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Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 3 Percent mortality for temperature ranges based on IR images

From: Lethal temperature for pinewood nematode, Bursaphelenchus xylophilus, in infested wood using radio frequency (RF) energy

Minimum temp. based on IR data

No. of samples treated

No. of samples with 100 % mortality

Proportion of samples with 100 % mortality

35

7

0

0

35–39

8

0

0

40–44

11

0

0

45–49

14

0

0

49.5–51.4

10

2

20

51.5–53.4

6

3

50

53.5–55.4

7

6

86

55.5–57.4

8

8

100

57.5–59.4

6

6

100

59.5–64

18

18

100

65–70

22

21

95a

70

11

11

100

  1. aOne sample with cold spot