Mortality of Globitermes sulphureus (family: termitidae) against Gliricidia sepium (family: fabaceae)

The mortality of Globitermes sulphureus against essential oil Gliricidia sepium was investigated. High mortality was shown by hexane extract compared to methanolic extract and DCM extract. 50% mortality was achieved after 15 hours exposure towards 2.96 μg/ml (LD50) of G. sepium. neophytadine and cou...

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Main Authors: Fauziah Abdullah, Mohd Shukri Mohd Sabri, Davindran Rajandram
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pusat Sistematik Serangga ,UKM 2015
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10969/1/14728-40597-1-SM.pdf
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/10969/
http://ejournal.ukm.my/serangga/issue/view/754/showToc
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Institution: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
Language: English
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Summary:The mortality of Globitermes sulphureus against essential oil Gliricidia sepium was investigated. High mortality was shown by hexane extract compared to methanolic extract and DCM extract. 50% mortality was achieved after 15 hours exposure towards 2.96 μg/ml (LD50) of G. sepium. neophytadine and coumarine are the compounds that cause mortality to termites.