Food Preference of Termite (Microcerotermes diversus Silv.) for Forest Trees in Erbil Governorate
The current study investigated the sensitivity of different wood species to the termite, Microcerotermes diversus, in two different locations. The results showed that both softwood and hardwood of White Willow, Salix alba; Melia, Melia azedarach; pine, Pinus brutia and Mediterranean Cypress, Cupress...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:9bb321bbe5d34c82bf1013b47175f406 2024-09-15T18:33:33+00:00 Food Preference of Termite (Microcerotermes diversus Silv.) for Forest Trees in Erbil Governorate Tara Esmail Hardy Shekhany Faraidun Faraj Shaheen Mustafa 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.25130/tjas.19.3.10 https://doaj.org/article/9bb321bbe5d34c82bf1013b47175f406 EN eng Tikrit University https://tjas.org/index.php/tjas/article/view/246 https://doaj.org/toc/1813-1646 https://doaj.org/toc/2664-0597 doi:10.25130/tjas.19.3.10 1813-1646 2664-0597 https://doaj.org/article/9bb321bbe5d34c82bf1013b47175f406 Tikrit Journal for Agricultural Sciences, Vol 19, Iss 3 (2023) termite Microcerotermes diversus wood Agriculture S article 2023 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.25130/tjas.19.3.10 2024-08-05T17:48:51Z The current study investigated the sensitivity of different wood species to the termite, Microcerotermes diversus, in two different locations. The results showed that both softwood and hardwood of White Willow, Salix alba; Melia, Melia azedarach; pine, Pinus brutia and Mediterranean Cypress, Cupressus sempervirens are highly susceptible to the termite invasion under physically infection conditions in Sami Abdulrahman Park, Erbil city, Iraq. Moreover, the sensitivity of the species to the termite invasion was significantly different under natural infection in Grdarasha after 22 weeks from early April to the end of September 2017. In addition, the White Willow (Salix alba) species showed more sensitivity to the termite infection in comparison with others species, where the mean of wood green weight, wood dry weight (before infection), wood dry weight (after infection) and specific gravity loss during the period of experiment of the White Willow were 2.2609g, 2.1584g, 1.5983g and 0.5139 respectively. Furthermore, Cupressus sempervirens was more resistant in comparison with other wood species to the termite in both locations where green weight of wood 3.010g and Dry weight of wood (after infection) 2.287g, Dry weight of wood (befor infection) 2.877g and Specific gravity 0.685. Generally, this study revealed that there is no definite association between both physical properties and moisture content of softwoods and hardwoods with termite preference. Article in Journal/Newspaper sami Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Tikrit Journal for Agricultural Sciences 19 3 72 79 |
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The current study investigated the sensitivity of different wood species to the termite, Microcerotermes diversus, in two different locations. The results showed that both softwood and hardwood of White Willow, Salix alba; Melia, Melia azedarach; pine, Pinus brutia and Mediterranean Cypress, Cupressus sempervirens are highly susceptible to the termite invasion under physically infection conditions in Sami Abdulrahman Park, Erbil city, Iraq. Moreover, the sensitivity of the species to the termite invasion was significantly different under natural infection in Grdarasha after 22 weeks from early April to the end of September 2017. In addition, the White Willow (Salix alba) species showed more sensitivity to the termite infection in comparison with others species, where the mean of wood green weight, wood dry weight (before infection), wood dry weight (after infection) and specific gravity loss during the period of experiment of the White Willow were 2.2609g, 2.1584g, 1.5983g and 0.5139 respectively. Furthermore, Cupressus sempervirens was more resistant in comparison with other wood species to the termite in both locations where green weight of wood 3.010g and Dry weight of wood (after infection) 2.287g, Dry weight of wood (befor infection) 2.877g and Specific gravity 0.685. Generally, this study revealed that there is no definite association between both physical properties and moisture content of softwoods and hardwoods with termite preference. |
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Food Preference of Termite (Microcerotermes diversus Silv.) for Forest Trees in Erbil Governorate |
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Food Preference of Termite (Microcerotermes diversus Silv.) for Forest Trees in Erbil Governorate |
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Food Preference of Termite (Microcerotermes diversus Silv.) for Forest Trees in Erbil Governorate |
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