First report of heterotermes longiceps (Blattodea: Rhinotermitidae) termite in teak plantations

Heterotermes longiceps termites was observed causing injuries in Tectona grandis plants in a forest plantation in Caceres, Mato Grosso, Brazil. H. longiceps caused galleries below the bark, at the heartwood-sapwood interface, from the beginning of the root until approximately 1 m height tall and ver...

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Authors: Fialho, Leonardo Leite, Nascimento, Diego Arcanjo [UNESP], de Lima Santos, Isabel Carolina, Peres-Filho, Otávio, dos Santos, Alexandre
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2019
Country:Brasil
Institution:Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
Repository:Repositório Institucional da UNESP
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unesp.br:11449/198577
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/2179-8087.036018
http://hdl.handle.net/11449/198577
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Forest entomology
Forest protection
Tectona grandis
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Summary:Heterotermes longiceps termites was observed causing injuries in Tectona grandis plants in a forest plantation in Caceres, Mato Grosso, Brazil. H. longiceps caused galleries below the bark, at the heartwood-sapwood interface, from the beginning of the root until approximately 1 m height tall and very infested plants has died. This is the first report of H. longiceps damage in teak in Brazil.

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