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rearing house for chawki and late age silkworm rearing, rearing
equipment, measurement and regulation of environmental factors.
Unit 2:
Disinfection and disinfectants
Disinfection of rearing room and equipment.
Unit 3:
Mulberry leaf preservation
Planning for silkworm rearing; harvesting, transportation and
preservation of mulberry leaves.
Unit 4:
Incubation of silkworm eggs
Different methods of incubation of silk moth eggs, black-boxing,
hatching and brushing.
BLOCK 2: Silkworm rearing
Unit 1:
Early instar silkworm rearing
Early instar silkworm (Chawki) rearing, different methods,
environmental conditions, quality of leaf, feeding, bed cleaning, spacing.
Chawki rearing centres.
Unit 2:
Late age silkworm rearing
Different methods of late age silkworm rearing, environmental
conditions, feeding and bed spacing. Management of silkworm during
moulting.
BLOCK 3:
Mounting,harvesting and marketing of silk cocoon
Unit 1:
Mounting of ripe worms and cocoon marketing
Mounting of ripe worms, different kinds of mountages. Rearing house
and equipment for shoot method of rearing.
Unit 2:
Comparison of different rearing methods
Comparing shoot feeding and shelf method of rearing.
VII. Practicals
• Ground plan for model rearing house for shelf method of rearing;
• Chemical and physical agents used in silkworm rearing and disinfection;
• Rearing equipments for shelf method of rearing;
• Incubation of silk moth eggs and black- boxing;
• Hatching and brushing;
• Early instar silkworm rearing;
• Late age silkworm rearing;
• Regulation of environmental conditions for silkworm rearing;
• Harvesting and preservation of mulberry leaf;
• Management of silkworms during moulting;
• Mounting of ripe silkworms;
• Cocoon harvesting, grading, transportation and marketing;
• Rearing house and equipment for shoot method of rearing;
• Shoot feeding for late age silkworm rearing;
• Harvesting and preservation of mulberry shoots;
• Spacing and bed cleaning in shoot feeding method of silkworm rearing;
• Economics of silkworm rearing;

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Restructured and Revised Syllabi of Post-graduate Programmes
Vol. 1