Silkworm Division

Presently, the Silkworm Division is maintaining 489 silkworm genetic resources in the gene bank comprising 83 multivoltine accessions (indigenous-73 & exotic-10), 383 bivoltine accessions (indigenous-223 & exotic-160) and 23 mutants (exotic) collected from 9 states of the country and 14 countries across the world.

Activities:

• Collection of new silkworm genetic resources through R&D institutes.
• Quarantine rearing and introduction of new silkworm genetic resources into the germplasm bank.
• Registration of silkworm genetic resources with ICAR-NBAIR.
• Systematic rearing and conservation of silkworm genetic resources as per standard operating procedures.
• Morphological characterization of the silkworm genetic resources as per catalogue data.
• Evaluation of the silkworm genetic resources and entry of evaluation data into Silkworm Germplasm Information System (SGIS) database.
• Digitization of silkworm database.
• Conduct research on silkworm germplasm characterization for their conservation and enhanced utilization.
• Supply of silkworm genetic resources to needy indenters for academic purposes.

Scientists