Treatment

Average wt. of 10 5^th instar larvae (g)

Single cocoon weight (g)

Single shell weight (g)

Shell weight (%)

Filament length (mts)

Reelability (%)

Renditta

(kg)

Denier

(d)

Effective rate of rearing (%)

Control

2.35

1.32

0.21

15.90

748.00

85.66

8.90

2.24

88.91

Mutant

2.49

1.41

0.24

17.02

821.00

97.28

8.20

1.95

92.14

SEM

0.12

0.08

-

0.78

42.00

9.81

0.04

0.58

1.78

CD @ 5%

0.18

0.10

NS

1.04

68.20

11.04

0.09

0.94

2.91