Textbook on Sericulture Training

Contents: Foreword. Preface. 1. History of sericulture. 2. Silk development in China. 3. A secret out to the world. 4. Silk and its trade. 5. Silk today. 6. Employment potential in sericulture in India. 7. General introduction. 8. Description of silkworm. 9. Incubation of silkworm eggs. 10. Installations  and materials. 11. Preparation and duration of silkworm rearing. 12. Environmental conditions required for silkworm rearing. 13. Chawkin rearing or young age rearing. 14. Late age rearing. 15. Mounting and spinning. 16. Assessment of quality of cocoons. Bibliography.

The growth and development of sericulture industry is depends on the  adoption of new technologies and put into practice. Since the development of technologies in different aspects of sericulture manifold improvement has seen in sericulture industry in the past few years. This has been possible through the efforts of research being carried out by the different organization involved in the sericulture development. Keeping this in view, A Textbook on Sericulture Training was devoted to the development of sericulture, must update the information to keep pace with progress. This book surely will help the students in general and farmers in particular to enhance the knowledge on silkworm rearing as every aspects of silkworm rearing has discussed under this book. (jacket)