Question: ____ is known as viticulture.
Options:
growing vegetables, flowers and fruits
cultivation of grapes
breeding of fish
rearing of silkworms
-Viticulture is the cultivation and harvesting of grapes.
-When the grapes are being used specifically for wine production, the study of grapes can also be called viniculture.
-Both viniculture and viticulture fall under the umbrella of horticulture.
-Viticulture as a science and pursuit, has existed as long as humans have been making and drinking wine.
-The most common grapevine, Vitis vinifera, has been cultivated and fermented by humans since at least the neolithic era.
🔴Additional Information:
-The science and art of growing fruit, vegetable, flowers and fruits is known as Horticulture.
-Breeding of fish
-Fish farming or raising the fishes in tanks or ponds is called Pisciculture.
-The most important species which are being raised worldwide are Tilapia, Salmon, Carp, and Catfish.
-Pisciculture provides more than 50% of seafood in the world.
-It helps in development by means of generating employment in the fishing community.
-Freshwater Cultivable Fishes:Â Catla, Rohu, Mrigal, Catfishes, Murrels, and Tilapia
-Marine water cultivable fishes:Â Sea bass, Grey mullet, and Milk Fish
-Fishery By-products: Fish Oil (comprises of liver and body oil), Fish meal
–Â Rearing of silkworms
-Sericulture is related to the rearing of silkworms.
-Sericulture is an agro-based industry.
-It involves the rearing of silkworms for the production of raw silk.
-India is the second-largest producer of silk within the globe.