蚜小蜂和粉虱座壳孢对烟粉虱的控制作用研究

研究了烟粉虱两种寄生性天敌桨角蚜小蜂(Eretmocerus sp．)和粉虱座壳孢(Aschersonia aley-rodis)单独使用和联合使用时对烟粉虱种群的控制作用。结果表明,在单独进行控制时,在一个世代内按5×10^6个孢子·ml^-1喷施粉虱座壳孢2次,对烟粉虱种群的控制作用达95．74％,按每株植株3头雌蜂的密度释放桨角蚜小蜂2次,对烟粉虱种群的控制作用达57.58％。在两者联合控制时,一个世代内喷施粉虱座壳孢2次,再释放桨角蚜小蜂1次或2次,对烟粉虱种群的控制作用达97．02％～97．91％,烟粉虱种群增长趋势指数低于1,种群数量逐渐下降,联合使用时,桨角蚜小蜂和粉虱座壳孢间无消极影响。     

黑胶粉虱虫生菌的研究

扁座壳孢(Aschersonia placenta Berk.et Br.)是黑胶粉虱病原真菌,在寄主初龄幼虫期使用孢子悬浮液喷雾,个体容易感病,而且致死力较强。该菌最适生长温度24—26℃,暴发性流行季节气候条件多阴雨,相对湿度在85％以上。病原能在一般培养基上生长繁殖。在自然界以感病致死虫尸为营养载体,粘附在叶面,不断形成分生孢子,产生再次侵染,对控制害虫虫口增长作用显著,是综合防治中不可忽视的生物因素。     

新疆小圆孔壳属，锥毛壳属及座坚壳属的分类研究

本文报道了新疆子囊菌小圆孔壳属(Amphisphaerella),锥毛壳属(Coniochaeta)和座坚壳属(Rosellinia)的7个种及1个变种,即:忍冬小圆孔壳(A.xylostei),梭梭锥毛壳(C.haloxylonis),木生锥毛壳(C.ligniaria),粉被锥毛壳(C.pulveracea),毛锥毛壳(C.sordaria),附孢座坚壳(R.aquila),乳头座坚壳(R.thelena)及尖孢座坚壳大孢变种(R.apiculata var.macrospora)。其中,梭梭锥毛壳为新组合种。忍冬小圆孔壳,木生锥毛壳,乳头座坚壳及尖孢座坚壳大孢变种为我国新记录(属)种。这3个属的真菌新疆过去均未报道过,为新疆新记录属。     

座壳孢及其有性型（子囊菌门）代谢产物研究进展

座壳孢及其有性型是一类重要的虫生真菌,隶属子囊菌门、粪菌纲、肉座菌目、麦角菌科,能寄生粉虱和蚧类昆虫,可开发成一种环境友好型的生物农药。座壳孢及其有性型属成员广泛分布于热带和亚热带地区,该类群物种、栖息环境和生态适应的多样性使它们的代谢产物化学结构及其生物活性彰显出多样性特点,结构和功能多样的真菌代谢产物已成为发现新药先导化合物的重要资源。虫生真菌因其独特的生活方式和多种生存环境形成了与众不同的适应寄主特性及代谢通路,明显提高获得新颖结构、显著活性的代谢产物的几率,目前已是药物重点研发的领域。在座壳孢及其有性型代谢产物研究中已报道了萜类、黄酮类、醌类、环肽和甾醇等多种化合物,并具有抗肿瘤、抗疟疾、抗菌和杀虫等多种生物活性,可在农业、工业和医药保健等方面应用。本文对近年座壳孢及其有性型代谢产物的化学成分和生物活性等方面的研究进展进行概述,为促进座壳孢及其有性型代谢产物的深入研究、开发利用和新药创制提供参考。     

蜘蛛病原真菌一新种

虫壳属一新种大别山虫壳及其同时在蛛体上并存的无性型大别山球束梗孢。子囊壳表生至浅埋生,孔口黄色,子囊孢子弹射后呈波浪形弯曲。次生子囊孢子长柱形,９．４－１５．１×０．７－１．２μｍ。孢梗束单个或两个,白色,在其２／３处仍有分生孢子梗。     

新疆的刺球座属、穴壳属及普氏腔孢属

本文报道了新疆腔菌纲座囊菌目刺球座属(Lasiobotrys)、穴壳属(Dothiora)和普氏腔孢属(Plowrightia)的六种子囊菌,即:忍冬刺球座菌(L.loniccrae)、花楸穴壳菌 (D.sorbi)及其无性阶段花楸疡壳孢(Dothichiza sorbi)、茶蔗子普氏腔孢菌(P.ribesia)、小檗普氏腔孢菌(P.berberidiJ)、沙棘普氏腔孢菌(P.hippophaeos)及雕刻普氏腔孢菌(P.insculpta)。这三个属的真菌在我国均未报道过,为我国新纪录属(种)。标本均采于新疆,保存于新疆八一农学院植保系真菌标本室(HMAAC)。     

