植物-昆虫间的化学通讯及其行为控制

在植物与昆虫间的化学通讯中植物气味物质起着决定性的作用,它调控着昆虫的多种行为,诸如引诱昆虫趋向寄主植物,刺激昆虫取食,引导昆虫选择产卵场所,进行传粉和防御昆虫等。有些植物则当受到食植性昆虫危害时会释出一些引诱害虫天敌的化学信号。这些化学信号是一些挥发性萜类混合物,天敌昆虫就以此来区分受害和未受害植株。尽管目前在害虫综合治理中,昆虫信息素的应用越来越显得比天然植物气味源更受重视,但是必须指出的是,昆虫信息化合物首次成功地使用于植物保护的却是天然植物气味源。在利用植物气味源作害虫测报和防治中,近年来一种简单价廉的粘胶诱捕器己成为多种害虫的标准测报工具。在害虫综合治理中利用植物气味源的技术显然是具有不可估量的潜力。文中提出了利用基因工程技术来改造植物,使植物能释放特定的驱避剂或其它控制昆虫行为的特殊气味物质的新概念。     

植物—昆虫间的化学通讯及其行为控制

在植物与昆虫间的化学通讯中植物气味物质起着决定性的作用,它调控着昆虫的多种行为,诸如引诱昆虫趋向寄主植物,刺激昆虫取食,引导昆虫选择产卵场所,进行传粉和防御昆虫等。有些植物则当受到食植性昆虫危害时会释出一些引诱害虫天敌的化学信号。这些化学信号是一些挥发性萜类混合物,天敌昆虫就以此来区分受害和未受害植株。尽管目前在害虫综合治理中,昆虫信息素的应用越来越显得比天然植物气味源更受重视,但是必须指出的是,昆虫信息化合物首次成功地使用于植物保护的却是天然植物气味源。在利用植物气味源作害虫测报和防治中,近年来一种简单价廉的粘胶诱捕器已成为多种害虫的标准测报工具。在害虫综合治理中利用植物气味源的技术显然是具有不可估量的潜力。文中提出了利用基因工程技术来改造植物,使植物能释放特定的驱避剂或其它控制昆虫行为的特殊气味物质的新概念。     

昆虫对植物次生性物质的适应策略

植物次生性物质是植食性昆虫在取食过程中遇到的主要障碍之一,也是天敌昆虫寻找寄主或猎物的主要信息来源。当今,昆虫学中的一些重要理论问题,如寄主植物的识别,食性的形成,植物求救信号的释放,天敌对寄主或猎物的识别和寻找机制等等,均与植物次生性物质有关。在长期的演化过程中,昆虫适应了植物次生性物质的种种不利作用,改变了这类物质对植物本身的防御作用,使其能充分地利用各分类阶元的植物次生性物质作为寻找寄主植物、昆虫寄主或猎物以及取食的信号。昆虫与植物次生性物质的这种关系是当今协同演化理论得以产生的主要依据之一。关于昆…     

寄主植物信息化合物对苹果蠹蛾行为的影响及其在防控中的应用

苹果蠹蛾（Cydia pomonella)是仁果类水果的重要世界性害虫,也是我国的重要检疫性对象,在我国的发生、危害及潜在扩张的趋势十分严峻.有关寄主植物气味对苹果蠹蛾特异性引诱方面的研究受到了广泛的关注.本文综述了苹果蠹蛾和植物源气味之间的互作关系,主要包括寄主植物气味影响苹果蠹蛾成虫寄主定位、求偶交配和产卵等行为,幼虫取食对寄主植物气味释放以及寄主植物气味对性信息素的影响;同时还介绍了主要植物源化合物梨酯的研究和田间应用概况,以期为我国苹果蠹蛾的防控研究和应用提供参考.     

寄主植物一蚜虫-天敌三重营养关系的化学生态学研究进展

综述了寄主植物-蚜虫-天敌三重营养关系的化学生态学研究.重点阐述了3个研究热点①植物挥发性物质在蚜虫及其天敌选择奇主行为过程中的作用;②蚜虫信息素和蜜露对蚜虫天敌寄主选择行为的影响;③植物挥发性物质对蚜虫信息素作用的影响.对寄主植物-蚜虫-天敌三重营养关系的全面了解,将为蚜虫的综合治理提供新思维.     

