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The Impact of Hybrid Vigour on Commercial Traits of the Indian Tropical Tasar Silkworm, Antheraea mylitta Drury (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae)

  • Reddy, Rangareddygari Manohar (Central Tasar Research & Training Institute, Central Silk Board, Govt. of India) ;
  • Suryanarayana, Nagabathula (Central Tasar Research & Training Institute, Central Silk Board, Govt. of India) ;
  • Rai, Suresh (Central Tasar Research & Training Institute, Central Silk Board, Govt. of India) ;
  • Sinha, Manoj Kumar (Central Tasar Research & Training Institute, Central Silk Board, Govt. of India) ;
  • Hansda, Ganga (Central Tasar Research & Training Institute, Central Silk Board, Govt. of India) ;
  • Ojha, Nand Gopal (Central Tasar Research & Training Institute, Central Silk Board, Govt. of India) ;
  • Prasad, Bhagwan Chandra (Central Tasar Research & Training Institute, Central Silk Board, Govt. of India)
  • Received : 2010.03.15
  • Accepted : 2010.06.07
  • Published : 2010.06.30
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Abstract

The bivoltine tropical tasar ecoraces of Antheraea mylitta Drury produces cocoons for seed production under seed crop rearing (July-August with $22{\sim}30^{\circ}C$ temperature and 50~70% relative humidity) and for silk production under commercial crop rearing (September-December with $17{\sim}27^{\circ}C$ temperature and 60~80% relative humidity). To consider the impact of hybrid vigour on egg, larva, cocoon and silk related commercial traits, the $F_1$ hybrids made among Daba, Jata and Raily ecoraces were assessed successively for three years. The hybrid vigour in the $F_1$ hybrid of Daba$\times$Jata ($T_7$) was positive for egg fertility (+23.1%), shell weight (+25.6%), silk yield (+79.0%) and filament length (+68.1%), with filament of high denier (11.98d) and reduced larval span (-7.1%). The Jata$\times$Daba ($T_8$) hybrid has shown negative heterosis in egg fertility (-8.0%) compared to the other F1 hybrids, Daba$\times$Raily ($T_9$) and Raily$\times$Daba ($T_{10}$), when they rise simultaneously during the commercial crop season. The better performance of parental ecoraces ($T_4$ to $T_6$) in their commercial traits during commercial crop over parents of seed crop ($T_1$ to $T_3$) and the superior performance of $F_1$ hybrids ($T_7$ to $T_{10}$) over parents of commercial crop ($T_4$ to $T_6$) during commercial crop season indicates the apparent hybrid vigour in tasar $F_1$ hybrids. As the Daba$\times$Jata ($T_7$) and Jata$\times$Daba ($T_8$) $F_1$ hybrids have shown highest hybrid vigour, their rearing during commercial crop can optimize the silk productivity and commercial sustenance of the tasar silk industry.

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