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Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 4 Termiticidal performance of wood vinegars from oil palm trunk against Coptotermes formosanus in a no-choice test with treated filter papers

From: Antifungal and antitermitic activities of wood vinegar from oil palm trunk

Treatment

Termite mortality (%)a

Mass loss after 21 days (%)

Wood vinegar

Conc. of treating solutions (%)

7 days

14 days

21 days

Control

0

0.0 ± 0.0 A

1.11 ± 1.92 A

1.11 ± 1.92 A

34.42 ± 1.29 C

W1

2.5

2.22 ± 3.85 A

4.43 ± 1.93 A

5.55 ± 3.85 A

38.40 ± 11.85 C

5.0

2.22 ± 1.92 A

3.33 ± 0.0 A

13.33 ± 3.35 A

31.93 ± 6.02 C

7.5

74.44 ± 7.70 C

86.67 ± 5.77 CD

91.10 ± 6.97 CD

27.96 ± 2.40 BC

10.0

100 ± 0.0 D

100 ± 0.00 D

100 ± 0.00 D

11.75 ± 1.51 A

W2

2.5

0.0 ± 0.0 A

2.22 ± 3.85 A

4.44 ± 1.93 A

33.54 ± 10.47 C

5.0

1.11 ± 1.92 A

3.33 ± 5.77 A

8.87 ± 7.68 A

38.88 ± 7.88 C

7.5

53.33 ± 12.02 B

66.67 ± 10.0 B

67.77 ± 12.64 B

28.27 ± 4.70 BC

10.0

93.33 ± 5.77 D

96.67 ± 3.34 E

100 ± 0.00 D

19.10 ± 11.40 AB

W3

2.5

1.11 ± 1.92 A

1.11 ± 1.92 A

1.11 ± 1.92 A

31.22 ± 1.33 C

5.0

3.33 ± 3.34 A

5.56 ± 1.92 A

5.56 ± 1.92 A

28.62 ± 1.50 BC

7.5

78.89 ± 19.24 C

81.11 ± 18.36 C

81.11 ± 18.36 C

28.78 ± 4.88 BC

10.0

97.78 ± 3.85 D

100 ± 0.0 E

100 ± 0.0 D

18.35 ± 3.08 AB

  1. Numbers followed by different letters (A–H) are significantly different at the level of p < 0.05 according to Duncan’s multiple range test
  2. W1 wood vinegar produced at 350 °C, W2 wood vinegar produced at 400 °C, W3 wood vinegar produced at 450 °C
  3. aMeans (n = 3) ± SD using 55 termites per replicate