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← HistoryWhich risk increased due to sericulture in the Byzantine Empire when the silkworm Bombyx mori was cultivated outside its native range?
A)Decline in silk thread length
B)Localized mulberry tree diseases✓
C)Increased silk dye complexity
D)Rise of purple cloth demand
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Localized mulberry tree diseases increased because monoculture raised disease transmission via genetic bottleneck; therefore, mulberry blight represented a significant economic risk to farms, rather than only fiber alteration or merely boosted dye complexity.
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