天仙果与两种隐头花序小蜂的相互关系

天仙果（Ficus erecta var.beecheyana）花为单性花、雌、雄异株、分别形成雌、雄花序,雌花序着生雌花,雄花序着生雄花和瘿花。花序中生活着银纹榕小蜂（Blastophaga silverstriana）和榕长尾小蜂（Sycoscapter sp.）。前者是唯一能进入雄花序腔产卵或雌花序腔传粉的昆虫,是天仙果专一性共生的传粉者;后者不能进入花序,在花序外通过产卵器将卵产在瘿花子房中,是植食性的寄生者。自然状态下天仙果每个雄花序均被2种小蜂产卵,平均每个花序出飞银纹榕小蜂208.2只、榕长尾小蜂64.2只。人为封堵花序口,银纹榕小蜂无法进入花序产卵,平均每个花序出飞榕长尾小蜂165.6只,是自然状态下的2.5倍,显然,2种小蜂互为竞争对手,榕长尾小蜂是榕-榕小蜂共生体系的破坏者。     

天仙果的繁殖生物学研究

研究了天仙果（Ficus erecta Thunb.var.beecheyana(Hook.et Arn.)King）的繁殖生物学特性。春季雌株不形成雌花序,雄瘿株的花序中雄花也不完全发育,只有瘿花发育良好,这些瘿花为培育传粉者（Blastophaga sp.)提供了必需的繁殖及发育场所;夏秋季是天仙果自身的繁殖时期,雌花充雄花花药发育良好。雌花期与雄花期每年在3－4月份及6－8月份相遇。通常进入花序传粉或产卵的小蜂只有1－2只。对天仙果隐头花序的配置及花的解剖研究还表明,其繁殖习性是榕树－榕小蜂共生体系繁殖对策多样性的体现。     

聚果榕传粉榕小蜂传粉与产卵之间的权衡

【目的】榕树(Ficus)依赖专性榕小蜂(Agaonidae)传粉,同时为传粉榕小蜂提供繁衍后代的场所,两者形成动植物间经典的协同进化关系。在雌花期果内,榕小蜂需在有限的存活时间内完成传粉和产卵,而传粉榕小蜂如何在传粉与产卵之间进行权衡仍然是悬而未解的问题。本研究旨在明确传粉榕小蜂——一种栉颚榕小蜂Ceratosolen sp.在雌雄同株的聚果榕Ficus racemosa雌花期果内的行为活动及繁殖模式。【方法】借助测微尺测量聚果榕榕果雌花花柱长度与传粉榕小蜂(Ceratosolen sp.)产卵器长度,通过显微视频记录传粉榕小蜂在雌花期果内搜索、传粉及产卵行为;结合单果控制性引蜂试验,测定不同阶段榕小蜂个体大小、孕卵量、携粉量,以及雄花期最终繁殖的榕小蜂后代和榕果种子数量。【结果】聚果榕雌花花柱长度存在树间变异,榕小蜂产卵器长度比绝大多数的雌花花柱长,说明该小蜂可以产卵于大部分的雌花子房里。通常个体大的榕小蜂孕卵量更多,但个体大小与携粉量之间相关性不显著。观察发现,榕小蜂进入雌花期榕果内,前6 h集中产卵,可产下孕卵量的95%,平均搜索用时27 s,产卵用时46 s,此期间传粉行为少见,花粉筐中携带花粉量亦无明显变化;榕小蜂进果后6-24 h,主要执行传粉,其行为主动,连贯高效,单次传粉用时平均为2 s,最终可传完携粉量的80%。控制引蜂试验也证实榕小蜂进入榕果内前6 h主要执行产卵繁殖后代,之后6-24 h主要执行传粉以繁殖榕树种子。【结论】在雌雄同株的聚果榕雌花期榕果内,榕小蜂先产卵、后传粉。本研究首次展示了传粉榕小蜂在聚果榕雌花期榕果内的产卵和传粉行为,并获得与行为相匹配的产卵量和传粉繁殖量,反映了具主动传粉行为的榕小蜂在传粉和产卵之间存在时间和数量上的权衡。     

