Download or read book Tropical Wild Silk Cocoons of India written by P. K. Mohanty and published by Daya Books. This book was released on 2003 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In India, the production to tropical tasar silk remained next to mulberry silk for decades, constituting about 4 per cent of the total silk production. Here is an ever increasing demand for tasar silk owing to its strength, lustre and copper brown colour. The tasar silk production has stagnated and declined in the recent past through the demand is increasing. The important reasons for low production are attributed to traditional method of silkworm rearing on all trees in natural habitat, which exposes the larvae to a number of predators, parasites and diseases apart from natural vagaries. The wild sericigenous insects like tasar silkworms have in due course of time came to stay as semi domestic for the regular efforts and interests that revolved round its economic utility. Age-old craft lived with the age-old practices linked with the culture and tradition of the aboriginals; has not allowed the industry to take a commercial shape and spread. However, due stress on the application of 4 Ms, viz., man, material, machine and management need to be emphasized towards enhancing quality linked production. Considering the overall potentiality of wild silkmoths in India, the technology perfection and its adoption could go a long way in harnessing the available flora for rearing tasar silkworms which in turn can be expected to increase the cocoon productivity. In this book emphasis has been given on the types of cocoon, quality and quantum of cocoon production and introduction of improvised seed technology package. This is expected to help the readers a systematic and scientific way of cultivating the tasar. Discussion has been made as to the significance of tropical tasar culture for sustainable development. Relevant detailed references, illustrations and tables with exhaustive index had an enduring appeal for the sericulturists, biotechnologists, technocrats and students of sericulture background. Contents Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Silk Scenario; Chapter 3: Taxonomic Profile of Silkworms; Chapter 4: Development and Biometry; Chapter 5: Biometry and Typology; Chapter 6: The Future Scenario.
Download or read book The Wild Silks of India Principally Tusser written by Sir Thomas Wardle and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Biodiversity written by R C Sobti and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2022-12-30 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The term "biodiversity" or "biological diversity" describes the variety of living beings on Earth encompassing microorganisms, plants, animals, and ecosystems, such as coral reefs, forests, and deserts. In fact, it also represents a wealth of biological resources available to us. Today, instead of exploring and preserving its unmapped biodiversity, mankind has gone away from mother nature, conquering the domain through relentless exploitation. This has resulted in an ecological imbalance and thereby has posed serious threat to biodiversity. Declining biodiversity is, therefore, a concern for countless reasons. Biodiversity’s wealth of genetic information can be conserved by storing biological material from endangered species. Cell lines, gametes, and embryos are preserved so that in case a species becomes extinct or there is a need to increase the population of the species, then cloning and artificial reproductive techniques can be used to revive and reproduce the said species. The present volume discusses the biodiversity of specific animal groups, such as cnidarians and fish, as well as potential risks to and methods for conserving some of them. The following important aspects are addressed: 1. The importance of biodiversity in maintaining ecosystem balance for sustainability 2. The emerging role of biodiversity as a source of important materials, pharmaceuticals, food, and so on as such or through genetic manipulation to meet the contemporary and future challenges 3. The impact of environment degradation on biodiversity and conservation in a changing environment 4. Conventional and emerging biotechnological techniques to conserve biodiversity The book is intended for academics, scientists, and naturalists working in the fields of biology, biochemistry, biophysics, and biomedical sciences.
Download or read book In Search of Wild Silk written by Karen Selk and published by Schiffer Craft. This book was released on 2022-10-28 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Raising wild silk meets social and environmental challenges facing the textile industry--the second-largest global polluter--head-on by providing a sustainable occupation that maintains social bonds and a connection with the land.
Download or read book Potential and Prospects of J K Economy written by Tariq Ahmad Bhat and published by Educreation Publishing. This book was released on with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book endows with a lucid exposition and comprehensive analysis of almost all sectors of J&K economy. This book is a collection of some research papers published in various journals and is written in reader-friendly style and is designed to acquaint students, scholars, and other readers about the fundamental aspects of the State economy like agriculture, horticulture, sericulture, power, health, handicraft and so on. In short, this book is designed to provide readers an overview of the Jammu and Kashmir Economy.
Download or read book The Tropical Agriculturalist written by and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tropical Agriculturist written by and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 722 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book South Asian Ways of Silk written by Ole Zethner and published by Nordic Institute of Asian Studies. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Silk has a long history in South Asia, more than 4,000 years. Today sericulture and silk production provide a livelihood to millions of people, not least tribal women. Here India dominates, being the second largest producer of silk in the world after China. The history of mulberry silk is well known and much has been written on its cultivation and production, especially by and for specialists. The scope and purpose of this volume is quite different, however. Aimed at a broader readership, it presents the diversity and complexity of sericulture and silk production across South Asia and Myanmar within a single, richly illustrated book. Significantly, it explores new directions in sericulture, and suggests alternatives to mulberry silk, which is not without environmental and ethical issues. Special attention is paid to Eri silk, similar to soft cotton and regarded as the most world?s comfortable textile. The result is a fascinating exploration of the world of silk in South Asia, a volume that will interest and intrigue silk specialists and general readers alike.
