Indonesian regulation stipulates that all pesticides, including wood preservatives, must be registered and obtain legal permit from the Minister of Agriculture, c.q. the Pesticide Committee before they are eligible for public use. For that purpose they have to meet safety and efficacy requirements approved by the Pesticide Committee. To meet the efficacy requirements, wood preservatives must be tested by a qualified laboratory, such as the Forest Products Research and Development Centre (FPRDC) in Bogor. For that purpose this institute has established various test methods, laboratory as well as field tests, to determine the efficacy of wood preservatives against domestic wood-destroying organisms. Laboratory test methods so far applied by the FPRDC include efficacy tests against wood-destroying fungi, subterranean termites, dry-wood termites, and dry-wood borers, while field test methods include ambrosia beetle test on logs, blue stain on logs and sawn timber, graveyard test, as well as treatment test. Some illustrations of performance of above mentioned test methods are briefly presented in the paper.

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