珍珠莲传粉系统的研究

珍珠莲为榕属攀援灌木,雌雄异株。雌花序中着生雌花,每个花序中平均有雌花310.4朵;雄花序中着生瘿花、雄花和两性花,每个花序平均有瘿花391.0朵、雄花104.8朵、两性花2.0朵。自然状态下雌、瘿花的结实率和成虫瘿率分别为95.88％、29.51％。雌、瘿花在生理上已完全分离。匍茎榕小蜂是唯一能进入花产卵或传粉的共生昆虫,二者构成的传粉系统依靠形态结构的高度互适,物候生活史的相互吻合,以及特化的生物学行为维系其专一性和稳固性。     

聚果榕传粉榕小蜂传粉与产卵之间的权衡

【目的】榕树(Ficus)依赖专性榕小蜂(Agaonidae)传粉,同时为传粉榕小蜂提供繁衍后代的场所,两者形成动植物间经典的协同进化关系。在雌花期果内,榕小蜂需在有限的存活时间内完成传粉和产卵,而传粉榕小蜂如何在传粉与产卵之间进行权衡仍然是悬而未解的问题。本研究旨在明确传粉榕小蜂——一种栉颚榕小蜂Ceratosolen sp.在雌雄同株的聚果榕Ficus racemosa雌花期果内的行为活动及繁殖模式。【方法】借助测微尺测量聚果榕榕果雌花花柱长度与传粉榕小蜂(Ceratosolen sp.)产卵器长度,通过显微视频记录传粉榕小蜂在雌花期果内搜索、传粉及产卵行为;结合单果控制性引蜂试验,测定不同阶段榕小蜂个体大小、孕卵量、携粉量,以及雄花期最终繁殖的榕小蜂后代和榕果种子数量。【结果】聚果榕雌花花柱长度存在树间变异,榕小蜂产卵器长度比绝大多数的雌花花柱长,说明该小蜂可以产卵于大部分的雌花子房里。通常个体大的榕小蜂孕卵量更多,但个体大小与携粉量之间相关性不显著。观察发现,榕小蜂进入雌花期榕果内,前6 h集中产卵,可产下孕卵量的95%,平均搜索用时27 s,产卵用时46 s,此期间传粉行为少见,花粉筐中携带花粉量亦无明显变化;榕小蜂进果后6-24 h,主要执行传粉,其行为主动,连贯高效,单次传粉用时平均为2 s,最终可传完携粉量的80%。控制引蜂试验也证实榕小蜂进入榕果内前6 h主要执行产卵繁殖后代,之后6-24 h主要执行传粉以繁殖榕树种子。【结论】在雌雄同株的聚果榕雌花期榕果内,榕小蜂先产卵、后传粉。本研究首次展示了传粉榕小蜂在聚果榕雌花期榕果内的产卵和传粉行为,并获得与行为相匹配的产卵量和传粉繁殖量,反映了具主动传粉行为的榕小蜂在传粉和产卵之间存在时间和数量上的权衡。     

影响对叶榕及其传粉者繁殖的生态学因素

在西双版纳,分别统计了对叶榕(Ficus hispida)雌花期雌雄果的进蜂量和花后期雌雄果繁殖的多个特征值,以此来探讨自然条件下,影响对叶榕及其传粉榕小蜂(Ceratosolen solmsi marchali)繁殖的因素。结果表明:单果内有效进蜂数量是影响种子生产和传粉榕小蜂繁殖的首要因素,而雌花期进果的传粉榕小蜂并不是都能全部进入果腔传粉或产卵,大部分蜂还未进到果腔就被夹死在顶生苞片层的通道里,能进入雌果内传粉的榕小蜂为(2.72±2.04)只·果^-1,约占总进蜂量的52%;而在雄果里,能进入果腔的蜂量只有(2.08±1.65)只·果^-1,占35%左右。由于雌果内的雌花显著比雄果内的雌花多,结合单果进蜂量雌多雄少的格局,最终单果生产的种子数量 (1 891.63 ± 471.53)比传粉榕小蜂的数量 (367.20 ± 208.02) 多5倍有余。在雌果里,供给传粉的雌花数量与所生产的种子数量之间呈显著的正相关,而没有接受到花粉或不能正常受精的雌花数量与种子数量呈显著的负相关。雄果不仅生产花粉,也是传粉榕小蜂繁殖的场所,在相关于传粉榕小蜂自身繁殖力的因子中,传粉榕小蜂产卵制造的瘿花数量对其种群数量有最大的影响;影响次之的是发育过程中死亡的个体数量,它可降低30%左右的传粉榕小蜂数量;影响排在第三位的是寄主的雌花数量。此外,3类非传粉者的存在,单果内平均可减少30多只传粉小蜂。     

