龟纹瓢虫的捕食胁迫作用对连续三代果蝇发育与繁殖的影响

捕食性天敌不仅直接捕食害虫,而且还能改变害虫的生长发育、繁殖,间接地影响害虫的适合度。以常见模式昆虫黑腹果蝇Drosophila melanogaster Meigen及捕食性天敌龟蚊瓢虫为研究系统,研究龟纹瓢虫Propylea japonica Thunberg连续多代直接捕食胁迫、一代捕食胁迫后下一代不捕食胁迫,对果蝇生长发育、繁殖和适合度的影响。结果表明:如果持续地释放瓢虫对果蝇的捕食胁迫作用,显著缩短了第1代、第2代果蝇的幼虫的发育历期,增加了第1代、第2代果蝇的繁殖量。但在第3代的影响却是延长了果蝇的幼虫的发育历期,降低第3代果蝇的繁殖量。如果在上一代胁迫作用得到释放后,下一代不再有瓢虫胁迫,那么连续2代胁迫后去掉胁迫的果蝇比只胁迫一代后去掉胁迫的果蝇幼虫的发育历期明显延长,繁殖量明显下降,后代性比也明显下降。与连续胁迫条件下的处理相比,成虫的寿命明显延长;对果蝇幼虫的发育历期、繁殖量则没有显著影响。结果表明,龟蚊瓢虫的干扰胁迫作用,可以间接的增加果蝇的适合度,促进果蝇种群的增长,使果蝇种群自我维持、调节到相应的水平。     

异色瓢虫幼虫对卵的种内自残和种间捕食

自残现象的发生在异色瓢虫Harmonia axyridis中很是常见,为明确自残行为对其存活和生长发育的影响,在非选择性条件下我们对异色瓢虫幼虫对非姊妹卵的种内自残和对七星瓢虫Coccinella septempunctata卵的种间捕食进行了研究。结果表明,异色瓢虫取食同种卵和异种卵均可完成生长发育,与取食蚜虫相比：①其从卵到成虫及蛹期的发育历期明显缩短（P<0.05）,其中1龄幼虫发育历期缩短非常明显（P<0.01）;②自然条件下高死亡率的1龄幼虫的存活率明显提高（P<0.05）;③2-4龄幼虫、蛹和成虫的体重变轻（P<0.05）,且体长在4龄幼虫间也表现出显著差异（P<0.05）。这表明异色瓢虫种内自残和种间捕食对其在食物恶劣条件下延续种群至关重要,但对种群的繁衍却不是最理想的途径。     

长期冷藏对越冬代异色瓢虫繁殖及子代生长发育和捕食能力的影响

异色瓢虫被认为是一种重要的捕食性天敌,常被用来防治蚜虫、介壳虫、叶螨等害虫。为了更好地开发利用东北地区丰富的越冬代异色瓢虫自然资源,本研究调查了低温冷藏(3℃冷藏0,30,60,90,120,150 d)对吉林采集的越冬代异色瓢虫繁殖及其子代生长发育和捕食能力的影响。研究结果表明,经历90 d冷藏的瓢虫产卵量最大,明显高于冷藏60 d个体的产卵量,与冷藏120 d、150 d及未经冷藏个体的产卵量不存在明显差异;经历不同冷藏期的瓢虫与室内人工饲养种群子代具有相似发育历期(约16.0 d);而且长期冷藏也未对瓢虫子代幼期的捕食能力产生负面影响,冷藏150 d瓢虫的子代在整个幼虫阶段能捕食662.8头蚜虫,与未冷藏个体和人工饲养种群个体不存在明显差异。本研究为开发利用东北地区越冬代异色瓢虫自然资源的生物防治作用提供了理论依据。     

