{"id":20,"date":"2013-05-01T13:02:10","date_gmt":"2013-05-01T13:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/silks.csb.gov.in\/aizawl\/?page_id=20"},"modified":"2023-02-06T05:37:34","modified_gmt":"2023-02-06T05:37:34","slug":"species-of-silkworm","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/silks.csb.gov.in\/aizawl\/species-of-silkworm\/","title":{"rendered":"Species of Silkworm"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Species of Silkworm<\/h1>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Common name<\/p>\n<\/th>\nScientific name<\/p>\n<\/th>\nRaces<\/p>\n<\/th>\nRemark<\/p>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Mulberry silkworm<\/p>\n<\/td>\nBombyx mori<\/td>\nAssamese Sarupat (Multivoltine)<\/p>\n<\/td>\nMedium shell weight, less susceptible to diseases<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nistari (Multivoltine)<\/p>\n<\/td>\nProduce yellow cocoons, less susceptible to diseases<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
G- race (Multivoltine)<\/p>\n<\/td>\nMedium shell weight, less susceptible to diseases<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
NB4D2 (Bivoltine)<\/p>\n<\/td>\nReared during spring & summer, higher shell weight & shell ratio<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
NB18 (Bivoltine)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Muga silkworm<\/p>\n<\/td>\nAntheraea assamensis<\/td>\nAntheraea assamensis<\/td>\nOne and only race<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eri silkworm<\/p>\n<\/td>\nSamia ricini<\/td>\nBorduwar white<\/p>\n<\/td>\nHigher shell weight, fecundity and best performer among all ecoraces<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Genang local<\/p>\n<\/td>\nHigher shell weight, shell ratio and performance at per with Barduar white<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nongpoh pale cream<\/p>\n<\/td>\nMedium shell weight, shell ratio and higher facundity<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kokrajhar Red<\/p>\n<\/td>\nCocoons red in colour, economic parameter slightly inferior as compared to other races<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Yellow Plain, Yellow Spotted, Yellow Zebra, G.B. Plain, G.B. Zebra, G.B. Spotted<\/p>\n<\/td>\nThese are the strains isolated from the ecoraces based on larval colour and body marking patterns.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oak Tasar silkworm<\/p>\n<\/td>\nAntheraea proylei<\/td>\nAntheraea proylei<\/td>\nObtain by crossing A pernyi and A roylei<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Source:<\/h5>\n

Mizoram Sericulture, 2006, Published by Department of Sericulture, Aizawl, Mizoram; Sasaw maimaw pangang khawitute thian, 2009, Published by Department of Sericulture, Aizawl, Mizoram; Muga Culture (Mizo), 2009, Published by Department of Sericulture, Mizoram.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Species of Silkworm Common name Scientific name Races Remark Mulberry silkworm Bombyx mori Assamese Sarupat (Multivoltine) Medium shell weight, less susceptible to diseases Nistari (Multivoltine) Produce yellow cocoons, less susceptible to diseases G- race (Multivoltine) Medium shell weight, less susceptible to diseases NB4D2 (Bivoltine) Reared during spring & summer, higher shell weight & shell ratio […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/silks.csb.gov.in\/aizawl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/silks.csb.gov.in\/aizawl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/silks.csb.gov.in\/aizawl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silks.csb.gov.in\/aizawl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silks.csb.gov.in\/aizawl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/silks.csb.gov.in\/aizawl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":958,"href":"https:\/\/silks.csb.gov.in\/aizawl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20\/revisions\/958"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/silks.csb.gov.in\/aizawl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}