Textbook on Tropical Tasar Sericulture

Contents: 1. General Scenario of Sericulture in India. 2. Tropical Tasar Sericulture in India. 3. Soil Characteristics, Soil Health and Fertilizers Recommendation for Host Plant of Tasar Silk. 4. Host Plant Diversity, Utilization and Cultivation of Tasar Silkworm. 5. Host Plant Diseases, Pests and their Management for Tasar Silkworm. 6. Vanya Silk: Diversity and Distribution of Tasar Sericulture and Saturniid Moths in India. 7. Seed Production and Grainage: Procedures and Management Techniques. 8. Guidelines for Grainage Houses, Seed Quality and Technical Adoption in Tasar Silkworm Seed Production. 9. Silkworm Rearing Practices and Seed Technology and their Management; Recent Developments of Tasar Silkworm. 10. Disinfection and Integrated Management Silkworm Diseases. 11. Taxonomy and Ethology of Tasar Silkworm: An Insight into Classification and Behaviour. 12. Expanding Horizons in the Biology and Physiology of the Tasar Silkworm. 13. Disease, Parasites and Predators of Tasar Silkworm and their Management Including Integrated Management of Predators and Parasitoid. 14. Mechanization in Tasar Sericulture: Current Trends and Future Thrusts. 15. Tasar Industry By-Product Utilization: An Emerging Field. 16. Economics and Technology of Tasar Sericulture: Commercial Vs. Traditional Practices. 17. Post-Cocoon Technology: Current Practices and Requirements for Tasar Silkworm. 18. Fundamentals of Seri-Extension Education: Tools, Techniques and Their Relevance in Changing Socio-Economic Conditions. 19. Tasar Silk: Challenges and Resilience in Changing Environmental Conditions and Unlocking its Natural Potential through Seri tourism and Sustainable Sericulture for Economic Growth and Cultural Heritage. 20. Tasar Silkworm Breeding and Conservation of Eco-Races.