Performance of sintered glass screening as a potential physical barrier against subterranean termites in the laboratory and after 4 years of field test

John R J French; B M Ahmed (Shiday)

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Performance of sintered glass screening as a potential physical barrier against subterranean termites in the laboratory and after 4 years of field test

John R J French and B M Ahmed (Shiday)

Annual Meeting of International Research Group of Wood Protection (IRG), 39th (Istanbul, Turkey, 25-May-2008–29-May-2008)

IRG Secretariate

2008

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Environmental Science and Management

Building

subterrannean termites

sintered glass screening

termite management

This paper describes the performance of sintered glass screenings as a potential physical barrier against the subterranean termites, Coptotermes acinaciformis and Mastotermes darwiniensis in the laboratory and after four years of field testing in active above-ground mound colonies of Coptotermes lacteus. The laboratory results suggest that sintered glass is a viable control option against Coptotermes species in Australia, particularly against the subterranean termites C. acinaciformis and C. lacteus. There was a marked difference between the C. acinaciformis and M. darwiniensis termites' ability to tunnel the sintered glass physical barriers in the laboratory bioassays. After 8 weeks of laboratory bioassay, the result suggested that C. acinaciformis was not able to tunnel through the sintered glass physical barrier, while M. darwiniensis tunnelled through the barrier within less than 48 hours. These laboratory and field results indicated that the sintered glass physical barrier can protect structural timbers from attack and damage by subterranean termites.

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Title: Performance of sintered glass screening as a potential physical barrier against subterranean termites in the laboratory and after 4 years of field test
Authors: John R J French (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health and Education
B M Ahmed (Shiday) (Author) - University of Melbourne
Conference details: Annual Meeting of International Research Group of Wood Protection (IRG), 39th (Istanbul, Turkey, 25-May-2008–29-May-2008)
Publisher: IRG Secretariate
Date published: 2008
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99449787302621
Output Type: Conference presentation

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