高榕的3类雌花形态及其繁殖特征

榕树(Ficus spp.)及其传粉榕小蜂(Agaonidae)之间经过长期的协同进化, 已形成了高度专一的互惠共生关系。在雌雄同株的榕树中, 同一个榕果内既繁殖种子, 又繁殖榕小蜂, 雌花资源在繁殖种子和榕小蜂之间是怎样分配的?该研究选择广泛分布于西双版纳地区的高榕(F. altissima)及其传粉榕小蜂系统来回答这个问题。高榕果内的雌花柱头形态变异较大, 有3种类型的柱头——球型、弯钩型和火炬型, 它们分别占到雌花总量的54.00%、36.93%和9.07%。3种类型柱头的雌花分别具有不同长度的花柱, 球型柱头雌花的平均花柱长度最短, 火炬型柱头次之, 弯钩型柱头雌花的平均花柱长度最长。在高榕果内, 有传粉者Eupristina altissima和欺骗者Eupristina sp.两类小蜂进入榕果内繁殖, 前者的产卵器长度比96.01%以上的雌花花柱长, 后者的产卵器也要长于85.73%的雌花花柱, 从产卵器长度和雌花花柱长度的匹配情况看, 它们应该可以利用绝大多数雌花产卵繁殖后代。然而, 繁殖榕小蜂的雌花主要是短花柱的雌花, 其中60.64%是球型柱头的雌花; 而繁殖种子的主要是花柱较长的弯钩型柱头和火炬型柱头的雌花。显然, 繁殖榕小蜂和种子的雌花不仅花柱长度有差异, 柱头也分化出了不同的形态, 变异的柱头形状也是调节榕树-榕小蜂繁殖平衡的手段之一。     

不同繁育系统的榕树雌花的花柱长度和繁殖率比较

多年来, 不同繁育系统的榕树(Ficus spp.)的进化问题引起生物学家们极大的兴趣。前人通过对不同繁育系统榕树雌花的花柱长度、传粉榕小蜂产卵器长度和繁殖率的比较, 推测榕树的雌雄异株是由雌雄同株进化而来的。为验证这一推论, 选取雌雄同株的垂叶榕(Ficus benjamina)和钝叶榕(F. curtipes)以及雌雄异株的斜叶榕(F. tinctoria)和鸡嗉子榕(F. semicordata), 进行了雌花花柱长度、传粉榕小蜂产卵器长度及繁殖率的比较。研究结果显示: 1)两种雌雄同株榕树的传粉榕小蜂(Eupristina koningsbergeri和Eupristina sp.)的产卵器长度, 显著长于两种雌雄异株榕树的传粉榕小蜂(Liporrhopalum gibbosae和Ceratosolen gravelyi)产卵器的长度, 且雌雄同株榕树雌花花柱长度的变异大于雌雄异株雌花花柱长度的变异; 2)两种雌雄同株榕树的雌花花柱长度呈单峰分布, 且花柱长度的变异大于传粉榕小蜂产卵器长度的变异; 两种雌雄异株榕树花序的雌花花柱长度呈双峰分布, 雌花花柱长度的变异也大于传粉榕小蜂产卵器的长度变异; 3)两种雌雄同株榕树的传粉榕小蜂产卵器长度能到达雌花子房的比例更高, 可更有效地产生瘿花, 而雌雄异株榕树产生种子的优势更强。研究表明: 在传粉榕小蜂产卵器长度及花序雌花花柱分布方面, 雌雄异株榕树有着明显的优势, 但在繁殖率方面没有绝对优势。因此, 前人从雌花花柱分布及繁殖率比较而做出榕树进化的推测并不正确。要真正解决榕树的进化问题, 需要多学科、多指标的综合分析和深入研究。     

