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## Abstract The potential of vetiver oil and nootkatone as wood treatments against __Coptotermes formosanus__ Shiraki was examined by assessing the effects on termite tunneling, feeding activity and survival, and the consequences on the symbiont protozoa responsible for wood digestion. Comparisons were made with non‐treated wood (control), wood treated with the borate compound Tim‐Bor® (a commonly used lumber preservative) and absence of a food source (starved termites), using choice and no‐choice tests. All wood slices were prepared at the same time using a 10 g liter^−1^ solution of each substance and were tested in four different sessions over one year to investigate longevity of the effects. Termites had to tunnel through sand to exploit the food sources, consisting of two wood slices, placed on opposite sides of the experimental enclosure. No‐choice tests showed that in the presence of vetiver oil or nootkatone, tunneling activity was always the lowest; wood consumption, termite survival and flagellate numbers and species distribution were significantly different from the control and similar to the results obtained for starved termites and with Tim‐Bor–treated wood. Nootkatone

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Author

Lara Maistrello; Gregg Henderson; Roger A Laine

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 1526-498X)

Published

2002

Language

EN

Field

Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Life Sciences)