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Evaluation of the temperature and relative humidity preferences of the western dry-wood termite Incisitermes minor (Hagen) using acoustic emission (AE) monitoring

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Twenty-four different combinations of six temperatures (15°, 20°, 25°, 30°, 35°, and 40°C) and four relative humidity (RH) (60%, 70%, 80%, and 90%) conditions were used for pseudergates of the western dry-wood termite Incisitermes minor (Hagen). The feeding activities of the termites were monitored by the detection of generated acoustic emission (AE) events from feeder wood blocks in a test chamber. Temperature and RH showed independent and interactive significant effects on the feeding activity of I. minor. The optimal temperature and RH conditions for the feeding activities were 35°C and 70%, respectively, and the optimal combinations were 35°C-70% and 35°C-80% with an exceptionally higher feeding activity at the combination condition of 30°C-70%.

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  1. Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere (RISH), Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto, 611-0011, Japan

    Yuliati Indrayani, Tsuyoshi Yoshimura & Yuji Imamura

  2. Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8502, Japan

    Yoshiyuki Yanase & Yoshihisa Fujii

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Indrayani, Y., Yoshimura, T., Yanase, Y. et al. Evaluation of the temperature and relative humidity preferences of the western dry-wood termite Incisitermes minor (Hagen) using acoustic emission (AE) monitoring. J Wood Sci 53, 76–79 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10086-006-0817-0

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