Panchagavya foliar spray impacts the yield, outcome, and characteristics of cocoon filament size, denier, and reelability in multivoltine silkworm races Bombyx mori Linn.

Silk farming is a really labour-intensive business that brings good money and helps rural communities. It’s been around in India for ages and provides loads of jobs and income for farming families. India plays a big part in feeding the world and has used farming methods like the green revolution, fertilizers, manure, and raising different types of silkworms that breed multiple times a year. Back in the day, farmers stuck to traditional methods, but nowadays they often turn to chemical approaches to boost their crop yields. The thing is, these chemical methods can harm the environment and affect the quality of our food. Researchers looked into how spraying panchagavya (a mixture of five cow products) on mulberry plants affects the silk production – things like how long the cocoon threads are, how much they weigh, their thickness, how well they can be reeled, and how consistent the length is. They tested this on two types of silkworms: the Nistari and Pure Mysore breeds. Adding panchagavya spray to mulberry leaves really worked well for improving cocoon production. The improvements in thread length, weight, unbroken thread length, thickness, reeling quality, and consistency show that this natural spray has a positive effect on silk production from these multi-breeding silkworm types. So basically, using panchagavya spray in silk farming can boost yields and offers real benefits for silkworm breeding and silk reeling businesses.