Feeding Preference of Native Subterranean Termites (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae: Reticulitermes) for Wood Containing Bark Beetle Pheromones and Blue-Stain Fungi |
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| Authors: | Nathan S Little John J Riggins Tor P Schultz Andrew J Londo Michael D Ulyshen |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Mississippi State University, Box 9775, Starkville, MS 39762, USA;(2) Department of Forest Products, Mississippi State University, Box 9820, Starkville, MS 39762, USA;(3) Department of Forestry, Mississippi State University, Box 968, Starkville, MS 39762, USA;(4) USDA-Forest Service, Southern Research Station, 201 Lincoln Green, Starkville, MS 39759, USA |
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| Abstract: | Surprisingly little research has been conducted to investigate interactions between subterranean termites and bark beetles.
Facilitative interactions between these organisms could easily alter stand dynamics and impact wood utilization strategies.
A series of American Wood Protection Association Standard E1-09 “choice tests” were carried out to determine the feeding preference
of Reticulitermes flavipes Kollar (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) for blue-stained sapwood and sapwood impregnated with various bark beetle pheromones.
Reticulitermes flavipes exhibited a feeding preference for both air-dried and kiln-dried blue-stained sapwood, unstained sapwood treated with frontalin,
and air-dried blue-stained sapwood treated with a 0.02% solution of both frontalin and endo-brevicomin. The implications of these results are far reaching, with particular relevance to forest health, ecology, and utilization. |
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