4- microcerotermes diversus (silvestri) is considered as the most economically destructive pest of wood products in ahwaz. the potential for horizontal transfer of non- repellent termiticides among nest mates has become an important paradigm for control of termites in recent years. this laboratory study evaluated the ability of m. diversus worker termites exposed to boric acid in transfering t...

Clark-type oxygen microelectrodes and glass pH microelectrodes, each with a tip diameter of <=10 (mu)m, were used to obtain high-resolution profiles of oxygen concentrations and pH values in isolated termite guts. Radial oxygen profiles showed that oxygen penetrated into the peripheral hindgut contents up to about 150 to 200 (mu)m below the epithelial surface in both the lower termite Reticulit...

microcerotermes diversus is an extremely destructive structural wood pest in khuzestan province, southwest iran. a better understanding of basic termite ecology is necessary in order to search for alternative termite control methods. the aim of this study was to investigate intraspecific aggressive behaviors among four colonies of the subterranean termite, m. diversus collected from two differe...

microcerotermes diversus (silvestri) is a major pest of buildings and a wide variety of crops and trees in khouzestan province, because of consuming on materials containing cellulose. one new environmentally safe tactic for the control of subterranean termites is baiting world-wide. in laboratory bioassays, toxicity of imidacloprid bait at concentrations of 25, 50 and 100 ppm, was evaluated und...

microcerotermes diversus silvestri is the most economically destructive termite in structures in ahvaz (iran), and it consumes almost anything containing cellulose. this species lives in subterranean nests and gains access to buildings and vegetation by constructing underground galleries. because of their insecticidal activity, boron compounds may be beneficial for treating soil to create insec...