Question

Write a note in on sericul true​

Answer 1

The sericulture is an important cottage industry, but is now the basis of large industries in China, Japan, India and some European countries, where the silkworm, Bombyx mori is reared on mulberry leaves on a mass scale to get raw silk from the cocoons of the caterpillars of the moth.The eggs of the silkworm moth hatch out within 10 days into creamy white rapidly moving caterpillars. The latter feed voraciously on the fresh mulberry leaves and soon undergo a fast growth and are popularly referred to as silkworms.