A study conducted in Ranebennur and Shirahatti blocks of Dharwad district to measure extent of knowledge, adoption of sericulturists and reasons for non-adoption indicated that more than 70.00 per cent of the sericulturists have knowledge of common practices. However, less than 20.00 per cent know about chemical concentration of egg disinfection and number of times of formalin chaff treatment to worms. Non adaptability of recommended sericultural practices is because of high cost and non-availability of inputs.