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Extraction, Characterization, and Antimicrobial Ability of Chitosan and Edible Oil From Ugandan Winged Termites

open access: yesFood Science &Nutrition, Volume 13, Issue 10, October 2025.
This study extracted edible oil and chitosan using both chemical and green extraction techniques, from four species of edible winged termites. Yield and efficiency of the extraction techniques were compared, the extracted products characterized for physico‐chemical properties, and the antimicrobial ability of chitosan assessed against a gram‐positive ...
Babirye Khadijah   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Electromagnetic Waves as Non-destructive Method to Control Subterranean Termites Coptotermes Curvignathus Holmgren and Coptotermes Formosanus Shiraki

open access: yes, 2013
The objective of the study is to develop non destructive methods using electromagnetic waves apparatus to control subterranean termites Coptotermes curvignathus Holmgren and Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki and to evaluate the safety of the apparatus to ...
Yoshimura, Tsuyoshi   +3 more
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Insect‐Microbe‐Based Laccase: Untapped Natural Resource for Industrial and Biotechnological Applications

open access: yesAdvanced Sustainable Systems, Volume 9, Issue 9, September 2025.
The insect‐microbe interplay fulfills a key ecological role involving the degradation of ligninocellulose biomass. This is coordinated by the secretion of different kinds of proteins, of which ligninolytic enzymes, such as laccases (Lacs), are of prime importance.
Michael Dare Asemoloye   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Living Plants in Hawaii Attacked by Coptotermes formosanus [PDF]

open access: yes, 1983
Forty-seven species of living plants in 27 families were found infested by Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki in Hawaii. The symptoms caused by the infestations were dependent on the mode of attack.
Tamashiro, M.   +5 more
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Acoustic Evaluation of Trees for Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) Treated with Imidacloprid and Noviflumuron in Historic Jackson Square, New Orleans, Louisiana

open access: yesSociobiology, 2013
Nine years of periodic acoustical monitoring of 93 trees active with Formosan subterranean termite,Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki, were evaluated for imidacloprid tree foam and noviflumuron bait to reduce termite activity in trees.
Weste Osbrink, Mary Cornelius
doaj   +3 more sources

Rotten to the core? Drivers of the vertical profile and accumulation of internal tree stem damage

open access: yesFunctional Ecology, Volume 39, Issue 8, Page 1908-1922, August 2025.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Trees are important above‐ground carbon sinks in savanna ecosystems, yet consumption of internal wood by decomposers (e.g. termites and microbes) creates uncertainties in tree biomass accounting.
Abbey R. Yatsko   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

2012a. Comparison of Coptotermes formosanus and Coptotermes gestroi (Blattodea: Rhinotermitidae) field sites and seasonal foraging activity in Hawaii

open access: yes, 2020
Tunneling behavior and the spatial dispersion of tunnels constructed by the subterranean termites Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki and Coptotermes gestroi (Wasmann) (formerly known as C.
J Kenneth Grace, Nirmala K Hapukotuwa
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Natural durability of sapwood of some domestic wood species against coptotermes formosanus [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Bu çalışmada, akçaağaç (Acer pseudoplatanus), ardıç (Juniperus foetidissima), çınar (Platanus orientalis), ıhlamur (Tilia tomentosa), servi (Cupressus sempervirens) ve zeytin (Olea europaea) gibi bazı yerli ağaç türü diri odunlarının Coptotermes ...
Taşçıoğlu, Cihat   +3 more
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Toxicité du macérât de Carica papaya L. contre Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)

open access: yes, 2015
Par des tests biologiques, cette étude a examiné, au laboratoire, les effets du macérât de graines de C. papaya sur la toxicité, la survie, l'alimentation et la tâche de construction de galeries des ouvriers du termite souterrain Formosan, Coptotermes ...
Tahiri, A
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Fig. 6 in Redescription of Formosan subterranean termite, Coptotermes formosanus (Blattodea: Rhinotermitidae), with three new synonyms from China

open access: yes, 2020
Fig. 6. The specimens of Coptotermes shanghaiensis Xia & He, 1986. a – winged imago; b – labels; c – forewing; d – hind wing.Published as part of Chen, Guan-Yu, Ke, Yun-Ling, Liang, Wei-Ren & Li, Hou-Feng, 2020, Redescription of Formosan subterranean ...
Ke, Yun-Ling   +3 more
core   +1 more source

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