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VIII. Teaching Methods/ Activities
– Lectures
– Assignments (Reading/ Writing)
– Text book/ Publication reviews
– Student presentations
– Group work
– Students interview of key policy makers
– Case analysis and case studies, guest lectures
– Review of policy documents

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Restructured and Revised Syllabi of Post-graduate Programmes
Vol. 1
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IX. Learning outcome
After successful completion of this course the students are expected to be able to
get equipped with the different breeding methods for improvement of mulberry.
X. Suggested Reading
Amitabh Sarkar
. Mulberry breeding
. Kalyani publication
, 
New Delhi.
Chakraborti SP, Roy Chowdhuri S and Bindroo BB. 2013. 
A text book on mulberry breeding
and genetics
. Kalyani publications, New Delhi.
Dandin SB. 1986. 
Mulberry breeding for tropics
. In “
Lectures on Sericulture” 
Edt
. 
(G
. 
Boraiah),
Suriamya Publishers
,
Bangalore, pp. 25-28.
Das BC and Krishnaswami S. 1969. 
Estimation of components of variation of leaf yield and its
traits in mulberry
. 
Indian J. Seric., 
9
(1): 26-30.
Das BC. 1983. 
Mulberry taxonomy, cytology and breeding
. 
National Seminar on Sericulture
Research and Development,
CSB, pp.1-9.
Das BC and Katagiri K. 1968. 
Germination and storage of pollen on its viability
. 
Indian J.
Seri., 
10
(1): 37-41.
FAO. Manual of sericulture Vol-1.
Giridhar K. 1996. 
Studies on some improved varieties of mulberry and their influence on the
silkworm
, 
Bombyx mori
L. Ph. D. Thesis, Mysore University, Mysore, India.
Jalaja KS and Ram Rao DM. 2008. 
Characterization of seven mulberry genotypes for their leaf
quality and bioassay with silkworm
, 
Bombyx mori
L. 
Sericologia
,
 48
(1):85-93.
Machii H, Koyama A, Yamanuchi H and Katagiri K. 1997. 
Manual for the characterization and
evaluation of genetic resources. Misc. Natl. Inst. Seri. Entomol. Sci., 
22
: 105-124.
Machii M. 1990. 
Leaf disc transformation of mulberry plant 
(
Morus alba
L.) by 
Agrobacterium
Ti plasmid. 
J. Seric. Sci. Japan
, 
59
: 105-110.
Masilamani S, Reddy AR, Sarkar A, Sreenivas BT and Kamble CK. 2000. 
Heritability and
genetic advance of quantitative traits in mulberry 
(
Morus 
spp.). 
Indian J
. 
Seric
.,
 13
(1): 16-
20.
Mogili T, Sarkar A Reddy and Munirathnam 2002. 
Effect of saliniy stress on some improved
varieties of mulberry
, 
Morus spp
. 
Sericologia
, 
42
(2): 149-163.
Oka S and Tewary PK. 2000. 
Induction of hairy roots from hypocotyls of mulberry 
(
Morus
indica
L.) by Japanese wild strains of 
Agrobacterium rhizogeiles
. 
J. Seric. Sci. Japan
, 
69
:
13-19.
Rangaswami G, Narasimhanna MN, Kasiviswanathan K, Sastry CR and Jolly MS. 1978. 
Manual
of Sericulture. Vol. 1 Mulberry Cultivation
, FAO, Rome, p.150.
Sarkar A and Fujita H. 1993b. 
Japanese system of mulberry breeding: First selection
. 
Indian
Silk
, September, 9-14.
Sarkar A, Jalaja Kumar S and Datta RK. 2000. 
Gradual improvement of mulberry varieties
under irrigated condition in South India and the optimal programme for varietal selection
in the tropics
. 
Sericologia
,