| Abstrakt: |
Wood from community forests is generally classified into durable class IV-V. One of the woods destroying organism is dry wood termites. Environmental conditions such as moisture content (MC) affect the preferences of dry wood termites. Still, the ideal MC is not yet known, which is suitable for the life of the dry wood termites. This study aims to determine the preferences and mortality of dry wood termite on various MC values for seven species of community wood, namely manii wood, acacia wood, jabon wood, rubberwood, mahogany wood, pine wood, and sengon wood, at various moisture content values, namely green MC (>70%), 40-45% MC, air-dry MC (11-14%), and kiln-dry MC (0%) and knowing the mortality of dry-wood termite. The testing method is based on SNI 01-7207 (2014). The results showed that jabon wood was preferred by dry wood termites compared to other wood species in various MC tests. In addition, dry wood termite tends to prefer wood on air-dry MC and kiln-dry MC. Meanwhile, the mortality of dry wood termites in green MC, 40-45% MC, air-dry MC, and kiln-dry MC sequence is 78-100%, 30-100%, 24-100%. and 16-100%. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
