Directory of Insects Resources

About the cultivation of insects for consumption or sale.

Subcategories

Central Sericultural Research & Training Institute

http://www.csrtimys.res.in/
Undertakes research and develops technologies for all aspects of mulberry sericulture suitable to different climatic conditions in South India. Mysore.
Government of Tamil Nadu: Department of Sericulture

http://www.tnsericulture.gov.in/
Undertakes the cultivation of mulberries, the production and supply of disease free silkworm seed, silk production, reeling and marketing and the training of farmers.
History of Sericulture

https://www.insects.org/ced1/seric.html
Article by Dr. Ron Cherry, originally featured in the Cultural Entomology Digest.
Sericulture Industry and its Potential in India

http://krishiworld.com/sericulture-industry-and-its-potential-in-india-part-1/
Provides information on this agro-industry, and also the non-mulberry species of silkworm that can be reared on the leaves of other trees.
Spin Cycle

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/spin-cycle-sidebar.html
Article from the Smithsonian Magazine about the history and process of silkworm farming.
TNAU Agritech Portal: Sericulture

http://www.agritech.tnau.ac.in/sericulture/seri_index.html
Provides information on silkworm types, mulberry cultivation, silkworm rearing, pest and disease management, post-coccoon technology, other uses of silk, waste management and the economics of sericulture.

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