Sentence examples for termite mortality from inspiring English sources

Termite mortality was estimated visually.

Nano-zinc oxide inhibited termite feeding and caused moderate termite mortality and inhibition.

However, both sizes of nano-particles tested cause higher termite mortality than the soluble ZnSO4.

Table 2 Average visual rating of damage to wood blocks by subterranean termites and estimated termite mortality Treatment Concentration Ave.

There were no differences in leaching or termite mortality between the two particle sizes of nano-ZnO.

In contrast, termites consumed slightly more (10 to 12%) of the blocks treated with ZnSO4, however, termite mortality was considerably lower for all three treatment concentrations.

Mortality of termites increased when fed on filter paper treated with T. grandis or D. sissoo heartwood extractives with minimum feeding rate at the maximum concentration (10 mg ml−1).

Termites and ants in groups have decreased mortality from fungal infection compared with isolated individuals (for example, [ 31- 33]), suggesting that social interactions such as grooming could have some important function.

All wood extractives tested rapidly lowered protozoan numbers in the hindgut of termite workers, which was closely correlated with worker mortality.

Consumption of wood blocks treated with nano-ZnO by eastern subterranean termites was uniformly low (less than 4%) and mortality was uniformly high (greater than 94%) for all treatment concentrations tested.

The current study was designed to test the possible effects of four heartwood extractives (Tectona grandis, Dalbergia sissoo, Cedrus deodara and Pinus roxburghii) on the mortality, feeding rate and protozoan population in two lower termites, Reticulitermes flavipes and Heterotermes indicola.