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Studies of wireworm populations 总被引:4,自引:0,他引:4
A method has been developed, and is here briefly described, by means of which all the wireworm larvae of all stages can be collected from soil samples. By use of that method, complete wireworm populations have been obtained from soil samples of three types, two of which provide large homogeneous populations for detailed study while the third gives information about the seasonal and spatial infestation of fields. These collections show that the wireworm population of English pasture land is on the average about three times as large as has been commonly supposed. Populations have been found ranging up to ten millions per acre in the top 12 in. of soil. In two pastures studied intensively throughout the year, the wireworm population has been found to consist of large numbers of small larvae, decreasing numbers of larger larvae, and comparatively few of the very large larvae that have usually been allowed to represent the population. Such a composition is shown to be characteristic of wireworm populations under old grass at all seasons of the year and in several fields in different parts of the country. This result suggests that in research on the wireworm problem it is desirable to take into consideration the whole wireworm population throughout the year, not merely the large larvae during the cropping season. 相似文献
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Data are given to show that the rate of decline of the wireworm population associated with a root crop is not significantly greater than that associated with a cereal crop. Data are given on the wireworm populations of adjoining ley plots over 3-5 successive years, and indicate a slow rate of increase during the early years. 相似文献
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Six herbicides were tested for their effects on the population growth of a range of green algae and cyanobacteria by an easily replicated low-volume liquid culture technique using Repli-dishes. Diuron, propanil and atrazine were most inhibitory, chlorpropham was intermediate and MCPA and glyphosate were least inhibitory. Chlorpropham was more inhibitory to green algae than to cyanobacteria. The effects of chlorpropham and 3-chloroaniline, a metabolite, on populations of the cyanobacterium Anacystis nidulans and the alga Chlamydomonas reinhardii were monitored in larger scale batch cultures. Both compounds reduced the growth rate although in some cases there was partial recovery. 3-Chloroaniline was less inhibitory than the parent herbicide chlorpropham. 相似文献
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Laboratory cultivation of some human parasitic amoebae 总被引:3,自引:0,他引:3
G L Robinson 《Journal of general microbiology》1968,53(1):69-79
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EVANS AC 《The Annals of applied biology》1948,35(1):1-13
The weight of wormcasts thrown on to the surface of eight fields of differing agricultural history depends on the numbers of Allolobophora longa Ude and A. nocturna Evans present and also on the mean size of the individuals of these two species. The weight of wormcasts produced per acre per annum on the different fields varied from 1 to 25 tons and it is calculated that from 4 to 36 tons of soil per acre per annum pass through the alimentary tracts of the total population of earthworms present. The percentage pore space of a soil containing a high population of wormcasting species is much greater than that of a field with a high population of worms which do not produce wormcasts. In two old pastures, the amount of coarse sand relative to silt and clay was found to increase appreciably with depth: this distribution is probably a result of the long-continued activity of earthworms. 相似文献
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Scott N. Johnson Eric A. Anderson Gregory Dawson D. Wynne Griffiths 《Agricultural and Forest Entomology》2008,10(2):167-174
1 Wireworms, the soil dwelling larvae of click beetles, Agriotes spp., have recently become a more prevalent pest of potatoes. The present study investigated whether potato varieties showed variable susceptibility to wireworm herbivory, and also tested whether increased susceptibility was associated with lower concentrations of glycoalkaloids. Twelve varieties were originally screened across a range of experimental scales, including laboratory and tunnel experiments and a large‐scale field trial involving over 2000 tubers. 2 In laboratory no‐choice tests, Maris Peer, Marfona and Rooster varieties were significantly more susceptible to wireworm attack, with 63% of tubers showing damage, compared with just 15% of the less susceptible varieties of King Edward, Nadine and Maris Piper. There was also greater tissue consumption and weight gain when wireworms were reared on the most susceptible varieties. 3 In choice tests, wireworms showed a significant preference for those varieties previously identified as being the most susceptible to wireworm herbivory (4.2 holes per tuber) compared with the least susceptible (1.2 holes per tuber). Similar patterns of susceptibility were seen in the field trial, although there was generally more variation in susceptibility. 4 In a tunnel experiment, Marfona and Maris Peer were significantly more susceptibile to wireworm attack (47% of tubers showing damage) compared with Nadine, King Edward and Maris Piper (27% of tubers showing damage). Although Nadine, in particular, had the highest glycoalkaloid concentrations (309.33 mg/kg) and lowest amounts of wireworm herbivory, the relationship between susceptibility and glycoalkaloid concentrations was weak, suggesting that this is unlikely to be the sole mechanism underpinning varietal susceptibility. 相似文献
