Commercial gouache as a dye for termites in laboratory assays

Studies were performed to evaluate the suitability of a commercial gouache as an external marker for termite workers in lab assays. Dyed and non-dyed termites presented similar survival for the first 300 minutes since the experiment has began, and differed after this time. Mortality did not differ f...

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Main Authors: Guilherme S. Brunow, Og de Souza, Octavio Miramontes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná (Tecpar) 2005-07-01
Series:Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132005000500010