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VIII. Teaching Methods/ Activities
– Lectures
– Dissections, drawing of sketches using camera lucida; grid/ photograph of the
system
– Text Books
– Group discussion
– Group work
– Laboratory exercises
– Scientific journals and periodicals
– Student presentations
– Assignments, practical record maintenance
– Preparation of artificial diets and their application.
IX. Learning outcome
After successful completion of this course the students are expected to be able to
– acquire basic knowledge about various systems in sericigenous insects, their
structure and function. This will enable the students to thoroughly understand the
nutritional requirements and silk production aspects. This will help the students
to take up further research work meaningfully.

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X. Suggested Reading
Ather H Siddiqi. 1982. 
Experimental Physiology
. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd., New
Delhi and Calcutta.
Beck SD. 1963, 
Animal Photoperiodism.
Holt, Holt Library of Science Series, New York.
Beck SD. 1980, 
Insect Photoperiodism.
Academic Press, New York.
Gilmour D. 1961, 
Biochemistry of Insects.
Academic Press, New York.
Goldsmith MR and František Marec. 2010. 
Molecular Biology and Genetics of the Lepidoptera.
CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group, Broken Sound Parkway NW, USA.
Govindan Bhaskaran, Stanley Friedman and Rodriguez JG. 1981.
 Current Tropics in Insect
Endocrinology and Nutrition
. Plenum Press, New York and London.
Morohoshi S. 2000. 
Development Physiology of Silkworms
. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. Pvt.
Ltd., New Delhi and Calcutta.
Saxena AB. 1996. 
Hormones of Insects
. Anmol Publications Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi.
Sturnikov VA. 1976. 
Control of Silkworm Development and Sex
. MIR Publishers, Moscow.
Wigglesworth VB. 1956. 
Insect Physiology. 
5
th
Edn., Rev. Methuen, London.
Journals
• Bulletins of Sericultural Experimental Station 
– Suginami, Tokyo, Japan.
• Journal of Sericultural Science of Japan
– Sericultural Experimental Station, Wade,
Suginami-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
• Sericologia
– Jacques Rousseau, 69350, La Mulatiere, France.
• Indian Journal of Sericulture
– CSR & TI, Mysore.
• Journal of Sericulture and Technology 
– Published by NASSI, Bangalore.
• Indian Silk 
– Central Silk Board, Bangalore.
• Bulletin of Indian Academy of Sericulture
– Bhubaneshwar, Orissa.
• Reshme Krishi 
(
Kannada
)
 
– Department of Sericulture, Government of Karnataka,
Bangalore.
Websites
•
www.csb.gov.in/
•
www.karnataka.gov.in/kssrdi/documents/2019/tender%20KC.pdf
•
www.tnau.ac.in/
•
www.csrtimys.res.in/