This document summarizes the process of sericulture, or silk production. It discusses how silk production began in China thousands of years ago and later spread to other parts of Asia, Europe, Africa. It describes the lifecycle of silk worms and the various types of silk produced in different parts of India. It also notes some health hazards that can arise from handling silkworms and working long hours in silk production facilities.

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4. Sericulture
Silk production

5. Sericulture
Silk production
Sericulture, or Silk farming, is the rearing of silkworms for the
production of silk. Although there are several commercial
species of silkworms, Bombyx mori is the most widely used
and intensively studied silkworm. According to Confucian texts,
the discovery of silk production. mori dates to about 2700 BC,
although archaeological records point to silk cultivation as early
as the Yangshao period (5000 – 3000 BC).By about the first
half of the 1st century AD it had reached ancient Khotan, and
by AD 140 the practice had been established in India. Later it
was introduced to Europe, the Mediterranean and other Asiatic
countries.

6. Life Cycle of a Silk Worm

7. Method of Silk Production

8. Mulberry Silk
Silk
Types of Silk
ERI Silk
Tasar Silk Muga Silk

9. Verities of silk produced in India at different places

10. The production of silk began in china almost 6,000 years ago. Legend
dates this back to 2640 B.C, to empress Xi Ling-chi , who discovered
that a certain caterpillar’s Cocoon was created from a single strand of
shiny thread, She not only encouraged ,he culture of silkworm but also
developed the process of reeling thread from the cocoon .This was
closely secret for some 3,000 years . From China silk reached India ,
The Middle East ,Europe and Africa . This trade was so extensive that
the major set of trade routes between Europe and Asia became known
as Silk route
Recently ,silk has come under fire from animal rights activists who
maintain that the common practice of boiling silkworm alive in their
cocoon is very cruel.
History of Silk

11. Sometimes, artificial silk are sold out in the name of Natural silk. This
can easily be detected with a simple burn test . It will give a smell of
burning and, if not it is not a natural silk
How can we identify silk?

12.  Health hazards in sericulture-:  Handling of dead worm with bare hand contributes to infection and
illness  Standing almost about 12to 16 hour a day can lead to problems such
as backaches, spine problem , and problem related to vision  Continuous exposure to the noise made by spinning and winding
machines and looms where the fabrics is woven , result in hearing
problems
Health Hazards in Sericulture

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