Laboratory evaluation of disodium octaborate tetrahydrate (TIM-BORÒ ) as a wood preservative or a bait-toxicant against the Formosan and eastern subterranean termites (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)
IRG/WP 1513N-Y Su, R H Scheffrahn
A no-choice bioassay indicated that termite feeding was significantly reduced when wood was treated with TIM-BORÒ at retentions of >3600 ppm and >900 ppm (w/w) for Coptotermes formosanus and Reticulitermes flavipes, respectively, and thus these wood preservative retention rates may be considered for these termite species. Results of a choice bioassay suggested retention rates of 450-1800 ppm and 450-900 ppm may be considered for Coptotermes formosanus and Reticulitermes flavipes, respectively when TIM-BORÒ is used in a bait-toxicant application.
Keywords: BAIT TOXICANTS; COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; RETICULITERMES FLAVIPES; FORCED FEEDING TESTS; DISODIUM OCTABORATE TETRAHYDRATE; TIM-BOR; TERMITES; USA
Conference: 91-05-20/24 Kyoto, Japan
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