Morfometri Kokon Attacus atlas Hasil Pemeliharaan di Laboratorium
Abstrak: Attacus atlas is one
of the wild silkworms which is originated from Indonesia, which has economic
value and high potency to be developed especially at the cocoon stage. These
potential aspects for future developed include row material of silk fabrics,
cosmetics, medical, and engineering materials. However, this potential has not
been matched by productions level. Attacus atlas still live in nature with only
10% of cocoon production rate. In this study, A. atlas was reared in the
laboratory to determine the different characteristics of Attacus atlas cocoon
between rearing enviromntment as compared to which in nature. The results
showed that the characteristics of the cocoon varies and influenced by humidity
and temperature environments, place and behavior during making cocoon. Whole
cocoon weight average of 6.37±1.07 g/cocoon, weight of floss (0.23±0.09
g/cocoon or 5.82±3.86%), weight of shell cocoon (0.62±0.35 g/cocoon or
11.95±3.38%), weight of pupa (3.77±1.99 g/cocoon or 71.74±9.42%), length of
cocoon (54.30±5.74 mm), the diameter of the cocoon (22.26±2.60 mm posterior,
25.65±2.38 mm medial and 22.92±2.45 mm anterior), the cocoon circumference
(70.42±7.48 mm posterior, 80.70±10.69 mm medial and 72.19±12.81 mm anterior).
Penulis: Y.C Endrawati, A.M
Fuah
Kode Jurnal: jppeternakandd120105