寄主植物-蚜虫-天敌三重营养关系的化学生态学研究进展

综述了寄主植物－蚜虫－天敌三重营养关系的化学生态学研究,重点阐述了3个研究热点：①植物挥发性物质在蚜虫及其天敌选择寄主行为过程中的作用;②蚜虫信息素和蜜露对蚜虫天敌寄主选择行为的影响;③植物挥发性物质对蚜虫信息系作用的影响。对寄主植物－蚜虫－天敌三重营养关系的全面了解,将为蚜虫的综合治疗提供新思维。     

水稻挥发性信息化合物对昆虫的作用

植物挥发性化合物是联系植物、害虫和天敌间3层营养关系的关键信息因子。是害虫防治理论与实践的基础．首先,介绍了水稻挥发性信息化合物的基本化学特征及其在植食性昆虫和天敌昆虫寄主选择中的作用;其次,分析了水稻挥发性信息化合物的产生与作用机制及其生态学功能和水稻挥发性信息化合物研究中存在的问题;最后,展望了水稻挥发性信息化合物的研究前景．对水稻挥发性化合物的更进一步研究有两个方向,一是对存在于水稻体内,启动相关代谢途径的小分子信号物质的生理生化和分子生物学特性进行研究;二是研究捕食性节肢动物对信息化合物的接收、识别和学习等行为及与这些行为相关的生理生化和分子基础．     

植食性昆虫寄主植物嗅觉搜寻述介

植食性昆虫与寄主植物关系的本质是化学。植食性昆虫搜寻寄主的嗅觉媒介是植物气味即化学信息物质。在介绍植物气味构成及其扩散模型基础上，阐述了植物气味在地上植食性昆虫成虫、幼虫和地下植食性昆虫搜寻寄主过程中的嗅觉导向作用，并指出了今后相关研究需要注意的问题。从植物与环境因子的关系来看，植物气味包括构成性气味和诱发性气味两类，这两类气味的概念既相联系而又不同。构成性气味组分及构成因植物分类地位等而不同。诱发性气味组分因植食性昆虫取食、植物病原微生物、机械致伤等因子的胁迫而变化，这种变化性状随植物属和/或种、植株生长发育阶段、胁迫因子性质及其作用方式而不同。无论是哪种植物气味，其释放均具有节律性。气味扩散过程比较复杂，扩散状态可用数学模型表征。对于地上植食性昆虫成虫，植物气味对其寄主搜寻行为具有导向特异性，重点分析了这种特异性形成的两个假说；鳞翅目昆虫幼虫，能够利用植物化学信息物质趋向寄主植物或回避非寄主植物；地下植食性昆虫搜寻寄主，既与寄主植物地下组织释放或分泌的次级代谢物有关，又与一些初级代谢物有关。初级代谢物中的CO₂,起着“搜寻触发器”作用。有助于增强人们对昆虫与植...     

植食性瘿蚊化学通讯中的信息化学物质

植食性瘿蚊是重要的农林害虫,其幼虫危害寄主植物,造成植物细胞分裂或异常分化而产生组织畸形,形成虫瘿。该虫具有成虫体小、寿命极短的特性,成虫羽化后可迅速求偶、交配,并随即寻找寄主植物产卵。在植食性瘿蚊短暂的生活史中要完成种群繁衍,配偶选择和寄主定位起着至关重要的作用,而植食性瘿蚊自身产生的信息素、寄主或非寄主产生的他感化学物质在调节其选择配偶和寄主植物过程中起着关键性的化学通讯作用。本文综述了国内外有关植食性瘿蚊化学通讯中信息化学物质的研究进展,包括植食性瘿蚊性信息素的释放、提取、组分鉴定、行为生测,以及寄主植物挥发物引诱活性物质的鉴定、筛选和对植食性瘿蚊定向和产卵行为的影响等方面,并对植食性瘿蚊信息化学物质的进一步研究和应用前景进行了探讨,以期为利用信息化学物质监测和防治植食性瘿蚊提供参考。     

云杉八齿小蠹信息素的研究进展

在复杂的生态环境中,来自于云杉八齿小蠹和植物的信息物质在云杉八齿小蠹的整个生活史中都发挥着重要的作用。雄性云杉八齿小蠹作为先锋虫以寄主植物的挥发物作为嗅觉信号搜寻和定位寄主,然后释放信息素吸引同性或异性云杉八齿小蠹前来聚集。云杉八齿小蠹成群攻击以降低寄主树木的抗性,寄主植物在受到云杉八齿小蠹攻击后能够利用其物理结构、分泌物及挥发性物质等抵御其危害。云杉八齿小蠹自身化学信息素的合成和对寄主树木次生代谢物质的转化能力,决定和影响着入侵寄主树木的速度和种群数量。本文从信息素组成、释放速率等方面、寄主和非寄主挥发物的作用及信息素诱捕器在监测和防治中的应用做一综述。     

Is the (E)‐β‐farnesene only volatile terpenoid in aphids?

