New Centre for Silkworm Egg Multiplication in Argentina

During December 2017 the coordinator of the Silk Project, Eng. Patricia Marino, held meetings with engineers Claudio Basso and Samanta Dobler, referents of the Silk Laboratory of the Faculty of Agronomy of the University of Buenos Aires (FAUBA), and Eng. Francisco Pescio of the National Institute of Agricultural Technology (INTA) to design the sketches for the construction of the first Silkworm Eggs Multiplier Center that will be located as an extension of the current sericulture breeding shed of FAUBA. The Center's main purpose will be to supply sericulture enterprises and demonstration centers with eggs.