Outreach

• Preparation of spray fluid and disinfection of rearing house & rearing appliances
• Authorized Silkworm Races for different regions
• Bed cleaning of late age worms
• Black boxing, hatching and brushing of eggs and Transport of Chawki worms
• Breeding methods in silkworm
• Chawki garden establishment and its importance
• Chawki worms, nutritional and environment requirements.
• Cleaning and drying of silkworm pupae
• Cocoon characteristics
• Cocoon cooking , Brushing and end groping
• Cocoon testing
• Compost preparation from seri waste.
• Defective cocoons and their use.
• Demonstration for root rot management in mulberry.
• Diseases of silkworm  and their management
• Drying and Sorting of cocoons for reeling
• Dyes and its classification
• Economics of CRC,Estimation of population of chawki worms.
• Environmental requirements for spinning and spinning  care.
• Eri silkworm rearing
• Extraction of Chitin and chitosan from  silkworm pupae
• Extraction of oil from silkworm pupae
• Features of silkworm rearing house ,working out the rearing plan and rearing space requirement for rearing based on mulberry area
• Feeding of chawki worms and care during rearing.
• Fixation of rate for chawki worms
• Harvesting and transport  of cocoons.
• Identification of silkworm pests and their life stages.
• Identification of diseased worms if any and practicing the methods of disposal.
• Identification of foliar and soil borne diseases of mulberry
• Identification of mulberry pests , IPM for major pests of mulberry
• Identification of symptoms and pathogens of silkworm diseases.
• Integrated disease management  in mulberry
• International organization in Sericulture Development
• Late age rearing and its methods
• Leaf selection and feeding for late age silkworms
• Life cycle and Biology of silkworm.
• Management of pests and diseases of non mulberry silkworm
• Marketing of cocoons and marketing procedures.
• Mass production of Acerophagus papayae
• Mass production of biocontrol agents
• Mechanisation in silkworm rearing
• Methods of dyeing
• Methods of stifling
• Moulting care, application of bed disinfectants and its importance.
• Moulting, bed cleaning and bed disinfectants for chawki worms
• Mounting of non mulberry silkworm and harvesting of cocoons.
• Mounting and harvesting of cocoons.
• Mounting of worms and mountages
• Muga culture
• Mulberry leaf and shoot harvest and preservation
• Mulberry nursery; Economics for Kissan nursery
• Nursery management
• Nutrient analysis in silkworm pupae
• Pests of silkworm and their management
• Policies and Prospects of Sericulture
• Practicing feeding of worms
• Preparation of artificial diet
• Preparation of handicrafts from cocoon- Toys
• Preparation of handicrafts from cocoon- Flowers for flower vases
• Preparation of handicrafts from cocoon- Garlands, bouquets.
• Preparation of handicrafts from cocoon- Greeting cards, Holders
• Preparations from cocoon cutting waste.
• Printing in silk and methods of printing
• Problems and prospectives in sericulture
• Raw silk testing and classification
• Rearing equipments and logistics
• Requirements for establishing Chawki Rearing Centres and their role
• Role of hormones in growth and development of silkworm
• Role of Juvenile hormones and anti-Juvenile hormones in silkworm rearing
• Silk bundling and packing
• Silk marketing
• Silk reeling and reeling parameters
• Silkworm loose egg production / acid treatment / hibernation schedule
• Spun Silk production technology
• Study of reeling machines parts and their functions
• Study of physiological condition of larva and observing for disease symptoms
• Tasar silkworm rearing
• Types of wastes in sericulture
• Utilization of seri waste
• Value added by-products from mulberry
• Visit to Automatic reeling unit, Avinashi
• Visit to cocoon market
• Visit to mulberry field
• Visit to reeling and weaving unit, Vadavalli
• Visit to Sarvodaya sangam (reeling unit), Ondipudur
• Visit to silkworm rearing house TNAU
• Water quality for reeling
• Weaving of fabrics
• Weaving-loom and its structure
• Management of pests and diseases of host plants of non mulberry silkworm
• Silkworm as a bioreactor
• Silkworm genetics -1
• Silkworm genetics -II
• Silkworm pupae as a protein supplement
• Silkworm pupal oil and its uses.
• Silkworm rearing on artificial diet
• Silkworm seed organizations in India
• Silkworm seed production
• Spacing requirement for late age worm

Wine making (Enology lab)

Preparation of Nursery Bed – Mulberry

Pruning in Mulberry

Lectures by resource persons

Interaction with trainees by Director (CPPS)

Spraying of Disinfectants