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. 2012 May 29;3(2):532–537. doi: 10.3390/insects3020532

Table 1.

Subterranean termite test method (SNI 01.7207–2006) [8].

Item Description
General No-choice test
Test termite species Coptotermes curvignathus Holmgren
Number of termites used per test unit 200 workers
Wood specimens Species: Not specified for control wood
Size: 2.5 cm (L) × 2.5 cm (T) × 0.5 cm (R) (dressed sawn)
Pre- and post-conditioning of wood specimens Oven-drying at 102 ± 3 °C until no weight change detected
Weathering procedure Not specified
Test container Round jam pot (450–500 mL capacity) with a wide-mouth and a bottom area of 25–30 cm2
Test assembly An individual wood specimen buried in 200 g sand at 7% MC below water holding capacity of the sand (or moist sand) in the jam pot so that one of the largest areas of the sample (the widest part) allowed to contact inside vertical wall of the pot