Silkworm rearing and reeling technology

By Dr. S.H. Divya | University of Mysore

Learners enrolled: 540

The silk is obtained from both insect and non-insect fauna. The insect fauna mainly comprises of mulberry and non-mulberry silkworms. In India, mulberry silk contribute to an extent of 75% and it is a natural fibre used in textile industry. It is soft, smooth and lustrous and holds a prestigious place among textile fibres and commonly called as the ‘Queen of Textiles’. Mulberry silkworm is a monophagous insect, which feeds only on mulberry leaves. Mulberry includes number of species and varieties specific to type of mulberry cultivation, silkworm rearing type, silkworm races used for rearing and climatic conditions of the place. Mulberry sericulture involves the cultivation of mulberry plants to produce leaves, that fed to silkworm, inturn silkworms produce the cocoons at the end of their larval life. The cocoons are the raw material for silk production that comprises reeling of cocoons by different reeling machines of commercial importance suitable for particular type of cocoons used and weaving to convert yarn/silk thread into fabrics.

Summary

Course Status :	Completed
Course Type :	Elective
Duration :	12 weeks
Category :	Agricultural and Food Engineering
Credit Points :	4
Level :	Undergraduate
Start Date :	17 Jan 2022
End Date :	04 Apr 2022
Enrollment Ends :	28 Feb 2022
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Course layout

Week 1 Modules : 1.Disinfection of rearing house and different methods of disinfection/ 2.Silkworm Rearing appliances/ 3.Different types of silkworm rearing

Week 2 Modules : 4.Environmental requirements for Silkworm rearing and spinning/ 5.Artificial diet/ 6.Silk worm Rearing methods

Week 3 Modules : 7.Young age silkworm/ 8.Importance of chawki rearing centers/ 9.Bed cleaning and spacing/ 10.Late age silkworm rearing

Week 4 Modules : 11.Cellular and mass rearing of silkworm/ 12.Cocoon formation/ 13.Cocoon spinning Devices/ 14.Cocoon harvesting process

Week 5 Modules : 15.Separation of different types of cocoons/ 16.Cocoon harvesting and marketing/ 17.Economics of chawki rearing centers

Week 6 Modules : 18.Mulberry cultivation for young age silkworm/ 19.Scope & Importance of Biotechnology/ 20.Factors influence for Successful late age Rearing/ 21.Economics of Silkworm rearing

Week 7 Modules : 22.Textile fibres (TEXTILE FIBRES NATURAL AND SYNTHETIC FIBRES PROPERTIES OF THESE FIBRES)/ 23.Sorting of cocoons and Defective cocoons/ 24.Cocoon stifling/ 25.Cocoon cooking (TYPES OF COCOON BOILING)

Week 8 Modules : 26.Water in reeling/ 27.Silk reeling (SILK REELING MACHINERY AND PROCESS)/ 28.Raw silk Physical, Chemical & Mechanical properties/ 29.Raw silk testing & Grading

Week 9 Modules : 30.Silk throwing/ 31.Silk Degumming/ 32.Silk Bleaching/ 33.Silk Dyeing and printing

Week 10 Modules : 34.Silk Screen Printing/ 35.Silk Finishing/ 36.Fashion design

Week 11 Modules : 37.Physical & Chemical Properties of silk/ 38.By product of silk reeling and their utility/ 39.Economics of silk reeling/ 40.Byproduct of silk industry

Books and references

1. Ganga, G. and Sulochana Chetty, J. (2010) Introduction to Sericulture. Oxford and IBH Pub. Co. Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi.

2. Dr. R. K. Rajan & Dr. M. T. Himantharaj. Silkworm rearing technology, Central Silk Board, Bangalore.

3. M. C. Devaiah, K. C. Narayanaswamy and V. G. Maribashetty Advances in mulberry sericulture, CVG Publications, Bangalore.

4. FAO Agricultural Services Bulletin, Rome. (1987) Manual on sericulture.

5. Ullal, S.R. and Narasimhanna, M.N. (1994) Handbook of Practical Sericulture. Central Silk Board, Bangalore.

6. Dandin, S.B., Jayant Jayaswal and Giridhar, K. (2003) Handbook of Sericulture Technologies. Central Silk Board, Bangalore.

Instructor bio

Dr. S.H. Divya

University of Mysore

Dr S.H. Divya, Principal Investigator for Mulberry and Silkworm Crop Protection (MOOC July- December 2019) and Silkworm Rearing & Reeling Technology (MOOCs) is currently working as a Lecturer in the Department of Sericulture, Yuvaraja’s College, University of Mysore, Mysuru.

She has 15 years of research experience and seven years of teaching experience in Sericulture. Her specialization includes Insect Breeding and Integrated Pest Management (IPM). She has published 19 research articles in leading national and international journals, 6 popular articles and 1 short note. She has received an appreciation certificate for the management of papaya mealybug, Paracoccus marginatus through classical biological control in south India at a sericulture farmer’s workshop at Bagalkot in 2013.

She has a life membership of the academic body Indian Science Congress, Kolkata. She has participated as a subject expert/ scriptwriter for 16 modules and external preview expert in the subject of Sericulture in Audio/Visual based lecture programmes for 168 modules in the multimedia production/e-content development under NME-ICT project of CEC-UGC through the Educational Multimedia Research Center, University of Mysore, Mysuru.

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