What are the steps for sericulture?

Answer 1

Stages of production

The stages of production are as follows:

1. The silk moth lays thousands of eggs.
2. The silk moth eggs hatch, and the larvae feed on the mulberry leaves.
3. When the silkworms are about 10,000 times heavier than when they hatched, they are now ready to spin a cocoon.
4. The silk is produced in two glands in the silkworm's head and then forced out in liquid form through the spinnerets.
5. The silk solidifies when it comes in contact with the air.
6. The silkworm spins approximately 1 mile of filament and completely encloses itself in a cocoon in about two or three days but due to quality restrictions, the amount of usable silk in each cocoon is small. As a result, 5500 silkworms are required to produce 1 kg of silk.
7. The silk is obtained from the undamaged cocoons by brushing the cocoon to find the outside end of the filament.
8. The silk filaments are then wound on a reel. One cocoon contains approximately 1,000 yards of silk filament. The silk at this stage is known as raw silk. One thread consists of up to 48 individual silk filaments.