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I. Course Title
: Silkworm Egg Production Technology
II. Course Code
: SER 509
III. Credit Hours
: 1+1
IV. Why this course ?
The silk cocoon yield and productivity directly depend on quality of silkworm eggs
produced and distributed to the farmers. The silkworm egg production should be
organized and handled scientifically for good quality disease free egg production at
both seed and at commercial egg production. The present course is designed to
make the student understand the organization of egg production and Acts associated
with silkworm seed production, establishment of grainage, grainage equipments,
activities, mother moth examination for disease free layings, egg incubation and
preservation schedules, production of hybrid seeds and economics of egg production.
V. Aim of the course
The course is formulated with the aim of equipping the PG students with best
scientific and practical knowledge on all the activities of egg production starting

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from organizational setup of seed production, grainage equipment, grainage
activities, mother moth examination for producing student community of scientific
and high technology expertise.
The course is organised as follows:
No.
Blocks
Units
1.
Organization of egg production
I
Three tier multiplication of silkworm seeds
II
Seed Act
2.
Grainage
I
Establishment of grainage
II
Grainage activities
3.
Artificial Hatching of eggs
I
Production of hybrid eggs
II
Artificial methods of hatching
VI. Theory
BLOCK 1: Organization of egg production