Abstract
Knowing a chemical composition of preferred feed plants of the Turkestan termite will enable the development of effective and available agents to be used for its control, that is particularly important during the period of rapid population growth and global warming. In this work, the chemical compositions of preferred plants of Turkestan termite that ensure its normal development – moisture, components of organic extracts, aqueous extracts, pectins, hemicellulose, cellulose, lignin and reducing sugars – have been investigated. The most appropriate plant samples for mass production of baits, traps and repellents in the period of global climate change have been selected. The plants selected for attractiveness, palatability, availability, by carbohydrate content and on easily digestible glucose, and ease of mechanical processing have been arranged as follows: corn, sorghum, sunfl ower, cane. Samples of repellent and deterrent effects have also been identified, including bark and buds of mulberry stems Morus alba and Morus nigra (waste of sericulture) and pods of Gleditsia plant. As an available adhesive component of bite matrices, locally produced CMC and concentrated solutions of sericin protein from waste waters of silk-winding industries – found. Cellulosesplitting microorganisms contributing to the release of mono-, di- oligosaccharides in the feed substrate have been qualitatively determined.
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