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Acknowledgements
Dr P. Venkataramana, Dean (Seri), College of Sericulture, Chintamani and Chairman of
the BSMA committee on Sericulture and Dr V. Shankaranarayana, Former Dean (Seri),
College of Sericulture, Chintamani and Convenor of the BSMA committee on Sericulture
immensely acknowledges the Indian Council of Agricultureal Research, New Delhi for
providing an opportunity to revise the post graduate programme syllabi in Sericulture
offered in different State Agricultural universities of the country. The revision was done
keeping in mind the recent advances in the field of sericulture in the country, abroad,
farmers and industry. We hope, the revised syllabi will be of great help in catering the
requirements of the above clients.
Dr P.Venkataramana
Dr V. Shankaranarayana
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Preamble
Salient feature of revised syllabi and major changes made including new courses/ topics/
aspects added
• M.Sc. (Agri.) in sericulture courses for majority of the courses the title has been
modified and syllabi is upgraded based on the recent advances in that particular
course/ field.
• In the Genetics and Breeding of Mulberry course the recent technologies such as
nano technology is included.
• The pests and diseases of both silkworms and host plant have been split into two
courses separately for silkworms and mulberry.
• The silkworm seed and cocoon production the course have also separated into two
courses, viz., silkworm egg production technology and silkworm rearing technology
including the seed act 2010 by increasing one more credit hour.
• In the course silk technology it has been split into two courses 
i.e
, Silk Technology-
I for (M.Sc.) and silk technology-II for (Ph.D.) which covers the advanced
technologies.
• In the course Non-mulberry sericulture the contents and syllabus is upgraded
with more practical orientation including proteomics, transcriptomics and genomics
organism.
• In the minor courses, viz., nutrition of host plant of silkworms recent topics on
fertilizer use efficiency, enumeration of soil micro flora, trenching and mulching
techniques in mulberry have been included.
• The biotechnological aspects of silkworms a mulberry dealt separately with more
emphasis on practical aspects.
• In the sericulture by product utilization and value addition more emphasis has
been laid on recycling of flimsy/ waste cocoons, use of seri proteins, etc.