Abstract: Herbivore insects use a broad range of chemical cues to locate their host to feed or to oviposit. Whether several plant volatiles are effective allelochemicals for insects, the latter also emit molecules which have infochemical role. The (E)‐β‐farnesene (EBF) is a well‐known aphid alarm pheromone commonly found in all previously tested species. Analysis of the released molecules from 23 aphid species, mainly collected on their natural host plant from May to July, was performed by gas chromatography–mass spectrometry. While EBF was identified as the main volatile substance in 16 species, alone or associated with other molecules, the alarm pheromone was only a minor component of the volatile molecule pattern of five other species. Moreover, two species, Euceraphis punctipennis and Drepanosiphum platanoides, did not release EBF at all but other terpenes were identified. This original observation raised the question on the utility and the source of the non‐EBF volatiles. Are these potential infochemical substances produced by the aphid or only absorbed from the host plant? Here we determined that terpenes released by insects were not only provided by the host plants. Indeed, Megoura viciae emitted additional molecules than the ones from several aphid species reared on the same host plant. Moreover, no systematic relation between the feeding behaviour of the aphid species and the volatile releases was observed. Aphid terpene composition and proportion would provide reliable cues to identify the emitting organism, plant or insect. The next step of this work will be to determine the infochemical role of terpenes found in the range of tested aphid samples to better understand the relations between the different tritrophic levels.     

两种蚜茧蜂及其寄主蚜虫对大豆植株挥发性次生物质的触角电位反应

研究了下列害虫和寄生天敌种类对大豆植株中提取的某些挥发性次生化合物及其不同组合混合相的触角电位反应： 1)豆蚜Aphis craccivora Koch和麦长管蚜Macrosiphum avenae (Fabricius);2)为害大豆植株的大豆蚜Aphis glycines Matsumura和不为害大豆植株的豆蚜二者所共有的寄生天敌豆柄瘤蚜茧蜂Lysiphlebus fabarum Marshall; 3)不为害大豆植株的麦长管蚜的寄生天敌燕麦蚜茧蜂Aphidius picipes Nees。结果表明,与大豆植株相关联的大豆蚜和不相关联的豆蚜所共有的天敌——豆柄瘤蚜茧蜂,对大豆植株的挥发性次生化合物及其混合相反应敏感,而与大豆植株不相关联的豆蚜、麦长管蚜及其寄生天敌——燕麦蚜茧蜂,对大豆植株的挥发性次生化合物及其混合相反应不敏感。再次证明,植物挥发性次生化合物在害虫及其寄生天敌搜寻寄主的过程中起到重要的作用。     

The specificity of herbivore-induced plant volatiles in attracting herbivore enemies

Plants respond to herbivore attack by emitting complex mixtures of volatile compounds that attract herbivore enemies, both predators and parasitoids. Here, we explore whether these mixtures provide significant value as information cues in herbivore enemy attraction. Our survey indicates that blends of volatiles released from damaged plants are frequently specific depending on the type of herbivore and its age, abundance and feeding guild. The sensory perception of plant volatiles by herbivore enemies is also specific, according to the latest evidence from studies of insect olfaction. Thus, enemies do exploit the detailed information provided by plant volatile mixtures in searching for their prey or hosts, but this varies with the diet breadth of the enemy.     

Plant secondary substances and insects behaviour

Allelochemicals are storing in different location in plant tissues as inactive form. Number of identified compounds may now exceed 100,000. Environmental factors have an effect on allelochemicals concentration in plants. Many allelochemicals classified as toxins or deterrents for herbivorous insects. Allelochemicals play a major role in feeding or ovipositing stimulants for some specialist insects. Consumption and assimilation of herbivorous insects had affected by the type of allelochemicals in host plants. Allelochemicals have an acute or chronic toxicity on herbivorous insects. Most specialist herbivorous insects rely heavily of ingested plant allelochemicals. Plant allelochemicals may influence an insect's susceptibility to pathogens such as bacteria, fungi and nematode. Specialists herbivorous insect can be using the allelochemicals in their host plants as protection against natural enemies. Some herbivorous insects are synthesising the aggregation, attracting, alarm or mating pheromone from the allelochemicals in their host plants.     

