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Treatments are applied to silk cocoons to kill the pupae, preventing the emergence of moths and allowing the preservation of silk during long periods. This process is called ____?

Q: Answer-Treatments are applied to silk cocoons to kill the pupae, preventing the emergence of moths and allo...

Stifling is the process of killing the pupae inside silk cocoons to prevent the emergence of moths, which would break the silk threads. This allows the silk to be preserved and harvested in long continuous fibers.

A Sericulture

B Stifling

C Reeling

D Boiling

E Spinning

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