Journal article
Ability of pressure treatment with wood preservatives to kill or limit emergence of invasive insects using Arhopalus productus as a model species
Forest Products Journal, Vol.58(10), pp.56-60
2008
Abstract
A number of high-profile invasive species introductions have been associated with solid wood packaging materials (SWPM ). The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization currently recommends fumigation or heat treatment for preventing species introductions associated with SWPM, yet neither of these methods provides long-term protection against reinfestation. Chemical pressure impregnation may provide this protection, but little is known about the ability of these processes to kill established insect pests. In order to assess this technology, naturally infested samples were pressure-treated with three conventional wood preservative systems, and the ability of larvae and adults to emerge from these materials in field conditions was determined over a 2-year period. Larvae survived the initial treatment processes, but no adults emerged from the treated material. These results were surprising because the larvae survived both the high pressures during treatment and the complete penetration of the galleries.
Details
- Title
- Ability of pressure treatment with wood preservatives to kill or limit emergence of invasive insects using Arhopalus productus as a model species
- Authors
- C F Schauwecker (Author) - Oregon State University, United StatesJeffrey J Morrell (Author) - Oregon State University, United States
- Publication details
- Forest Products Journal, Vol.58(10), pp.56-60
- Publisher
- Forest Products Society
- Date published
- 2008
- ISSN
- 0015-7473
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; National Centre for Timber Durability and Design Life
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99451341702621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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