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The culture of silkworms is known as
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- Apiculture
- Horticulture
- Pisciculture
- Sericulture
Correct Option: D
Sericulture, or silk farming, is the rearing of silkworms for the production of raw silk. Although there are several commercial species of silkworms, Bombyx mori is the most widely used and intensively studied. Today, China and India are the two main silk producers, together manufacturing more than 60% of the world production.