Textile is an animal textile made from the fibres of the cocoon of the Chinese silkworm which is spun into a smooth fabric prized for its softness. There are two main types of the silk: 'mulberry silk' produced by the Bombyx Mori, and 'wild silk' such as Tussah silk. Silkworm larvae produce the first type if cultivated in habitats with fresh mulberry leaves for consumption, while Tussah silk is produced by silkworms feeding purely on oak leaves. Around four-fifths of the world's silk production consists of cultivated silk. Grass, rush, hemp, and sisal are all used in making rope. In the
Satellite Silkworm Breeding Station Madras gifted this station to CSB which was named as Silkworm Seed Station, which assisted the Central Silkworm Seed Station, Sri Nagar in isolation, purification and fixation of races and breeding work throughout the country and played a vital role in the silkworm seed organisation. In 1977 the Silkworm Seed Station was upgraded and named as Regional Sericultural Research Station under overall Technical and Administrative control of Central Sericultural Research & Training Institute, Mysore During 2003 the station was renamed as Satellite Silkworm Breeding Station under the Central Sericultural Research & Training Institute, Mysuru with mandates to conserve breeders stock