• Md. IRSHAD HUSSAIN B
• PRATIBHA KULENUR
• VAISHNAVI C S
• SINDHU S
• SAHANA J N

Sericulture is the process of cultivating silkworms for the production of silk.High quality production of silk without mixing with low quality is a great challenge faced in the silk production centers. One of the possibilities to overcome this issue is by separating male and female cocoons before extracting silk fibers from the cocoons as male cocoon silk fibers are finer than females. This study proposes a method for the classification of male and female cocoons with the help of images without destructing the cocoon. The shape features of the pupa are considered for the classification process and were obtained without cutting the cocoon. A novel point interpolation method is used for the computation of the width and height of the cocoon. Different dimensionality reduction methods are employed to enhance the performance of the model. The preprocessing features are fed to the powerful Transfer learning methods such as Visual Geometry Group (VGG16) and ResNet.

Sericulture is the process of cultivating silkworms for the production of silk.High quality production of silk without mixing with low quality is a great challenge faced in the silk production centers. One of the possibilities to overcome this issue is by separating male and female cocoons before extracting silk fibers from the cocoons as male cocoon silk fibers are finer than females. This study proposes a method for the classification of male and female cocoons with the help of images without destructing the cocoon. The shape features of the pupa are considered for the classification process and were obtained without cutting the cocoon. A novel point interpolation method is used for the computation of the width and height of the cocoon. Different dimensionality reduction methods are employed to enhance the performance of the model. The preprocessing features are fed to the powerful Transfer learning methods such as Visual Geometry Group (VGG16) and ResNet.

"SILKWORM PUPA GENDER CLASSIFICATION USING TRANSFER LEARNING APPROACHES", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 7, page no.g674-g684, July-2023, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2307690.pdf

"SILKWORM PUPA GENDER CLASSIFICATION USING TRANSFER LEARNING APPROACHES", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 7, page no. ppg674-g684, July-2023, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2307690.pdf