BEIJING, March 5 (Xinhua) -- Chinese scientists have found that a key gene of silkworms is related to its feeding preference for mulberry leaves, providing possible new strategies for silkworm rearing ...

Researchers have found that silkworms produce a special digestive enzyme, previously not found in any animals, that is not affected by the toxic chemicals found in mulberry leaves. Silkworms have a ...

Aerial photo taken on May 13, 2017 shows mulberry fish ponds in Nanxun District, Huzhou City of east China's Zhejiang Province. Mulberry fish pond is a special dike-pond mode, integrated fish ponds ...

Mulberries trees provide delicious fruits for humans and birds, but they can be messy and invasive. Learn more before adding ...

Since we use clothing and fabrics every day, it’s easy to take them for granted. However, many fabrics come from a rather unexpected origin and have a fascinating history. One amazing example is silk; ...

(Illustrations from A Treatise on the Mulberry Tree and Silkworm and on the Manufacture and Production of Silk, 1839. Courtesy of York County Heritage Trust Library/Archives) Silk has been prized for ...

Sericulture farmers could soon see higher yields of silkworm cocoons, with the Central Silk Board notifying some of the recently developed races of mulberry (which feeds on mulberry leaves) and vanya ...

Moriculture, cultivation of mulberry for the purpose of rearing silkworms or sericulture, has seen a steady decline in Tiruchi district this year due to the hot weather and water shortage, forcing ...

Along with its use in clothing, silk also shows promise for use in products ranging from surgical sutures to seed coverings. Scientists have recently devised a method of making the material stronger, ...

Mulberry is well received in both China and Pakistan. On this kind of fruit that is a little ‘low-key’, unlike mango or cherry, Sino-Pak cooperation is also in progress. Chinese seeds and technologies ...

Silk has been prized for as long as 5,000 years, since the fibers spun by silkworms were discovered in China and spun into luxurious fabric. In the 1830s, it was touted to be next big money maker in ...