Sericulture: With Special Reference to Assam

Contents: Preface. 1. Seribiodiversity of Assam, India/Karabi Dutta. 2. Origin and growth of sericulture in Assam/Rahul Sarma. 3. Rearing of Mulberry Silkworm/Rezina Ahmed. 4. Ericulture and employment generation/Bhuban Ch. Chuta and Chidananda Nath. 5. Tasar Silkworm rearing/Kanghujam Ibsorani Devi. 6. Muga Culture, present status and prospects/Tarali Kalita. 7. Diseases of silkworm/Kishor Haloi. 8. Silk-the queen of textile heritage/Bijit Talukdar. 9. Agencies in silk sector in India with special reference to Assam/Devajit Basumatari and Richa Sharma. 10. Entrepreneurial opportunities in sericulture in Assam/Chandra Biswas. 11. Effect of climate change and pollution on sericulture industry/Moni Kankana Kalita. 12. A new skyline for sustainable livelihood and women empowerment in Bodoland  territorial council/Jogesh Deuri. 13. Host plant diversity of silkworms in Assam/Sasanka Sekhar Ghosh and Karobi Saikia. 14. Development of hybrid and cross breed-important tool to increase silk productivity/Alo Saha and Tarali Kalita. 15. Genetic diversity among the sericigenous insects in Assam/Alo Saha. 16. Morphological characterization of silk insects/Tarali Kalita. 17. Karyotype and meiotic chromosome behaviour of silk insects/Tarai Kalita. 18. Delicacy in sericulture: a source of high quality nutrients/Bani Lekha Phukan. 19. Economic empowerment of women through sericulture/Kirtika Das. 20. Artificial diet of silkworm/Kanmoni Malakar. 21. Silk beyond textile/Anuran Haloi and Kamal Kashyap. 22. Role of Assam Silk in fashion designing and future prospects/Nirodha Pegu, Bithorai Basumatary and Adity Kashyab. Index. Photo plates.