Q.

The culture of silkworms is known as –

A. Apiculture
B. Horticulture
C. Pisciculture
D. Sericulture
Answer» D. Sericulture
Explanation: Sericulture, or silk farming, is the rearing of silk-worms for the production of raw silk. Although there are several commercial species of silkworms, Bornbyx mori is the most widely used and intensively studied. Today, China and India are the two main silk producers, together manufacturing more than 60% of the world production.
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