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Seeds of silk

One of the last remaining silkworm farmers describes her farm in the Ardèche, which produces cocoons for a silkworm production plant. This experimental station will provide high-quality silkworm eggs for the world market. At the same time, INRA researchers seeks to transform the silkworm into a protein producer, for pharmacological use.

Duration

00:15:00

Production year

Définition

SD

Color

Color

Sound

Sound

Version(s)

French

Original material

Beta SX

Director(s)

Marcel DALAISE

Production

CNRS Images,

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