1Faculty of Agriculture, Sri Sri University, Cuttack - 754 006, Odisha, India
2Department of Entomology, Banda University of Agriculture and Technology, Banda - 210 001, Uttar Pradesh, India
3Directorate of Extension Education, Odisha University of Agriculture & Technology, Bhubaneswar - 751 003, Odisha, India
4Division of Entomology, Faculty of Agriculture, Wadura - 193 201, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Jammu & Kashmir, India
ICAR-Central Institute for Subtropical Horticulture, Lucknow -226 101, Uttar Pradesh, India
*Corresponding authors' E-mail: snehasish.routray@icar.gov.in
Online published on 26 September, 2025.
A total of 18 tree species, eight native and ten exotic spanning 12 families viz., Fabaceae, Combretaceae, Apocynaceae, Moraceae, Lecythidaceae, Meliaceae, Rutaceae, Cycadaceae, Lamiaceae, Myrtaceae, Phyllanthaceae and Malvaceae were evaluated. Severe termite damage (exceeding 80%) was observed in species such as Neem (Azadirachta indica), Mahaneem (Melia azedarach), and Devil’s tree (Alstonia scholaris), whereas species like Arjuna tree (Terminalia arjuna) and Indian almond (Terminalia catappa) exhibited minimal damage (~10%). Six termite species, namely Microtermes obesi, M. unicolar, Odontotermes assmuthi, O. obesus, O. guptai, and Heterotermes indicola, belonging to the families Termitidae and Rhinotermitidae were identified.
Exotic, Hexapod, Neem, Rhinotermitidae, Termitidae
