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LABORATORY EVALUATIONS OF SOME TERMITICIDES AGAINST SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE Coptotermes gestroi (Wasmann) (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) by SALAH SALEM OBAID GURBEL Thesis submitted in fulfillment of the Requirements for the degree Of Master of Science July 2008
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Firstly, and foremost praise be to ALLAH the Great and Almighty surrounded me under his auspices during my master study, in the School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia. I would like to express my sincere gratitude to my supervisor Professor Abu Hassan Ahmad, the Dean of School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, for his advice, invaluable guidance and comments during experimental work and thesis writing, not just limited to my master degree but also for the three years of supervision and friendship in the Medical Entomology Laboratory, School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia. I am also grateful to Professor Lee Chow Yang, in School of Biological Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, for his advice, knowledge and helps for identification of the termite. Special thanks are extended to Professor Bahruddin bin Saad in the School of Chemical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, for his helps in the HPLC analysis. Sincere thanks to my friend Abdul Hafiz B. Ab Majid for helping me in the laboratory during my study and friendship, and for helping me to collect the termites needed for my experiments. I cannot forget the three years in Medical Entomology Laboratory with him. I also extend special thanks to my friend PhD candidate Mohammed Al douh from the School of Chemical Sains, Universiti Sains Malaysia for helping and teaching me how to use the UV Instrument and for all the joyfulness. Additionally, I also thank PhD candidate Mr. Ahmad Al Makahelah, Miss. Mardiana and Mr. Arefeen from the ii
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