Vetiver oil and its components nootkatone and cedrene were assessed as sand treatments for their efficacy to disrupt food recruitment by Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki. Termites were required to tunnel through sand treated with vetiver oil, nootkatone, cedrene or untreated sand to reach a food source. Results showed that sand treated with vetiver oil or nootkatone disrupted termite tunneling behavior. As a consequence, after 21 days, wood consumption and termite survival were significantly lower compared with cedrene-treated or untreated sand treatments. Sand treated with vetiver oil or nootkatone at 100 μg/g substrate were effective barriers to termites.
Efficacy of vetiver oil and nootkatone as soil barriers against Formosan subterranean Termite (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) / Maistrello, Lara; G., Henderson; R. A., Laine. - In: JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY. - ISSN 0022-0493. - STAMPA. - 94:6(2001), pp. 1532-1537. [10.1603/0022-0493-94.6.1532]
Efficacy of vetiver oil and nootkatone as soil barriers against Formosan subterranean Termite (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)
MAISTRELLO, Lara;
2001
Abstract
Vetiver oil and its components nootkatone and cedrene were assessed as sand treatments for their efficacy to disrupt food recruitment by Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki. Termites were required to tunnel through sand treated with vetiver oil, nootkatone, cedrene or untreated sand to reach a food source. Results showed that sand treated with vetiver oil or nootkatone disrupted termite tunneling behavior. As a consequence, after 21 days, wood consumption and termite survival were significantly lower compared with cedrene-treated or untreated sand treatments. Sand treated with vetiver oil or nootkatone at 100 μg/g substrate were effective barriers to termites.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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