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First report of heterotermes longiceps (Blattodea: Rhinotermitidae) termite in teak plantations
Fecha
2019-01-01Registro en:
Floresta e Ambiente, v. 26, n. 3, 2019.
2179-8087
1415-0980
10.1590/2179-8087.036018
S2179-80872019000300401
2-s2.0-85080149236
S2179-80872019000300401.pdf
Autor
Ciência e Tecnologia de Mato Grosso-IFMT
Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso-UFMT
Institución
Resumen
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.