RESEARCH REGARDING CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF THE MULBERRY LEAVES FROM SELECTED MULBERRY HYBRID.

During the growth of silkworm larvae study, also was done a research which aimed to determine the chemical composition of mulberry leaves from a Romanian Selected Hybrid. The results showed that advancing in the vegetation stage at the same time with different periods of the silkworm larvae's growth, the mulberry leaves experience an aging process being noticed through its quality decreasing from chemical composition point of view. So, for example, the CP which was in average 20.78±0.627% (from DM), decreased during the study with 2.87%; while the CF had an average of 18.10±0.271%, (from DM) increased with 1.47%. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]