Biology And Management Of The Formosan Subterranean Termite And Related Species

Author : Nan-Yao Su,Chow-Yang Lee
Publisher : CABI
Page : 429 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2023-12-22
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781800621572

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Biology and Management of the Formosan Subterranean Termite and Related Species by Nan-Yao Su,Chow-Yang Lee Pdf

The Formosan subterranean termite, Coptotermes formosanus, is the most destructive and invasive termite species globally. It is also the only termite species listed in the world's 100 worst invasive alien species of the Global Invasive Species Database. Annually, its infestation costs more than $4 billion in control and damage repairs in the USA alone. This book is the first comprehensive resource drawing on all the literature on C. formosanus since Tokuichi Shiraki first described the species in 1909. The book covers the worldwide distribution of this species, its biogeography, and how it has dispersed from its native range in southern China and Taiwan to different parts of the world. It describes its present taxonomic status and discusses the species' biology, ecology, foraging behavior, physiology, chemical ecology and its association with symbionts. From a practical standpoint, the authors address all of the various management options for this species, such as baits, soil termiticides, wood preservatives, inspection and detection technologies, and Integrated Pest Management (IPM) approaches. Lastly, there are chapters dedicated to another important destructive species, Coptotermes gestroi (the Asian subterranean termite), and the recently discovered C. formosanus/C. gestroi hybrids. This important book is an essential and valuable reference for researchers, graduate students, pest management professionals, chemical manufacturer personnel, building and property managers, and others. It provides readers with a comprehensive understanding of the biology and management of the Formosan subterranean termite and the Asian subterranean termite.

Author : Md. Aslam Khan,Wasim Ahmad
Publisher : Springer
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2018-02-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319721101

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Termites and Sustainable Management by Md. Aslam Khan,Wasim Ahmad Pdf

This Volume comprises 12 chapters in an attempt to bring available information on biology, social behavour and economic importance of termites. Chapters in this book dealing with termites identification provide a review on most updated information of their systematics. Ecologically, termites interact with living and non-living surroundings and deliver a wide range of behaviors. In a separate chapter termites ecology is examined and explored. Termites depend on their gut microbes for digestion of complex polysaccharides of wood into simpler molecules. Information provided on termite gut microbiome and lignocellulose degradation constitutes an important contribution. Termite biology and social behaviour have been addressed comprehensively. Trail pheromones are responsible for the orientation and recruitment of nestmates to the food sources. Once arriving at a potential food source, termites assess its quality using a different set of cues. A separate chapter on trail pheromones, cues used during foraging and food assessment, with preferences for foraging sites, contributes a wealth of information. Emphasis has been given on reviewing ecological benefits of termites in other chapters. The information with respect to termite species as an edible insect and the overall role it plays in food and nutrition security in Africa is quite informative. A separate chapter dealing with importance of termites and termitaria in mineral exploration constitutes a significant step in addressing the economic importance of this insect group.

Author : David Edward Bignell,Yves Roisin,Nathan Lo
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2010-10-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789048139774

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Biology of Termites: a Modern Synthesis by David Edward Bignell,Yves Roisin,Nathan Lo Pdf

Biology of Termites, a Modern Synthesis brings together the major advances in termite biology, phylogenetics, social evolution and biogeography. In this new volume, David Bignell, Yves Roisin and Nathan Lo have brought together leading experts on termite taxonomy, behaviour, genetics, caste differentiation, physiology, microbiology, mound architecture, biogeography and control. Very strong evolutionary and developmental themes run through the individual chapters, fed by new data streams from molecular sequencing, and for the first time it is possible to compare the social organisation of termites with that of the social Hymenoptera, focusing on caste determination, population genetics, cooperative behaviour, nest hygiene and symbioses with microorganisms. New chapters have been added on termite pheromones, termites as pests of agriculture and on destructive invasive species.

Author : Takuya Abe,David Edward Bignell,Masahiko Higashi
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0792363612

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Termites by Takuya Abe,David Edward Bignell,Masahiko Higashi Pdf

The book is a new compendium in which leading termite scientists review the advances of the last 30 years in our understanding of phylogeny, fossil records, relationships with cockroaches, social evolution, nesting, behaviour, mutualisms with archaea, protists, bacteria and fungi, nutrition, energy metabolism, population and community ecology, soil conditioning, greenhouse gas production and pest status.

