Grade 10 visit to Sericulture Farm
Sericulture is considered to be one of the major important content of biology for grade 10 students. Students visited sericulture farm on 14 June 2019, Friday located at Khopasi, Panauti. In the trip to sericulture student observed and learned about different stages of lifecycle of silkworm and its feeding process. They observed morphology and extraction process of the silk thread through the cocoon.
The silkworm (Bombyx mori) is the larva or caterpillar of the Bombyx mori moth. Silk has been made for at least 5000 years in China. The moth is important because it makes the silk, and no longer lives in the wild. It is entirely dependent on humans. Silkworms eat mulberry leaves, and were native to northern China.
Silkworm is very useful for human beings and silk thread is obtained from the cocoon. Silk is used to prepare beautiful and durable clothes like sari,tie,etc. and it is also used to prepare parachute, special type of type forcats, the outer covering of telephone wire,etc.
