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* Non -credit courses

Semester – II

S.N	Title of the Course	Credit Hours
1	Crop Physiology	2+1
2	Mulberry Production and Management	0+1
3	Introduction to Computers and Application	1+1
4	Principles of Genetics	2+1
5	Water Management Including Micro- Irrigation	1+1
6	Morphology and Systematics of Silkworms	1+1
7	Fundamentals of Soil Science	2+1
8	Botany and Cytology of Host Plants of Silkworms	1+1
9	Insect Morphology and Systematics	2+1
	Total	12+9=21

Semester – III

S.N	Title of the Course	Credit Hours
1	Introductory Plant Pathology and Nematology	1+1
2	Genetics and Breeding of Host Plants of Silkworms	1+1
3	Silkworm Anatomy and Physiology	1+1
4	Plant Biotechnology	1+1
5	Mulberry Silkworm Rearing	2+1
6	Environmental Science and Agro-Ecology	1+0
7	Physics and Chemistry of Fibres	1+0
8	Raw Silk Technology	2+1
9	Farm power, Renewable Energy, Surveying and Soil Water Engineering	2+1
10	Introduction to Apiculture	1+1
11	Pests of Silkworms & Management	1+1
	Total	14+9=23

Semester – IV

S.N	Title of the Course	Credit Hours
1	Spun Silk Technology	0+1
2	Diseases of Host Plants of Silkworms	1+1
3	Cytology and Genetics of Silkworms	2+1
4	Applied Microbiology	1+1
5	Diseases of Silkworms & Management	2+1
6	Dry land Horticulture	1+1
7	Bi-voltine Sericulture	0+2
8	Pests of Crops and Stored Products and Management	2+1
9	Livestock and Fish Production Management	2+1
10	Fundamentals of Extension and Rural Development	1+1
	Total	12+11=23

Semester – V

S.N	Title of the Course	Credit Hours
1	Agricultural Meteorology, Rainfed Agriculture and Watershed Management	1+1
2	Communication and Extension Methodologies for Transfer of Technology	2+1
3	Agricultural Statistics	1+1
4	Silkworm Breeding	2+1
5	Silkworm Seed Technology	2+1
6	Vanya Sericulture	2+1
7	Silk Throwing, Dyeing and Weaving	0+2
8	Pests of Host Plants of Silkworms and their Management	1+1
9	Resource Generation and Management in Sericulture	0+1
	Total	11+10=21

Semester – VI

S.N	Title of the Course	Credit Hours
1	Apparels in Sericulture Industry	0+1
2	Principles of Seed Science and Technology	2+1
3	Farming Systems, Organic farming and Sustainable Agriculture	2+1
4	Soil Fertility and Nutrient Management	1+1
5	Experimental Techniques in Sericultural Research	1+1
6	Seri-Business Management	1+1
7	Planning and Management of Silk Reeling Industry	2+0
8	Seri Bio-technology	2+1
9	Entrepreneurship Development in Sericulture Crop Protection	0+1
10	Commercial Silkworm Seed Production	0+1
11	Entrepreneurship Development in Sericulture	0+1
12	Management of Sericultural Machineries and Equipments	0+1
	Total	11+11=22

Semester – VII

S.N	Title of the Course	Credit Hours
1	STUDENT READY: Experimental Learning programme	20(0+20)
	STUDENT READY ELP /HOT Modules
I	Host Plant Production	0+20
II	Cocoon Crop Production	0+20
III	Silk Product Science	0+20
IV	Natural Resource Management	0+20

Semester – VIII

S.N	Title of the Course	Credit Hours
	Rural Work Experience Programme (Sericulture) 0+20
1	Placement in Grainage Technology	0+4
2	Seri Clinic	0+4
3	Placement in Silk Product Technology	0+4
4	Placement in Value Addition to Sericultural By-Products	0+3
5	Practical Extension Work in Villages	0+5
	Total	20(0+20)

SYLLABUS

SERICULTURAL COURSES

Department of Host Plant Production

Cultivation of Host Plants of Silkworms 1+1

Theory and Practicals: Identification and use of garden implements. Soil sampling, land preparation and layout for planting. Propagation, pruning, manurial and fertilizer schedules, irrigation schedules, green manuring, weed control practices, harvesting under different planting systems of mulberry and other host plants. Leaf preservation. Herbarium preparation for Host plants and weeds.

