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Silkworms are the larvae of silk moths. The silkworm is of particular economic value, being a primary producer of silk. The silkworm's preferred food are the leaves of white mulberry, though they may eat other species of mulberry, and even leaves of other plants like the Osage orange. Domestic silk moths are entirely dependent on humans for ...
Flacherie (literally: "flaccidness") is a disease of silkworms, caused by silkworms eating infected or contaminated mulberry leaves. Flacherie infected silkworms look weak and can die from this disease. Silkworm larvae that are about to die from flacherie are a dark brown.
Morus alba, known as white mulberry, common mulberry and silkworm mulberry, [2] is a fast-growing, small to medium-sized mulberry tree which grows to 10–20 m (33–66 ft) tall. It is native to China and India and is widely cultivated and naturalized elsewhere.
Mulberry rust is a disease caused by Gymnosporangium mori, which only occurs on the Morus plant, the familiar mulberry. [9] Morus is grown for the breeding of Bombyx mori (silkworms) as part of the silk industry. [10]
In Thailand, most silk is produced by small, family-run farms in rural areas, from silkworms that are reared year-round. But changes in seasons, climate, and feed can create tiny variations in the ...
Bombyx is the genus of true silk moths or mulberry silk moths of the family Bombycidae, also known as silkworms, which are the larvae or caterpillars of silk moths. The genus was erected as a subgenus [ 2 ] by Carl Linnaeus in his 10th edition of Systema Naturae (1758).
The Ancient Greeks and Romans cultivated the mulberry for silkworms; at least as early as 220 AD, Emperor Elagabalus wore a silk robe. [32] English clergy wore silk vestments from about 1500 onwards. [32] Mulberry and the silk industry played a role in colonial Virginia. [32]
To produce 1 kg of silk, 104 kg of mulberry leaves must be eaten by 3000 silkworms. It takes about 5000 silkworms to make a pure silk kimono. [66]: 104 The major silk producers are China (54%) and India (14%). [67] Other statistics: [68]