Drywood Termites Preferences of Seven Species of Community Wood on Various Moisture Content Values
Arinana (a), Riska Afrilia (a), Istie Sekartining Rahayu (a), Aulina Ruth Emmisari Silalahi (a*), Sulaeha (b), Dodi Nandika (a)

(a) Forest Product Department, Faculty of Forestry and Environmental, IPB University, Bogor, 16880, West Java, Indonesia
*aulinasilalahi.orc[at]gmail.com
(b) Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Hasanuddin, Makassar, South of Sulawesi, Indonesia

Abstract

Wood from community forests generally classified into durable class IV-V. One of the woods destroying organism is drywood termites. Environmental conditions such as moisture content (MC) affect the preferences of the drywood termites, but the ideal MC is not yet known which is suitable for the life of the drywood termites. This study aims to determine the preferences and mortality of drywood termite on various MC values for seven species of community wood, namely manii wood, acacia wood, jabon wood, rubberwood, mahogany wood, pine wood, and sengon wood at various moisture content values, namely green MC (> 70%), 40-45% MC, air dry MC (11-14%), and kiln dry MC (0%) and knowing the mortality of drywood termite. The method of testing based on SNI 01-7207 (2014). The results showed that jabon wood was preferred by drywood termites compared to other wood species in various MC tested. In addition, drywood termite tends to prefer wood on air dry MC and kiln dry MC. Meanwhile, the mortality of drywood termites in green MC, 40-45% MC, air dry MC, and kiln dry MC sequence is 78-100%, 30-100%, 24-100%, and 16-100%.

Keywords: air dry MC, Cryptotermes cynocephalus, durability class, green MC, kiln dry MC, termite^s mortality

Topic: Emerging Technologies in Agricultural Production Systems