CSGRC, CENTRAL SILK BOARD, HOSUR

Welcome to Mulberry Germplasm Database

About the Database

Mulberry is an out-breeding, heterozygous, economically important, perennial tree. It belongs to the genus Morus of the family Moraceae. It is an important woody feed crop for rearing silkworms (Bombyx mori L.). It has been widely distributed across temperate and subtropical regions of Asia, Middle East, West Africa and North and Central America. However, it has been commercially cultivated mainly in China, India, Uzbekistan, Brazil, Japan, North Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, Iran etc. The conservation of mulberry germplasm is a priority area for ensuring sustainable development and strengthening of the sericulture industry. Central Sericultural Germplasm Resources Centre (CSGRC) is a premier institute of Central Silk Board, which is the National Active Germplasm Site (NAG’s) for mulberry in India, conserving 1317 diverse mulberry germplasm accessions (1032 Indigenous and 285 Exotic) collected from 29 countries and it is maintained in the ex situ field gene bank.

This database contains passport, morphological, anatomical, reproductive, growth and biochemical data on 1130 mulberry germplasm accessions. The user can select the required accessions by applying the user specific required filters given below :

~ Please fill/select only required parameter values for selection of Mulberry Germplasm accessions and submit~

Select Accession type
Scientific Name
Branching Nature
Curve or straigtness of the branch
Colour of young shoot
Colour of matured shoot
Leaf colour
Leaf apex
Leaf nature
Leaf surface
Leaf texture
Leaf margin
Leaf base
Leaf lobation type
Leaf shape
Sex
Fruit colour
Fruit taste
Stomatal size(sq.µm) <=
Stomatal frequency (no./sq.mm)<=
Upper cuticular thickness(µm) >=
Lower cuticular thickness(µm) >=
Upper epidermal thickness(µm) >=
LOwer epidermal thickness(µm) >=
Leaf thickness(µm) >=
No. of Chloroplast/stomata >=
No. of branches(no.) >=
Length of the longest shoot (cm)>=
Total shoot length(cm) >=
Wt. of 100 leaves(g) >=
Leaf yield/plant (kg)>=
Internodal distance (cm) <=
Moisture content % >=
Moisture Retionsion Capacity % >=
Survival % >=
Palisade thickness (µm) >=
Spongy thickness (µm) >=