不同龄期异色瓢虫对烟蚜的捕食潜能研究

异色瓢虫是烟田烟蚜的优势天敌种类之一,本文在室内进行了异色瓢虫成虫及各龄幼虫对烟草蚜虫的捕食功能反应试验,采用Holling-Ⅱ型功能反应模型进行拟合以明确其捕食潜能,利用Hassell模型和Watt模型拟合并测定了异色瓢虫种内干扰以及自身密度对烟蚜捕食作用的影响,结果表明:异色瓢虫各虫态对烟蚜的捕食量有明显的差异,在相同的烟蚜密度条件下,异色瓢虫4龄幼虫的日最大捕食量最大,为107.41头;其次是成虫,其日最大捕食量为94.34头;3龄幼虫、2龄幼虫和1龄幼虫的日最大捕食量分别为40.32头、14.25头和12.15头。在一定空间和相同比例猎物存在的条件下,种内干扰作用对1龄异色瓢虫幼虫的捕食量影响最为明显,干扰常数为1.1731,而对4龄幼虫干扰最小。各虫态自身密度对其捕食作用的干扰效应明显,1-4龄异色瓢虫幼虫以及成虫的竞争参数b值分别为0.5199、0.1848、0.1351、0.6757、0.6528。本研究表明异色瓢虫对烟蚜捕食潜力很大,尤其是4龄幼虫及成虫对烟蚜具有较大的捕食潜能。     

吡虫啉对异色瓢虫种群控害功能的影响

【目的】杀虫剂对天敌的非致死效应是杀虫剂安全性评估的重要内容。【方法】本研究以吡虫啉亚致死浓度处理的大豆蚜Aphis glycines饲喂异色瓢虫Harmonia axyridis,测定了异色瓢虫的发育历期、存活率、蛹重和捕食功能反应。【结果】异色瓢虫G0代不论从哪个龄期开始饲喂毒蚜,LC25(W)处理各龄期其发育均显著延长,且未成熟期(1龄至成虫)显著延长,蛹重和存活率显著降低;异色瓢虫G0代从1龄、3龄和4龄开始饲喂毒蚜,显著延长G1代的3龄龄期,显著缩短G1代的4龄龄期;G0代从4龄开始饲喂毒蚜,显著延长G1代1-3龄的发育历期;G0代不论从哪个龄期开始饲喂毒蚜,G1代蛹重都显著降低,G1代幼虫存活率无显著的变化;异色瓢虫对LC25处理的2龄、3龄和4龄幼虫的最大捕食量显著降低,其余组无显著变化。【结论】吡虫啉亚致死浓度对异色瓢虫G0代和G1代的生长发育均产生影响,且影响异色瓢虫的捕食能力,从而影响异色瓢虫种群的控害功能,这种杀虫剂对非靶标天敌昆虫的非致死效应需要在杀虫剂的安全性评估中予以考虑。     

黑腹果蝇对丙酸的产卵避性反应及其生物学意义

【目的】探究丙酸和丁酸对黑腹果蝇Drosophila melanogaster产卵偏嗜性的影响,进一步研究其生物学意义。【方法】利用双选择食物装置检测黑腹果蝇雌性成虫产卵的偏嗜性,利用失去酸感受受体和外科摘除触角的果蝇研究介导该行为的感觉系统,通过发育历期与存活率评价果蝇产卵对丙酸产生避性反应的生物学意义。【结果】黑腹果蝇雌性成虫产卵对丙酸或丁酸产生避性反应,随浓度增大渐趋明显。IR64a与IR76b突变体对0.5%丙酸避性反应减弱,产卵指数分别为-0.07和-0.17。果蝇避开人粪便产卵,产卵指数达-0.7~-0.9,可能为其权衡对乙酸的偏嗜性和对丙酸避性反应的结果。IR64a与IR76b突变体对人粪便避性反应明显减弱,产卵指数分别为-0.49和-0.38。丙酸可显著延缓果蝇后代的发育历期和降低存活率,浓度越大效果越明显,2%浓度时导致果蝇死亡。【结论】果蝇嗅觉系统介导了雌性成虫产卵对丙酸的避性反应,这种行为使果蝇产卵避开丙酸,使后代免受丙酸毒害,从而促进果蝇幼虫的发育和提高后代存活率。     

短时高温胁迫对斑痣悬茧蜂发育指标的影响

全球气候变化不仅包括平均气温上升,而且诸如热浪的极端天气事件出现的频率和程度也增大。寄生蜂虽在寄主体内完成生长发育,也会受到极端气温的影响。为探究短时高温对寄生性天敌斑痣悬茧蜂(Meteorus pulchricornis)幼虫发育表现的影响,以斜纹夜蛾(Spodoptera litura)幼虫为寄主,分别对1—6日龄子代蜂进行39℃、持续4h的高温胁迫处理,以发育全程进行适温(昼29℃、夜26℃)处理为对照,观察子代存活、发育历期、羽化和成虫寿命等发育指标。高温胁迫处理1日和5日龄子代蜂幼虫使幼虫存活率下降,与对照相比分别降低36.1%和28.6%;高温胁迫可延长子代蜂幼虫发育历期,与对照相比,高温处理2、3、5日和6日龄子代蜂幼虫使幼虫发育历期分别延长了5.0%,5.2%,7.0%和12.1%;高温胁迫处理5、6日龄子代蜂幼虫使羽化出的成虫体型(用后足胫节长度表示)比对照分别减小1.8%和2.6%。高温胁迫处理对子代蜂蛹发育历期、羽化率以及成虫寿命等均没有显著影响。研究结果说明,短时高温胁迫对斑痣悬茧蜂高龄幼虫的负面影响比对低龄幼虫大。     

