Resistance of Borate-Treated Rubberwood Chipboard to the Formosan Subterranean Termite (lsoptera: Rhinotermitidae)
Both no-choice and two-choice 4-week AWPA laboratory tests were performed to evaluate the resistance of borate-treated rubberwood (Hevea brasiliensis) chipboard prepared from a commercial mill run, against the Formosan subterranean termite Coptotermes fonnosanus. Boric acid (technical granular) was...
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| description | Both no-choice and two-choice 4-week AWPA laboratory tests were performed to evaluate the resistance of borate-treated rubberwood (Hevea brasiliensis) chipboard prepared from a commercial mill run, against the Formosan subterranean termite Coptotermes fonnosanus. Boric acid (technical granular) was incorporated into the boards during
manufacture to achieve loadings of 1.0% or 1.1% boric acid equivalents
(BAE). In the no-choice test, both the untreated chipboard and solid
rubberwood controls sustained heavy termite attack (respective mean
visual ratings of 4.6 and 2.7 on a 10-pointAWPA scale). while the two
retentions of borate-treated chipboard showed only light grazing (mean
rating 9.2). The two-choice test demonstrated a preference of termites
for solid rubberwood (mean rating 2.4) instead of untreated chipboard
(rating 8.4), and for untreated (mean rating 8.4 and 8.8) instead of
borate-treated (mean ratings 9.8 & 9) chipboards. Complete termite
mortality in the presence ofborate-treated chipboard in both laboratory
tests demonstrates the toxicity of borates to Formosan subterranean
termites. |
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| spelling | unimas-160752017-05-03T01:50:00Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/16075/ Resistance of Borate-Treated Rubberwood Chipboard to the Formosan Subterranean Termite (lsoptera: Rhinotermitidae) Wong, Andrew H.H J. Kenneth, Grace GE Environmental Sciences Both no-choice and two-choice 4-week AWPA laboratory tests were performed to evaluate the resistance of borate-treated rubberwood (Hevea brasiliensis) chipboard prepared from a commercial mill run, against the Formosan subterranean termite Coptotermes fonnosanus. Boric acid (technical granular) was incorporated into the boards during manufacture to achieve loadings of 1.0% or 1.1% boric acid equivalents (BAE). In the no-choice test, both the untreated chipboard and solid rubberwood controls sustained heavy termite attack (respective mean visual ratings of 4.6 and 2.7 on a 10-pointAWPA scale). while the two retentions of borate-treated chipboard showed only light grazing (mean rating 9.2). The two-choice test demonstrated a preference of termites for solid rubberwood (mean rating 2.4) instead of untreated chipboard (rating 8.4), and for untreated (mean rating 8.4 and 8.8) instead of borate-treated (mean ratings 9.8 & 9) chipboards. Complete termite mortality in the presence ofborate-treated chipboard in both laboratory tests demonstrates the toxicity of borates to Formosan subterranean termites. California State University 2004 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/16075/1/Resistance%20of%20Borate-Treated%20Rubberwood%20%28abstract%29.pdf Wong, Andrew H.H and J. Kenneth, Grace (2004) Resistance of Borate-Treated Rubberwood Chipboard to the Formosan Subterranean Termite (lsoptera: Rhinotermitidae). Sociobiology, 44 (3). pp. 519-525. ISSN 0361-6525 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259000695 |
| spellingShingle | GE Environmental Sciences Wong, Andrew H.H J. Kenneth, Grace Resistance of Borate-Treated Rubberwood Chipboard to the Formosan Subterranean Termite (lsoptera: Rhinotermitidae) |
| title | Resistance of Borate-Treated Rubberwood Chipboard to the Formosan Subterranean Termite (lsoptera: Rhinotermitidae) |
| title_full | Resistance of Borate-Treated Rubberwood Chipboard to the Formosan Subterranean Termite (lsoptera: Rhinotermitidae) |
| title_fullStr | Resistance of Borate-Treated Rubberwood Chipboard to the Formosan Subterranean Termite (lsoptera: Rhinotermitidae) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Resistance of Borate-Treated Rubberwood Chipboard to the Formosan Subterranean Termite (lsoptera: Rhinotermitidae) |
| title_short | Resistance of Borate-Treated Rubberwood Chipboard to the Formosan Subterranean Termite (lsoptera: Rhinotermitidae) |
| title_sort | resistance of borate-treated rubberwood chipboard to the formosan subterranean termite (lsoptera: rhinotermitidae) |
| topic | GE Environmental Sciences |
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