An Overview on Major Mulberry Silkworm Races Bombyx mori L. of India and their Characteristics

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Authors

  • Kunal Sarkar
     Department of Sericulture, Krishnath College, Berhampore, Murshidabad-742101, West Bengal ,IN
  • Subrata Trivedi
     Department of Sericulture, Krishnath College, Berhampore, Murshidabad-742101, West Bengal ,IN
  • Dilip Kumar Bhattacharya
     Department of Zoology, University of Kalyani, West Bengal ,IN
  • Susanta Kumar Chattopadhyay
     Department of Sericulture, Krishnath College, Berhampore, Murshidabad-742101, West Bengal ,IN

Keywords:

Silkworm Races, Multivoltine Race, Bivoltine Race.

Abstract

In India sericulture is mainly confined to its tropical belt. This country has a number of polyvoltine races which are in use for a long time and considered indigenous. Though these indigenous races are poor silk yielder but still these are very popular due to their tremendous ability to survive under extreme tropical conditions. Besides that, some bivoltine breeds are also evolved throughout the country due to some sincere efforts of our silkworm breeders. Here an effort is made to study the major silk worm races of our country.

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Volume 5, Issue 1, June 2008

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