Termite is a serious pest of agricultural crops as well as buildings in the world. A termite colony may attack a field, an orchard and a building at a time without alarming the farmer working in the field and orchard and residents of the building. Concealed habitat of subterranean termites makes their control difficult. At NIFA we are engaged in developing cost effective and environment friendly IPM techniques for the control of subterranean termites.

1. Muhammad Misbah ul Haq, SS

1. Using slow-acting toxicant bait in orchards/buildings for elimination of termite colonies
2. Exhaustive trapping of termites using NIFA-TERMAP
3. Delineation of foraging territories of termites
4. IPM of termites of agricultural importance
5. Provision of termite control services in farms and residential areas

Termites are very sensitive to catastrophes in the colony and if workers start dying then it react by sealing all the galleries to avoid the spread of any invading force but if such toxicants are used which starts their effects after some days then these toxicants can be transferred to the other members of the colony. Before any symptom appears, the poison would transfer to whole colony. This leads to elimination or least a major damage to colony.