SSR Inst. Int. J. Life. Sci. ISSN (O): 2581-8740 | ISSN (P): 2581-8732 Mubeen et al., 2019 DOI:10.21276/SSR-IIJLS.2019.5.5.5 Copyright © 2015 - 2019| SSR-IIJLS by Society for Scientific Research under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International License Volume 05 | Issue 05 | Page 2402 Management of Termites Using Wood Extractives and Microbes: A Mini Review Mustansar Mubeen 1,2* , Yasir Iftikhar 2 , Sunny Ahmar 3 , Aqleem Abbas 1 , Farazia Hassan 4 , Mohammad Murtaza Alami 5 1 Research Scholar, State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology and Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Pathology of Hubei Province, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Hubei, P.R. China 2 Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture, University of Sargodha, Sargodha-40100, Pakistan 3 Research Scholar, National Key Laboratory of Crop Genetic Improvement, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Hubei, P.R. China 4 Student, Department of Bioinformatics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Virtual University of Pakistan, Samundri Campus, Samundri, Pakistan 5 Student, College of Plant Science and Technology, Department of Crop cultivation and Farming system, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, Hubei Province, P.R. China *Address for Correspondence: Mr. Mustansar Mubeen, Research Scholar, State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology and Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Pathology of Hubei Province, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan-430070, Hubei, P.R. China E-mail: mustansar01@yahoo.com Received: 19 Apr 2019/ Revised: 31 Jul 2019/ Accepted: 29 Aug 2019 ABSTRACT Termites play an important role in the world ecosystem. These are of great importance and feed on surface debris such as twigs, bark chips dried grasses, and leaves. These are common wood eaters, damaging the wood and wood bases of building materials. Since the supply of wood is limited, it is necessary to protect the wood and wood products from biological deterioration. Treatment of wood with synthetic chemicals has been a practice to impart durability to the wood. The conventional wood preservatives although are effective against wood destroying organisms but their abundant use has tragic effects on the environment. The relationship between the chemical structure of active components from wood extractives and microbes responsible for termite control, In conclusion plants showing strong termiticidal activity against these wood eating bugs. Key-words: Biological deterioration, Wood decay, Termites, Extractives and microorganisms, Termiticidal activity INTRODUCTION Wood is an extremely important natural structural organic material consisting primarily of hemicellulose and cellulose [1] . Cellulose, lignin and hemicellulose make three-dimensional biopolymer complex. Most of the chemical and physical properties of wood are due to these biopolymers. Due to its strong physical strength, low cost of processing and aesthetically attractive characters’ wood is one of the most preferred materials. How to cite this article Mubeen M, Iftikhar Y, Ahmar S, Abbas A, Hassan F, Alami MM. Management of Termites Using Wood Extractives and Microbes: A Mini Review. SSR Inst. Int. J. Life. Sci., 2019; 5(5): 2402-2411. Access this article online https://iijls.com/ Nature designed the cellular structure of wood that on weight for weight basis it is as strong as steel. Widespread utilization of wood species in the world is limited because of its low resistance to bio-deterioration [2] . Wood is mostly degraded by termites, bacteria and fungi because wood contains lignocellulose as main structural polymer and is well broken down by hindgut bacteria or protozoa of termites [3] . Cellulosic plant material is attacked by all termite species [4] . The cellulose of wood is easily digested by termite with the help of cellulose decomposing bacteria found in their gut. While searching for their basic food cellulose they can attack non-cellulose materials like rubber, plastics, and even thin metal though these do not serve as their principal food sources and cause significant loss to human interests. Moist wood is attacked by Mini-Review