title: Hot palm oil treatment to confer rubberwood resistance against the pest Sinoxylonanale Lesne (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae).
abstract: This work evaluated the potential of hot oil treatments, at various temperatures and durations, to give rubberwood resistance against Sinoxylon anale Lesne (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae) attack. Rubberwood samples were treated with hot palm oil, at 170 degrees C or 180 degrees C for three or five hours, before testing with S. anole and comparison with untreated control samples. The relative loss of mass was lowest with treatment at 180 degrees C for five hours. The relative loss of mass did not significantly differ between the control and treatment at 170 degrees C for three hours. Appropriate treatment with hot palm oil reduced S anale infestation in rubberwood.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tarasin
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Rattanapun
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D028023:Arecaceae / Q000737:chemistry*; D001517:Coleoptera / Q000187:drug effects*; D028482:Hevea / Q000469:parasitology*; D006358:Hot Temperature; D007300:Insect Control / Q000379:methods*; D007306:Insecticides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000073878:Palm Oil; D010572:Pest Control, Biological / Q000379:methods; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010938:Plant Oils / Q000737:chemistry / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D007306:Insecticides; D010936:Plant Extracts; D010938:Plant Oils; D000073878:Palm Oil