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Oct 2026
Biochar Ingestion Is Associated with Hindgut Symbiotic Disruption and Mortality in Coptotermes formosanus: A Proposed Protist-to-Bacterial Cascade
Background: Biochar is being explored for pest management, but its potential as a subterranean termite bait and its mechanism of action on the gut symbiont community are poorly understood. Methods: We fed Coptotermes formosanus workers a diet of pine wood powder containing 0%, 5%, or 20% (w/w) rice-straw biochar. We th...
Jia-Nan Zhao, Xin-Yi Xu, Jing-Yi Li et al.
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