n is known as sericulture . It is an agro industry and is playing an important role in the economic development of silk rearing pockets of rural India providing gainful oc. Sericulture is a scientific and agriculture-based process in which silkworms are reared to obtain silk . In this process, various species of silkworms are cultivated, and fine silk threads are extracted from the cocoons spun by these worms. sericulture, the production of raw silk by means of raising caterpillars (larvae), particularly those of the domesticated silkworm (Bombyx mori). The production of silk generally involves two processes: Care of the silkworm from the egg stage through completion of the cocoon. Sericulture, or silk farming, is the cultivation of silkworms to produce silk . Although there are several commercial species of silkworms, the caterpillar of the domestic silkmoth is the most widely used and intensively studied silkworm.