The influence of host and non‐host companion plants on the behaviour of pest insects in field crops

Companion plants grown as ‘trap crops’ or ‘intercrops’ can be used to reduce insect infestations in field crops. The ways in which such reductions are achieved are being described currently using either a chemical approach, based on the ‘push‐pull strategy’, or a biological approach, based on the ‘appropriate/inappropriate landing theory’. The chemical approach suggests that insect numbers are reduced by chemicals from the intercrop ‘repelling’ insects from the main crop, and by chemicals from the trap‐crop ‘attracting’ insects away from the main crop. This approach is based on the assumptions that (1) plants release detectable amounts of volatile chemicals, and (2) insects ‘respond’ while still some distance away from the emitting plant. We discuss whether the above assumptions can be justified using the ‘appropriate/inappropriate landing theory’. Our tenet is that specialist insects respond only to the volatile chemicals released by their host plants and that these are released in such small quantities that, even with a heightened response to such chemicals, specialist insects can only detect them when a few metres from the emitting plant. We can find no robust evidence in the literature that plant chemicals ‘attract’ insects from more than 5 m and believe that ‘trap crops’ function simply as ‘interception barriers’. We can also find no evidence that insects are ‘repelled’ from landing on non‐host plants. Instead, we believe that ‘intercrops’ disrupt host‐plant finding by providing insects with a choice of host (appropriate) and non‐host (inappropriate) plant leaves on which to land, as our research has shown that, for intercropping to be effective, insects must land on the non‐host plants. Work is needed to determine whether non‐host plants are repellent (chemical approach) or ‘non‐stimulating’ (biological approach) to insects.     

Use of habitat odour by host‐seeking insects

Locating suitable feeding or oviposition sites is essential for insect survival. Understanding how insects achieve this is crucial, not only for understanding the ecology and evolution of insect–host interactions, but also for the development of sustainable pest‐control strategies that exploit insects' host‐seeking behaviours. Volatile chemical cues are used by foraging insects to locate and recognise potential hosts but in nature these resources usually are patchily distributed, making chance encounters with host odour plumes rare over distances greater than tens of metres. The majority of studies on insect host‐seeking have focussed on short‐range orientation to easily detectable cues and it is only recently that we have begun to understand how insects overcome this challenge. Recent advances show that insects from a wide range of feeding guilds make use of ‘habitat cues’, volatile chemical cues released over a relatively large area that indicate a locale where more specific host cues are most likely to be found. Habitat cues differ from host cues in that they tend to be released in larger quantities, are more easily detectable over longer distances, and may lack specificity, yet provide an effective way for insects to maximise their chances of subsequently encountering specific host cues. This review brings together recent advances in this area, discussing key examples and similarities in strategies used by haematophagous insects, soil‐dwelling insects and insects that forage around plants. We also propose and provide evidence for a new theory that general and non‐host plant volatiles can be used by foraging herbivores to locate patches of vegetation at a distance in the absence of more specific host cues, explaining some of the many discrepancies between laboratory and field trials that attempt to make use of plant‐derived repellents for controlling insect pests.     

Electroantennogram responses of Plutella xylostella (L.), to sex pheromone components and host plant volatile semiochemicals

The diamondback moth (DBM), Plutella xylostella (L.) (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae), is a notorious insect pest of cruciferous crops worldwide. Attract-and-kill strategies to manage the DBM based on insect pheromone and plant volatile semiochemicals have been explored and partially applied in the field. However, little is known about whether the attractant effects of insect pheromone and host plant volatile semiochemicals on insects are affected by insect age or volatile concentrations. Therefore, we examined the electroantennogram (EAG) responses of both DBM males and females varying in age and body size to a range of concentrations of seven host plant volatiles and two main female sex pheromone components. Our results showed that DBM age had no influence on EAG responses to trans-2-Hexenal, trans-2-Hexenol, Heptanal, cis-3-Hexen-1-ol and Z11-16:Ald and significantly influenced the EAG responses to Z11-16:Ac and three isothiocyanates. Age and sex had interaction effects on EAG responses of DBMs to some tested semiochemicals. DBM females had significantly stronger responses than males to all tested plant volatiles, and values were enhanced with increasing concentrations. Moreover, the degree of enhancement of EAG responses in females was larger than that in males for trans-2-Hexenal, trans-2-Hexenol, cis-3-Hexen-1-ol, 2-Phenylethyl isothiocyanate and Methyl isothiocyanate treatments. Body size seemed to have no influence on EAG responses. Our results might provide a theoretical basis for optimizing attract-and-kill strategies for insect pests.     

昆虫对植物的选择性以及植物化学成分对昆虫的影响

植物与昆虫之间的关系一直被人们作为重要的研究目标。昆虫依靠绿色植物生存,植物通过自身的化学物质影响昆虫的进化方向,两者形成了复杂的协同进化关系。本文阐述了昆虫在定居、产卵、取食过程中运用不同的嗅觉、味觉、触觉刺激标准来选择适宜的寄主或寄主位置的方法,以及植物体内的化学成分对昆虫的营养作用和通过毒杀、拒食、招引天敌寄生蜂等方式抵御昆虫的进攻。