Nan-Yao Su, nysu@ufl.edu, University of Florida, Department of Entomology & Nematology, Fort Lauderdale Research & Education Center, 3205 College Ave, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Recent development of reduced-pesticide technologies such as monitoring-baiting system provides a tool that meets the cost-benefit model of sustainable IPM for subterranean termites, but the majority of the pest control industry continues to use the conventional liquid insecticides. Area-wide projects for population management of subterranean termites have been planned and/or implemented in several communities, most of which adopt the monitoring-baiting system as the core technology. These projects share a common goal of developing a comprehensive IPM program. There is a need to develop a general framework and guideline so that a subterranean termite IPM program can be further implemented in other communities and accepted by the industry.
Species 1: Isoptera Rhinotermitidae
Coptotermes formosanus (Formosan subterranean termite)
Species 2: Isoptera Rhinotermitidae
Reticulitermes flavipes (eastern subterranean termite)
Keywords: Termite bait, Cost-benefit model
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