The Potential of a Juvenile Hormone Analogue and a Chitin Synthesis Inhibitor to Control Subterranean Termites

Inhaltsverzeichnis Titelseite 1\. Introduction 1 1.1 General biology of termites 1 1.2 Termites as pests 5 1.3 Insect growth regulators for termite control 5 2\. Materials and methods 9 2.1 Material 9 2.2 Laboratory experiments 10 2.3 The effect of fenoxycarb on laboratory colonies 17 2.4 Acceptance of fenoxycarb and flufenoxuron in the field 18 3 Results 21 3.1 The effect of fenoxycarb on R. santonensis 21 3.2 Quantity of fenoxycarb in workers after different treatments 37 3.3 The effect of flufenoxuron on R. santonensis 43 3.4 Combined treatment using fenoxycarb and flufenoxuron 46 3.5 The effect of fenoxycarb on laboratory colonies 54 3.6 Acceptance of fenoxycarb and flufenoxuron by Microterme species in the field 58 4\. Discussion 61 4.1 Chemical control of termites 61 4.2 The effect of fenoxycarb on R. santonensis workers 64 4.3 The effect of flufenoxuron on R. santonensis workers 71 4.4 The effect of combined fenoxycarb and flufenoxuron on R. santonensis 72 4.5 Acceptance of fenoxycarb and flufenoxuron to Microtermes species in the field 74 4.6 Proposed control method for termites using fenoxycarb and flufenoxuron 75 5\. Summary 79 6\. Zusammenfassung 82 7\. References 86 Appendix Acknowledgements