对叶榕花序不同发育时期气味成分的变化及其对传粉者的吸引作用

为探讨榕果发育过程中气味挥发物的动态变化及其对传粉者行为的调节作用,比较对叶榕(Ficus hispia)不同发育时期花序挥发物的变化,并结合Y形嗅觉仪检测对叶榕传粉榕小蜂对不同花序的选择性。结果表明,在3个发育时期的花序中共检测到64种化合物,对叶榕采用"泛化"策略吸引传粉榕小蜂,十一烷、β-榄香烯、β-芹子烯、α-依兰油烯可能是对传粉榕小蜂起吸引作用的物质。雌前期花序气味与雌花期相似,间花期与雌前期、雌花期的有显著差异,传粉榕小蜂对雌前期和雌花期花序具有明显的选择倾向,对间花期花序表现出驱避性,表明对叶榕与传粉者存在"推-拉"作用模式。雌前期花序释放的气味,有助于传粉者对寄主的定位。同一时期个体间的气味成分存在空间异质性,这种异质性在间花期更加显著,表明气味成分受环境影响。间花期花序气味由于不需要特异性地吸引传粉者,因而更容易发生变化。这有助于更好地理解榕树挥发性物质的组成特点,以及化学机制在维持榕树-榕小蜂共生体系中的关键作用。     

非传粉小蜂对榕-蜂共生系统的影响

榕-蜂共生系统是桑科榕属(Ficus)植物与传粉榕小蜂专一互惠形成的生态学关系。但是,也有一些非传粉的小蜂出现在这个系统中,对榕-蜂共生系统可能产生较大的影响。西双版纳的聚果榕(Ficus racemosa)树上主要有5种非传粉小蜂,分别在榕果发育的不同阶段从果外向果内产卵。在传粉榕小蜂进果之前的花前期,Platyneura testace、Apocrypta sp.和P. mayri这3种非传粉小蜂先后到果外产卵繁殖后代,对榕-蜂共生系统造成显著影响,尤其是影响传粉榕小蜂的繁殖。在传粉榕小蜂进果之后的间花期,P. mayri、A. westwoodi和P. agraensis这3种非传粉小蜂相继到果外产卵,它们虽然能减少种子形成和传粉榕小蜂繁殖的数量,但最终没有对榕-蜂共生系统造成显著的影响。造瘿类的P. mayri可在花前期和间花期产卵繁殖,在花前期产卵时它主要是影响传粉榕小蜂的繁殖,而在间花期产卵时它则更多地是影响种子的生产。     

爱玉子花的变异类型及其相关统计分析

该文报道了爱玉子(Ficus awkeotsang)花序中存在变异花的现象, 并通过花序解剖观测及数据统计分析方法, 研究比较雌、雄花序中变异花的类型、不同品系的花序变异率以及单花序中变异花的数量, 了解变异花发育过程、变异花与传粉小蜂之间的相互关系, 以及变异花对爱玉子产量造成的影响。结果表明: 爱玉子变异花在形态上有单生与伞形花序状2种类型, 雌花序中的变异花分布在雌花区和退化花区; 雄花序中的变异花均生长在瘿花区。雌花序中伞形花序状的A型变异花影响传粉小蜂对正常雌花的授粉, 与正常雌花争夺养分和生长空间从而影响正常雌花的生长发育, 大量A型变异花的存在使未授粉的雌花序延迟凋落或挂树不落, 造成养分流失。雌性品系太和6、太7、W13、乐野8、日野20和大洋Z106的花序中A型变异花数量较多, 对产量有一定的影响。除A型外的其它类型的变异花, 由于数量少且结构简单, 或发育后熟, 对传粉小蜂的传粉、产卵以及花序的发育、成熟没有显著影响。无论是雌性品系还是雄性品系, 以扦插苗繁殖方式形成的植株, 其花序变异率高于以实生苗繁殖方式形成的植株。以上研究结果为高产优质爱玉子品系的选育提供了一定的依据, 且对于爱玉子的栽培和推广有着重要的指导意义。     