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Studies on the persistence and effects on soil fauna of some soil-applied systemic insecticides 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Granular formulations of menazon, phorate and thionazin were applied to a sandy loam soil (pH = 6·1)in April and May as in-row treatments at commercial rates. They were also broadcast and mixed into the top 4 in of soil at concentrations (10 and 250 ppm of dry soil) which simulated the local in-row concentrations in areas large enough for sampling. Bioassays showed that 50 % of phorate, thionazin and menazon equivalents had disappeared in about 68, 57 and 23 days respectively from soil treated with 10 ppm of the insecticides. Small residues of the 250 ppm treatments still remained 2 years later. The initial rate of loss of activity of thionazin applied at 250 ppm was much slower than from a 10 ppm application whereas the activities of 250 and 10 ppm of menazon disappeared at similar rates. Phorate at 250 ppm killed almost all earthworms, Collembola, Acarina, free-living saprophytic and parasitic nematodes and Protozoa; 10 ppm phorate and 250 ppm of menazon also killed almost all Collembola and Acarina but the menazon was relatively harmless to earthworms. Collembola and mite populations began to increase when residues of phorate and menazon equivalents had decreased to about 2 and 20 ppm respectively, and after 15 months they were similar to those in untreated plots. The broadcast treatments initially decreased the rate of breakdown of leaf discs put in the soil but, after about 4 weeks, breakdown increased, sometimes above that in untreated plots. This was associated with a large increase in numbers of Enchytraeidae which were apparently unaffected by the insecticides. Four months after application, 1 lb/acre of phorate and 2 lb of menazon applied in seed drills 2 ft apart were not affecting Collembola in soil between the rows but were still decreasing the numbers within them. In -row phorate distributed along a 1·5 in diameter band of soil, 3 in deep, killed Collembola 3 in on either side but not 6 in away. It did not spread upwards in toxic quantities, but after rainfall, sufficient to kill Collembola leached at least 3 in downwards. We conclude that commercial in-row applications of chemicals like phorate are most unlikely to harm soil fertility, especially as the leaf-litter-destroying function of Collembola and other animals killed by phorate may be taken over by Enchytraeidae. 相似文献
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Dai Sawada Masatake Ohmasa Masaki Fukuda Kazuhiko Masuno Hiroshi Koide Shigeyuki Tsunoda Kimiyoshi Nakamura 《Mycoscience》2005,46(1):54-60
Photocatalytic disinfection of six bacteria and fungi, including pathogens of four mushroom diseases, Trichoderma harzianum, Cladobotryum varium, Spicellum roseum, and Pseudomonas tolaasii, and Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis, was studied. The photocatalyst reduced the number of viable microorganisms sufficiently by near-UV irradiation. Efficiency of disinfection was increased for P. tolaasii and E. coli, but not for T. harzianum, when the superhydrophilic properties of the photocatalyst were induced by 16h irradiation of the photocatalyst by near-UV light just before treatment of microorganisms. Efficiency of disinfection was also affected by the state of the microorganisms, temperature, and the thickness of suspensions of organisms. Tests of disinfecting ability of the photocatalyst in mushroom growing rooms indicate that it can be used effectively for reducing numbers of environmental bacteria and fungi under black light, and that it was also effective under white light. 相似文献
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Journal of Genetics - The wild cabbage,Brassica oleracea L., on the coasts of western Europe, shows enormous increase in size when taken into cultivation. It shows much variation, which is... 相似文献
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Studies on the effects of protease substrate analogues on some of the actions of insulin 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
N Begum H M Tepperman J Tepperman 《Biochemical and biophysical research communications》1985,126(1):489-495
Added TAME (N alpha-p-tosyl-1-anginine methyl ester) or BAME (benzoyl-anginine methyl ester) inhibited insulin induced activation of glucose oxidation and fat cell PDH activation without affecting spermine action on PDH activation and glucose oxidation in fat cells. BAME inhibited insulin-induced generation of both PDH stimulator and PDH inhibitor from liver particulate fraction. In contrast, insulin-induced internalization of insulin receptors and negative cooperativity of insulin receptors were not affected by protease substrate inhibitors. These results suggest that certain actions of insulin (glucose oxidation, generation of PDH regulators) are mediated by proteolytic events, while insulin-induced down regulation and negative cooperativity of insulin receptors are not mediated by activation of endogenous proteases. 相似文献
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《昆虫知识》2018,(6)
【目的】为了明确3种不同类型早竹Phyllostachys praecox林地拉步甲Carabus lafossei成虫的种群动态和对金针虫的捕食作用。【方法】采用陷阱法诱捕步甲成虫,采用形态学结合DNA条码法进行物种鉴定;分析拉步甲数量与土壤化学性质和林下植被盖度之间的相关性;质量测定法计算拉步甲对竹林金针虫的捕食量。【结果】3种类型早竹林中共捕捉到拉步甲成虫188头,其中撂荒地136头,中等强度经营样地34头,高强度经营样地18头。早竹林拉步甲成虫在4-10月份均有分布,其中以4-5月份种群数量最大。拉步甲个体数量与林下植被盖度极显著的正相关,与全磷和水解性氮极显著性的负相关,与有效磷显著的负相关。捕食量分析表明,单头的最大捕食量为0.734 g,最小捕食量为0.390 g,平均捕食量为0.540g。【结论】早竹林拉步甲成虫的种群数量大、存活时间长,其种群数量在不同经营方式样地之间存在极显著差异;拉步甲能够捕食竹林金针虫,是竹林金针虫的捕食性天敌昆虫。 相似文献
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