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Answer» the production of silk and the rearing of silkworms for this purpose.Originmid 19th century: abbreviation of French sériciculture, from late Latin sericum ‘silk’ + French culture ‘cultivation’. Sericulture, or silk farming, is the cultivation of silkworms to produce silk. Although there are several commercial species of silkworms, Bombyx mori (the caterpillar of the domesticated silk moth) is the most widely used and intensively studied silkworm. Silk was first produced in China as early as the Neolithic period.\xa0Sericulture has become an important cottage industry in countries such as Brazil, China, France, India, Italy, Japan, Korea, and Russia. Today, China and India are the two main producers, with more than 60% of the world\'s annual production. |
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