RCS Section - Central Silk Board

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Screening of
Mulberry varieties
for breeding
Season specific
Rearing Package
developed for
sericulture farmers
of West Bengal to
enhance their
cocoon productivity
in all the commercial
crop seasons.
3 Ideal intercrops
identified
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Selection of
promising Som
genotypes for
Improvement of
Muga cocoon
Production
5 Reeling technology
package for cocoons
reared
unfavourable
conditions
under
6 Production process
of non mulberry mill
spun silk yarn
7 Recipe for dyeing of
mulberry silk with
lac dyes
8 Tasar Reeling
technology package
9 Documentation of
eri silkworm
germplasm.
Technology under process
Identified Photosynthetically efficient mulberry
genotypes for further utilization in breeding
programme.
The season specific rearing package will help the
Sericultural farmers to harvest qualitatively &
quantitatively superior cocoon crop in all the
commercial crop seasons in spite of fluctuation
climatic conditions of this region. The technology is
popularized at farmers’ level in Malda,
Murshidabad and Birbhum districts of West Bengal;
Koraput districts of Odisha, Lohardaga and Pakur
districts of Jharkhand and all the North Eastern
states including Sikkim. Extent of coverage: 90
farmers covered under IVLP at 18 locations @ 0.5
acre.
Lavendula officinalis, an aromatic plant, as an
intercrop with tree type of mulberry can harvest an
additional income.
Conducted field trials and to be popularized
through demonstration or inclusion in CDP scheme.
3 accessions (PT-27, PT-11 and PT-16) have been
identified for getting better leaf yield and cocoon
production.
Majority of the multi end reelers who are having
better facility are adopting the technology during
unfavorable season and achieving significantly
better results.
Processes have been standardized for non mulberry
mill spun silk yarn. Adopted by some of the Spun
silk units.
The technology is adopted by Dyers who are using
natural dyes for their silk fabrics. Further
popularization of technology is under progress.
Technology demonstration is under progress. It is
proposed to popularize the technology during XII
Plan
GPB may be utilized for breeding programme.
Characterized 26 eco-races of eri silkworm based
on descriptor and published a monograph as
documentation.
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