Evidence of Subterranean Termite Feeding Deterrent Produced by Brown Rot Fungus Fibroporia radiculosa (Peck) Parmasto 1968 (Polyporales, Fomitopsidaceae) | Health & Environmental Research Online (HERO)

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HERO ID

4216523

Reference Type

Journal Article

Title

Evidence of Subterranean Termite Feeding Deterrent Produced by Brown Rot Fungus Fibroporia radiculosa (Peck) Parmasto 1968 (Polyporales, Fomitopsidaceae)

Author(s)

Kamaluddin, NN; Nakagawa-Izumi, A; Nishizawa, S; Fukunaga, A; Doi, S; Yoshimura, T; Horisawa, S

Year

2016

Journal

Insects
ISSN: 2075-4450

Publisher

MDPI AG

Volume

Issue

Language

English

PMID

27548231

DOI

10.3390/insects7030041

Web of Science Id

WOS:000385486600013

Abstract

We found that decayed wood stakes with no termite damage collected from a termite-infested field exhibited a deterrent effect against the termite Reticulitermes speratus, Kolbe, 1885. The effect was observed to be lost or reduced by drying. After identification, it was found that the decayed stakes were infected by brown rot fungus Fibroporia radiculosa (Peck) Parmasto, 1968. In a no-choice feeding test, wood blocks decayed by this fungus under laboratory condition deterred R. speratus feeding and n-hexane extract from the decayed stake and blocks induced termite mortality. These data provided an insight into the interaction between wood-rot fungi and wood-feeding termites.

Keywords

Decay fungus; No-choice feeding; Reticulitermes speratus; Wood