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Kitchens, Shane C.

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An integrated subterranean termite management system coupling soil amendments with insect repellent plant tissues.

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	An integrated subterranean termite management system coupling soil amendments with insect repellent plant tissues./
Author:	Kitchens, Shane C.
Description:	76 p.
Notes:	Adviser: Terry L. Amburgey.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International69-02B.
Subject:	Agriculture, Wood Technology. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3297766
ISBN:	9780549487227

An integrated subterranean termite management system coupling soil amendments with insect repellent plant tissues.
Kitchens, Shane C.

An integrated subterranean termite management system coupling soil amendments with insect repellent plant tissues. - 76 p.

Adviser: Terry L. Amburgey.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Mississippi State University, 2008.

Currently, soil termiticides are the primary termite defense mechanism used under and around living spaces in the continental United States. While this form of treatment has been effective for many years, the creation of a new, more environmentally friendly termite management system could reduce the amount of termiticides introduced annually into the environment around structures. A natural barrier containing soil amendments and mulches amended with insect-repellent plant tissues discourages termite foraging and directs the termites away from the structure. The proposed integrated management system developed during this project, divides a structure into three zones. Each zone has particular responsibilities to the overall biological durability of the structure. This study concentrates on the inner-detritus zone, which extends 24" (0.61m) from the outer wall of the structure, an area that can harbor potential hazards such as moisture traps, conducive termite food, water and protection sources, and other factors that could put undue biological pressures on the structure. Altering this zone, more specifically the pH of the soil and the mixture of products used as mulch, creates an environment unsuitable for termite foraging. This integration of several termite repelling strategies should obviate or significantly reduce the need for termiticidal soil barriers under and around houses.

ISBN: 9780549487227Subjects--Topical Terms:

1031154
Agriculture, Wood Technology.

An integrated subterranean termite management system coupling soil amendments with insect repellent plant tissues.
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