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Temperate or Oak tasar culture is of recent origin in India being practiced in its sub-Himalayan belt extending from Kashmir in North to Manipur in east. Oak tasar silkworm exhibits weak bivoltinism and is a semi-domesticated lepidopteran. It is completely domesticated in North-west while it is reared outdoors like tropical tasar in North-eastern region. The silkworm passes through four stages and its crop-cycle varies from one region to another depending upon the topography, climatic conditions and host plant availability. Oak tasar silk is of great value as its texture resembles with muga silk which is the costliest silk in the world. Oak tasar culture provides remunerative subsidiary occupation to the populace residing in whole of the sub-Himalayan belt where opportunities for alternative income generation are very scarce.

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Goel, R.K. (2017). Temperate Tasar Culture. In: Omkar (eds) Industrial Entomology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3304-9_11

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