间座壳目新种和新记录

本文报道在我国东北地区发现寄生在落叶松枝干上,间座壳目(Diaporthales的2个新种,库都尔白座壳(Leucostoma kuduerensis Yuan)八孢黑腐皮壳(Valsa octospora Yuan和针叶树上的新记录种弗氏黑腐皮壳[Valsa friesii(Duby)Fuckel]。库都尔白座壳的无性型属Cytophoma型。八孢黑腐皮壳的子囊孢子为20μm以上的大型种。新种的形态特征有汉文和拉丁文描述。均附有显微照像。     

座隔孢属一新种

座隔孢属(Toxosporiopsis Sutton & Sellar)为腔孢纲(Coelomycetes)之一小属,已描述2种。本文报道了该属产自中国的一个新种:中国座隔孢(Toxosporiopsis sinensisW.P.Wu)。新种生于胡桃(Juglans regia L.)枯枝上,它与已知种尖顶座隔孢(Toxosporio-psis capitata Sutton & Sellar)和大孢座隔孢(Toxosporiopsis macrosperma(Cavara)Sutton& Dyko)在子座大小,产孢细胞长度,分生孢子形态、大小,侧丝长度及其外围胶质鞘的有无等特征上差别极大,故另立新种。     

座壳孢菌株的选育

为了提高座壳孢(Aschersonia papillata)防冶温室日粉虱(Trialeurodes vaporariorum)的效果,对该菌株进行了常规育种。以野生菌株A6S为原始菌株,经自然分离获得A6S一1菌株,经人工诱变得到A6s一256、A6s一393、A6S一504等菌株。选育的菌株不但保持原菌株的性状,而且适应性更强。在寄生率和产孢量上均显著优于自然分离菌株。     

侵染双翅目昆虫的新种、新记录、新组合及新修订

记录了最近在中国记载的侵染双翅目昆虫的虫霉目两个新种,毛蚊虫疠霉(Pandora bibionis)发现于浙江庆元的毛蚊(Bibio sp),其初生分生孢子拟卵形,多对称144～20.5×7.2～11.5μm(平均16．5～174×8.4～10.4μm), L／D 1.4～2.3(平均1.7～2.0);假根2倍粗于分生孢子梗,末端膨大为吸盘状固着器;休眠孢子外壁刺毛状,19．1～23.4μm。食蚜蝇干尸霉(Tarichium syrphis)发现于陕西镇坪县的斑翅狭口食蚜蝇上,其休眠孢子外被圆锥形长刺,长2.2～5.0μm,直径21.2～28.1μm。在毛蠓上发现中国新记录胶孢虫疠霉,并根据本文所采用的Humber(1989)系统,将其组合为胶孢虫瘴霉(Furia gloeosora comb. Nov.);此外,还将北虫疫霉(Erynia borea)组合为北虫疠霉(Pandoraborea comb. Nov.),并同时给予修订。     

座壳孢属真菌的分类研究

对昆虫病原真菌座壳孢的功能、资源调查、经典分类发展历程及其传统分类存在的问题、以及应用现代分子生物学方法研究座壳孢的系统发育等进行了回顾和总结,旨在为澄清该属真菌的种类及其系统发育关系提供科学依据。     

Ascherxanthone B from Aschersonia luteola, a new antifungal compound active against rice blast pathogen Magnaporthe grisea

Aims:  Fungicide resistance now exists in the rice blast fungus, Magnaporthe grisea , necessitating the need for new active agents. Fungi isolated from habitats in Thailand were screened with reference to this problem.
Methods and Results:  A new, reliable in vitro screening system based on a microdilution plate format was set up using a virulent strain of M. grisea THL 16. Culture broth extracts from approximately 800 fungal strains were investigated, one of these, Aschersonia luteola BCC 8774, was found to produce an active fungicidal compound, ascherxanthone B, with an IC₉₀ value of 0·58 μg ml⁻¹ (0·95 μmol l⁻¹). An in vivo study of anti-blast efficacy of ascherxanthone B showed a positive effect in disease reduction.
Conclusions:  Previous report has shown that a species of Aschersonia produces ascherxanthone A. Research on the species, A. luteola BCC 8774, led to the discovery of related novel metabolite, ascherxanthone B with fungicidal properties.
Significance and Impact of the Study:  Current methods of rice blast control seem to fail leading to increase in crop losses. Our discovery of the anti-blast activity shown by ascherxanthone B is the first step in the development of a potentially novel fungicide.     

