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DESINESD BY -: Abhishek
SUMMER VACCATION -: COMPUTER PROJECT
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onSericulture, 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.
Life Cycle of a Silk Worm
Method of Silk Production
Types of Silk
Mulberry Silk ERI Silk
Tasar Silk Muga Silk
Silk
Verities of silk produced in India at different places
History of Silk
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 routeRecently ,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.
How can we identify silk?
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
Health Hazards in Sericulture
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
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