异色瓢虫对枸杞木虱捕食功能及田间捕食效果

异色瓢虫Harmonia axyridis(Pallas)是枸杞木虱的优势天敌种类之一,为了明确不同龄期异色瓢虫对枸杞木虱4种虫态的捕食作用及田间控害效果,本文利用HollingⅡ型功能反应模型进行拟合以明确其捕食潜能,同时根据其捕食潜能的测算结果,在田间通过罩笼试验探究异色瓢虫4龄幼虫与成虫对枸杞木虱的捕食效果。结果表明:各龄期异色瓢虫幼虫对枸杞木虱4种虫态的捕食量存在显著差异,在枸杞木虱密度相同的条件下,异色瓢虫4龄幼虫的日捕食量最大,为92.9头;不同龄期异色瓢虫对枸杞木虱的捕食功能反应均符合HollingⅡ型方程,当枸杞木虱密度趋于无限大时,异色瓢虫4龄幼虫对枸杞木虱最大捕食量最大为411.5头;成虫对枸杞木虱的瞬间攻击率最大,为0.7931;4龄幼虫对枸杞木虱的处理时间最短为0.0051 d。田间释放异色瓢虫4龄幼虫与成虫的试验证明,处理植株上枸杞木虱虫口减退率,4龄幼虫为43.32%,成虫为14.78%;而对照组即周围8株植株上枸杞木虱虫口减退率,4龄幼虫为14.78%,成虫为16.22%;在异色瓢虫4龄幼虫释放区,处理植株上枸杞木虱虫口减退率为43.32%显著高于其周围8株植株的14.78%;而在成虫释放区,处理植株上枸杞木虱下降率为14.78%,对照组植株的虫口减退率为16.22%,没有显著差异。研究表明,异色瓢虫田间释放需根据枸杞木虱防治范围与力度的需求,选择适宜的异色瓢虫虫态进行枸杞木虱的生物防治。     

冷驯化对异色瓢虫后代生长发育及适合度的影响

为明确冷驯化处理对异色瓢虫Harmonia axyridis后代生长发育及适合度的影响, 本研究通过两性生命表的制作, 在室内条件下调查了冷处理后其后代发育历期、 成虫产卵前期、 寿命和生殖力以及后代生命表参数。结果表明: 冷驯化使异色瓢虫后代卵的发育历期延长, 幼虫（1-4龄）和蛹的发育历期则缩短; 随着冷驯化时间的延长, 后代体长和体重增量均减小。且完成发育的后代成虫产卵前期延长, 寿命缩短, 生殖力下降。后代生命表参数内禀增长率（r）、 周限增长率（λ）、 净生殖率（R₀）和年龄特征存活率（l_x）均降低, 但是后代雌虫所占比例却升高。此外, 冷驯化类型对异色瓢虫后代生长发育的影响也不相同。经相同时间（5 d）的低温诱导, 变温诱导的后代成虫寿命比恒定低温诱导的长, 但是生殖力却低; 变温诱导的后代生命表参数（r, λ和R₀）均小于恒定低温诱导的, 但是l_x却高于恒定低温诱导的。结果说明, 异色瓢虫亲代经历冷驯化, 这种对低温的可塑性反应会延伸到下一代, 而且还能够影响后代的适合度, 这对其在低温下的存活和繁殖具有重要的意义。     

异色瓢虫对豆蚜的捕食功能反应

试验开展了异色瓢虫Harmonia axyridis Pallas对豆蚜Aphis craccivora Koch的捕食功能反应研究。结果表明,异色瓢虫各虫态的功能反应类型均属于HollingⅡ型。随着豆蚜数量的上升,异色瓢虫对豆蚜的捕食增加量逐渐减小直至趋于稳定。异色瓢虫各龄幼虫、成虫对豆蚜的寻找效应均随豆蚜数量的增加而减小。异色瓢虫4龄幼虫的a/Th值最大,为2255.67,捕食功能最强,其后为成虫、3龄、2 龄、1龄幼虫。     

