A symposium on the research and development of artificial feed breeding technology for silkworms was held at Guangtong Group.

On the afternoon of September 1, Professor Lu Cheng from Southwest University, Professor Cui Weizheng, Professor Liu Qingxin, Associate Professor Zhang Shengxiang, and Associate Professor Yan Yinfa from Shandong Agricultural University, together with Director Zhang Guizheng from the Guangxi Sericulture Technology Promotion Station, led a six-member delegation to Shandong Guangtong Sericulture Group for a visit and discussion on the research and development of artificial-feed-based raw silkworm breeding technology. The delegation was accompanied by Fang Dewen, Chang Wenyong, Xu Shanting, Guan Ruiying, and Guo Zhaoyi.

Professor Lu and his delegation first visited the Guangtong New Variety Breeding Base to learn about the breeding of silkworms using artificial feed converted from mulberry leaves and the situation of cocooning. They then visited the artificial feed silkworm breeding workshop to discuss breeding, raw silkworm breeding, and feed processing. Finally, they had a discussion and exchange in the conference room on the second floor of the group. The group company Fang Dewen reported on the current situation of Guangtong Group's artificial feed full age cocoon breeding, mechanized research and development, and feed sericulture planning. Professors Lu Cheng and Cui Weizheng and their delegation recognized the achievements of Guangtong in artificial feed breeding of silkworms in recent years after seeing the situation of full age rearing and cocoon formation on artificial feed, as well as the on-site feeding of feed maturation and automatic feeding equipment. Guangtong is leading the country in artificial feed cocoon breeding and has put forward the following suggestions: firstly, it is necessary to continue to strengthen the optimization and improvement of feed formulas; Secondly, we should attach importance to the detection and prevention of silkworm diseases, and introduce modern detection methods; The third is to improve the technical operation standards for the full age breeding of artificial feed raw materials; The fourth is to continue the research and development of labor-saving automation equipment for sericulture; The fifth is to strengthen scientific research cooperation and innovate cooperation models.

Finally, Fang Dewen, representing the group company, expressed gratitude to the experts and professors for their valuable suggestions and expressed the hope that the faculty would continue to visit Guangtong frequently in the future to share their expertise. He also emphasized that transitioning artificial-feed cocoon rearing from the laboratory stage to large-scale production is an urgent and critical task for Guangtong. The company will carefully study and implement each of the teachers’ recommendations and will further strengthen research on standardizing rearing techniques, developing labor-saving sericulture equipment, and optimizing feed formulations. In addition, Guangtong will deepen collaboration with research institutions and leverage the enhanced productivity brought about by artificial-feed factory-based sericulture to fully drive the transformation and upgrading of the traditional silkworm-rearing industry.