Effects of low salinity on metamorphosis in estuarine colonial ascidians

Abstract. We studied the effects of brackish water on larval attachment, events of metamorphosis, and juvenile mortality in three colonial ascidian species that live in a Florida coastal lagoon. Eudistoma olivaceum and Eudistoma hepaticum are restricted in their adult distribution to areas of relatively high and constant salinity near inlets, whereas Ecteinascidia turbinata extends more than 20 km into the Indian River, where salinity can be much more variable. In all three species, metamorphosis proceeded more quickly at 33 ppt than at lower salinities. The thresholds for successful metamorphosis differed among species in a manner that corresponded to the adult distributions, with E. turbinata being capable of completing metamorphosis at salinities as low as 22 ppt, E. hepaticum as low as 24 ppt, and E. olivaceum as low as 26 ppt. Larvae of both Eudistoma species delayed settlement in very low salinity water, whereas those of E. turbinata settled very quickly, then failed to complete metamorphosis. Juvenile mortality at salinities lower than 22 ppt was 100% for all three species. Survival in salinities higher than 22 ppt was strongly correlated with salinity in E. olivaceum and E. hepaticum , but not E. turbinata.     

虫生真菌双生座壳孢的研究

双生座壳孢(Aschersonia duplex Berk.)系日本卷毛蚧的病原真菌。此菌在人工培养基和自然基物上生长好,并能产生大量分生孢子。对 C 源中的蔗糖、葡萄糖、甘露醇、山梨糖;N 源中的蛋白胨,天冬素、L-酪氨酸、KNO_3利用好。生长适温22—26℃。病原流行季节相对湿度在80％以上。田间接种,对寄主致病性强,有应用潜力。     

Pathogenicity of Aschersonia spp. against whiteflies Bemisia argentifolii and Trialeurodes vaporariorum

Entomopathogenic fungi of the genus Aschersonia are specific for whitefly and scale insects. They can be used as biological control agents against silverleaf whitefly, Bemisia argentifolii and greenhouse whitefly, Trialeurodes vaporariorum. Forty-four isolates of Aschersonia spp. were tested for their ability to sporulate and germinate on semi-artificial media and to infect insect hosts. Seven isolates sporulated poorly (less than 1x10(7) conidia/dry weight) and 10 were not able to infect either of the whitefly species. Several isolates were able to produce capilliconidia. Infection level was not correlated with germination on water agar. After a selection based on spore production and infection, virulence of 31 isolates was evaluated on third instar nymphs of both whitefly species on poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima). Whitefly infection levels varied between 2 and 70%, and infection percentages of B. argentifolii correlated with that of T. vaporariorum. However, mortality was higher for T. vaporariorum than for B. argentifolii, as a result of a higher 'mortality due to unknown causes.' Several isolates, among which unidentified species of Aschersonia originating from Thailand and Malaysia, A. aleyrodis from Colombia, and A. placenta from India showed high spore production on semi-artificial medium and high infection levels of both whitefly species.     

Evaluation of the pathogenicity of Aschersonia aleyrodis on Bemisia tabaci in the laboratory and greenhouse

The entomopathogenic fungus Aschersonia aleyrodis (Webber) is a promising fungal species against whiteflies. In this work, the pathogenicity of A. aleyrodis isolate Aa005 against MEAM1 Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) was evaluated under laboratory and greenhouse conditions. The bioassay results indicated that the percentage of larval mortalities was concentration and age dependent. A. aleyrodis showed high pathogenicity against second and third instars and pupae with LC₅₀ values of 7.93?×?10⁶, 1.08?×?10⁷, and 1.56?×?10^7?conidia?mL^?1, respectively. The median lethal time (LT₅₀) was lower (4.60 days) for second instars and was the highest (6.17 days) for pupae when inoculated with a concentration of 1?×?10^7?conidia?mL^?1. Weekly sampling of immatures showed that the per cent mortality caused by A. aleyrodis at a conidial concentration of 1?×?10^7?conidia?mL^?1 was 71.21% in small nymphs, 69.31% in large nymphs and 53.36% in pupae. The dispersion index (DI) and Lloyd’s Index of Patchiness (LIP) values indicated that the infected immatures had a tendency to aggregate. The study demonstrated that A. aleyrodis isolate A005 is an effective biocontrol agent for B. tabaci control under laboratory and greenhouse conditions.     

What's in a name? Aschersonia insperata: a new pleoanamorphic fungus with characteristics of Aschersonia and Hirsutella

A new anamorphic species from a Philippine tropical forest occurs as reddish-orange to orange, tuberculate stromata on unidentified homopteran larvae, and produces both Aschersonia and Hirsutella-like synanamorphs. A molecular phylogenetic analysis was conducted to determine the most appropriate generic placement for this fungus. Based on its phylogenetic relationships, a comparison of the complexity and persistence of each anamorph, and the speculated relevance of each synanamorph to survival, we describe the new fungus as Aschersonia insperata sp. nov.     

A combined ITS rDNA and β-tubulin phylogeny of Thai species of Hypocrella with non-fragmenting ascospores

A combined ITS and β-tubulin gene phylogeny has revealed new species of Hypocrella and Aschersonia related to the type species Hypocrella discoidea from natural forest in Thailand. As a result, Hypocrella calendulina and Hypocrella luteola are named as new species with Aschersonia sensu stricto anamorphs for specimens previously identified as Hypocrella discoidea sensu Petch. Hypocrella siamensis and Aschersonia minutispora are described as new species, both exhibiting brown stromata, with the former producing whole ascospores.