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Real-Time and Sustainable Termite Management: Application of Intelligent Monitoring Systems in Reservoirs

Applied Sciences
Termites pose a threat to water conservancy infrastructure due to their concealed, recurring, and long-term destructive behaviors. Consequently, implementing termite monitoring in critical hydrological facilities—such as reservoirs—is essential for ...
Ming Wang, Peidong Jiang, Fengyan Wu, Lai Jiang, Tengteng Che   +4 more
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Natural Resistance of Eight Sapling Species to Damage by Microcerotermesgabrielis Weidner

Majallah-i ḥifāẓat-i giyāhān, 2017
Introduction:The subterranean termites make large damage to wood and cellulosic products. They can have the destroying effects on forest plantations, agriculture crop, and urban landscaping.
A. Sheikhigarjan, M. Mohamadizadeh, M.R. Nematyan, F. Zarrani   +3 more
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Carcass consumption by Nasutitermes callimorphus (Blattodea: Isoptera) in highland forests from Brazil

Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2020
This note reports the occurrence of carcass feeding by Nasutitermes callimorphus, a endemic termite from brazilian evergreen forests. Based on this observation and previous reports, it is plausible to think that drought may play a important role in the ...
Igor Eloi, Mário Herculano de Oliveira, Maria Avany Bezerra-Gusmão   +2 more
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Collaborative Response of the Host and Symbiotic Lignocellulytic System to Non-Lethal Toxic Stress in Coptotermes formosanus Skiraki

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, Bingrong Liu, Wenjing Wu, Shijun Zhang, Yong Chen, Zhiqiang Li   +5 more
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From Nature to Supply Chain: Exploring Biomimicry‐Based Pathways to Sustainability and Competitive Advantage

Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Inspired by insights gleaned from biomimicry theory, this paper addresses the persistent lack of theoretically grounded research in sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) and examines how nature‐inspired biomimicry principles could enhance various dimensions of its competitiveness. This study's theoretical contribution lies in its proposal
Susana Garrido, Dominika Brozkova, Carmina Nunes, David Zapletal, Viktor Prokop   +4 more
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Les fils invisibles des existences : Camille de Toledo et les anomalies du quotidien

, 2023
L’existence constitue un chantier de relations inédites qui peuvent déployer des situations narratives déconcertantes, susceptibles de solliciter également un effet-surprise chez le lecteur.
Marinella Termite
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Differences in Particle-covering Behavior of Solenopsis invicta on Different Adhesive Tapes and Preliminary Application

Guangdong nongye kexue
【Objective】A novel baiting tube was developed based on the particle-covering behavior of the red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta Buren) and its field application efficacy was evaluated to provide new insights for green and precise management of ...
Hailong LYU, Xiaoli YE, Jiawei LIANG, Zihao LIANG, Jingheng TANG, Di LIU, Lei MAO, Xiaomei LI, Cai WANG, Lanfeng WANG, Chengju DU   +10 more
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Detection of mitochondrial COII DNA sequences in ant guts as a method for assessing termite predation by ants.

PLoS ONE, 2015
Termites and ants contribute more to animal biomass in tropical rain forests than any other single group and perform vital ecosystem functions. Although ants prey on termites, at the community level the linkage between these groups is poorly understood ...
Tom M Fayle, Olivia Scholtz, Alex J Dumbrell, Stephen Russell, Simon T Segar, Paul Eggleton   +5 more
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Preferences of Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki and Coptotermes gestroi (Wasmann) (Blattodea: Rhinotermitidae) among Three Commercial Wood Species

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.
Nirmala K. Hapukotuwa, J. Kenneth Grace
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Purification of crude cellulase obtained from Aspergillus foetidus and its immobilization in agar xerogel: A comparative study with commercial cellulase immobilized in similar support

Food Biomacromolecules, EarlyView.
Agar xerogel was used to immobilize cellulase. Properties of partially purified cellulase from Aspergillus foetidus and commercial cellulase were compared after immobilization. Abstract This research study is a comparative study of the characteristics of partially purified cellulase produced from Aspergillus foetidus through solid‐state fermentation ...
Bhaskar Jyoti Kalita, Nandan Sit
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