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| Publication Type:
| Refereed |
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| Author(s): | Long, Catherine E.;
Thorne, Barbara L.;
Breisch, Nancy L.;
Douglas, Larry W. |
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| Author Affiliation: | Department of Entomology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD |
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| Title: | Effect of organic and inorganic landscape mulches on subterranean termite (Isoptera: Rhinotermidae) foraging activity |
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| Section: | Physiological and chemical ecology
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| Source: | Environmental Entomology. Vol. 30, No. 5, October 2001, p. 832-836. |
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| # of Pages: | 5 |
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| Publishing Information: | College Park, MD: Entomological Society of America |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Organic matter; Inorganic amendments; Organic amendments; Mulches; Pest control; Insect pests; Insect control; Forage; Comparisons; Ground cover; Soil temperature; Soil moisture
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| Abstract/Contents: | "The research investigated whether organic and inorganic landscape mulches, which buffer soils against temperature extremes and desiccation, create conditions conducive to subterranean forging by Reticulitermes virginicus (Banks). In the field, termite activity was measured with cardboard monitors placed beneath and within plots of eucalyptus, hardwood, pine bark, and pea gravel mulches, and bare ground (control). Gravel mulch provided higher feeding rates in underground monitors. Groundcover type had no significant effect on the number of monitors discovered by termites or the number of termites within each monitor. All groundcovers significantly reduced the temperature of the soil surface compared with the bare soils, but temperature and moisture levels 12cm below mulch-covered surfaces were not significantly different from those beneath bare soil. In the laboratory, R. virginicus were fed one of the three organic mulches or a control diet of white birch, Betula papyrifera (Marsh), as their only food source. All diet types were consumed at equivalent rates, but the mulch-fed termites suffered significantly lower survivorship." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 30 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Long, C. E., B. L. Thorne, N. L. Breisch, and L. W. Douglas. 2001. Effect of organic and inorganic landscape mulches on subterranean termite (Isoptera: Rhinotermidae) foraging activity. Environ. Entomol. 30(5):p. 832-836. |
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