Bio-diesel fuel production from termite biomass by applying a termite differentiation mechanism to mass production of termites

白蚁表现出多物性，因为若虫可以分化为具翅或若虫型，这是生殖种姓的一种表型(新种型)。用于沉默六聚体的siRNA注射处理对白蚁六聚体基因的表达产生了适度的抑制。在注射siRNA的过程中，促进了若虫向若虫型的分化。取食真姬蜂下脚料的工蜂和若虫的产卵量和成虫数显著高于对照。阿拉伯二糖和2-羟基芥子酸的酯可能是蘑菇废弃物中影响白蚁发育和产卵的关键元素。

Termites express polyphenism, in that nymphs can differentiate into either the alate or the nymphoid form, which is one of the reproductive caste phenotypes (neotenics). The siRNA injection treatment used to silence hexamerin caused moderate suppression of hexamerin gene expression in the termite, Reticulitermes speratus. Promotion of nymph differentiation to nymphoid form occurred with the siRNA injection treatment. The number of oviposition and neotenics that developed from workers and nymphs fed the waste of Hypsizigus marmoreus was significantly higher than the control. An ester of arabinoxylobiose and 2-hydroxysinapic acid may be the key elements in mushroom waste that affect termite development and oviposition.