警惕椰子织蛾Opisina arenosella Walker （鳞翅目：织蛾科）传入中国

【背景】椰子织蛾是棕榈植物上的主要害虫。该害虫在印度和斯里兰卡危害严重,现已入侵泰国。【方法】在收集、整理椰子织蛾原产地或已知入侵地的生物学、生态学、地理学等信息的基础上,介绍了椰子织蛾的主要形态特征、寄主、分布、生物特性,并对该有害生物入侵我国的风险及后果进行综合分析。【结果】椰子织蛾幼虫通常为5龄,大多在棕榈植物叶背面为害。卵期约为5 d,幼虫期约为42 d,蛹期约为12 d,成虫产卵约为137粒。从适生性风险角度看,目前椰子织蛾在南亚和东南亚棕榈植物分布区危害严重,我国南方棕榈植物产区具有相似的生物气候,是椰子织蛾潜在的地理分布区;从传入扩散风险角度看,椰子织蛾成虫能够飞翔,且我国与该害虫发生国家特别是东盟国家的贸易日益频繁,加大了该害虫传入我国的可能性;从经济与生态风险角度看,椰子织蛾入侵我国后将危害椰子等棕榈植物,给相关产业带来损失,影响从业人员收入,同时影响本地生态环境,可能导致生态灾害。【结论与意义】椰子织蛾有入侵我国的可能,有效的检疫管理措施是防范其入侵的主要手段。生物防治是治理该害虫的重要措施之一。     

椰子织蛾传入中国及其海南省的风险性分析

【背景】椰子织蛾原产于印度和斯里兰卡,现主要分布于南亚和东南亚,是椰子、中东海枣、蒲葵等多种棕榈科植物的重要害虫。我国目前尚无椰子织蛾发生为害的报道;但从适生性的角度看,该虫的地理分布区与我国南方棕榈植物分布区具有相似的生物气候,理论上我国热带、亚热带的广大区域是椰子织蛾的潜在地理分布区。鉴于其危害严重性,一旦入侵,其危险程度将超过已在我国发生的重要入侵害虫椰心叶甲。【方法】根据国际植物检疫措施标准（ISPM）规定的有害生物风险性分析（PRA）程序,利用相关风险性分析模型,从国内外分布状况、潜在的危害性、受害寄主的经济重要性、传播扩散的可能性及危险性管理难度5个方面,对椰子织蛾在中国及其海南省的风险性进行定性、定量分析。【结果】椰子织蛾在中国及其海南省的风险值（R）分别为2．20和2．30,在我国属于高度危险性有害生物。【结论与意义】本研究可为制定椰子织蛾的检疫管理对策提供依据。     

椰子木蛾的产卵节律及其对寄主植物的产卵选择性

【背景】椰子木蛾是近年来新入侵我国棕榈科植物的害虫,研究其产卵习性可为监测和防治该虫提供参考。【方法】在室内条件下,观察、记录了椰子木蛾雌成虫的产卵节律及其对不同寄主植物的产卵选择性。【结果】椰子木蛾最高日产卵量可达34.4粒·头-1,且主要集中在羽化后4 d内产卵,占总产卵量的54.1%;产卵活动主要发生在夜间23:00到次日8:00;在椰子、蒲葵、大王棕、槟榔和散尾葵等寄主植物上的产卵量无显著差异,为89.3~147.7粒·头-1,但产卵位置存在差别。【结论与意义】椰子木蛾雌成虫具有较强的繁殖能力和产卵节律性,且在不同寄主植物上的产卵量一致。     

新入侵害虫椰子织蛾的3种本地寄生蜂

【目的】椰子织蛾是近期入侵中国的棕榈植物重要害虫,研究其天敌寄生蜂,能为椰子织蛾的进一步防控提供科学依据。【方法】在海南岛收集鉴定了椰子织蛾天敌寄生蜂,观察记录寄生蜂发育历期、雌雄性比、成虫寿命等基础生物学特性。【结果】经形态及分子鉴定,收集到的椰子织蛾寄生蜂有幼虫期寄生蜂麦蛾柔茧蜂、蛹期寄生蜂金刚钻大腿小蜂和周氏啮小蜂。在温度(26±2)℃、湿度(75±10)%RH、以椰子织蛾为寄主条件下,麦蛾柔茧蜂、金刚钻大腿小蜂和周氏啮小蜂发育历期分别为11.8、19.6和20.6 d;每头寄主的出蜂量分别为10.1、1.0和81.5头;雌蜂占比分别为26.6%、40.6%和89.8%;每种寄生蜂雌蜂寿命均长于雄蜂。【结论】保护和利用椰子织蛾的3种本地寄生蜂,将有助于椰子织蛾的防控。     

椰子织蛾不育技术的生物学基础

【背景】椰子织蛾是新入侵我国海南岛的棕榈害虫,昆虫不育技术是控制该害虫的潜在措施。【方法】通过研究椰子织蛾生殖、发育、存活等特性,探讨椰子织蛾不育技术的生物学基础。【结果】在(28±2)℃、(70±10)%RH、以椰子老叶饲养的条件下,每雌产卵量约170粒,净增值率约55.4,倍增时间约9.6 d,表明椰子织蛾可在室内大量饲养,为辐射不育提供虫源。椰子织蛾雌雄比为1∶1.04,雄虫先熟,产卵前期短,产卵期集中,表明该害虫交配行为相对简单,有利于不育雄虫发挥效能。雌蛹显著重于雄蛹,有利于不育过程中雌雄虫的分离。发育起点温度11.5℃,有效积温996.9日度,在海南岛每年发生4~5代,这些数据可用来预测椰子织蛾种群动态,便于释放不育雄虫。【结论与意义】本研究从生物学角度表明椰子织蛾可用昆虫不育技术进行防控,为其进一步的不育技术研发提供相关信息。     

