Sericulture

Sericulture is the raising of silkworms and cultivation of host plants, especially mulberry, to produce raw silk.

Bombyx mori: The domesticated silkworm moth whose larvae produce most commercial silk. Its larvae are the principal silk producers in sericulture.
Silk Road: A network of trade routes linking East Asia with Central Asia and the Mediterranean. Silk production supported a major commodity carried along these routes.
Lepidoptera: The insect order comprising moths and butterflies. Silkworms are moth larvae, placing sericulture within this insect order.
Silk textile: A fabric made from silk fibers spun or reeled from silkworm cocoons. Textile manufacture is the principal destination for sericulture's raw silk.
Sericulture in Japan: The development of silkworm rearing and silk production in Japan. Japanese sericulture became a major export industry during the modern era.
Mulberry: A genus of trees whose leaves feed domesticated silkworms. Mulberry leaves are the main food source for Bombyx mori larvae.
Silk in ancient China: The production and use of silk in China from prehistoric times through antiquity. China developed early sericulture and long guarded its silk-making knowledge.
Silkworm: The larval stage of a moth that produces silk for a cocoon. The term covers the larvae raised in sericulture, including several species.
Tasar silk: A coarse, often copper-colored silk produced by wild or semi-domesticated Antheraea moths. Tasar production uses host plants and silkworms beyond the mulberry system.
Silk industry: The economic system that produces, processes, and markets silk fibers and goods. Sericulture supplies the agricultural foundation of the wider silk industry.

Linked from 10 pages