爱玉子花的变异类型及其相关统计分析

该文报道了爱玉子（Ficusawkeotsang）花序中存在变异花的现象,并通过花序解剖观测及数据统计分析方法,研究比较雌、雄花序中变异花的类型、不同品系的花序变异率以及单花序中变异花的数量,了解变异花发育过程、变异花与传粉小蜂之间的相互关系,以及变异花对爱玉子产量造成的影响。结果表明：爱玉子变异花在形态上有单生与伞形花序状2种类型,雌花序中的变异花分布在雌花区和退化花区：雄花序中的变异花均生长在瘿花区。雌花序中伞形花序状的A型变异花影响传粉小蜂对正常雌花的授粉,与正常雌花争夺养分和生长空间从而影响正常雌花的生长发育,大量A型变异花的存在使未授粉的雌花序延迟凋落或挂树不落,造成养分流失。雌性品系太和6、太7、W13、乐野8、日野20和大洋Z106的花序中A型变异花数量较多,对产量有一定的影响。除A型外的其它类型的变异花,由于数量少且结构简单,或发育后熟,对传粉小蜂的传粉、产卵以及花序的发育、成熟没有显著影响。无论是雌性品系还是雄性品系,以扦插苗繁殖方式形成的植株,其花序变异率高于以实生苗繁殖方式形成的植株。以上研究结果为高产优质爱玉子品系的选育提供了一定的依据,且对于爱玉子的栽培和推广有着重要的指导意义。     

Chemical composition of volatiles from the syconia of Ficus microcarpa and host recognition behavior of pollinating fig wasps

Aims Chemical communication plays a key role in host plant recognition of pollinators. There are two recognized types of chemical communication between syconia and their pollinating fig wasps: one is “generalization”, of which the wasps respond to the relative ratio of multiple compounds, and the other is “specialization”, of which the key signal is a single uncommon, possibly unique, compound. The aims of this study were to identify the chemical composition of volatiles from the syconia of Ficus microcarpa at different developmental phases, and to determine if the signaling between F. microcarpa and its pollinating fig wasp, Eupristina verticillata, is of generalized type, or of specialized type.Methods The volatiles from syconia of F. microcarpa were extracted using solid-phase micro extraction (SPME) at different developmental phases (pre-female, female (before and after pollination), interfloral, male and postfloral phases) and the chemical compounds were identified by gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC-MS). We then tested the behavioral responses of E. verticillata to fresh syconia at different developmental phases using two-choice olfactometers.Important findings There were 21 volatile compounds identified from the syconia at different developmental phases, which were mainly fatty acid derivatives, terpenoids and aromatic compounds. The components of the volatiles apparently differed among the developmental stages. The contents of terpenoids declined, but the contents of fatty acid derivatives increased, from before the pollination to after the pollination. Especially, the characteristic compounds of 2-heptanone and 3-octanone before the pollination disappeared, D-limonene decreased after the pollination, but copanene, cyclohexane and 2-hexenal increased. The results of the two-choice olfactometer experiment showed that the pollinating fig wasps had higher selection ratio to chemicals found in the female phase syconia than those in other phases; whereas the volatile compounds from the male phase syconia had the function pushing the pollinating fig wasps to leave the natal syconia so that there existed the “push-pull” responses by fig wasps to volatiles released by their host syconia. We conclude that there are multiple chemical compounds playing the roles in host recognition of pollinating fig wasp E. verticillata. The mutualistic relationship between F. microcarpa and E. verticillata is maintained by the chemical communication of “generalization” strategy.     

