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← HistoryWhich risk greatly increased when earlier Byzantine silk production secretly used inferior mulberry strains?
A)Reduced filament strength✓
B)Increased dye instability,
C)Trade imbalance with China
D)Higher weaving labor costs
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Reduced nourishment from weaker mulberry leaves causes silkworms to produce silk with lower fibroin content, diminishing filament tenacity which results in structural WEAKENING. Therefore, the risk of fabric tears increased rather than aesthetic issues, or trade imbalance problems inherent to raw silk acquisition.
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