muga Tag

25 Apr

Posted at 05:02h in Crop disease

मुगा रेशम उत्पादकता में सुधार के लिए मुगा रेशम कीट के मेजबान पौधे (सोम) मे रोग व कीट प्रबंधन Sericulture is a viable cottage industry catering to the economically small and marginal families and hence this enterprise is well. accepted as an instrument for rural development. India has the unique distinction of being the only country in the world producing all the four varieties of natural silk viz. mulberry, tasar, eri and muga on a commercial scale. Among them, Antheraea assamensis, (Helfer) bears special significance for production of golden yellow muga silk which is endemic to North East India.  The muga silkworm is a multivoltine and polyphagous insect. Som (Persaea bombycina Kost) and Soalu...

14 Feb

Posted at 09:54h in Crop Cultivation

मूगा रेशम के कीट के बारहमासी मेजबान वृक्ष, सोम (पर्सिया बॉम्ब्सीना) की खेती की तकनीक। Muga silkworm Antheraea assamensis Helfer, is a sericigenous insect secreting a golden yellow coloured lustrous silk. This unusual colour and strong nature of the thread produced from the cocoon of this silkworm are the two important features for which this silkworm is termed unique. Muga silkworm is multivoltine in nature, with six broods per year, including two crops each of pre-seed, seed and commercial. ‘Chotua’ (reared during March-April) and ‘Bhodia’ (reared during August-September) are seed crops, ‘Jethua’ (May-June) and ‘Kotia’ (October-November) are commercial crop while ‘Jarua’ (December-January) and ‘Aherua’ (June-July) are pre seed crops. Jethua and...