Cost benefit ratio, cost economics of cocoon production, disease free layings, silkworm cocoon. After cocooning you can remove them and spin some silk, or you can wait until they hatch they will hatch in about a month. Feeding is an important task that requires more attention to be taken while rearing silkworms for the silk production. He is now fully involved in agriculture dividing his time between sericulture as well as in the dairy sector. During rearing the diseased and dead larvae form the major source of infection with the largest quantity of fresh polyhedra av. Silkworms rearing guide peaceful silkworms australia. Silkworm rearing effectively means the culturing of five larval instars as other stages like egg, pupa and adults are nonfeeding stages. For the procurement of improved silkworm rearing equipments. We offer a wide selection of silkworm products, from live silkworms to silkworm eggs and everything needed to keep them fat and happy. A man with great vision, he has strived hard to do his bit to improve the lot of fellow farmers. Silkworm disease diagnosis through molecular approach and.
Rearing of young age silkworms up to ii moult is called chawki rearing, which usually last up to 8 days. Rearing houses basic requirement orientation orientation different designs modifications to suit changing needs utilization of locally available materials. The female silkworm moth has tiny wings and a large abdomen. Maintaining a separate chawki room a must for two plot rearing system. Providing subsidy assistance for mulberry cultivation, installation of drip irrigation, procurement of silkworm rearing equipments, construction of separate rearing houses and establishment of chawkie rearing centres. Disease out break not only affects the income of the farmers but also scuttles the seed cocoon.
Any building or thatch which is well ventilated may be used for rearing the worms, but mudwalled thatched houses are the best as they are cool in summer and warm in winter season. Provide 3 feet verandah surrounding the rearing house. There are a few underlying essentials, ensure that they are cleaned regularly, that you meet their heating and. Mangali is a 77year old retired schoolteacher, hailing from shirahatta taluk in gadag district of karnataka. Applied zoology gelecegi onemseyenler dernegi gonder. Silkworm food is a must, silkworms will only eat a mulberry based diet. India continues to be the second largest producer of silk in the world. Whole life cycle spans through 4555 days with 1012 days of egg stage, 2530 days of larval stage, 23 cocoon spinning days, 57 days as pupal duration and 45 days in adult stage.
Silk was believed to have first been produced in china as early as the neolithic period. Sorghum cultivation income jowar, yield, project report. Applied zoology sericulture tumul singh department of zoology, udai pratap autonomous college, varanasi221002 contents. Factors affecting on quality muga silkworm antheraea. Provision of training to farmers in mulberry cultivation and silkworm rearing. Rearing later instar silkworms under optimum rearing area. Silkworms should be reared under strict hygienic conditions. Perforated silkworm paper, special chemicals, cleaning and disinfecting products etc equipment for fresh cocoon processing. The advice and information it contains are based on general beekeeping knowledge, my own. Usually silkworm diseases are prevalent throughout the year in all sericultural areascountries. India has the unique distinction of being the only country producing all the five kinds of silk mulberry, eri, muga, tropical tasar and temperate tasar. Assam is the only place in the world where all commercially exploited varieties of silk viz. Rearing of mulberry silkworm rearing house for 200250dfls.
The recurring costs includes the routine expenditure costs such as cost on maintenance of chawki garden, silkworm rearing expenditure etc. Sericulture equipment consumables hellenic silk company. For example, the rearing room for young silkworm larvae, rearing room for grown silkworm larvae, room for mounting. Soyabean cultivation project report, crop economics. The silkworm rearing house should be located on an elevated place to avoid moisture migration from floor to rearing house, provide good cross ventilation, facilitate drainage of the water at the time of cleaning and disinfection. These eggs are stored over a clean paper or piece of cloth. Rearing beds there are different types of rearing beds. Disease, lowquality silkworm variety, and rudimentary.
When it comes to the definition of the silkworm, it is the larva or caterpillar of the bombyx mori moth. For example, a small scale farmer with a 14 acre of mulberry orchard needs a rearing house of at least 7m x 5 m 25 ft x 15 ft. Silkworm rearing guide using silkworm chow as the food source silkworms are the larva of the silk moth bombyx mori, this guide promotes a simple method of rearing silkworm larvae. The size of the rearing house is determined by size of mulberry orchard and amount of silkworm to be reared. A study on the effective implementation of sericulture and. The equipments such as foam rubber strips, chawk rearing trays, feather white, paraffin paper, chopping board and knife, mats are kept ready for rearing. Sericulture has become an important cottage industry in. Sericulture and silk production the ancient technique of rearing silkworms for production of silk yarn and weaving it into expensive cloth is widely practiced today. The following information is all about silkworm rearing. In the beginning, the female silk moth lays hundreds of eggs. In chawki rearing the non recurring investment cost confined to the construction of chawki rearing building, purchase of equipments for rearing and the cost of establishment of chawki mulberry garden. Silkworm rearing methods for beginners agri farming. Pdf rearing of eri silkworm samia cynthia ricini boisd.
Limited institutional capacity to supply healthy silkworm eggs and poor silkworm rearing activities at the farm level, results in silkworm mortality around 50 percent. Factors affecting on quality muga silkworm antheraea assamensis helfer seed crop production. Provide sufficient windows and ventilators for free circulation of air inside the rearing house. Sericulture, or silk farming, is the cultivation of silkworms to produce silk. Farmers are advised to use locally available materials to keep the production cost as low as possible. During summer season water may be sprinkled inside the. Rearing house should have a main rearing hall, an ante room 8 x 8 ft and leaf preservation room. The minimum economic unit is 14 acre of mulberry which can rear two cases of silkworm 40,000 silkworms. Silkworm moths only live for a few days and must mate as soon as they emerge from their cocoons. The reason for outbreak of silkworm diseases in india includes continuous rearing throughout the year, availability of large population of different stages in a limited area, inferior quality of mulberry leaves and unhygienic rearing condition etc.
Supply of quality and disease free silkworm layings. Mulberry pat, eri, muga and oak tasar silk are produced. Although there are several commercial species of silkworms, bombyx mori the caterpillar of the domestic silkmoth is the most widely used and intensively studied silkworm. Silk worm rearing tray national innovation foundationindia. The intensity of each type or diseases may however vary in different varieties of silkworm. An economic analysis of silkworm cocoon production. Whole life cycle spans through 4555 days with 1012 days of egg stage, 2530 days of larval stage, 23 cocoon spinning days, 57. The main source is the rearing of shells, larval and pupal exuviae etc. Construct rearing house of 50 feet x 20 feet x10 feet size on an elevated and shady place to accommodate 200250 dfls. The farmers then keep the eggs under the accurate temperature and humidity at a clean place. In sericulturally advanced countries, young age larvae are supplied to the farmers by silkworm seed production centres through well organized cooperative commercial young silkworm rearing centres or chawki rearing centres. White muscardine is a fungal disease, it is most common and more prevalence during rainy and winter seasons. Standard methods for rearing and selection of apis.
It offers advice in a very practical manner, with stepbystep guidance at each stage of the way. In the rearing bed major seat paper and dust from nageli includes three stages namely, spore, planont 89. Silkworm rearing equipment like rearing beds, nets, mounting devices, disinfection devices, leave cutting equipment etc. The equipment requirement may vary according to the scale of rearing. Before even deciding to start raising silkworms, make sure you have either. The silkworm first makes a support then spins the cocoon. The desire race of silkworm dfls diseased free layings are pro cured from grainage. Muga silk worm is multivoltine and 56 crops are raised in a year out of which two commercial crops jethua. The life cycle of mulberry silkworm completes in 4555 days, consists of stages egg, larva, pupa and moth.
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