Question

Give the economic importance of Silkworm.

Answer 1

1. The rearing of silkworm on a commercial scale is called sericulture.
2. It is an agro-based industry comprising of
   1. Cultivation of food plants for the silkworms.
   2. Rearing of silkworms.
   3. Reeling and spinning of silk.
3. Silk fibres are utilized in preparing silk clothes.
4. Silk is used in industries and for military purposes.
5. Silk is used in the manufacture of fishing fibres, parachutes, cartridge bags, insulation coils for telephone, wireless receivers, tyres of racing cars, filter fibres, in medical dressings and as suture materials.