Insects, 2016 No-choice feeding tests using ethanol, chloroform, and acetone extractives of teak (Tectona grandis) heartwood clearly showed feeding deterrent activity and toxicity to the subterranean termite Reticulitermes speratus. The amount of 2-methylanthraquinone
Nadia Nuraniya Kamaluddin +2 more
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Preferences of Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki and Coptotermes gestroi (Wasmann) (Blattodea: Rhinotermitidae) Among Three Commercial Wood Species [PDF]
Insects, 2011 The Formosan subterranean termite, Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki, and the Asian subterranean termite, Coptotermes gestroi (Wasmann), are both pests of wood in service in Hawaii and Florida.
J Kenneth Grace
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Collaborative Response of the Host and Symbiotic Lignocellulytic System to Non-Lethal Toxic Stress in Coptotermes formosanus Skiraki [PDF]
Insects, 2021 Disturbing the lignocellulose digestive system of termites is considered to be a promising approach for termite control. The research on the tolerance mechanism of the termite lignocellulose digestive system to harmful environment conditions is limited ...
Wenhui Zeng +5 more
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Trichoderma Species Attract Coptotermes formosanus and Antagonize Termite Pathogen Metarhizium anisopliae [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020 Although subterranean termites live within soil, little attention has been paid on the potential interaction among subterranean termites and soil microbes.
Chao Wen +5 more
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Screening of reference genes for expression analysis in the study of soldier caste differentiation of Formosan subterranean termite Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki [PDF]
PeerJ, 2019 The Formosan subterranean termite, Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki, is a serious pest worldwide. Juvenile hormone analog (and its analogs such as methoprene) can induce the transformation of the worker caste into soldier caste in C. formosanus.
He Du +3 more
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Colony Suppression and Possible Colony Elimination of the Subterranean Termites Coptotermes formosanus and Reticulitermes speratus by Discontinuous Soil Treatment Using a Diluent of Fipronil Suspension Concentrate [PDF]
Insects, 2021 We assessed the efficacy of a discontinuous soil treatment using a diluent of fipronil suspension concentrate in controlling colonies of Coptotermes formosanus and Reticulitermes speratus.
Shuji Itakura +3 more
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Insects, 2011 Bamboo is widely grown and utilized as a construction material around the world, particularly in the tropics. At present, there are about 70 bamboo species and varieties recorded from Hawaii.
J Kenneth Grace
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Physiological and Molecular Characterization of Allyl Isothiocyanate Adaptation in the Formosan Subterranean Termite, Coptotermes formosanus [PDF]
InsectsThe Formosan subterranean termite, Coptotermes formosanus is a globally distributed species that feeds on lignocellulose and causes substantial economic losses annually.
Wanyan Jiang +7 more
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Potential Hybridization between Two Invasive Termite Species, Coptotermes formosanus and C. gestroi (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae), and Its Biological and Economic Implications [PDF]
Insects, 2017 The Asian subterranean termite, Coptotermes gestroi, is a tropical species but has increasingly been collected from the subtropics in recent years, making it sympatric to the Formosan subterranean termite, C.
Nan-Yao Su, Thomas Chouvenc, Hou-Feng Li
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Comparison of microbial diversity and carbohydrate-active enzymes in the hindgut of two wood-feeding termites, Globitermes sulphureus (Blattaria: Termitidae) and Coptotermes formosanus (Blattaria: Rhinotermitidae) [PDF]
BMC MicrobiologyBackground Wood-feeding termites have been employed as sources of novel and highly efficient lignocellulolytic enzymes due to their ability to degrade lignocellulose efficiently.
Zhidong Zhang +6 more
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