the entomopathogenic fungus metarhizium anisopliae (metschnikoff) sorokin, causal agent of green muscardine of insects, is an important fungus in biological control of pests. no reports exist on the impact of this fungus on microcerotermes diversus silvestri (iso.: termitidae) in the world. the present research evaluated efficacy of strain demi001, from saravan, iran, against m. diversus. the t...

4- microcerotermes diversus (silvestri) is considered as the most economically destructive pest of wood products in ahwaz. the potential for horizontal transfer of non- repellent termiticides among nest mates has become an important paradigm for control of termites in recent years. this laboratory study evaluated the ability of m. diversus worker termites exposed to boric acid in transfering t...

microcerotermes diversus is an extremely destructive structural wood pest in khuzestan province, southwest iran. a better understanding of basic termite ecology is necessary in order to search for alternative termite control methods. the aim of this study was to investigate intraspecific aggressive behaviors among four colonies of the subterranean termite, m. diversus collected from two differe...

microcerotermes diversus (silvestri) (isoptera: termitidae), an important wood pest in ahwaz (khuzestan, iran), causes serious economic damage to cellulosic products in buildings. to investigate the genetic diversity of this pest, 13 populations from different areas of khuzestan province as well as two samples from khark island and bandar abbas were collected. following dna extraction a fragmen...

The resistance of yemane (Gmelina arborea Roxb.)-based wood wool cement board (WWCB) against Philippine termites was evaluated under laboratory and field conditions. Tests were conducted following the FPRDI standard procedures in determining the resistance of WWCB against subterranean and drywood termites. Results of the laboratory tests showed that WWCB was resistant to both Microcerotermes lo...