Table of Contents:
- What is Sericulture,
- Lifecycle of Silkworm
- Proces and stages of Sericulture
- Processing of Silk
- Types of Silk
- Challenges of Sericulture
What is Sericulture?
Silkworm farming and obtaining silk is called sericulture.
The life cycle of Sericulture animal:
- The unmatured stage is called Hatch Larvae or caterpillars or silk warms.
- The bigger size caterpillar is called a pupa.
- The mature silkworm insect is called Silk Moth.
Process and stages of Sericulture or rearing of Silk warm:
- A female Silk moth lays hundreds of eggs.
- Eggs are stored carefully on cloth or paper and sold to silk warm farmers.
- Eggs keep under hygienes condition and suitable temperature and humidity on mulberry trees.
- Larvae hatch from eggs.
- Larvae are also called caterpillars or silkworms.
- Larvae eat leaves day and night and increase the size.
- After 25 to 30 days of eating, the caterpillar stops eating and moves to a tiny chamber as bamboo and spin cacoon.
- Silk warm spines the cacoon inside which develop silk moth.
Processing of silk;
- Cacoon is kept under the sun to exposed to steam, silk fiber is separated out.
Reeling of Silk;
- Silk threat is obtained from silk is called reeling the silk.
- Weaver weave silk cloth from Silk thread.
Types of silk;
- Tasar silk
- Muga Silk
- Kosa silk
- Mulberry silk; soft, luster, and elastic; is practiced in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, and West Bengal.
Challenges of Sericulture;
- Insufficient silkworm eggs
- Insufficient technical skill, and capital
- Price fluctuation and china competition
- Lack of silk processing
For a detailed explanation, watch the below video:
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