Sustainable Sericulture - A Pillar of Modern Agriculture

Pravallika N.B. R.

Dept of Biosciences and sericulture, MSc. Sericulture, Sri Padmavathi Women’s University, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh

Mounika Saddala

Dept of Biosciences and sericulture, MSc. Sericulture, Sri Padmavathi Women’s University, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh

Sushmitha Kale

Lecturer, Department of Sericulture, Government Degree College, Shadhnagar, Telangana

Ruchitha Mashetty

Department of Sericulture, MSc. Sericulture, University of Mysore, Mysuru, Karantaka

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