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JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY
Volume 94, Issue 6, Pages 1532-1537Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493-94.6.1532
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Coptotermes formosanus; Vetiveria zizanioides; natural products; insect repellent; cedrene
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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 d, 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 mug/g substrate were effective barriers to termites.
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