Acknowledgement
The first author would like to thank the Department of Science and Technology, for providing Ramanujan Fellowship. This study was funded by Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), New Delhi, Grant (SERB SB/S2/RJN-049/2015). The authors also thank Scientists of different Regional Sericultural Research Stations and Research Extension Centers of the Institute for their support during the survey.
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