Division：Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere Associate Professor
Main Research: Initiative 2 "Study on nature-inspired technologies and institutions"
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- K. Tsunoda：Improved management of termites to protect Japanese homes, Proc. 5th International Conference on Urban Pests, 33-37 (2005)
- K. Tsunoda：Transfer of fipronil, a nonrepellent termiticide, from exposed workers of Coptotermes formosanus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae), Sociobiology 47(2): 563-576 (2006)
2007 G-COE Research Outcome:
- Kubota, S., Shono, Y., Matsunaga, T., and Tsunoda, K. 2007 Response of the Subterranean termite Coptotermes formosanus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) to Soil Treated with Microencapsulated Fenobucarb. Pest Management Science, 63: 1224-1229．
- Tsunoda, K., and Yoshimura, T. 2008 History of Termite Management by Soil Treatment with Chemicals - Why Were Uses of Chlordane Banned? Proc. of the 5th Conf. of the Pacific Rim Termite Research Group, 1-5.
List of Academic Presentations during 2007:
- Tsunoda, K., and Yoshimura, T. 2008 History of Termite Management by Soil Treatment with Chemicals - Why Were Uses of Chlordane Banned? The 5th Conf. of the Pacific Rim Termite Research Group, Bali (Indonesia), 3-4 March 2008．
2008 G-COE Research Outcome:
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2009 G-COE Research Outcome:
- S. Kubota, H. Okamoto, N. Goto, N. Mito and K. Tsunoda 2009. Uptake of bait toxicant, bistrifluron, by foraging workers of Coptotermes formosanus (Blattodea: Rhinotermitidae). Sociobiology 53: 707-717
- N. Katsumata, K.Tsunoda, A.Toyoumi, T. Yoshimura and Y. Imamura 2008. Feeding preference of Coptotermes formosanus (Isdoptera: Rhinotermitidae) for gamma-irradiated wood impregnated with bezoylphenylurea compounds under laboratory conditions. Journal of Economic Entomology 101, 880-884.
- K. Nakai, T. Mitani, T. Yoshimura, N. Shinohara, K. Tsunoda and Y. Imamura 2009. Effects of microwave irradiation on the Drywood termite Incisitermes minor (Hagen). Jpn. J. Environ. Entomol, Zool. 20, 179-184.
List of Academic Presentations during 2009:
- Y. S.Hadi and K. Tsunoda 2010. Comparison of the Termite Test Methodology of Japanese and Indonesian National Standards. The 7th Termite Research Group Conference, March 1-2 March 2010, Singapore.
- A. Yamada, S. Saitoh, G. Tokuda, S. Fujii, Nobu Endo, E. Ueshima, Y. Tawa, M.Miyagi, H. Makiya, N. Shinzato, C.-Y.Lee and K. Tsunoda 2010. Genetic Diversity of the Formosan Subterranean Termite, Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki in Relation to the Distribution of Staphylinid Termitophiles. The 7th Termite Research Group Conference, March 1-2 March 2010, Singapore.
- A.Yanagawa, F. Yokohari, K.Tsunoda, Y. Imamura and T. Yoshimura: Role of antennae in the detection of ambient humidity by the termite, Coptotermes formosanus. The 7th Termite Research Group Conference, March 1-2 March 2010, Singapore.
2010 Research Outcome:
- C. Tascioglul and K. Tsunoda 2010 Biological performance of copper azole-treated wood and wood-based composites. Holzforschung 64, 399–406.
- C. Tascioglul, and K. Tsunoda 2010 Laboratory evaluation of wood-based composites treated with alkaline copper quat against fungal and termite attacks. International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation 64, 683-687.
- K. Tsunoda, G. Rosenblat and K. Dohi 2010 Laboratory evaluation of the resistance of plastics to subterranean termite Coptoterｍes formosanus (Blattodea: Rrhinotermitidae). International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation 64, 232-237.
- L. Lenz,, C.-Y. Lee, M. J. Lacey, T. Yoshimura and K. Tsunoda 2011.The potential and limits of termites (Isoptera) as decomposers of waste paper products J. Econ. Entomol. 104, 232-242 .
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