What are the different silkworms used in sericulture?
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Sericulture, or silk farming, is the cultivation of silkworms to produce silk. Although there are several commercial species of silkworms, Bombyx mori (the caterpillar of the domesticated silk moth) is the most widely used and intensively studied silkworm.
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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.
♠️Other types of silkworms
Eri,
Muga,
Tasar
are also cultivated for the production of ‘wild silks’.
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