Sericulture - Directorate General of Employment & Training

‣ Study of typical soil profile and
identification of different soil types
‣ Soil testing – collection and
preparation of composite soil
sample, labeling and sending to soil
test lab; study of soil test report and
soil amendments
‣ Identification of popular mulberry
varieties based on morphological
features
‣ Use of farm implements like
tractor, power tiller and bullock
drawn implements for land
preparation like ploughing/ digging,
leveling, bunding, furrow making,
planting, weeding, etc
‣ Selection of suitable planting
materials like saplings, grafts, etc.
‣ Land preparation for planting –
layout by actual measurements,
ploughing/ digging, leveling,
bunding, etc.
‣ Practicing measurement and
marking for different spacing and
techniques of planting like making
pits, trenching, application of FYM,
planting of saplings, etc. under rain
fed and irrigated conditions
‣ Irrigation practices and
maintenance of systems/ appliances
‣ Identification and study of
manures/fertilizers, oil cakes and
materials used for soil amendments
‣ Time and type of application of
fertilizers and calculation of
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humidity and wind on mulberry
growth and productivity
‣ Prevailing agro-climatic conditions
and mulberry cultivation
‣ Mulberry growth and nutrition
‣ Soil texture, structure, topography,
soil testing and correction measures
with special reference to mulberry
cultivation
‣ Morphology of mulberry and
propagation methods and
advantages of vegetative
propagation
‣ Mulberry establishment under rain
fed and irrigated conditions
‣ Popular mulberry varieties and
selection of suitable region-specific
variety
‣ Selection and preparation of land –
layout by measurements,
understanding different conversions
and applying them before digging/
ploughing, leveling, bunding, pit
making, trench/furrow formation
‣ Irrigation – importance, sources,
different methods and adoption of
suitable method, quantity and
frequency of irrigation
‣ Mulberry planting – systems of
planting and their advantages and
disadvantages, spacing, depth and
time of planting, application of
FYM and planting of
saplings/cuttings
‣ Maintenance of mulberry garden