Three Regional Sericulture Research Stations carry the institute’s research beyond Lahdoigarh. Each exists because a problem could not be solved from the main campus: Boko for the different agro-climate of lower Assam, Imphal because oak tasar is reared in Manipur and effectively nowhere else in the institute’s remit, and Begusarai to test whether ericulture transfers to the Gangetic plain at all.
- RSRS, Boko
Assam. Muga and eri research and extension for the lower Assam zone. Traces to the Regional Muga Research Station created in 1982.
- RSRS, Imphal
Manipur. The oak tasar station — breed C27, Antheraea frithi rearing and grainage, the PET bottle uzi trap, tiger band disease control.
- RSRS, Begusarai
Bihar. The newest station and the only one outside the North East; eri culture in a non-traditional state.
Compared
| Station | State | Crop focus | Distinctive work |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boko | Assam | Muga, eri | Lower Assam agro-climate; farmer skill development |
| Imphal | Manipur | Oak tasar, eri | Sole oak tasar mandate; four released technologies |
| Begusarai | Bihar | Eri | Non-traditional state; castor belt of the Gangetic plain |