Improving Performance of Thermal Modified Wood against Termites with Bicine and Tricine

The desire to incorporate wood in modern construction has led a considerable increase the use of modification techniques, and especially thermal modification. However, thermally modified poor performance against termites. concept using combined chemical been undertaken through impregnation with either bicine or tricine prior This paper considers effects these chemicals on activity termites their mode action terms termite survival symbiotic protists present within gut.