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HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINE AAKASHMONI 200C CONTROL MULBERRY DISEASES ENRICHING SERICULTURE

SUBHAS CHANDRA DATTA and RUPA DATTA

Homeopathic medicine Aakashmoni 200C, prepared from the funicles of Acacia auriculiformis A. Cunn, mixed with water @ 7.2 mg/mL, were applied by foliar spray once daily for 15 days @ 10 mL/plant on mulberry are highly effective in ameliorating mulberry diseases like root-knot [Meloidogyne incognita (Kofold & White) Chitwood], leaf spot [Cercosporam moricola Cooke)], powdery mildew (Phyllactinia corylea (Pers.) Karst], mosaic disease (mosaic virus) and tukra disease [Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Green). It also improves the growth of silkworms, shell weight, effective rate of silkworms rearing, sex ratio percentage and egg laying capacity of mother moth which commercially increased silk production without disturbing biosphere.