Author : Kumar Krishna
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 613 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780323144582

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Biology of Termites by Kumar Krishna Pdf

Biology of Termites, Volume I presents the anatomical, physiological, biochemical, and behavioral laboratory and field studies of termite species. Although termites have been associated mainly with damage, only less than 10% of the species have actually been recorded as pests, obscuring their important ecological role in the breakdown of vegetative matter and their variety and complexity of structure, physiology, social behavior, caste differentiation and regulation, and other aspects of their biology. After briefly describing the social organization, classification, and research history of termites, the book discusses the external morphology of these species and the similarities and differences between the various groups and the different castes. The subsequent chapters cover the internal anatomy of termites, including their digestive physiology, exocrine and endocrine glands, reproductive and nervous systems, and sense organs. Other chapters deal with the social behavior and communication in the termites and the termite colonizing flights and associated activities. The book also examines caste differentiation in the three lower termite families, namely, Hodotermitidae, Kalotermitidae, and Rhinotermitidae. This volume includes discussions on the rearing, feeding, and biochemistry of termites; the radioisotopes for feeding studies; and the moisture requirements for termite survival. The concluding chapters deal with the introduction or interception of termites by humans and their association with fungi, as well as the relationships of termite hosts with termitophiles. Termite biologists, zoologists, botanists, ecologists, behaviorists, biochemists, endocrinologists, and economic entomologists will find this volume invaluable.

Author : Robin Edwards,Alan E Mill
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Buildings
ISBN : MINN:319510004163691

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Termites in Buildings by Robin Edwards,Alan E Mill Pdf

Author : M. J. Pearce
Publisher : CAB International
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : MINN:31951D01459431P

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Termites by M. J. Pearce Pdf

This text provides a scientific introduction to termites, including their behaviour, pest status and control.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1732 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Political Science
ISBN : MINN:31951D02598413T

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Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2007: Research, education, and economic programs by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Pdf

Author : Frank Slansky,J. G. Rodriguez
Publisher : Wiley-Interscience
Page : 1048 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1987-03-23
Category : Medical
ISBN : UOM:39015010180258

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Nutritional Ecology of Insects, Mites, Spiders, and Related Invertebrates by Frank Slansky,J. G. Rodriguez Pdf

Nutritional ecology of insects, mites, spiders, and related invertebrates: an overview; Nutritional ecology of forb foliage-chewing insects; Nutritional ecology of insect folivores of woody plants: nitrogen, water, fiber, and mineral considerations; Nutritional ecology of grass foliage-chewing insects; Nutritional ecology of phytophagous mites; Nutritional ecology of lichen/moss arthropods; Nutritional ecology of arthropod gall makers; Nutritional ecology of bruchid beetles; Nutritional ecology of seed-sucking insects; Nutritional ecology of stored-product insects; Nutritional ecology of stored-product and house dust mites; Ecology of nectar and pollen feeding in lepidoptera; Nutritional ecology of bees; Nutritional ecology of phloem-feeding insects; Nutritional ecology of wood-feeding coleoptera, lepidoptera and hymenoptera; Nutritional ecology of termites; Nutritional ecology of terrestial insect predators; Nutritional ecology of aquatic insect predators; Nutritional ecology of phytoseiid mites; Nutritional ecology of spiders; Interrelationships of nutritional ecology of parasitoids; Conspecific tissues and secretions as sources of nutrition; Nutritional ecology of ectoparasitic insects; Nutritional ecology of blood-feeding diptera; Nutritional ecology of parasitic mites and ticks; Nutritional ecology of fungus-feeding arthropods; Nutritional ecology of soil arthropods; Nutritional ecology of dung and carrion-feeding insects; Nutritional ecology of cockroaches; Nutritional ecology of ants; Nutritional ecology of wool- and fur-feeding insects.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 2052 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : United States
ISBN : STANFORD:36105119593122

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Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1992 by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 908 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : United States
ISBN : MINN:31951003042455E

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Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1992: Commodity Futures Trading Commission by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Department of the Interior and Related Agencies
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 620 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : United States
ISBN : IND:30000090981535

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Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2001 by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Department of the Interior and Related Agencies
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : United States
ISBN : UCBK:C072279345

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Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2001: Oversight hearings by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 740 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Termites
ISBN : CORNELL:31924050729130

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Termite Abstracts by Anonim Pdf

Author : BRE Centre for Timber Technology and Construction,Construction Research Communications Ltd
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 12 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Biology
ISBN : 1860813402

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Termites and UK Buildings by BRE Centre for Timber Technology and Construction,Construction Research Communications Ltd Pdf

The unintentional importation and subsequent establishment of subterranean termites in a localised area in Saunton, North Devon has provided definitive evidence of the ability of at least one genus of termite to survive in the UK climate and to present a risk to UK buildings. This Digest describes the biology of termites, their likely significance as potential structural pests in the UK, and gives guidance on diagnosis of infestation, recognition and the key principles of termite detection and management. The Digest concentrates particularly on species of the genus Reticulitermes, because this genus is well established in continental Europe and poses the most significant threat to UK buildings and related structures. This Digest is in two parts. Part 1 deals with biology, detection and diagnosis. Part 2 deals with control and management, including colony elimination for eradication purposes.