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- Title
A NOVEL COOKING FORMULATION FOR IMPROVED REELABILITY & RAW SILK RECOVERY OF SILKWORM COCOONS.
- Authors
R. N., Manjunath
- Abstract
The major problem observed during the muga cocoon reeling process is the filament breaks due to improper cooking or softening of sericin joints. With highlighting the associated pessimistic attributes of conventional soda based cooking method, this work focuses on developing a new formulation that can improvise the efficiency and uniformity of muga cocoon cooking process. Subsequently, the SoPs (Standard operating procedures) of the newly developed formulation were optimized based on intensive laboratory trials in comparison to conventional soda based cooking method. It was evident from the documented results that the formulation significantly contributed to the reelability of muga cocoons by reducing breakages (upto 20-25%) during the reeling process and improving the raw silk recovery (by 6-10%). The duration of cocoon cooking drastically reduced from traditional 10-15 mins (as in case of soda based cooking) to 3-5 mins. along with uniform cooking. The cooking solution constituting the formulation could be reused effectively for 2-3 times thereby supporting the economical conservation of materials involved.
- Subjects
COCOONS; SERICULTURE; MUGA moth; SERICIN; LUSTER
- Publication
Plant Archives (09725210), 2022, p226
- ISSN
0972-5210
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.51470/plantarchives.2022.v22.specialissue.042