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Sentricon
The Sentricon Termite Colony Elimination System is a subterranean termite pest control product developed and manufactured by Dow AgroSciences.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Termite Baits: A Guide for Homeowners )〕 It was introduced in 1995 as a termite baiting system and an alternative to liquid termiticide soil barriers. It eliminates all members of the termite colony, including those of the Formosan subterranean termite colonies.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Above Ground Termite Baiting. Florida Entomologist 82(1), March 1999, pg. 60. )〕
==Operation==
The baiting technique employed by the Sentricon System takes advantage of termite biology and behavior. Subterranean worker termites forage for cellulose food sources 24 hours a day, ranging abroad from their underground nest, or colony, through tunnels in the soil that can range up to 300 feet or more. When worker termites find a food source, they leave a pheromone scent trail to summon nest mates.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Termite Behavior )〕 Worker termites chew and digest cellulose, and then regurgitate it to share with other termites in the colony.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=How Termites Work )〕
A Certified Sentricon Specialist®, who is trained and certified by Dow AgroSciences, installs Sentricon bait stations in the soil near termite colony activity and provides an ongoing station monitoring service after a colony is eliminated prevent re-infestation by other colonies. These stations are baited with a cellulose material impregnated with noviflumuron, an insect growth regulator. When foraging, worker termites find the stations, eat the bait material and then regurgitate this bait for colony nest mates to consume. Affected termites later die when they are unable to molt. As they die, the colony is eliminated.
Less of Sentricon's active ingredient is needed to achieve control than in traditional liquid chemical treatments.〔 In addition, in 2000, the Sentricon System received the Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award, an environmental honor from the U.S. government.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=2000 Designing Greener Chemicals Award )〕
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