Download or read book Tropical Tasar Culture in India written by P.K. Mohanty and published by Daya Books. This book was released on 1998 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sericulture has attracted special attention of India since Independence due to rising internal demand and its export potential. Sericulture is the combination of people, machine, instruments, equipments, raw materials, proper methods and environment. Over the decades, the production of silk in India has increased horizontally, but its vertical growth remained retarded. Against the increased demand for quality silk in the international market, scope for production of export quality silk in India is enormous. The book emphasis on the techniques required for the better quality and quantity production of tasar cocoons through systematic and natural process instead of adopting pure scientific equipments on manipulating the natural system of operation. The book is replete with useful references and illustrations and an exhaustive index, holds an enduring appeal for the concerned scholars and students as well as professionals. Contents Chapter 1: Introduction; Importance of the study, History of sericulture, Silk road, Sericulture in other countries, Sericulture in india through ages; Chapter 2: Silk Scenario; Status of sericulture, Significance of tasar culture, Tasar silk-moths; Chapter 3: Biology of Tasar Silk-Moth; Stages in life cycle, Rearing, Pathology, Seed technology; Chapter 4: Ecology; Geography and topography of tasar producing areas in orissa, Climatological parameters, Host plant, arboriculture and topography, Conservation of tasar biodiversity and sustainable development.
Download or read book Silk Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine written by Subhas C. Kundu and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2014-03-24 with total page 595 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Silk is increasingly being used as a biomaterial for tissue engineering applications, as well as sutures, due to its unique mechanical and chemical properties. Silk Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine discusses the properties of silk that make it useful for medical purposes and its applications in this area. Part one introduces silk biomaterials, discussing their fundamentals and how they are processed, and considering different types of silk biomaterials. Part two focuses on the properties and behavior of silk biomaterials and the implications of this for their applications in biomedicine. These chapters focus on topics including biodegradation, bio-response to silk sericin, and capillary growth behavior in porous silk films. Finally, part three discusses the applications of silk biomaterials for tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, and biomedicine, with chapters on the use of silk biomaterials for vertebral, dental, dermal, and cardiac tissue engineering. Silk Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine is an important resource for materials and tissue engineering scientists, R&D departments in industry and academia, and academics with an interest in the fields of biomaterials and tissue engineering. Discusses the properties and applications of silk for medical purposes Considers pharmaceutical and cosmeceutical applications
Download or read book Silk Culture written by P. N. Panday and published by APH Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Studies the physiology of haemolymph innon-diapausing and diapausing generation of A. mylitta in its ontogenticstages. A. mylitta is a widelyexploited wild sericigenous insects, but little was known about itshaematological aspects. It was further noticed that A. mylitta shows a wide range of variation in haemocytes picture and haemolymph compositionin different insect species. Hence the need for this study.
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Download or read book Natural Materials and Products from Insects Chemistry and Applications written by Dhiraj Kumar and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-02-28 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reviews the latest research on bioproducts from various economically important insects, such as silkworms, honey bees, lac and drosophila, and termites, and discusses their general, biomedical and industrial applications in detail. It includes chapters focusing on insects as a food source, probiotics, silk-based biomaterials, insect pheromones, insects as biomedicine source, pupa oil chemistry, non-protein compounds from Lepidopteran insects, insect chitin and chitosan, polyphenols and flavonoids. Model insects like Bombyx mori or bees were domesticated in Asian countries thousands of years ago. Over time, natural products from these animals became industrialized and today they attracting increasing attention thanks to their sustainability and their manifold applications in agriculture and biomedicine. The book is intended for entomologists, material scientists, natural product researchers and biotechnologists.
Download or read book Biomedical Applications of Natural Proteins written by Dhiraj Kumar and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-08-07 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is intended as a reference guide for graduate students, postgraduate students and researchers with a basic knowledge of protein chemistry who would like to know more about the biomedical applications of natural proteins to promote healthier lives. The book is divided into ten chapters, each of which explains different natural proteins and their established biomedical applications. The first chapter extensively deals with protein based natural fibers and provides an overview of all protein based fibers currently available. In turn, chapter two mainly focuses on the biomedical applications of a special class of proteins called Heat Shock Proteins; the biomedical applications of silkworm pupae proteins are dealt in chapter three. Chapter four examines an interesting use of Eri silk fibroin as a biomaterial for Tissue Engineering, while chapter five discusses the key experimental details involved in converting Tasar silk sericin into self-assembled nanoparticles. Chapter six offers brief descriptions of bioactive proteins with respect to their sources, synthesis and applications. Chapter seven is dedicated to Interleukine-8 and its role in human life, while chapter eight addresses the importance of natural proteins in infectious diseases. Chapter nine explores the issue of excess intake of dietary proteins and its adverse effects, and finally, chapter ten discusses the efficiency of drug delivery systems made up of gelatin nanocomposites. The book is above all intended as a valuable resource for students and researchers alike, sparking their curiosity with regard to the applications of natural proteins and motivating them to focus their own energies on the discovery or identification of additional natural proteins for diverse biomedical uses.
Download or read book Silk Based Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering Regenerative and Precision Medicine written by Subhas C. Kundu and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2023-12-15 with total page 908 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Silk-based Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering, Regenerative and Precision Medicine, Second Edition is a must-have reference, providing comprehensive coverage of silk-based biomaterials and their importance in translational uses and biomedicine. This new edition considers the progress made in the past eight years, featuring many new chapters, including a discussion of cutting-edge fabrication methods and techniques, new and improved blends/composites, and an expanded range of applications in tissue engineering, regenerative and precision medicine. The book holistically reviews the types, structure and properties, processing methods, and specific biomedical applications for silk-based biomaterials. This will be a vital resource for materials and tissue engineering scientists, R&D departments in industry and academia, and academics interested in biomaterials, regenerative, and precision medicine. Covers all key silk biomaterial types, including mulberry, Bombyx mori and nonmulberry/wild silk protein fibroins, sericins and spider silk, as well as their composite blends and various structures and scaffold platforms Describes the cutting-edge processing techniques for each silk type, from traditional to nonconventional methods, such as using ionic liquids and engineering nanofibers and other biomedical matrices Explores a range of applications in tissue engineering and regenerative and precision medicine, including bioprinting, bioelectronics and medical devices
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