Issue · 1990
Vol. 40, Iss. 2
12 articles · All issues →
ArticlesNew Silkworm Varieties of Pakistan
M. Iqbal Ahmad, K. E. Park Dr
Silk seed is the basic requirement for silk production. This article describes the work of silkworm breeding in Pakistan. Four new silkworm varieties were developed from imported F1 hybrid silk seed by inbreeding and selection to produce a F1 hybrid for commer…
25 May 2024- Articles
Sericulture in Sindh
Abid Ali Khan
Till recently sericulture was not known in the province of Sindh, though it has been practiced in other provinces since 1947. During 1975, silkworm rearing was carried out on experimental scale at Miani Research Station, which is about 15 Kilometer from Hydera…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Present status of sericulture in Punjab
Mian Muhammad Muslim
Sericulture is a labour intensive cottage industry, capable of significant contribution towards easing the employment problems and improving the socio-economic of the rural masses. The export of silk can also be an excellent source of foreign exchange earning…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Sericulture in N.W.F.P.
Mir Baz Khan
Sericulture is a labour intensive, agro-based cottage industry in the rural areas. It involves small investment on the part of farmers but offers them high economic returns in a short period of 30 to 35 days during spring when they do not have much work on the…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Progress of moriculture research in Pakistan
M. Iqbal Ahmad, I. A. Hafiz
A number of research studies were undertaken for selection and determination of qualitative and quantitative foliage yield of different mulberry varieties under different treatments of spacing fertilization and pollarding at the Pakistan Forest Institute, Pesh…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Progress of Sericulture Research and Development in Pakistan
M. Iqbal Ahmad
Intro: Although sericulture as a cottage industry has a long history in Pakistan, it has not made any real progress until recently. The main impediment was lack of technical manpower for research in quality egg production, mulberry cultivation, silkworm rearin…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Silk seed production in Pakistan
K. M. Siddiqui
Sericulture has been practiced profitably in Pakistan for a long time by a large number of rural people. It has, however, not gone beyond a minor cottage industry due to lack of knowledge of modern and scientific techniques for production of commercial silk se…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Morphological features of the sensory organs in relation to feeding response on artificial diet in the silkworm Bombyx mori L.
K. M. Sadiq
The silkwarm feeding behavior reveals two types of responses, energetic and inert feeding response to diet. These two technical terms are introduced in the present study. It was deserved that the Sensilla besiconica at the top of maxillary palpus of maxilla an…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Sericulture in Azad Jammu & Kashmir
Sardar Muhammad Sarwar Khan
A vital role is played by Sericulture in the economy of the State of Jammu & Kashmir. This industry has always been main stay of the farmers economy in the State. In 1947, a part of the State was liberated and named as Azad Jammu and Kashmir. Despite varied ty…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Diseases of mulberry - A review
Zakaullah
The literature on various diseases of mulberry, from throughout the world has been reviewed. This paper reviews available information on a number of mulberry diseases and their casual organisms comprising fungi, viruses, bacteria and phanerogamic parasites. Mu…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Artificial Hatching of Silkworm Eggs after chilling
Mian Muhammad Muslim
The silkworm eggs of locally developed F1 hybrid were laid in spring 1989 at 26°C, stored at a temperature of 22 to 26°C for a period of 61 days and refrigerated at a temperature of 4 to 6°C for 93 days. These were treated subsequently with HCL soluti…
25 May 2024 - Articles
Breeding of a new multivoltine silkworm race Dak-205
Mehar Nigar Ashiq, Muhammad Iqbal Ahmad, Raj Muhammad
A multivoltine silkworm race, DAK-205, was evolved from a Japanese race AIJ-205 during breeding experiments for development of pure lines. The newly developed line was reared for six generations in succession from April - October in 1987 including the hot mont…
25 May 2024