What are the advantages of Phytosome hormone?

In Sericulture, both silkworm rearing and synchronized spinning plays vital role in economics. Usually, the process of silkworm maturation lasts for 2-3 days. In winter season it may extend further. Because of this, farmers have to pick the ripe worms continuously thereby incurring extra expenditure. To over come this, the Scientists of CSR&TI, Mysore have invented a plant based spinning hormone called Sampoorna by using this, the maturation events will be hastened and can induce synchronized spinning.

Advantages:

Sampoorna is a plant-based steroid with moulting hormone activity.
Sampoorna can be used for early and uniform maturation.
Saves labour in picking the matured worms.
Reduces mounting period by 18 - 40 hours from the onset of spinning.
Early maturation can save the crop from out break of diseases in the fifth instar.
It can save the crop from unforeseen shortage of mulberry leaf in final instar.
The cocoon characters are not affected.
Dosage for 100 dfls: 4 liters of diluted hormone.

When to use: On the onset of spinning (when 3-5 % of matured worms are noticed in a batch).

How to use: The recommended quantity of Sampoorna is mixed with 4 liters of water. Give a thin feeding to silkworms and then spray the diluted solution over the feed using a hand sprayer. One more feeding (If necessary) can be given after complete consumption of treated leaf. All the worms will mature within 18-24 hours after spraying.