外源保幼激素对异色瓢虫卵巢发育及生殖相关基因转录水平的影响

【目的】本研究旨在明确外源保幼激素(juvenile hormone, JH)对异色瓢虫Harmonia axyridis成虫卵巢发育以及生殖信号通路中关键基因转录水平的影响。【方法】以萝卜蚜Lipaphis erysimi饲喂的异色瓢虫雌成虫为空白对照组,以点滴同体积丙酮的雌成虫为溶剂对照组,对人工饲料饲喂的羽化后第2天的雌成虫点滴不同剂量(80, 120和160 ng/头)JHⅢ 1, 3, 5, 7和9 d后,解剖成虫卵巢,拍照并测量卵巢长度及其第一卵室的长度和宽度。利用qPCR分析在最适JHⅢ剂量(120 ng/头)处理后1, 5和9 d的异色瓢虫雌成虫生殖信号通路中关键基因JH受体methoprene-tolerant (Met)基因、krüppel homolog 1(Kr-h1)基因、卵黄原蛋白(vitellogenin, Vg)基因(Vg1和Vg2)和卵黄原蛋白受体(vitellogeninreceptor, VgR)基因表达水平。【结果】与溶剂对照组相比,点滴80和120 ng/头剂量JHⅢ可促进异色瓢虫成虫卵巢发育,其中120 ng/头剂量JHⅢ处理羽化后第2天雌成虫后7 d卵巢中出现大量卵黄沉积,与萝卜蚜饲喂的空白对照组卵巢发育状态一致,卵巢长度以及第一卵室的长度和宽度均显著高于溶剂对照组的;160 ng/头剂量JHⅢ处理则抑制卵巢发育。qPCR结果表明,120 ng/头剂量JHⅢ处理后5和9 d雌成虫中HaMet, HaKr-h1, HaVg1, HaVg2和HaVgR基因表达量较对照组(丙酮处理组)均增加,其中处理后5 dHaMet, HaVg1和HaVgR基因表达量分别为对照组的2.78, 13.14和8.28倍,处理后9 d分别为对照组的2.36,1.85和2.01倍,差异极显著。【结论】120 ng/头JHⅢ可促进异色瓢虫成虫卵巢发育,上调处理后5和9 d时雌成虫HaMet, HaKr-h1, HaVg和HaVgR基因表达量;推测这些关键基因在保幼激素调控异色瓢虫卵巢发育及卵黄形成过程发挥重要作用。     

异色瓢虫气味结合蛋白基因HaxyOBP1和HaxyOBP6的克隆及表达谱分析

【目的】本研究旨在探索异色瓢虫Harmonia axyridis气味结合蛋白的结构和分布,更好地了解气味结合蛋白在异色瓢虫嗅觉系统中的作用。【方法】利用生物信息学方法克隆异色瓢虫2个气味结合蛋白基因序列并对其蛋白结构进行分析;通过实时荧光定量PCR分析克隆获得的这2个基因在异色瓢虫各个发育阶段和成虫不同组织中的表达水平。【结果】本研究成功克隆得到异色瓢虫两个气味结合蛋白基因HaxyOBP1和HaxyOBP6(GenBank登录号分别为MG757923和MG757927)。HaxyOBP1开放阅读框全长447 bp,编码148个氨基酸,具有6个保守的半胱氨酸,表明HaxyOBP1属于Classic OBPs。HaxyOBP1在异色瓢虫各发育阶段均有表达,在雄性成虫中表达量最高;组织表达谱分析表明HaxyOBP1在雄虫头部表达量最高。HaxyOBP6开放阅读框全长414 bp,编码137个氨基酸,具有4个保守的半胱氨酸,表明HaxyOBP6属于Minus-C OBPs。HaxyOBP6在成虫期的表达量明显高于幼虫阶段,并且在雄成虫中的表达量显著高于雌成虫;组织表达谱分析表明HaxyOBP6在雄成虫头部和雌成虫翅中表达量最高。【结论】本研究克隆得到异色瓢虫两个气味结合蛋白基因,表达谱分析表明HaxyOBP1和HaxyOBP6分别在异色瓢虫成虫头和翅中具有较高的表达水平,说明气味结合蛋白基因可能在异色瓢虫非嗅觉组织中同样具有重要作用。本研究结果为深入研究异色瓢虫气味结合蛋白结构和功能奠定了基础。     

