In Noida’s wasteland, silkworms show first signs of life
27 Sept 2014 3:52 AM IST
The efforts of Noida officials to create a biodiversity park on a barren land in the heart of the city — Botanical Garden; near plush sector 18 market has started yielding results. For the first time, a large number of Tasar silkworms have been spotted on Silk plants in the garden situated next to Botanical Garden metro station of which a large part comes under the elevated metro route.
The officers are now planning to set up a sericulture unit in the garden for which a formal letter is being sent to Union Ministry of Environment and Forest for its promotion and creation of silk related employment.
‘It’s very encouraging experiment for agriculture as the garden is completely man made and there was no earlier presence of silk worm in the area. The silk worm found in the garden generally are inhabitants of eastern Indian states – Bihar and Odisha, Chhattisgarh, eastern Madhya Pradesh and Andhara Pradesh,’ said Dr Sheo Kumar, scientist-in-charge of the Botanical Garden. ‘If the experiment succeeds we can create more such gardens acres of unused land in the township which would produce natural silk and generate huge employment,’ added Kumar.
The Tasar silkworm is scientifically known as Antheraea Paphia, and is synonym to Antheraea Mylitta. The larva of the silk insect known as caterpillar in scientist fraternity, survives on on trees like Arjuna and Tomentosa. Hindi names for these threes are Sal, Arjun and Asan, etc. The Botanical Garden has 109 plants of Arjuna.
The officers are now planning to set up a sericulture unit in the garden for which a formal letter is being sent to Union Ministry of Environment and Forest for its promotion and creation of silk related employment.
‘It’s very encouraging experiment for agriculture as the garden is completely man made and there was no earlier presence of silk worm in the area. The silk worm found in the garden generally are inhabitants of eastern Indian states – Bihar and Odisha, Chhattisgarh, eastern Madhya Pradesh and Andhara Pradesh,’ said Dr Sheo Kumar, scientist-in-charge of the Botanical Garden. ‘If the experiment succeeds we can create more such gardens acres of unused land in the township which would produce natural silk and generate huge employment,’ added Kumar.
The Tasar silkworm is scientifically known as Antheraea Paphia, and is synonym to Antheraea Mylitta. The larva of the silk insect known as caterpillar in scientist fraternity, survives on on trees like Arjuna and Tomentosa. Hindi names for these threes are Sal, Arjun and Asan, etc. The Botanical Garden has 109 plants of Arjuna.
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