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1. Is the mulberry tree a good tree for raising silkworms?

Mulberry tree is a tree for raising silkworms.

Mulberry is a plant of the genus Morus in the family Moraceae.

Tree or shrub, 3 to 10 meters or more in height, with a breast diameter of up to 50 cm, thick bark, gray, with irregular shallow longitudinal fissures; winter buds are reddish brown, ovate, bud scales are arranged in a shingle-like manner, gray-brown, with fine hairs; twigs with fine hairs. Leaves are ovate or broadly ovate, 5 to 15 cm long, 5 to 12 cm wide, with acute, acuminate or obtuse apex, rounded to shallow cordate base, coarse and blunt serrations on the margins, sometimes with various lobes, bright green on the surface, glabrous, with sparse hairs along the veins on the back, and tufts of hairs in the vein axils; petioles are 1.5 to 5.5 cm long, with soft hairs; stipules are lanceolate, caducous, and densely covered with fine stiff hairs on the outside.

Flowers are unisexual, axillary or in the axils of bud scales, and grow at the same time as leaves; male inflorescences are drooping, 2 to 3.5 cm long, densely covered with white soft hairs, male flowers. Perianth segments are broadly elliptical, light green. Filaments are inflected in buds, anthers are 2-chambered, spherical to reniform, and longitudinally fissured; female inflorescences are 1 to 2 cm long, covered with hairs, peduncle is 5 to 10 mm long and covered with soft hairs, female flowers are sessile, perianth segments are obovate, obtuse at the top, covered with hairs on the outside and edges, tightly embracing the ovary on both sides, without style, stigma is 2-lobed, with nipple-like protrusions on the inner surface.

The fruit is ovate-oval, 1 to 2.5 cm long, red or dark purple when ripe. The flowering period is from April to May, and the fruiting period is from May to August.

It likes warm and humid climate and is slightly shade-tolerant. It starts to sprout when the temperature is above 12℃, and the suitable growth temperature is 25 to 30℃. It is inhibited when it exceeds 40℃, and stops growing when it drops below 12℃. It is drought-tolerant, not waterlogged, and tolerant to barrenness. It has strong adaptability to soil.

Mulberry leaves can dispel wind-heat, clear the lungs and improve eyesight.

Mulberry wood can also be used to make bows, called mulberry arcs. Dead branches can be used as firewood; bark can be used as medicine and papermaking; mulberry wood can be used to make paper; mulberry wood can also be used to make agricultural production tools, such as mulberry forks and cart shafts. The leaves are the main feed for silkworms, and can also be used as medicine and as local pesticides. The wood is hard and can be used to make furniture, musical instruments, carvings, etc.

Mulberries can not only satisfy hunger, but also be used to make wine, called mulberry wine.

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The mulberry tree has a broad crown and dense leaves. Its leaves turn yellow in autumn, which is quite beautiful. It is also resistant to smoke and harmful gases, and is suitable for greening around cities, industrial and mining areas, and rural areas. It has strong adaptability and is a good greening and economic tree species.

1. Mulberry trees and mulberry leaves used to feed silkworms are the same plant. Mulberry refers to mulberry (a plant of the Moraceae family, Urticales). Mulberry leaves are the dried leaves of the mulberry plant of the Moraceae family. Mulberry fruits are the fruit clusters of the mulberry tree.

2. Mulberry leaves are used as feed for silkworms. The wood can be used to make utensils, the branches can be used to weave baskets, the mulberry bark can be used as raw material for papermaking, the mulberry can be eaten and used to make wine, and the leaves, fruits and root bark can be used as medicine.

2. What is the tree with thorny leaves that silkworms can eat?

Oak belongs to the genus Quercus in the Fagaceae family. It is a deciduous tree, and a few are shrubs. The leaf margins are serrated, and few are entire. The male flower catkins are drooping, and the female flowers are solitary in the involucre. The nuts are solitary, the inner wall of the pericarp is hairless, and the undeveloped ovules are located outside the base of the seeds. The trunk is peculiar and vigorous, the tree shape is beautiful and varied, with luxuriant branches and leaves, resistant to pruning and easy to shape. After being shaped by pulling, the crown is like a canopy, with various shapes and unique charm. It is a fine tree species for landscape gardens, courtyard villas and landscapes. The material is solid, the texture is fine, and the material color is brown-red. It is used for furniture and farm tools; the leaves and bark are used for medicinal purposes.

Oak leaves contain water, protein, carbohydrates, fat, ash, cellulose and other ingredients, which oak silkworms like very much.

