Journal of Innovative Agriculture | Volume 13 Issue 2 | Pages: 1-6 | Doi : 10.37446/jinagri/ra/13.2.2026.1-6

Review Article

OPEN ACCESS | Published on : 30-Jun-2026

Impact of climate change on silkworm rearing and mitigation strategies

• Vijay S
• Silkworm Seed Production centre, NSSO, CSB, D B Pur, West Bengal, India-733132.

Harish Kumar J
• Silkworm Seed Production centre, NSSO, CSB, K R Nagar, Karnataka, India -571602.

Arun Kumar M
• Silkworm Seed Production centre, NSSO, CSB, Jorhat, Assam, India -785005.

Ranjith Kumar S
• Regional Sericultural Research Station, CSRTI, CSB, Koraput, Odisha, India -764020.

Arasa Kumar E
• Regional Sericultural Research Station, CSRTI, CSB, Sahaspur, Dehradun, India -248197.

Manthira Moorthy S
• National Silkworm Seed Organization, CSB, Bangalore, Karnataka, India -560068.

Abstract

Climate change significantly influences silkworm growth and development, including larval duration, mortality, hatching, moulting, and post-cocoon parameters such as cocoon weight, pupation, shell weight (g), and shell ratio (%). Day-to-day and seasonal changes in temperature, aeration, light, and relative humidity are important for effective environmental condition management to ensure sustainable silkworm rearing. This paper highlights the impact of climate change on the growth and development of silkworms. It also outlines practical mitigation strategies that farmers can adopt to protect rearing houses from climate change. Additionally, it proposes future safeguarding measures, including low-cost methods and advanced IoT, AI, and climate-resilient techniques for managing climatic conditions in rearing houses to achieve successful silkworm rearing.

Keywords

silkworm rearing, cocoon weight, pupation, shell weight, environmental condition

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