| Title: | Does Soil Treated with Conidial Formulations of Trichoderma spp. Attract or Repel Subterranean Termites? |
| Author(s): | Xiong H; Xue K; Qin W; Chen X; Wang H; Shi X; Ma T; Sun Z; Chen W; Tian X; Lin W; Wen X; Wang C; |
| Address: | "Guangdong Key Laboratory for Innovation Development and Utilization of Forest Plant Germplasm, College of Forestry and Landscape Architecture, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China. Integrative Microbiology Research Centre, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China. Foshan Institute of Forestry, Foshan, China. College of Coast and Environment, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA" |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1938-291X (Electronic) 0022-0493 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Previous studies showed that many wood-rotting fungi were attractive to termites; however, little attention has been paid to the relationship between termites and soil fungus. In the present study, different designs of two-choice tests were conducted to investigate the behaviors of two subterranean termites, Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki (wood-feeding lower termites) and Odontotermes formosanus (Shiraki) (fungus-growing higher termites), in response to soil (or sand) treated with the commercial conidial formulations of Trichoderma harzianum Rifai (BioWorks) and Trichoderma viride Pers. ex Fries (Shuiguxin). The short-term (1 d) choice tests showed no significant difference in termite aggregation (C. formosanus and O. formosanus) between treated and untreated soil, regardless of Trichoderma species and concentrations. However, in the long-term choice tests, C. formosanus consumed significantly more wood in the chambers containing soil treated with the conidial formulation of T. viride (1 x 108 conidia/g) than that containing untreated soil. The tunneling choice tests showed that sand treated with T. viride (1 x 106 or 1 x 108 conidia/g) or T. harzianum (1 x 106 conidia/g) significantly increased the tunneling activities of C. formosanus. However, sand treated with T. viride (1 x 106 or 1 x 108 conidia/g) had a repellent effect on O. formosanus. Our study showed that the two subterranean termites behaved differently when responding to the conidial formulations of Trichoderma" |
| Keywords: | "Animals Diet *Insect Repellents/pharmacology *Isoptera/drug effects *Pheromones/pharmacology *Soil Species Specificity Spores, Fungal/chemistry Trichoderma/*chemistry;" |
| Notes: | "MedlineXiong, Hongpeng Xue, Kena Qin, Wenquan Chen, Xuan Wang, Huifang Shi, Xianhui Ma, Tao Sun, Zhaohui Chen, Weiguang Tian, Xueqin Lin, Wei Wen, Xiujun Wang, Cai eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't England 2018/02/23 J Econ Entomol. 2018 Apr 2; 111(2):808-816. doi: 10.1093/jee/toy021" |