Fitness effects of female mate choice: preferred males are detrimental for Drosophila melanogaster females

The evolution of female mate choice, broadly defined to include any female behaviour or morphology which biases matings towards certain male phenotypes, is traditionally thought to result from direct or indirect benefits which females acquire when mating with preferred males. In contrast, new models have shown that female mate choice can be generated by sexual conflict, where preferred males may cause a fitness depression in females. Several studies have shown that female Drosophila melanogaster bias matings towards large males. Here, we use male size as a proxy for male attractiveness and test how female fitness is affected by reproducing with large or small males, under two different male densities. Females housed with large males had reduced lifespan and aged at an accelerated rate compared with females housed with small males, and increased male density depressed female fitness further. These fitness differences were due to effects on several different fitness components. Female fitness covaried negatively with male courtship rate, which suggests a cost of courtship. Mating rate increased with male size, whereas female fitness peaked at an intermediate mating rate. Our results suggest that female mate choice in D. melanogaster is, at least in part, a by-product of sexual conflict over the mating rate.     

Complex genetic architecture of population differences in adult lifespan of a beetle: nonadditive inheritance, gender differences, body size and a large maternal effect

Evolutionary responses to selection can be complicated when there is substantial nonadditivity, which limits our ability to extrapolate from simple models of selection to population differentiation and speciation. Studies of Drosophila melanogaster indicate that lifespan and the rate of senescence are influenced by many genes that have environment- and sex-specific effects. These studies also demonstrate that interactions among alleles (dominance) and loci (epistasis) are common, with the degree of interaction differing between the sexes and among environments. However, little is known about the genetic architecture of lifespan or mortality rates for organisms other than D. melanogaster. We studied genetic architecture of differences in lifespan and shapes of mortality curves between two populations of the seed beetle, Callosobruchus maculatus (South India and Burkina Faso populations). These two populations differ in various traits (such as body size and adult lifespan) that have likely evolved via host-specific selection. We found that the genetic architecture of lifespan differences between populations differs substantially between males and females; there was a large maternal effect on male lifespan (but not on female lifespan), and substantial dominance of long-life alleles in females (but not males). The large maternal effect in males was genetically based (there was no significant cytoplasmic effect) likely due to population differences in maternal effects genes that influence lifespan of progeny. Rearing host did not affect the genetic architecture of lifespan, and there was no evidence that genes on the Y-chromosome influence the population differences in lifespan. Epistatic interactions among loci were detectable for the mortality rate of both males and females, but were detectable for lifespan only after controlling for body size variation among lines. The detection of epistasis, dominance, and sex-specific genetic effects on C. maculatus lifespan is consistent with results from line cross and quantitative trait locus studies of D. melanogaster.     

多巴脱羧酶对异色瓢虫生殖力的调控机制

[目的]为了探究多巴脱羧酶(DOPA decarboxylase,DDC)对异色瓢虫Harmonia axyridis生殖力的影响及其调控机制.[方法]利用RNA干扰技术(RNA interference,RNAi),将异色瓢虫4龄幼虫的DDC基因(HaDDC)抑制表达,成虫羽化后第8天开始统计20 d内累计产卵量及产...     

大蒜素调控黑腹果蝇产卵偏嗜性和适合度

[目的]研究果蝇对大蒜素的产卵选择,并解析果蝇产卵避性的机制和生物学意义.[方法]应用产卵双向选择装置,检测黑腹果蝇Drosophila melanogaster雌成虫对0.01％,0.015％和0.02％大蒜素的产卵选择性;利用产卵装置,检测黑腹果蝇对大蒜素的位置效应;通过毛细管摄食法检测黑腹果蝇摄食行为;利用黑暗(...     

