Table 4 Mean percent mass loss [ML (%)], mortality [M (%)] and consumption rate [CR (μg/termite/day)] of NaF-incorporated particleboards exposed to Coptotermes formosanus for 3 weeks (mean of 3 specimens—values in parentheses are standard deviations)

0.00

8.2 (0.68) b

24.2 (3.32) a

88.5 (12.81) b

8.3 (0.98) a

30.0 (4.39) a

96.7 (2.36) b

1.00

2.3 (0.05) a

99.3 (1.15) b

48.2 (8.88) a

6.4 (1.86) a

27.5 (7.60) a

75.8 (14.00) a

1.50

2.1 (0.32) a

99.8 (0.40) b

42.5 (4.64) a

7.1 (1.03) a

40.9 (1.01) b

85.3 (10.67) ab

3.00

2.2 (0.05) a

100.0 (0.00) b

48.2 (6.04) a

5.4 (0.32) a

42.4 (5.36) b

71.2 (2.89) a

Sugi^a

17.3 (2.98)

39.1 (4.02)

100.4 (9.68)

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–

–

p values

0.000

0.000

0.001

0.086

0.016

0.035