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Journal of Wood Science

Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 3 Toxic effect of the wood vinegar produced at 450 °C and mass losses of the filter papers in a no-choice test against Reticulitermes speratus

From: Antifungal and antitermitic activities of wood vinegar from Vitex pubescens Vahl

Treatment (%)

Termite mortality (%)a

Mass loss (%), after 21 daysa

7 days

14 days

21 days

Untreated

1.82 ± 1.49 A

2.73 ± 3.15 A

3.64 ± 3.64 A

23.74 ± 5.56 A

1.0

6.82 ± 4.75 B

6.82 ± 3.75 A

7.27 ± 2.97 A

17.63 ± 1.63 A

3.0

13.64 ± 1.82 C

19.09 ± 4.57 B

64.09 ± 4.78 B

23.28 ± 5.58 A

5.0

100 ± 0.00 D

100 ± 0.00 C

100 ± 0.00 C

6.69 ± 1.87 B

  1. Numbers followed by different letters (A–D) are significantly different at the level of P < 0.05 according to Tukey’s test
  2. aMeans (n = 4) ± SD using 55 termites per replicate
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