Mulberry Production and Management 0+1

Practicals: Cultivation practices for mulberry commencing from planting to harvesting under pit and row systems in an area of six guntas so as to carry out all the operations such as weeding and other intercultivation practices. Maintaining cultivation sheet and recording observations on seasonal growth and development of mulberry. Pruning practices, fertilizer management, irrigation, dry farming practices and leaf yield of mulberry. Economics of leaf production per unit area of mulberry under rainfed and irrigated conditions. Identification of non-cash inputs of mulberry cultivation. At the end of semester the students have to submit the report on the practices adopted.

Experimental Techniques in Sericultural Research 1+1

Theory: Development of sericulture research. Modern trends, concepts in sericulture research and their impact on productivity. Essence of research levels and methods of research. Review of literature. Aims and objectives of laboratory and field experiments. Selection of site for experiments. Sources of variation in experiments, uniformity trials and the interpretation of blocks. Factors considered in fixing treatments and in fitting experiments. Different types of experiments-varietal, cultural, manurial, irrigation, weed control, silkworm rearing, silkworm breeding, grainage, pests, diseases and silk technology. Experiments on mulberry and non mulberry host plants. Short and long duration trials. Maintenance of experimental records. Recording of observations, sampling techniques, tabulation, analysis and interpretation of results. Preparation of data for scientific papers and presentation of results. Scientific photography and preparation of transparencies for slide projector and overhead projector.

Practicals: Types of laboratory and field experimentation. Selection of site and land allotment. Experiments on grainage, mulberry silkworm rearing and silk technology. Techniques for assessment of damage of pests, diseases and weeds among the host plants of silkworms. Assessment of soil fertility before experimentation and plot work. Techniques to record observations in mulberry and silkworms, growth and growth analysis in mulberry. Methods of measuring leaf area in mulberry. Calculation of measures of Central tendency and dispersion. Analysis of variance technique in computation of ‘F’ & ‘T’ tables for the analysis of data from a Completely Randomised Design (CRD), Randomised Block Design (RBD), Latin Square Design (LSD), simple factorial experiment and split plot design.

Department of Sericulture Crop Improvement

Botany and Cytology of Host Plants of Silkworms 1+1

Theory: Taxonomy and systematics of mulberry, botanical description of mulberry and primary host plants of tasar, eri and muga silkworms viz., Terminalia, Castor, Som and Soalu. Polyembryonic seed in mulberry. Mitosis and karyomorphological studies in host plants of silkworms. Micro and megasporogenesis and fertilization. Fruit seed development and parthenocarpy in mulberry.

Practicals: Botanical description of mulberry, Terminalia, Castor, Som and Soalu. Anatomy of root, stem, leaf, fruit and seed in mulberry. Micro and megasporogenesis and fertilization in mulberry, squashing and smearing techniques in mulberry. Karyomorphology and idiogram in some host plants of silkworms

Genetics and Breeding of Host Plants of Silkworms 1+1

Theory: Floral biology of host plants of silkworms, viz., mulberry, Terminalia, Castor, Som and Soalu. Germplasm sources, geographical distribution and exploration. Centres involved in crop improvement programme of host plants of silkworms. Conservation and role of germplasm in crop improvement. Inheritance of economic characters (quantitative and qualitative characters). Objectives and pre-requisites of breeding. Methods of breeding, viz., introduction and acclimatisation, methods of selection in mulberry. Hybridization, heterosis breeding, breeding methods for self and cross pollinated crops, backcross, population improvement, mutation breeding, polyploid breeding. Breeding for resistance to biotic and abiotic factors - drought, diseases, pests, salinity and alkalinity. Breeding for leaf quality. Evaluation and statistical approach for yield test in mulberry. Varietal multiplication and dissemination.

Practicals: Study of floral biology of host plants of silkworms, seedling selection, techniques of hybridization, appliances necessary for breeding. Collection of pollen and artificial pollination, details of recording data, treatment with colchicine, techniques of induction of mutation.

