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Antifeedant and Repellent Effects of Neotropical Solanum Extracts on Drywood Termites, (Cryptotermes brevis Walker, Isoptera: Kalotermitidae)

Sociobiology, 2015
Antifeedant and repellent effects of two different extracts from native Solanum species Solanum bistellatum and Solanum sisymbrifolium on Cryptotermes brevis were evaluated.
Vania Rech-Cainelli, Neiva Monteiro de Barros, Steffani Garcia-Gianni, Ana Carolina Sbeghen-Loss, Horacio Heinzen, Alejandro Ruiz Díaz, Ignacio Migues, Alexandre Specht, María Verónica Cesio   +8 more
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Biological Deterioration of Wooden Components of Balla Lompoa Ri Galesong in South Sulawesi, Indonesia

Jurnal Sylva Lestari
Balla Lompoa Ri Galesong, known well as the traditional house of the Takalar Regency, South Sulawesi, has become a historical building in Indonesia.  Nowadays, it still functions as a residence for the royal family, a repository for historical artifacts,
Astuti Arif, Giselawati Putri, Andang Suryana Soma, Syahidah, Syahribulan   +4 more
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Molecular basis for the reproductive division of labour in a lower termite

BMC Genomics, 2007
Background Polyphenism, the expression of different phenotypes with the same genetic background, is well known for social insects. The substantial physiological and morphological differences among the castes generally are the result of differential gene ...
Rehli Michael, Weil Tobias, Korb Judith
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Polymethylmethacrylate and polydimethylsiloxane coatings with nano TiO2 and ZnO: Surface property and resistance against drywood termite

Results in Surfaces and Interfaces
The surface characteristics and termite resistance of polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) and polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) wood coatings combined with nano metallic oxide particles of TiO2 and ZnO was investigated against the drywood termite Cryptotermes ...
Lyka Mae C. Urriza, Menandro N. Acda, Jeanette O. Grande-Flores   +2 more
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Resistance to Termites and Colour Change in Gombong Bamboo (Gigantochloa pseudoarundinacea) Modified with Boron Compounds, Vegetable Oil, and Heating

Jurnal Sylva Lestari
Bamboo is a potential material in the furniture, construction, and craft industries due to its rapid growth and good physical and mechanical properties.
Lilih Cipta Pangestu, Trisna Priadi, Yanico Hadi Prayogo   +2 more
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Cryptotermespugnus (Blattodea, Isoptera, Kalotermitidae), a new drywood termite species from the Brazilian Caatinga dry forest and key to South American Cryptotermes Banks, 1909. [PDF]

Zookeys, 2023
Scheffrahn RH, Vasconcellos A.
europepmc   +1 more source

Molecular characterization and expression variation of the odorant receptor co-receptor in the Formosan subterranean termite. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2022
Castillo P, Husseneder C, Sun Q.
europepmc   +1 more source

Enhanced heterozygosity from male meiotic chromosome chains is superseded by hybrid female asexuality in termites. [PDF]

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2021
Yashiro T, Tea YK, Van Der Wal C, Nozaki T, Mizumoto N, Hellemans S, Matsuura K, Lo N.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Molecular insights into the evolution of woody plant decay in the gut of termites. [PDF]

Sci Adv, 2023
Li H, Kang X, Yang M, Kasseney BD, Zhou X, Liang S, Zhang X, Wen JL, Yu B, Liu N, Zhao Y, Mo J, Currie CR, Ralph J, Yelle DJ.   +14 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Toxicological Impacts of Certain Pesticides on Subtrrenean Termite, Coptotermes alexandrines, and Drywood Termite, Cryptotermes brevis

Abstract This study aimed to identify the similarity between the subterranean termite, Coptotermes alexandrines , and the drywood termite, Cryptotermes brevis , which are dominant in Alexandria City, Egypt, using RAPD-PCR as well as to assess the ...
Khaled A. Osman, Engy M. I. Z. Elaswer, Ahmed S. El-Bakry, Anter K. M. Ahmed, Moustafa Eldakak, Rehab R.E. Mohammad, Nabila S. Ahmed   +6 more
openaire   +1 more source