author(s)
M Saikia and LK Hazarika

abstract
The food consumption and utilization study conducted on semi-domesticated muga silkworm, Antheraea assamensis Helfer by rearing it on the leaves of Persea bombycina King twigs indoor, revealed variation in values for growth rate (GR), consumption index (CI), reference ratio (RR), efficiency of conversion of ingested food (ECI) etc. depending on season and different days of the fifth instar. Consumption index (CI) showed opposite pattern of change with efficiency of conversion of ingested food (ECI), reference ratio (RR), growth rate (GR) in indoor rearing on twigs.