Welcome to the Formosan Subterranean Termite Research Unit and the
National Formosan Subterranean Termite Program Coordination Website!
The Formosan subterranean termite research Unit and the National Program
Coordinator work in tandem for solutions to the national problem of infestation
of structures and trees by the Formosan subterranean termite. A multidisciplinary
team comprising eight scientists is conducting research on all aspects
of the biology and physiology of the FST to evaluate effective utilization
of existing termite control products and for the development of new safe
and effective ones. The groups primary goal is to eliminate the FST as
an economic pest in areas where it has become established through the application
of area-wide management strategies to reduce the populations below economic
threshold levels. Development of biological control agents and strategies
based upon the termites physiological weaknesses are long-term goals. Cooperative
research includes a demonstration of the area-wide management strategy
in New Orleans French Quarter. Other priority goals are to educate the
public on best management practices and how to prevent spread of this imported
pest into uninfested areas. Pest management professionals are educated
on the identification of FST to allow rapid and early intervention to prevent
establishment of this pest into new locales.
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