Age at pollination modifies relative male and female reproductive success in a monoecious fig tree

Plants that depend on a single species of insect pollinator must often contend with infrequent and unpredictable visitation. Prolongation of floral receptivity comes at the cost of reduced male and/or female reproductive success among older flowers. Fig trees (Ficus spp.) have a highly specific pollination symbiosis and individual inflorescences (syconia) that remain receptive for days or weeks. Reproductive success in monoecious fig trees involves production of both seeds and fig wasp offspring. We assessed whether the reproductive output of individual syconia changes with the length of time they waited for pollination, and whether the relative female and male reproductive success also changes. A pollination experiment was conducted in an SE Asian monoecious fig tree Ficus curtipes, in which receptive syconia were covered with mesh bags to exclude wasps and pollinated by single pollinators of this fig tree at their different receptive ages. When the syconia matured their size and contents were recorded. Seed quality was also assessed. The results showed that pollinators entered syconia that had been waiting for up to 36?days. The frequencies of abortions among syconia pollinated at different ages were low throughout. The number of un-utilised flowers increased progressively in older syconia. Seed production was highest in syconia entered on the first day of receptivity, whereas pollinator production peaked in syconia pollinated on day 12, then declined in older syconia. Consequently, overall reproductive efficiency declined with syconium age and floral sex allocation became more male-biased in older syconia. Older syconia also produced lighter seeds. These results suggest that un-pollinated syconia of F. curtipes can remain receptive for several weeks. This makes pollination of each syconium more likely, but at the cost of reduced productivity and with more ovules allocated to male function. However, the prolongation of floral receptivity has significance for the co-adaptation between syconia and fig wasps and for the evolution of the fig tree-fig wasp symbiosis.     

Chemical composition of volatiles from the syconia of Ficus microcarpa and host recognition behavior of pollinating fig wasps北大核心CSCD

Aims: Chemical communication plays a key role in host plant recognition of pollinators. There are two recognized types of chemical communication between syconia and their pollinating fig wasps: one is "generalization", of which the wasps respond to the relative ratio of multiple compounds, and the other is "specialization", of which the key signal is a single uncommon, possibly unique, compound. The aims of this study were to identify the chemical composition of volatiles from the syconia of Ficus microcarpa at different developmental phases, and to determine if the signaling between F. microcarpa and its pollinating fig wasp, Eupristina verticillata, is of generalized type, or of specialized type. Methods: The volatiles from syconia of F. microcarpa were extracted using solid-phase micro extraction (SPME) at different developmental phases (pre-female, female (before and after pollination), interfloral, male and postfloral phases) and the chemical compounds were identified by gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC-MS). We then tested the behavioral responses of E. verticillata to fresh syconia at different developmental phases using two-choice olfactometers. Important findings: There were 21 volatile compounds identified from the syconia at different developmental phases, which were mainly fatty acid derivatives, terpenoids and aromatic compounds. The components of the volatiles apparently differed among the developmental stages. The contents of terpenoids declined, but the contents of fatty acid derivatives increased, from before the pollination to after the pollination. Especially, the characteristic compounds of 2-heptanone and 3-octanone before the pollination disappeared, D-limonene decreased after the pollination, but copanene, cyclohexane and 2-hexenal increased. The results of the two-choice olfactometer experiment showed that the pollinating fig wasps had higher selection ratio to chemicals found in the female phase syconia than those in other phases; whereas the volatile compounds from the male phase syconia had the function pushing the pollinating fig wasps to leave the natal syconia so that there existed the "push-pull" responses by fig wasps to volatiles released by their host syconia. We conclude that there are multiple chemical compounds playing the roles in host recognition of pollinating fig wasp E. verticillata. The mutualistic relationship between F. microcarpa and E. verticillata is maintained by the chemical communication of "generalization" strategy.     

