Section 8 in The Central Silk Board Silkworm Seed Regulations, 2010
8. Quality standards for the kind or variety of silkworm seed.
(1)The quality standards of the silkworm seed shall conform to the breed characters with respect to fecundity, hatchability, survival and cocoon yield.Explanation. - For the purpose of this regulation.-(a)"fecundity" means number of eggs in a disease free laying;(b)"hatchability" means number of worms coming out of the eggs represented in percentage;(c)"survival' means number of worms spinning the cocoons;(d)"cocoon yield' means number and weight of cocoons obtained from 100 disease free layings.(2)The quality standards of parent seed cocoons of the notified kind or variety shall conform to the breed characters to be notified under section 8C of the Act with respect to pupation, cocoon yield and the number of cocoons.Explanation. - For the purpose of this regulation.-"pupation" means number of live pupae in seed cocoons represented in percentage.(3)A seed producer shall conduct a quality inspection of the parent seed cocoons and purchase only such cocoons that conform to the characters of the notified breed.(4)The parent seed cocoon and parent eggs shall be free from pebrine disease and the parent seed cocoons shall not have more than one per cent muscardine affected pupae.Chapter - 5 Conditions for production of seed cocoon
