14 Feb Package and Practices for cultivation of perennial Muga silkworm host plant Som (Persea bombycina) Kost
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 Kotia are the only crops used for commercial production while the rest of the crops are meant only for obtaining seeds for supplying and continuing rearing in favorable seasons. Antherea assama is confined to only Brahmaputra Valley of India in the world. The Primary Host plant of Muga silkworm is Som (Persea bombycina) and Soalu (Litsea polyantha). Accounting to the State Sericulture Department, the State has produced 114.56 MT Muga Raw Silk, during the year 2011-12 as against 113.28 MT Muga Raw Silk, produced in the State during the year 2010-11. (http://databank.nedfi.com/content/sericulture-assam) Som Cultivation Propagation:- Som (Persea bombycina) is commonly propagated from...