Portal Conference FAHUTAN UNMUL, ISTFES 2018

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SPECIES TESTS OF MORUS ALBA AND MORUS CATHAYANA IN INDONESIA
Nanang Sasmita, Liris Lis Komara

Last modified: 2018-09-28

Abstract


Mulberry plants have cultivated since along times ago, its being cultivated for the supply of silkworms. Mulberry cultivation as a silkworms feeds in Indonesia is increasing, its because mulberry plants have many benefits including leaves and fruit as animal feed, tea production and pharmaceuticals.This study aims to select the right Mulberry species for silkworms cultivation in Indonesia. The study was conducted at BPTH Bali, Cianjur Natural Silk Nursery (West Java) and East Kutai Agricultural Nursery (East Kalimantan). The method used with Randomized Block Design (RBD) consists of mulberry type treatments (M. alba and M. cathayana) with the provision of growth regulators (Rootone F). The results of the research from 3 mulberry species locations studied showed that M. alba showed an optimal growth in West Java, Bali and East Kalimantan. The results showed that M. alba species had a growth percentage (95%), shoots length (height) (80 cm), stem diameter (0.82 cm), number of shoots (4 branches) and number of leaves (20 strands). Whereas M. cathayana growth percentage (90%), shoots length (height (76 cm), stem diameter (0.75 cm), number of shoots (3 branches) and number of leaves (18 strands). Overall M. alba and M. cathayana are the types used to manage silkworms in Indonesia. The best mulberry type of the whole parameter is M. alba from West Java region.


Keywords


Mulberry, M. alba, M. cathayana, Silkworm feeds, Species tests.