Sericulture and silk production

By shanzay Rafiq

  • Sericulture and silk production

    Sericulture and silk production
    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.
    The process of silk production includes four steps.
    1.Mulberry Cultivation
    2.Rearing.
    3.Realing
    4.Twisting
    By the completition of these steps mulbrerry silk is produced.