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sericulture
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sericulture: see silk Wild silk is the product of the tussah worm of India and China, which feeds on oaks. It is now semicultivated, as groves of dwarf trees are provided for its feeding. It spins a coarser, flatter, yellower filament than the Bombyx mori,
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At the same time, the national standards used by other sericultural countries cannot be adopted as such in the Indian context (Vasumathi, 2000).
Composite quality index of silk cocoons--application of discriminant ... by Nagadevara, Vishuprasad / Journal of Academy of Business and Economics
Silk fibers have been used for years in surgical sutures and have nearly the same mechanical strength as tendons do, says Yasushi Tamada of the National Institute of Sericultural and Entomological Science in Tsukuba, Japan.
Silk ties to keep bones together by Wu, Corinna / Science News
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