爱玉子花序挥发物成分以及对其传粉小蜂的吸引作用

利用动态顶空吸附法和GC-MS分析,研究接受期以及传粉或产卵5d后爱玉子(Ficus awkeotsang)雌、雄隐头花序挥发物成分。研究结果表明:爱玉子隐头花序挥发物的组成成分复杂,种类繁多,主要成分是对传粉小蜂具有显著吸引作用的芳樟醇。组成雌、雄花序的接受期挥发物信号的化合物种类与数量不同,但两者之间的共有化合物却占花序挥发物总量的70%以上,且接受期雌、雄花序挥发物组成比例相似,小蜂无法通过花序挥发物信号的差异,区别雌、雄花序,从而支持"榕树雌、雄花序接受期挥发物存在相互模拟现象"的假说。爱玉子传粉(或产卵)前后花序挥发物信号发生变化,表现在花序在传粉(或产卵)后,一些挥发性化合物在榕果中消失或相对含量减少(如芳樟醇),有些化合物的相对含量增加(如苯甲酸甲酯),并出现新的化合物(如2-乙基己醇);在化合物组成上,萜类化合物相对含量下降,芳香族化合物、脂肪族化合物相对含量上升。嗅觉仪实验表明爱玉子接受期雌、雄花序挥发物对其传粉榕小蜂有极显著的吸引作用,而传粉(或产卵)5d后的雌、雄花序挥发物对传粉榕小蜂有显著的趋避作用。传粉小蜂对雌、雄接受期花序挥发物的选择没有偏向性。榕果通过挥发物的释放量和成分的改变反映出花发育与被授粉(被产卵)状况,传粉小蜂通过接收榕果发出的化学信息,判断选择适合的寄主。研究对于爱玉子的高产栽培以及植物与昆虫专性共生化学生态学机制的理论研究具有重要的意义。     

栽培爱玉的传粉生态

栽培爱玉传粉生态的研究表明,栽培爱玉开花期明显分为春、秋两季,持续时间均较野生爱玉长.爱玉不能依靠生长于原变种薜荔花序中的小蜂授粉或产卵,在野生爱玉传粉小蜂隔离的情况下,小蜂缺失造成传粉系统损毁.栽培爱玉可通过人工引入传粉小蜂建立新种群,但传粉系统修复比较缓慢,历经4年花序挂树率仅达51.11%、挂树花序的平均结果率为64.37%,平均成虫瘿率为64.35%.花序发育的雌花期和雄花期重叠度低、小蜂出飞过于集中、进入花序的小蜂数量少或缺失是造成共生双方繁殖率低下的原因.     

薜荔榕小蜂产卵和传粉行为

薜荔榕小蜂Blastophaga pumilae是薜荔的传粉昆虫,栖息于薜荔隐头花序中,在其生物学行为中以钻入花序产卵或传粉最为关键。研究表明：薜荔榕小蜂钻入花序平均费时69.48 min,标准差13.26 min;伤残程度很高并能在伤残的情况下完成产卵或传粉;卵的尾丝能起标识作用避免重复产卵;进入雌花序的小蜂具逃离花序的行为但不能实现;1只小蜂平均产528个卵或为1 072.4朵雌花授粉。     

西双版纳热带雨林聚果榕小蜂的传粉生态学

对聚果榕小蜂（Ceratosolen sp.)传粉生态学进行了首次研究。结果表明,聚果榕小蜂的雄蜂比雄蜂早羽化数小时;雄蜂羽化不能自行打开瘿花和果肉出蜂口,两个出蜂口均需雄蜂开凿,而聚果榕的成熟花粉,不能自行地从开裂处散发出来,必须经榕小蜂的繁殖性雌蜂采集才能散到表面,羽化后的雌蜂的开裂的雄花中不停地用触角柄节,口器上颚和足推动和采集花粉,雄蜂飞出熟榕果寻找嫩隐头花果,一般在外飞5－80min,雌蜂进入嫩聚果榕的隐头花果内后,立即把粘附在足,头触角和身上的花粉不停地推动到长柱头雌花中,授粉行为长达4－9h,然后,才把卵产在短柱头雌花中。