1. T.Y.BSc SEMESTER V HORTICULTURE UNIT: I SERICULTURE
By Mr. Vinodkumar Kushwaha
Department of Botany
SATISH PRADHAN DNYANASADHANA COLLEGE, THANE (W)

2. SERICULTURE

3. Sericulture:- “Cultivation of silkworms which finally produces SILK.”
Importance of silk:
Most elegant textile naturally produced animal fibre.
Known as “Queen of textiles” Bcoz , high absorbance,light weight, soft touch,high durability.
Low capital intesive.

4. The silk worm have unique lifecycles.
Their life cycles consist of four stages:
egg
larva: silkworm
pupa: cocoon
silk moth

5. First Stage: Egg 1st stage of silkworm’s life cycle.
Size of egg is about ink dot.
Egg remains dormant until spring arrives

6. Second Stage: Larva
Size increase upto 1/8th of an inch & extremely hairy.
They feed tender mulberry leaves & tough leaves
Larval stage is about 27 day
they sheds their hair and gains smooth skin.

7. Third Stage: Pupa
In this stage larva spina silk threads round it, to protect
it self from predators.
Colour of pupa depend upon what the silkworm eats.
It can range from white to golden yellow.
They take 2-3 weeks for pupa into adult moth.

8. Fourth Stage: Silk Moth
Once adult moth comes out from pupa ,and find a member
of opposite sex for mating.
Males larger then female and more active.
Flap their wings to attract female.
within 24 hrs of mating ,male moth dies, female lays eggs,
after she dies as well.

9. Begin Again!
Silk moth lay eggs to start the lifecycle again.

10. TYPES OF SILK WITH HOST PLANT
Mulberry Silk- Mulberry plant
90% 0f silk obtained from mulberry plant.

11. Non Mulberry Silk- 1. Tasar Silk – Asan, Arjun leaves
2.Eri silk- castor leaves
3.Muga silk- Som and Soalu leaves
4.Coan Silk-Pine, cypress,Juniper,oak leaves
castor leaves
Arjun leaves

12. Pine tree
Som tree

13. THANK YOU……