Besides use in insect sericulture, they have found applications in apiculture and aquaculture (prawns). It is the centre of sericulture (silkworm rearing). Silkworm, the larvae stage of "Bombyx mori," is an economically important insect in sericulture. More traditional industries include sericulture and agriculture. Ordu also had mulberry tree plantations for sericulture. The traditional industry of Ueda was sericulture and cotton-weaving. The city today is a center for agriculture, handicrafts and sericulture. At present, Murshidabad is a hub for sericulture and handicrafts. The process of silk production is known as sericulture. The analysis of the silk fibres shows presence of reeling and sericulture. The area has been famed for sericulture (silk production) since Silla times. The experimental farm had five main experimental areas for grain, sericulture, vegetables, fruits and flowers. One of these was a rite concerning sericulture that was presided over by the Empress. Sericulture and especially apiculture were well developed. "Jamsil" translates to a room or place for sericulture.