CONSIDERABLE doubt exists as to whether silk fibroin (Bombyx mori) contains a small amount of cystine or whether this amino-acid is entirely absent. Apart from any biological significance ...

Currently, at least 70% of the silk produced in India comes from the Bombyx mori moth. Karnataka is the biggest producer of ...

But why is it so expensive? Silk is the product of the domesticated silkworm, Bombyx mori. The caterpillars eat constantly. They're fed mulberry leaves five times a day. After 45 days of munching ...

And then he also began working with the silk of the wild tasar moth ... rather than the Bombyx because wild silkworms evolved ...