The Effect of Vegetables on Growing Rate in Cricket Gryllus mitratus 10-50 Day Olds

Abstract

Cricket is one of potential animals that can be used as food sources, such as human food and feed of domestic animal because of its height protein contain. In Indonesian, there are 123 species of cricket. However, the species is cultivated; Gryllus mitratus and Gryllus testaceus. The cricket is consumption of many vegetables, such as , mustard green, mustard bitter, squash, cabbage. The aim of this research was to know the effect of mustard green, mustard bitter, squash, and mixture of mustard greens, mustard bitter, squash on growing rate in cricket Gryllus mitratus. The study was conducted in room of house, Kandang Limun Village, Bengkulu District from August until October, 2005. A number of cricket Gryllus mitratus used in the study were 200 cricket, 10 – 50 old days with 5 replications of which each replication consisted of 10 crickets. Parameter measured was the feed consumption (g), body weight growth (g), mortality (%) temperature and humidity of the chamber. The results showed that the mustard greens, mustard bitter, squash, and mixture of mustard greens, mustard bitter, squash were significant different (P< 0.01) on feed consumption in cricket Gryllus mitratus. The average feed consumption of mustard greens (1.664g) was not significantly different (P>0.05) to that mustard bitter (1.527g), and mixture of mustard greens, mustard bitter, l squash (1.605g), but it was significantly different (P<0.01) to that squash (1.099g). The average body weight growth was not significantly different (P>0.05) to mustard greens, mustard bitter, squash and mixture of mustard green, mustard bitter, squash. In conclusion, mustard green, mustard bitter, and mixture of mustard green, mustard bitter, squash was better body weight growth than squash.