A collaborative research team led by Xi Chen and Chen-Yu Zhang at Nanjing University and Ningjia He at Southwest University has made a significant discovery in a recent publication in Insect Science.
BEIJING, March 5 (Xinhua) -- Chinese scientists have found that a key gene of silkworms is related to its feeding preference for mulberry leaves, providing possible new strategies for silkworm rearing ...
As silk farming is part of traditional Chinese culture, silkworm rearing has become one of the compulsory courses for Chinese primary school students in recent decades. On April 15, a video of a ...
Moriculture, cultivation of mulberry for the purpose of rearing silkworms or sericulture, has seen a steady decline in Tiruchi district this year due to the hot weather and water shortage, forcing ...
ALTHOUGH the larvæ of silkworms eat a few kinds of leaves other than mulberry leaves, for example, fig and lettuce, these do not support normal growth. Proteins and carbohydrates are necessary food ...
Standing near Haig Park Circuit in Claisebrook today, the only relic of East Perth's silkworm industry is a subtle street sign: Mulberry Way. It is now prime real estate and peppered with plane trees.