The sustainable material is based on silk moth cocoons. The silk can hold up to 80 times its own weight and acts like an ...

Silk fibres from a silkworm cocoon can be processed into various forms, ranging from gels, strands, sponges and blocks, through to foams and films 7,8,9,10,11,12.As shown in Fig. 1, the ...

In 2022, as part of a pilot project to check viability of sericulture, the state forest department had provided training and ...

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The Department of Sericulture’s production statistics for the financial year 2023-24, showcases substantial progress across ...

THE following observations in connection with the wild silk-producing insects of West Africa may be considered of interest. In parts of Nigeria (Ibadan, Ilorin, &c.) the cocoons of Anaphe infracta ...

Mysuru: Once spread across 16,000 hectares, sericulture farming in Chamarajanagar has dwindled to just 1,355 hectares.

The district registered a record rise in production of silkworm cocoons in 2024. It saw a yield of 29.10 lakh cocoons in the ...

They make silk by hand in a tedious, 30-step process. Craftspeople feed the silkworms every four hours so they spin brilliantly yellow cocoons. And turning those cocoons into silk is even more ...

The caterpillar, along with most others in the Saturniidae family, spins a silk cocoon. This is where it then spends its time as a pupa, the stage of development before the moth becomes an adult. The ...