四种不同来源的超氧化物歧化酶（SOD）对黑腹果蝇寿命、 繁殖力和抗逆能力的影响

【目的】 评价不同来源的超氧化物歧化酶（SOD）对果蝇延长寿命, 增强繁殖力和抗逆能力的功效。【方法】以黑腹果蝇Drosophila melanogaster为实验材料, 比较研究从家蝇Musca domestica中提取的SOD、 在毕赤酵母Pichia pastoris中重组表达的人hEC SOD、 在酿酒酵母Saccharomyces cerevisiae中重组表达的中国拟青霉Paecilomyces sinensis SOD (ps-SOD)以及商品SOD对果蝇寿命、 繁殖力和抗逆能力的影响。【结果】在饲料中添加4种SOD均能显著延长果蝇的平均寿命, 雌果蝇寿命延长8.09%~12.38%, 雄果蝇寿命延长12.01%~15.86%; F1代雌性子代数量增加25.94%~30.07%, 雄性增加21.75%~39.54%。果蝇的耐高温和抗紫外辐射能力与添加的SOD浓度有关。在饲料中添加较高剂量的SOD, 使热暴露雌性果蝇的寿命延长7.45%~9.88%, 雄性果蝇延长13.46%~15.12%; 受紫外线辐射的雌性果蝇的寿命延长13.47%~20.47%, 雄性果蝇延长16.49%~23.73%。【结论】综合评价认为, 4种SOD均能延长果蝇寿命, 增强其繁殖力和抗逆能力, 但这些功效在本研究供试的4种SOD间无显著差异, 为不同来源SOD的应用提供了重要数据。     

生姜精油对黑腹果蝇的急性毒性分析

在蔗糖水溶液中加入不同浓度的生姜精油饲喂野生型黑腹果蝇成虫,用时间-剂量-死亡率模型对96h内各处理果蝇成虫累计死亡率随时间、剂量的变化进行拟合.结果表明:较高浓度的生姜精油对果蝇成虫具有较强的急性毒性.0.5%生姜精油作用72h,果蝇成虫的累计死亡率分别为雌88%、雄79%;1%和10%生姜精油作用72h,雌雄成虫的累计死亡率均达100%.随着处理时间的延长,达到50%致死水平所需生姜精油浓度(即LC50)逐渐降低.Tween-20对果蝇成虫(尤其是雄虫)也有较强的毒性,高浓度时作用尤为明显.     

Impact of fruit feeding on overwintering survival of the multicolored Asian lady beetle, and the ability of this insect and paper wasps to injure wine grape berries

The establishment of the multicolored Asian lady beetle, Harmonia axyridis (Pallas) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), in North America has resulted in negative impacts on fruit production. We investigated the overwintering survival of H. axyridis after feeding on four diets: injured wine grape berries, 25% sucrose solution, water, and a control containing no food or water. After being exposed to these diets for 6 days, live individuals were transferred to clean plastic Petri dishes, and held at 5 ± 1 °C in growth chambers throughout the winter. Survival was recorded every month. Adult lady beetles collected during the overwintering flight in mid-October had higher survival rates than beetles collected from soybean fields in mid-August. These results suggest that an adaptation period prior to diapause increases the chances of lady beetle survival over the winter. In addition, injured wine grape berries, sugar, and water decreased beetle mortality during the overwintering months. Our results also showed that under similar conditions, females have higher survival during the winter than males. The importance of sugar and water on winter survival may drive H. axyridis adults to vineyards for feeding on wine grapes. Finally, we tested if adults of H. axyridis and the European paper wasp, Polistes dominulus Christ (Hymenoptera: Vespidae), were able to break the grape skin. Harmonia axyridis adults and paper wasps were not able to cause the primary injury to berries of Frontenac grapes under laboratory conditions. These results suggest that control of paper wasps in vineyards may not affect H. axyridis aggregations, and that H. axyridis feeding on wine grapes depends on previous injury to grape berries.     

异色瓢虫多巴脱羧酶基因序列及低温诱导表达分析

多巴脱羧酶(dopa decarboxylase,DDC)是把多巴降解成多巴胺的重要酶类,在昆虫行为和发育中具有重要作用。本研究在转录组获得异色瓢虫Harmonia axyridis DDC基因序列的基础上,从ORF两端设计特异性引物进行扩增并测序验证,获得了DDC基因的c DNA的ORF全长序列,其包含1431 bp,编码476个氨基酸,软件分析预测显示该基因编码蛋白的分子量为53.88 k Da,理论等电点为5.80。本实验分为升温、降温、低温储存以及不同发育阶段(包括预蛹,1-3 d蛹,1-3 d 4龄幼虫以及羽化1-3 d成虫)4个处理组,采用荧光定量PCR技术研究异色瓢虫不同处理组DDC基因的表达水平。结果表明:DDC基因在蛹期第1天的表达量最高,在升温诱导条件下表达无差异,降温诱导下表达量上升;黄色雌成虫低温储存条件下基因表达量先显著上升后显著下降,黑色雌成虫表达量无差异,表明DDC基因可以在低温胁迫下高表达促使异色瓢虫适应环境变化。