Effect of Ocimum sanctum Leaf Extract in Different Concentration on Larval Weight of the Bombyx mori L.

Abstract

Ordinarily alluded to as Tulsi, Ocimum sanctum is likewise viewed as the Sovereign of Spices because of its gigantic restorative worth in Ayurvedic medication for the therapy and avoidance of disorder. Controlling the larval load of Bombyx mori is impacted by food sustenance. In this work, we checked out at how O. sanctum impacted the post-casing characteristics and larval load of B. mori. When second-instar silkworms were given mulberry leaves treated with a fluid O. sanctum leaf separate, the outcomes were positive as far as larval weight and post-case qualities. At 10% focus, the most extreme larval loads recorded were 1.200 gm toward the beginning of the fifth instar, 2.213 gm in the center, and 3.1904 gm when the hatchlings were mounted. In the third instar, the most extreme weight was 0.154 gm, in the fourth instar, 0.563 gm, and in the fifth instar, 3.190 gm, separately. The post-case attributes were more articulated when the measures of O.sanctum leaf extricate were raised. At a convergence of 10% sanctum leaf remove, further information uncovered that 100 casings weighed 134.88 grams, with a typical load of 1.771 grams, a typical shell weight of 0.263±0.13 grams, and a typical fiber length of 840±2.2 meters. We are currently discussing the discoveries' likely significance. Larval weight and post-cover character worked on because of the treatment's general impact on B. mori execution.