EFFECT OF MOISTURE IN DETERMINING THE SILKNESS OF SILKWORM COCOONS

This article is devoted to improving the process of receiving cocoon products based on quality indicators, which is an important part of the silkworm breeding industry (Bombyx mori). The main goal is to control the quality of products by increasing the standards used in the acceptance of grown cocoons, including the development and improvement of methods for determining the mass and silk content of the cocoon shell. The article examines in detail the quality indicators of the received batches of cocoons, in particular, the mass of the cocoon, the thickness of the shell, the quality of the silk, and other parameters. In addition, the issue of determining the influence of cocoon moisture (W) on silk content is being studied in depth, since the level of moisture is an important factor in the silk support process, and an incorrect assessment can lead to low-quality products. The results of the experiments conducted in the study were analyzed using methods of mathematical statistics (including correlation calculations). The values of corrections based on moisture content when determining silk content in samples taken from batches of silkworm cocoons are given: