NORMALIZED MODEL SYSTEM FOR THE STUDY OF TERMITE MANAGEMENT

R. Tykva, R. Hanus, J. Jakůbek, Z. Wimmer, J. Novák, V. Vlasáková

Abstract

A set of partial working procedures has been designed for standardizing the laboratory setup modeling the control of harmful acitivity of termites in nature by affecting caste differentiation by a juvenogen. This set of verified procedures monitors the metabolism of the juvenogen in both the worker and the metamorphosis-derived soldier. The standardization permits an evaluation based on using only a single worker and a single soldier from the whole experimental group and increases thereby considerably the efficiency of the monitoring. The methodology is based on the use of radiolabeled juvenogen and transmission X-ray radiography of the selected termite.

Keywords

termite control, laboratory system, conditions of normalization

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TC13 - Measurements in Biology and Medicine

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