Question

    Commercial rearing of silk worms is known as:

    A Pisciculture Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Viticulture Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Horticulture Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Sericulture Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Sericulture, or silk farming, is the cultivation of silkworms to produce silk. Although there are several commercial species of silkworms, Bombyx mori is the most widely used and intensively studied silkworm.

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