Cytology and Genetics of Silkworms 2+1

Theory: Concepts and principles of genetics. Cell division, Oogenesis, spermatogenesis and fertilization. Structure and chemical composition of chromosome and nucleic acids. Genotype and phenotype, qualitative and quantitative traits. Laws of inheritance. Crossing over, categories of crossing over, mechanism of crossing over. Chromosomal maps, pleiotropy, penetrance and expressivity. Linkage. Phenotypic variance, Geneotypic variance, Heritability and Genetic advance. Genetic stocks of silkworms, morphological and bio-chemical traits, differentiation and development. Genetic basis for hormonal control. Genetics of cocoon colour. Sex determination in mulberry silkworm.

Silkworm Breeding 2+1

Theory -History of silkworm breeding in Japan, China and India. Principles and objectives of silkworm breeding. Genetic basis for silkworm breeding programmes. Activities of silkworm breeding programme. Maintenance of breeds/stocks, 3- tier multiplication of parental stock with silk yield attributes. Hybridization: objectives, types, Problems in hybridization like inbreeding depression, lethal genes, etc. Heterosis: Genetic basis for heterosis, manifestation of heterosis, commercial exploitation of heterosis. Heterosis in different crossing systems.

Silk improvement through Selection: Pure line selection Mass/bulk selection, Pedigree selection. Back cross breeding, inbreeding and line breeding. Parthenogenesis – definition, history, natural and artificial parthenogenesis, methods of induction of parthenogenesis.

Mutation Breeding – historical account, spontaneous and induced mutations, classification of mutagens, effect of mutagens, mechanism of action of mutagens. Measurement of mutation frequency. Application, limitation and achievements of mutation breeding. Chromosomal aberrations. Ploidy breeding – heteroploid, autopolyploids, significance of polyploids. Breeding for stress tolerance: High temperature tolerant and disease tolerant breeds/hybrids, season and region specific hybrids. Concepts of breeding auto-sexing silkworm breeds. Authorization of parental breeds and their hybrids. Breeding of non-mulberry silkworms.

Practicals: Study of breed characteristics of mulberry non-mulberry silkworms. Study of breed characteristics of non-mulberry silkworms. Procedure and maintenance of silkworm germplasm bank. Procedure for hybridization. Procedure for selection breeding. Assessment of variability (ANOVA). Estimation of heterosis. Artificial induction of parthenogenesis. Procedure for mutation breeding. Handling of mutated population. Artificial induction of mutagenesis in mulberry, Artificial induction of mutagenesis in silkworms, Induction of polyploidy in mulberry. Induction of polyploidy in silkworms. Visit to germplasm bank and silkworm breeding stations.

Seri Bio-technology 1+1

Theory: Introduction to Biotechnology in sericulture, Principles and methods used in biotechnology, plant cell and tissue culture techniques in mulberry: history, different techniques and methods of tissue culture, principles of tissue culture, applications in mulberry, Micro-propagation; somatic embryogenesis, multiple shoot formation, somaclonal variations, synthetic seeds in mulberry, Production and uses of haploids: Anther culture, pollen culture, ovule culture, detection of haploids; applications of haploids in mulberry breeding, Embryo and endosperm culture, Protoplast culture in mulberry, Recombinant DNA technology and its applications in sericulture, Gene transfer methods and techniques using Agrobacterium in mulberry, selectable and scanable markers; BmNPV vector, genomic organization of BmNPV, biotechnological application for large - scale synthesis of recombinant proteins (valuable proteins) using BmNPV, Polymerase chain reaction (PCR): Gene amplification, application of PCR in seri biotechnology, Marker assisted breeding in improvement of host plants and silkworm, Immunology and serological techniques in silkworm disease diagnostics, Preservation of endangered non-mulberry silkworms through biotechnological approaches, IPR, patenting, WTO-GATT and bioethics, Overview of Nanotechnology and its applications in sericulture, Overview of Bioinformatics: Origin and definition, historical background, scope, importance and applications in sericulture improvement.

Practicals: An introduction to biotechnology laboratory: Working principles of various equipments and instruments used, Sterilization techniques, Preparation of culture media, Study of PCR technique, Isolation and quantification of genomic DNA from mulberry leaves, Isolation and quantification of genomic DNA from silk glands, Protocol for various marker systems used in mulberry genome analysis, Protocol for various marker systems used in silkworm genome analysis, Study of length polymorphism using horizontal and vertical gel electrophoresis, Serological techniques in silkworm disease diagnostics, Gene transfer techniques in sericulture, Preparation of synthetic seeds in mulberry.

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