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The biological effectiveness of wood modified with linear chain carboxylic acid anhydrides against the subterranean termites Reticulitermes flavipes

Biologische Wirksamkeit einer Behandlung von Holz mit unverzweigten Carbonsäureanhydriden gegen den Befall durch die Bodentermite Reticulitermes flavipes

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The work described in this paper has demonstrated that chemically modified Corsican pine sapwood with a homologous series of linear chain carboxylic acid anhydrides provided bioprotection against the subterranean termites Reticulitermes flavipes. By varying the reaction time, various levels of modifications were obtained. There was no significant reduction in feeding above 16% WPG (weight percent gain due to modification), suggesting that modification to WPGs greater than this did not offer additional protection. The type of anhydride employed has little influence on resistance against termites.

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In dieser Studie wird gezeigt, dass korsisches Kiefernsplintholz, das mit einer homologen Reihe unverzweigter Carbonsäureanhydride behandelt wurde, einen Schutz gegen die Bodentermite Reticulitermes flavipes bietet. Unterschiedliche Einwirkzeiten ergaben eine unterschiedliche Wirksamkeit der Behandlung. Ab einer Einbringmenge über 16% (Massezunahme, WPG) reduzierte sich der Befall nicht signifikant. Dies lässt darauf schließen, dass eine höhere Einbringmenge keinen erhöhten Schutz bietet. Die Art des verwendeten Anhydrids hat dabei keinen nennenswerten Einfluss auf die Termitenresistenz.

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  1. Technological Educational Institute of Kavala, Branch of Drama, Department of Forestry and Management of Natural Environment, Laboratory of Wood and Wood Products, 1o km Dramas – Mikrochriou, TK 66100, Drama, Greece

    Antonios N. Papadopoulos & Nikolaos D. Avtzis

  2. Institute of Forest Entomology, Forest Pathology and Forest Protection, Department of Forest and Soil Sciences, BOKU, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Hasenauerstrasse 38, 1190, Vienna, Austria

    Dimitrios N. Avtzis

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Papadopoulos, A.N., Avtzis, D.N. & Avtzis, N.D. The biological effectiveness of wood modified with linear chain carboxylic acid anhydrides against the subterranean termites Reticulitermes flavipes . Holz Roh Werkst 66, 249–252 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00107-008-0252-6

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