The plants used for raising tussah silkworms in China belong to the genus Quercus of the Fagaceae family. Its leaves are the main food for tussah silkworms. The main tree species for raising tussah silkworms are Liaodong oak, Quercus acutissima, Quercus mongolica and Quercus variabilis. In addition, Quercus borax, Quercus acutissima and Quercus serrata can also be used for raising tussah silkworms. Liaoning, Henan, Shandong, Jilin, Heilongjiang and Guizhou provinces in China are the main production areas for raising tussah silkworms using oak trees. The oak trees used for raising tussah silkworms must be cultivated and pruned to make the spacing between plants and rows appropriate and the tree shape short, so as to become a tussah silkworm farm. The tree shape is divided into two types: trunkless tree shape and medium-trunk tree shape. The medium-trunk tree shape is better, with a large and evenly distributed crown, high space and light energy utilization, high and stable leaf production, and thicker leaves.

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3. Can mulberry leaves be used to raise silkworms?

Hello, mulberry leaves can be used to raise silkworms, as silkworms eat the leaves.

As for mulberry leaves, they can be used to raise silkworms. As for talking, I like to eat mulberry leaves the most.

Yes, mulberry leaves are used for silkworm breeding.

Yes, silkworms like to eat mulberry leaves.

Yes, silkworms eat mulberry leaves.

4. What can be used instead of mulberry leaves to feed silkworms?

Lettuce leaves, mulberry leaves, paper mulberry leaves, elm leaves, duck chives, dandelions and lettuce leaves, etc.

The staple food of silkworms is mulberry leaves, and other leaves can also be used (Quercus, Cuscuta can also be used to raise silkworms). Silkworms have a strong appetite, and they eat mulberry leaves day and night, so they grow very fast. There is an idiom "cannibalism". In addition, silkworms are very afraid of cold, and they may die of cold if the temperature is slightly lower. It is necessary to pay attention to keeping the room temperature warm. Silkworms are also a delicacy for ants, and it is also necessary to pay attention to the threat of ants to the lives of silkworms.

Things to note when raising silkworms:

1. Choose silkworm varieties with strong disease resistance. Special varieties such as those resistant to chlorine and pyogenic tuberculosis have been bred. You can also choose suitable silkworm varieties based on comprehensive analysis of local climate, geographical conditions, common diseases and other actual conditions.

2. Reasonable silkworm breeding layout. Staggering the planting and harvesting seasons of different crops, reasonably arranging the silkworm breeding layout, avoiding overlapping of silkworm seasons, and ensuring the input of manpower and material resources during the silkworm season can effectively ensure a good harvest of silkworm breeding.

3. Manage the mulberry garden well and treat insects in time. Improving leaf quality is beneficial to improving the physique of silkworms, reducing the harm of diseases and insects, and reducing the infection of diseased insects in the wild to silkworms.

4. Carry out feeding and management according to the physiological characteristics of silkworms at different development stages. The appropriate temperature and humidity standards are: 27℃±1℃ for 1-2 years old, with a dry-wet difference of about 1℃; 26℃±1℃ for 3 years old, with a dry-wet difference of about 1.5±1℃; 25-24℃ for adult silkworms, with a dry-wet difference of about 2℃. Use appropriately mature leaves, remove sand frequently, ventilate regularly, sleep when full, feed at the right time, operate briskly, protect the silkworm body, and try to avoid feeding wet or wilted leaves.

Reference for the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia - Silkworm

Cudrania leaves, elm leaves, fig leaves, wormwood leaves, and dandelion leaves can be used to feed silkworms instead of mulberry leaves. In addition, Southwest Agricultural University has developed an artificial feed that can replace mulberry leaves.

This feed is made according to the main nutrients of mulberry leaves, and is made from various raw materials such as bean cake, bean dregs, starch, sugar, cellulose, vitamins, etc. in a certain proportion.

Experiments have shown that the silkworms fed this artificial feed have the same development, growth and silk-spinning process as silkworms fed mulberry leaves. The color of the silk they spit out is whiter than that of silkworms fed mulberry leaves, and the silk production and quality are the same as those of normal silkworms.

Things to note when raising silkworms

1. Do a good job of disinfection before silkworm rearing to reduce the incidence of silkworms

Cleaning and disinfection before silkworm rearing is the most important part of the whole disease prevention and disinfection work, and is also a prerequisite for achieving high cocoon yields. In order to improve the disinfection effect, the disinfection steps should be "sweep, wash, scrape, disinfect, and brush white"; the disinfection process requires six things: the silkworm room should be cleaned, the silkworm tools should be cleaned, the medicine should be accurately prepared, the liquid medicine should be sprayed evenly, the room tools should be completely disinfected, and they should be well kept after disinfection.

2. Do a good job in supplementing and accelerating the hatching process to improve the one-day hatching rate

The quality of supplementary accelerator work is directly related to the hatching rate of one day. The majority of silkworm farmers should pay attention to supplementary accelerator work, mainly to control temperature and humidity and shade work. After the silkworm eggs arrive in the room, they should be spread out in time, and the temperature should be controlled at 78-79 hours, with a humidity difference of 2 hours. In the evening before the ants are harvested, the temperature should be raised to 80-81 hours, with a humidity difference of 1 hour. At the same time, strict shade should be used during supplementary accelerator work to achieve the purpose of uniform hatching.