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Out of the following, which are the two terms related to silk production? Sericulture, floriculture, moriculture, apiculture and silviculture.
(i) Silk production involves cultivation of mulberry leaves and rearing silkworms.
(ii) Scientific name of mulberry is Morus alba.
The two terms related to silk production are:
(i) Sericulture
(ii) Moriculture
[ Extra information: Natural fibres are obtained from plants and animals. Silk is obtrained from silk moths or ‘silkworms.’ The process of rearing silkworms for silk production is known as sericulture. India is the 2nd largest producer of silk in the world after China and Karnataka is the largest producer of silk in India. The entire production process of silk can be divided into several steps which are typically handled by different entities. Extracting raw silk starts by cultivating the silkworms on mulberry leaves. This is known as Moriculture.
The process of cultivation of Mulberry plants in order to feed silkworms is known as Moriculture. The scientific name of mulberry is Morusa alba.
Once the worms start pupating in their cocoons, these are dissolved in boiling water in order for individual long fibres to be extracted and fed into the spinning reel. Hence, we can say that Sericulture is dependent on moriculture. The raw silk industry is based on moriculture and sericulture.]
Updated on: 10-Oct-2022
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