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Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 1 Mortalities of workers and soldiers after a 3-week no-choice termite feeding test (mean ± S.D)

From: Resistance of wood coated with oriental lacquer (urushi) against damage caused by subterranean termite

Sample

Worker mortality (%)

Soldier mortality (%)

KU

30.0 ± 5.2

1.8 ± 0.8

SU

31.8 ± 2.5

4.7 ± 2.5

KSU

29.8 ± 1.6

0.7 ± 0.5

BU

25.8 ± 2.2

1.1 ± 0.3

Control

23.3 ± 4.3

1.1 ± 0.3