Smart Sericulture: The Next Era of Silk Farming
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https://doi.org/10.55938/wlp.v1i4.162Keywords:
Sericulture, Sericulture Innovations, Eri Silkworm Rearing, Mulberry Plants, Digitized Silkworm BreedingAbstract
Sericulture provides a profitable revenue stream, self-employment, and higher returns on investment. This study explores employing electrical technologies for enhancing existing silkworm rearing processes. It automates facilities by monitoring temperature and humidity, enabling for improved control of cocoon growth phases with the use of micro controllers. This method guarantees the best outcomes at each step of cocoon growth. The SeriFarm Automation System (SFAS) is an Internet of Things (IoT)-based framework which incorporates advanced sensors to improve silkworm health and productivity. In contrast with Manual Sericulture Management (MSM), SFAS enhances silk production by 0.40% and optimizes labor efficiency by 0.25%. This innovative method offers a sustainable, scalable, and more productive alternative to silk farming, bringing in an era of innovation for the organization. The article emphasizes research on the mulberry garden water fertilizer integrated machine, which controls irrigation and fertilization with artificial intelligence (AI). This unique technique ensures that mulberry plants receive the nutrients they require at all phases of growth. It also examines the machine's future development tendencies, with an emphasis on mulberry garden growth and water fertilizer integration technologies. A cloud-based monitoring system for environmental factors has been developed at a sericulture farm. The system detects temperature and humidity on a regular basis and transmits the results to a platform-as-a-service cloud. This permits monitoring from anywhere in the world. The system may be expanded to monitor several silkworm rearing properties by installing wireless data gathering devices at each one and transmitting the data to a centralized PC for cloud service updates. This review explores at the qualities, structure, and applications of silkworms in a variety of sectors such as science, research, and engineering. It goes over how they are utilized in surgical meshes, textiles, wound healing, tissue engineering, medicinal applications, industrial materials, electricity, and optical devices. The research additionally looks at silk materials including sericin and fibroin, which are employed in pharmacological, cosmetic, and healthcare industries.
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