海南发现椰子织蛾的重要天敌褐带卷蛾茧蜂

椰子织蛾是棕榈植物的重要入侵害虫,在印度和斯里兰卡严重危害椰子树。2013年在海南省万宁市首次发现椰子织蛾。目前,该虫已在海南多个市县及广东和广西危害,对我国棕榈科植物的安全生产构成严重威胁。2014年11月,作者等人在万宁兴隆和三亚海棠湾镇调查椰子织蛾危害时,发现其重要天敌昆虫——褐带卷蛾茧蜂。为了进一步了解褐带卷蛾茧蜂,本文对其形态特征、分布、寄主和生物学习性进行了报道,以便更好地用于椰子织蛾的生物防治。     

外来入侵植物腺龙葵在我国的适生区预测

【目的】全球恶性杂草腺龙葵最早于20世纪80年代入侵我国辽宁,90年代以后在河南被发现,近年来在新疆和北京都有入侵记录。明确其潜在的适生区对制定防控措施具有重要意义。【方法】通过查找全球生物多样性信息数据库、标本记录、文献信息以及实地调查等途径获得了腺龙葵在全球的分布点,利用Maxent生态位模型模拟了其适应的气候生态位,并投影到中国预测了其潜在适生区。【结果】适生区预测结果显示,腺龙葵在我国存在广阔的适生区,除海南、广东、黑龙江、吉林外的27省区都存在其适生区。【结论】腺龙葵在我国进一步扩散蔓延的风险极高。建议对新入侵地采取早期监测预警和根除措施,并加大对适生区内进口货物接受区的监测力度,以预防其再次入侵。     

基于MaxEnt的入侵植物刺轴含羞草的适生分布区预测

【背景】刺轴含羞草是世界危害最严重的100种入侵生物之一,因此明确刺轴含羞草在全球以及中国的潜在分布对有效预防和控制其蔓延具有重要意义。【方法】本研究利用MaxEnt生态位模型对刺轴含羞草在全球以及中国潜在分布区进行预测。【结果】结果表明,刺轴含羞草适生区分布在全球南北纬30度以内的热带和亚热带地区。其中,中南美洲、非洲中部、东南亚以及大洋洲北部为刺轴含羞草中、高度适生区的集中分布区。中国处于刺轴含羞草适生区的边缘。刺轴含羞草在中国的适生区主要分布在云南、海南、广东西南部以及台湾地区。在温室气体A1B排放模式下,到2050年,刺轴含羞草在全球适生区面积与当前相似,但在中国的适生区略有减少。【结论与意义】刺轴含羞草有入侵我国大陆的风险,检疫部门应对刺轴含羞草进行检疫,防止其入侵。     

我国柑橘木虱潜在适生区分布及趋势分析

【目的】柑橘木虱Diaphorina citri Kuwayama是传播黄龙病的重要虫媒,给柑橘生产带来极大危害。本文通过已知柑橘木虱发生地信息和40年气象数据求取准确的生物气候模型参数,在此基础上分析我国柑橘木虱潜在适生区分布变化和未来发展趋势。【方法】本文从1970年以来公开发表的文献中整理提取了柑橘木虱在我国1990年前后的发生地信息,分别基于CLIMEX的标准气象数据和国家气象局发布的1991—2010年的气象数据,得到能够准确预测柑橘木虱潜在适生区分布的CLIMEX参数。然后使用Cli Mond发布的2030和2050年的全球气象数据,预测了未来柑橘木虱在我国的潜在适生区。【结果】2010年后柑橘木虱适生区分布北移明显,与实际发生地信息相吻合;全球气候变暖趋势影响下,2030年柑橘木虱适生区继续向北方扩展,但到2050年的适生区北界基本稳定,相比较而言临界区北移更加突出。【结论】柑橘木虱适生区北移明显,在未来气候条件下,干胁迫将阻止其进一步北移;但在临界气候条件下有建立种群的可能,对于目前未见该虫发生报道的潜在适生区,应加强早期预警和检疫防控措施。     

气候变化对全球马缨丹分布影响的空间模拟

【目的】马缨丹是世界10种最有害的入侵杂草之一,预测其潜在适生区变化对入侵植物防控具有重要意义。【方法】以马缨丹为研究对象,采用有效分布点数据1744份和10个气候因子,使用MaxEnt模型和ArcGIS10.4软件,选用当前气候情景以及2050sSSP126、2050sSSP245、2050sRCP5.8、2090sSSP126、2090sSSP245、2090sSSP585 6个不同气候情景,对马缨丹全球潜在分布区进行预测。【结果】温度和降水因子是制约马缨丹入侵的主要因子,其中年降水量(bio12,48.6%)、最干季度的平均温度(bio9,36.4%)、温度季节性(bio4,4.6%)和最热季度的平均温度(bio10,4.2%)是制约马缨丹分布格局的主要环境因子。南美洲、非洲南部、亚洲南部以及澳大利亚北部和东部具有较高的入侵风险。从当前气候情景到2050年气候情景再到2090年气候情景的过渡中,其适生区面积呈增加趋势,其中高适生区面积持续增加。【结论】在水热条件以及生物因素3个层面上严格防控马缨丹入侵,以增加土著生态系统的完整性。     

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.