Termites: Isoptera
Comparative Toxicity of Methanolic Extracts of some Indigenous and Exotic Flowers against Subterranean Termites Odontotermes obesus (Isoptera: Termitidae)
... Subterranean termites are destructive pests and cause massive damage to agricultural crops, forest plantations, wooden infrastructures and other cellulosic ...of termites directly proportional to the ...
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Effects of continuous cultivation of soil on termites (isoptera) diversity and abundance in savannas of northern of Cote d?Ivoire
... d’Ivoire, termites were studied with regard to their use as bio-indicators of habitat change in the ...method, termites were sampled in five types of plots (PCR 1, PCR 2, PCR 3, PCR 10 and PCR 30) which age ...
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Attacks of termites (insecta: isoptera) in cocoa farms (theobroma cacao l ) In oumé (côte d‘ivoire)
... by termites in cocoa plantations of Oumé (Central West, Ivory ...harvested. Termites identified as being responsible for the damage all belong to the fungus grow and xylophagous ...
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Occurrence of termites (isoptera) in natural and anthropized sand dunes areas in southern Brazil with biological notes on the species
... on termites in a restinga area in Rio de Janeiro State, and found three native species of Termitidae (Nasutitermes corniger Motschulsky, 1855, Nasutitermes jaraguae Holmgren, 1910 and Microcerotermes strunckii ...
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Impacts and Management of Termites (Isoptera: Termitidae) among Smallholder Farmers In East Africa
... of termites in the ecosystem”, “factors influencing termite attack”, “types of termites attacking crops in East Africa”, “crop yield loss due to termite attack”, termites attack on tree”, “cultural ...
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Termites (Isoptera Brullé 1832) of Abuko Nature Reserve, Nyambai Forest Park and Tanji Bird Reserve (The Gambia)
... Within each of these above sites the sampling method, a derivative of Jones & Eggleton [11] sampling method, was carried out using transect (3 transects/site) with 100 m long and 2 m wide. The duration of the ...
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ISOLATION OF CELLULOLYTIC AND AMYLOLYTICBACTERIA OF WORKER AND SOLDIER TERMITE GUT (ISOPTERA)
... These termites show diversity in their gut ...2014). Termites are able to decompose cellulose significant portion (74- 99%) and hemicellulose (65- 87%) (Ohkuma ...
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Four chapters about the monophyly of insect ‘orders’: A review of recent phylogenetic contributions
... The Isoptera-Cryptocercus clade was found as sister to the Blattidae, and that combined clade as sister to the Blattellidae + ...from termites and woodroaches (L O et ...
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To DGC or not to DGC: oxygen guarding in the termite Zootermopsis nevadensis (Isoptera: Termopsidae)
... the termites would switch from CGE to the DGC under hyperoxic ...that termites are phylogenetically and physiologically capable of generating the ...
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Subterranean Termites of a University Environment in Port Harcourt, Nigeria
... The termites are prime shapers of their habitat dynamics through their interaction with several aspects of the ecosystem via modification, maintenance, and creation of macro and micro niches ...such ...
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Potential of Water Extracts from Reticulitermes Flavipes on Control of Solenopsis Gayi
... The behavior of the ants is characterized by hermeticism, that is, the rejection of intrusive individuals, mediated by the identification of odors in their epicuticular wax [1]. Ants are the main natural enemies of ...
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Evaluation of Selected Botanical Extracts against Subterranean Termite, Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae), Under Laboratory and Semi-Field Conditions
... than other treatments on C. formosanus workers. So, users use high concentration of effective botanicals for monitoring or preventing Formosan termite workers in short period of time. From the above result, it is clear ...
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A SURVEY ON DIFFERENT KINDS OF TERMITES IN AND AROUND GANDHIGRAM
... These termites can consume huge amounts of wood very quickly. The nick name the “super termites” .A healthy adult colony of this type of termite can eat up to a pound of wood a day. The queen of a Formosan ...
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Fungiculture in Termites Is Associated with a Mycolytic Gut Bacterial Community
... wood-feeding termites suggests that the decaying wood these species feed on harbors fungal biomass that gut bacteria, or the termite host, likely ...fungus-growing termites with P3 compartment of wood- and ...
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Loss of males from mixed-sex societies in termites
... individuals from both the asexual and sexual lineages (including offspring produced through tychopartheno- genesis from the sexual lineage; Fig. 3) at six poly- morphic microsatellite markers developed for Glyptotermes ...
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ASSESSMENT OF TIMBER SUSCEPTIBILITY TO TERMITE SPECIES IN MAIDUGURI, BORNO STATE NIGERIA
... www.ijaer.in Copyright © IJAER 2017, All right reserved Page 1974 reworking the soil profile and the destruction of material meant for building construction, agriculture and forestry (Lee and Wood, 1971; Mielke and ...
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Cultural significance of termites in sub-Saharan Africa
... insects, termites are probably most popular as ...Africa. Termites are harvested from nature and there are many techniques for harvesting the termites and for each species there is a different one ...
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Habitat Plants And Foraging Preferences In Termites Of The Genus Anacanthotermes
... (Zea mays), white willow (Salix alba), white poplar (Populus alba), and black poplar (Populus nigra), and among the wild plants - stems of saltwort (Salsola dendroides, S. Villosa, S. Arbusculiformis) seeds and stems of ...
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Termites, hemimetabolous diploid white ants?
... The termites' resemblance to ants, which is so striking that they are commonly referred to as 'white ants', lead to the assumption of con- vergent evolution driven by the same common ...higher termites, ...
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Farmers’ perception of termites in agriculture production and their indigenous utilization in Northwest Benin
... However, termites are best known as pests, which cause severe damage to homes and agricultural products ...of termites, only a few hundred are known as pests of food crops in Africa such as cereals [10–12], ...
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