柳牡蛎蚧生命表的研究

1 引言 柳牡蛎蚧(Lepidosaphes salicina Bersch)(同翅目:盾蚧科)是一种以为害杨树为主的刺吸式害虫之一,广泛分布于“三北”防护林区,该蚧一年发生一代,以卵越冬。通过刺吸式口器刺入树皮内,吸取树木养分和水分,并使树木表皮栓化。同时,由于枝干被蚧壳所覆盖,对呼吸及光合作用也有影响,特别是幼树被害后,一般     

中国食蚧瓢虫名录

食蚧瓢虫在蚧虫生物防治中具有很重要的作用.根据食性可分为专性食蚧瓢虫和兼性食蚧瓢虫.本文记录了我国食蚧瓢虫8亚科26属65种,其中澳洲瓢虫和孟氏隐唇瓢虫为国外引进种.     

中国大球蚧属四新记录种

大球蚧属Eulecanium Cockerell 1893,此前我国记述有8种,即:格纹白球蚧Eulecaniumalbodermis Chen 1962、桤木裸蚧Eulecanium alnicola Chen 1962、刺槐球坚蚧Eulecanium circumfluumBorchs.1955、瘤大球坚蚧Eulecanium gigantea(Shinji,1935)、昆明球坚蚧Eulecanium kunmingiFerris 1950、日本球坚蚧Eulecanium kunoensis(Kuwana,1907)、桑名球坚蚧Eulecanium kuwanaiKanda 1934和黑带球坚蚧Eulecanium nigrivitta Borchs.1959。但其中桑名球坚蚧E.kuwanai,根据原     

中国蚁粉蚧属的初步研究（同翅目：蚧总科：粉蚧科）

记述我国蚁粉蚧属一新种：杨凌蚁粉蚧Formicococcus yanglingensis sp.nov.,建立一新组合;天麻蚁粉蚧F.gasteris(Wang,1982)comb.nov.(移自簇粉蚧属Paraputo Liang),并将F.gastrodiae Tang(1992)作为该种的异名处理。此外,还编制了蚁粉蚧属中国种类分种检索表。新种模式标本保存在南开大学生物系昆虫标本室。     

竹链蚧属一新种记述（同翅目：蚧总科，链蚧科）

本记述采自安徽歙县箸竹Indocalamus sp.上的链蚧属Bambusasis的一新种,凸腺竹链蚧Bambusasis prolrusus,sp.nov.     

安徽泡粉蚧属一新种(同翅目:蚧总科:粉蚧科)

记述采自安徽黄山的泡粉蚧属一新种,即黄山泡粉蚧Puto huangshanensis sp.nov.,模式标本保存在北京林业大学昆虫标本室。     

菠萝粉蚧和新菠萝灰粉蚧溴甲烷熏蒸处理研究

菠萝粉蚧Dysmicoccus brevipes (Cockerell)和新菠萝灰粉蚧Dysmicoccus neobrevipes(Beardsley)是菠萝等热带水果上的重要害虫,均属我国进出境水果贸易中需要检疫处理的对象.为了建立两种粉蚧有效的除害处理方法,本文测定了溴甲烷熏蒸2h对两种粉蚧各虫龄的致死毒力.结果表明,两种粉蚧对溴甲烷具有相似的毒力反应,1龄若虫的耐药性明显低于其它各虫龄.菠萝粉蚧LC99最大值在19.4℃和28.8℃下均为3龄若虫,分别为30.32 g/m3和18.17 g/n3;新菠萝灰粉蚧LC99最大值在19.2℃和29.4C下分别为3龄若虫和成虫,分别为29.19 g/m3和18.41 g/m3.确认实验表明,在25℃下,采用熏蒸剂量25 g/m3,在19℃下采用40 g/m3熏蒸2h可以使菠萝粉蚧和新菠萝灰粉蚧达到安全检疫处理要求.     

埃及黄盾食蚧蚜小蜂在生物防治蚧壳虫中的作用

在埃及,黄盾食蚧蚜小蜂Coccophagus suteelaris(Dalman)是一种有效防治蚧壳虫的寄生蜂,研究中分别用6种蚧壳虫Ceroplastes floridensis Comstock,Coccus hesperidumL.,Pulvinaria floccifera (Westwood),P.psidii Maskell,Saissetia coffeae(Walker)以及S.oleae(Oliver)来饲养黄盾食蚧蚜小蜂,1999－2000年间,在埃及的Beni-Suef,Cairo,Giza,Gharbiya和北海岸等5个地方,C.scutellaris大规模的发生在7－11月间,C.scuteelaris对S.coffeae和S.oleae的最高寄生率分别是发生在1999年11月和8月的26％和22％,因此可以认为,黄盾食蚧蚜小蜂是对两种蚧壳虫有效的寄生蜂。     

中国齿盾蚧属一新种(半翅目:蚧总科:盾蚧科)(英文)

记述中国齿盾蚧属Odonaspis Leonardi1新种——龙岩齿盾蚧Odonaspis longyanensis Wang et Feng,sp.nov.,编制了中国齿盾蚧属分种检索表,模式标本保存于西北农林科技大学昆虫博物馆。     

中国蜡蚧科一新记录属（半翅目：蚧总科）

记述采自中国云南的1新记录属:类白蜡蚧属Ericeroides Danzig,1990及1新记录种:越南类白蜡蚧E.zaitzevi Danzig,1990。该新记录属近似于白蜡蚧属Ericerus Guérin-Méneville,二属均有成群气门刺及爪齿;主要区别是:类白蜡蚧属Ericeroides无背面管状腺及肛前孔,而白蜡蚧属Ericerus则有。文中对雌成虫形态特征进行了详细描述和绘图。     

