0.71) 15.2 {18.0} 21.4 {15.5} 41.1 (0.24)
ECDS (%) 7.87 {24.0} 8.39 {24.5} 6.24 (0.98) 7.28 {26.6} 8.13 {28.3} 10.5 (0.48) 7.24 {24.9} 8.57 {26.6} 15.5 (0.78) 6.99 {27.5} 9.56 {24.9} 36.7 (0.01)
SEm±/f-test 0.27 0.28 ** 0.34 0.33 ** 0.29 0.20 ** 0.30 0.33 **
CD at 5% 0.79 0.80   1.00 0.96   0.84 0.57   0.88 0.95  
CV (%) 2.91 2.81   3.61 3.24   2.83 2.12   2.94 3.52  
SD± 17.03 17.95   17.29 18.52   17.56 16.76   18.59 16.23  
Table 2: Effect of leaf spot diseased mulberry leaf on various nutrigenic parameters of SH6 race of silkworm Bombyx mori L. in the fifth instar, %D= Percent Decrease, H= healthy, I= Infected, Values in short 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.