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Unit II:
Mulberry diseases and their management
Mulberry diseases, occurrence, damage, symptoms, crop loss and
different methods of management techniques and Integrated Disease
Management (IDM) in mulberry.
BLOCK 4: Economics
Unit I:
Economic of mulberry production
Farm records, role of non-monetary inputs in mulberry production,
effective farm management, economics of mulberry production.
VII. Practicals
• Analysis of area, production and productivity of mulberry and sericulture in
Karnataka, India and world;
• Study of Agronomic features of different mulberry varieties;
• Practising of different mulberry planting systems;
• Study of rooting and sprouting behaviour of mulberry varieties;
• Raising saplings through soft, semi soft and apical tender shoots;

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• Mulberry nursery establishment and management;
• Study of mulberry as an intercrop in plantations;
• Selection of fruits and preparation of mulberry seeds for raising mulberry seedlings;
• Study of different planting systems of tree mulberry;
• Study of Intercropping in mulberry garden;
• Study of organic mulberry farming;
• Study of Mulberry as IFS component;
• Effect of different pruning systems on mulberry yield;
• Estimation of leaf area by non-destructive and destructive methods;
• Study of different leaf preservation techniques and different methods of leaf harvest
with special reference to chawki and grown up silkworms;
• Study of different schedules of operation in mulberry garden and fertilizer
application, methods of application and irrigation schedules;
• Study of weed flora in mulberry garden;
• Study of Farm records and Economics of mulberry cultivation;
• Institutional/ Farmers field visits.