A Unique Protease Cleavage Site Predicted in the Spike Protein of the Novel Pneumonia Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Potentially Related to Viral Transmissibility

正Dear Editor,In December 2019, a novel human coronavirus caused an epidemic of severe pneumonia(Coronavirus Disease 2019,COVID-19) in Wuhan, Hubei, China(Wu et al. 2020; Zhu et al. 2020). So far, this virus has spread to all areas of China and even to other countries. The epidemic has caused 67,102 confirmed infections with 1526 fatal cases     

Curcuminoids as inhibitors of thioredoxin reductase: A receptor based pharmacophore study with distance mapping of the active site

Curcumin is the yellow pigment of turmeric that interacts irreversibly forming an adduct with thioredoxin reductase (TrxR), an enzyme responsible for redox control of cell and defence against oxidative stress. Docking at both the active sites of TrxR was performed to compare the potency of three naturally occurring curcuminoids, namely curcumin, demethoxy curcumin and bis-demethoxy curcumin. Results show that active sites of TrxR occur at the junction of E and F chains. Volume and area of both cavities is predicted. It has been concluded by distance mapping of the most active conformations that Se atom of catalytic residue SeCYS498, is at a distance of 3.56 from C13 of demethoxy curcumin at the E chain active site, whereas C13 carbon atom forms adduct with Se atom of SeCys 498. We report that at least one methoxy group in curcuminoids is necessary for interation with catalytic residues of thioredoxin. Pharmacophore of both active sites of the TrxR receptor for curcumin and demethoxy curcumin molecules has been drawn and proposed for design and synthesis of most probable potent antiproliferative synthetic drugs.     

Comparative morphology of the carpel in the Liliaceae: Hewardieae, Petrosavieae, and Tricyrteae

The young pistils in the melanthioid tribes, Hewardieae, Petrosavieae and Tricyrteae, are uniformly tricarpellate and syncarpous. They lack raphide idioblasts. All are multiovulate, with bitegmic ovules. The Petrosavieae are marked by the presence of septal glands and incomplete syncarpy. Tepals and stamens adhere to the ovary in the Hewardieae and the Petrosavieae but not in the Tricyrteae. Two vascular bundles occur in the stamens of the Hewartlieae and Tricyrtis latifolia. Ventral bundles in the upper part of the ovary of the Hewardieae are continuous with compound septal bundles and placental bundles in the lower part. Putative ventral bundles occur in the alternate position in the Tricyrteae and putative placental bundles in the opposite. position in the Petrosavieae. The dichtomously branched stigma in each carpel of the Tricyrteae is supplied by a bifurcated dorsal bundle.     

Enterovirus 71 3C proteolytically processes the histone H3 N-terminal tail during infection

Highlights
1. The N-terminal tail of histone H3 is specifically cleaved during EV71 infection.
2. Viral protease 3C is identified as a protease responsible for proteolytically processing the N-terminal H3 tail.
3. Our finding reveals a new epigenetic regulatory mechanism for Enterovirus 71 in virus-host interactions.     

Detection of EBV and HHV6 in the Brain Tissue of Patients with Rasmussen’s Encephalitis

Rasmussen’s encephalitis (RE) is a rare pediatric neurological disorder, and the exact etiology is not clear. Viral infection may be involved in the pathogenesis of RE, but conflicting results have reported. In this study, we evaluated the expression of both Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and human herpes virus (HHV) 6 antigens in brain sections from 30 patients with RE and 16 control individuals by immunohistochemistry. In the RE group, EBV and HHV6 antigens were detected in 56.7% (17/30) and 50% (15/30) of individuals, respectively. In contrast, no detectable EBV and HHV6 antigen expression was found in brain tissues of the control group. The co-expression of EBV and HHV6 was detected in 20.0% (6/30) of individuals. In particular, a 4-year-old boy had a typical clinical course, including a medical history of viral encephalitis, intractable epilepsy, and hemispheric atrophy. The co-expression of EBV and HHV6 was detected in neurons and astrocytes in the brain tissue, accompanied by a high frequency of CD8⁺ T cells. Our results suggest that EBV and HHV6 infection and the activation of CD8⁺ T cells are involved in the pathogenesis of RE.     

Perinatal Vertical Transmission of Chikungunya Virus in Ruili,a Town on the Border between China and Myanmar

正Dear Editor,Chikungunya virus (CHIKV), an arbovirus in the family of Togaviridae, genus Alphavirus, is transmitted by the A.aegyptii or A. albopictus mosquito, and causes disease in humans characterized by fever, rash, and arthralgia (Silva and Dermody 2017; Suhrbier 2019). It was first reported in 1953 in Tanzania, and caused only a few outbreaks and sporadic cases in Africa and Asia in last century. However, in the epidemic in 2004, CHIKV acquired mutations that conferred enhanced transmission by the A. albopictus mosquito(Schuffenecker et al. 2006). Since then, it has successively caused outbreaks in Africa, the Indian Ocean, South East Asia, the South America, and Europe (Zeller et al. 2016).     

Development of a Novel Reverse Transcription Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Method for Rapid Detection of SARS-CoV-2

In conclusion, the novel visual RT-LAMP assay is a simple, rapid, and sensitive approach for detection of SARS-CoV-2, and it is ready for application in primary care and community hospitals or health care centers, and even patients' own houses in response to the current SARS-CoV-2 epidemic because the assay does not require sophisticated equipment and skilled personnel. Furthermore, it is also ready to be used in fields for screening samples from wild animals and environments to facilitate the identification of potential intermediate hosts that mediate the cross-species transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from bats to humans.