Effects of Menadione on Survival, Feeding, and Tunneling Activity of the Formosan Subterranean Termite
Abstract
:Simple Summary
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Termites
2.2. No-Choice Filter Paper Feeding Assay
2.3. Two-Choice Filter Paper Feeding Assay
2.4. No-Choice Sand Assay
2.5. Two-Choice Sand Assay
2.6. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. No-Choice Filter Paper Feeding Assay
3.2. Two-Choice Filter Paper Feeding Assay
3.3. No-Choice Sand Assay
3.4. Two-Choice Sand Assay
4. Discussion
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Concentration (µg/µL) | % Survivorship after Exposure (Mean ± SE) | ||||
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Day 1 | Day 3 | Day 7 | Day 14 | ||
Solvent | 99.00 ± 0.51 a | 99.00 ± 0.51 a | 97.67 ± 0.87 a | 86.00 ± 5.34 a | |
Menadione | 0.1 | 96.67 ± 0.92 a | 85.00 ± 3.06 b | 52.22 ± 11.00 b | 44.17 ± 12.26 b |
0.6 | 23.89 ± 3.23 b | 0.28 ± 0.28 c | 0 ± 0 c | 0 ± 0 c | |
1.0 | 6.94 ± 1.94 c | 3.06 ± 3.06 c | 1.11 ± 1.11 c | 0 ± 0 c | |
6.0 | 0 ± 0 cd | 0 ± 0 c | 0 ± 0 c | 0 ± 0 c | |
Fipronil | 0.6 | 0 ± 0 d | 0 ± 0 c | 0 ± 0 c | 0 ± 0 c |
Concentration (µg/µL) | % Survivorship after Exposure (Mean ± SE) | ||||
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Day 1 | Day 3 | Day 7 | Day 14 | ||
Solvent | 98.33 ± 0.75 a | 97.67 ± 0.71 a | 95.33 ± 1.24 a | 83.67 ± 1.61 a | |
Menadione | 0.1 | 99.44 ± 0.37 a | 96.94 ± 1.04 a | 73.61 ± 6.52 b | 33.06 ± 8.29 b |
0.6 | 89.44 ± 3.25 ab | 49.94 ± 4.01 b | 5.56 ± 1.71 c | 1.39 ± 0.96 c | |
1.0 | 82.50 ± 4.36 b | 28.33 ± 5.15 c | 1.11 ± 0.63 c | 0 ± 0 c | |
6.0 | 80.56 ± 4.02 b | 0 ± 0 d | 0 ± 0 c | 0 ± 0 c | |
Fipronil | 0.6 | 0 ± 0 c | 0 ± 0 d | 0 ± 0 c | 0 ± 0 c |
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Ngo, K.; Castillo, P.; Laine, R.A.; Sun, Q. Effects of Menadione on Survival, Feeding, and Tunneling Activity of the Formosan Subterranean Termite. Insects 2021, 12, 1109. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects12121109
Ngo K, Castillo P, Laine RA, Sun Q. Effects of Menadione on Survival, Feeding, and Tunneling Activity of the Formosan Subterranean Termite. Insects. 2021; 12(12):1109. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects12121109
Chicago/Turabian StyleNgo, Kieu, Paula Castillo, Roger A. Laine, and Qian Sun. 2021. "Effects of Menadione on Survival, Feeding, and Tunneling Activity of the Formosan Subterranean Termite" Insects 12, no. 12: 1109. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects12121109