HORTICULTURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Sericulture is rearing of silkworm for the production of silk. Although there are several commercial species of silkworms, Bombyx mori (the caterpillar of the domesticated silkmoth) is the most widely used and intensively studied silkworm.

Detailed explanation-2: -Sericulture is an industry that is characterized by a two-step process, the cultivation of mulberry trees and the rearing of silkworms on mulberry leaves to produce cocoons.

Detailed explanation-3: -Sericulture, or silk farming, is the cultivation of silkworms to produce silk.

Detailed explanation-4: -Sericulture is the process of cultivating silkworms and extracting silk from them. The caterpillars of the domestic silkmoth (also called ‘Bombyx Mori’) are the most commonly used silkworm species in sericulture.