Golden Threads from Healthy Soil: Eco-Friendly Strategies for Mulberry Cultivation

Pravallika N.B. R.

Department of Biosciences and Sericulture, MSc. Sericulture, Sri Padmavathi Women’s University, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh-517502

Susmitha Kale

Lecturer, Department of Sericulture, Government Degree College, Shadhnagar, Telengana, 509216.

Ruchitha Mashetty

Department of Sericulture, M.Sc. Sericulture, University of Mysore, Mysuru, Krantaka-5700064

Mounika Saddala

Department of Biosciences and Sericulture, MSc. Sericulture, Sri Padmavathi Women’s University, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh-517502

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