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Variation in the natural termite resistance of teak (Tectona grandis Linn. fil.) wood as a function of tree age

Effet de l’âge de l’arbre sur la résistance naturelle du bois de teck (Tectona grandis Linn. fil.) aux termites

Annals of Forest Science volume 65, page 708 (2008)Cite this article

Abstract

  • • Tree age is one of the most important factors to affect the natural durability of wood.

  • • The purpose of this study was to determine the natural termite resistance of heartwood and sapwood of teak (Tectona grandis Linn. fil.) for trees aged 8, 30 and 51 years. Reticulitermes speratus Kolbe was employed as a test termite using a no-choice feeding method.

  • • The heartwood and sapwood of all of the trees tested exhibited antitermitic activity. Based on the mean mass loss due to termite activity, the sapwood and heartwood regions of 8-year-old trees are the most susceptible to termites while the heartwood regions of the 30-year-old trees showed termite resistance similar to the termite resistance of 51-year-old trees.

  • • The mass loss is moderately correlated with n-hexane extractive content, total extractive content, brightness and redness of the wood.

Résumé

  • • L’âge de l’arbre est un des facteurs les plus importants de la durabilité du bois.

  • • Le propos de cette étude était de déterminer la résistance naturelle du bois de cœur et de l’aubier de teck (Tectona grandis Linn. fil.) aux termites, pour des arbres âgés de 8, 30 et 51 ans. Reticulitermes speratus Kolbe a été utilisé comme termite test dans un essai d’alimentation sans choix.

  • • Le bois de cœur et l’aubier de tous les arbres ont été testés pour leur activité anti-termite. En se basant sur la perte moyenne de masse de bois résultant des activités des termites, l’aubier et le bois de cœur des arbres de 8 ans se sont révélés les plus sensibles, alors que le bois de cœur des arbres de 30 ans a montré une résistance aux termites semblable à celle des arbres de 51 ans.

  • • La perte de masse était modérément corrélée au contenu de l’extrait n-hexane, à celui de l’extrait total, ainsi qu’à la brillance et à la rougeur du bois.

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  1. Department of Forest Product Technology, Faculty of Forestry, Gadjah Mada University, 55281, Jogja, Indonesia

    Ganis Lukmandaru

  2. United Graduate School of Agricultural Science Iwate University, 020-8550, Morioka, Japan

    Ganis Lukmandaru

  3. Department of Bioenvironment, Faculty of Agriculture, Yamagata University, 997-8555, Tsuruoka, Japan

    Koetsu Takahashi

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Lukmandaru, G., Takahashi, K. Variation in the natural termite resistance of teak (Tectona grandis Linn. fil.) wood as a function of tree age. Ann. For. Sci. 65, 708 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1051/forest:2008047

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