双尾新小绥螨对五种寄主植物不同受害后挥发物的趋性

【目的】为明确不同寄主植物挥发物对双尾新小绥螨Neoseiulus bicaudus Wainstein的影响。【方法】采用Y-型嗅觉仪,观测双尾新小绥螨对不同处理(健康植株、机械损伤植株、去叶螨受害植株、带叶螨受害植株)的5种寄主植物(大豆、棉花、番茄、茄子、黄瓜)的趋性差异。【结果】双尾新小绥螨对不同处理的5种寄主植物的趋性强弱依次为:带叶螨受害叶去叶螨受害叶机械损伤叶健康植株叶洁净空气。5种螨害植株间比较时,每组均为螨害大豆的引诱率最高,且显著高于茄子,极显著高于番茄和黄瓜,但与棉花无显著性差异。【结论】双尾新小绥螨在搜寻猎物过程中,不同寄主植物的挥发物对其选择寄主的过程起到重要作用。     

巴氏新小绥螨毒死蜱抗性选育及生物学特性

【目的】明确巴氏新小绥螨Neoseiulus barkeri毒死蜱抗性对其生物学特性的影响,为抗药性捕食螨田间应用提供理论基础。【方法】在室内采用药膜法测定毒死蜱对巴氏新小绥螨的毒力,以半致死浓度(lethal medium concentration, LC₅₀)为选择压力,对巴氏新小绥螨敏感种群进行逐代汰选。应用生命表法分析毒死蜱抗性获得对巴氏新小绥螨相对适合度(relative fitness, Rf)的影响。采用HollingII模型拟合分析不同温度下巴氏新小绥螨毒死蜱敏感和抗性品系对柑橘全爪螨Panonychus citri卵和雌成螨捕食功能反应差异。【结果】经过21代抗性筛选,获得了抗性倍数为34.77倍的巴氏新小绥螨毒死蜱抗性品系。抗性获得对巴氏新小绥螨各发育历期、子代雌性比例和捕食功能反应等特征均无明显影响,但产卵期和雌成螨寿命有所缩短。在15℃时,巴氏新小绥螨敏感品系和抗性品系均无法完成整个世代周期。在25℃条件下,巴氏新小绥螨敏感品系和抗性品系的单雌产卵量均最高,分别为41.64±1.04和38.80±0.93粒/雌,两者差异显著;该温度条件下,巴氏新小绥螨敏感品系和抗性品系的产卵期均最长,分别为24.82±1.50和21.34±1.26 d,两者也存在显著性差异。在30℃条件下,巴氏新小绥螨敏感品系和抗性品系世代周期均最短,分别为6.62±0.23和6.53±0.13 d。同时,该温度条件下,巴氏新小绥螨敏感品系和抗性品系对柑橘全爪螨的捕食能力均最强,其中对卵的最大日捕食量分别为156.25和140.85粒,对雌成螨的最大日捕食量分别为23.10和22.32头。就相对适合度而言,巴氏新小绥螨抗性品系的相对适合度在25和30℃时略低于敏感品系,但在20和35℃时略高于敏感品系。【结论】总体而言,巴氏新小绥螨毒死蜱抗性获得对其在不同温度条件下生物学特性的影响较小。研究结果为巴氏新小绥螨抗性品系筛选及田间应用提供了理论依据。     

两种捕食螨对苹果园叶螨的控制效果

【目的】以螨治螨是害虫生物防治的一个重要部分,也是果园害虫生态控制的重要措施。通过在苹果园人为释放捕食螨的方法,定量分析加州新小绥螨Neoseiulus californicus(McGregor)和东方钝绥螨Amblyseiusorientalis(Ehara)对苹果园2种害螨(苹果全爪螨Panonychusulmi(Koch)和山楂叶螨TetranychusviennensisZacher)捕食效果,为开展果园害虫生态调控提供科学依据。【方法】于2019年5-10月份在胶东半岛烟台市牟平区果园中释放加州新小绥螨和东方钝绥螨,比较分析释放捕食螨区域与对照苹果树上苹果全爪螨和山楂叶螨种群数量的变化。【结果】2种捕食螨均能适应当地果园生态环境,释放后能够迅速发挥控害作用。其中,加州新小绥螨对叶螨的控制作用达到84.8%-100%,东方钝绥螨对叶螨的控制作用达到90%-100%,且东方钝绥螨的防治效果略优于加州新小绥螨。【结论】加州新小绥螨和东方钝绥螨2种捕食螨在胶东半岛对苹果叶螨防控效果比较理想,均可作为苹果园叶螨生物防治的天敌。     

有益真绥螨与巴氏新小绥螨的集团内捕食和同类相残作用

【目的】有益真绥螨Euseius utilis是北方地区广泛分布的一种多食性植绥螨,而巴氏新小绥螨Neoseiulus barkeri目前在我国广泛应用于农业害虫的生物防治中。本研究旨在对巴氏新小绥螨在本地的应用进行风险评估及为与有益真绥螨的联合释放提供依据。【方法】本研究在室内通过一系列实验,比较了实验室饲养的巴氏新小绥螨和采自内蒙古农业大学校园的有益真绥螨的雌成螨对同种或异种未成熟螨的捕食量、存活时间及产卵量的差异,检测了有益真绥螨与巴氏新小绥螨两种植绥螨相互之间的攻击强度以及种内和种间的相互作用。【结果】两种植绥螨都难以刺吸同种或异种植绥螨的卵,而对同种或异种植绥螨幼螨的捕食量最大,其次是对若螨。在无共同食物的情况下,有益真绥螨雌成螨对同种植绥螨幼螨的攻击性比对异种植绥螨幼螨的攻击性强(BreslowDay检验:χ~2=13.84,df=1,P0.001),且有益真绥螨对同种植绥螨幼螨的捕食量(9.10±1.65头)高于对异种植绥螨幼螨的捕食量(5.31±1.43头)(T检验:t=5.487,P0.001),巴氏新小绥螨对异种植绥螨幼螨的捕食量(7.48±0.75头)高于对同种植绥螨幼螨的捕食量(4.75±0.58头)(T检验:t=9.110,P0.05)。【结论】有益真绥螨更倾向于捕食同种幼螨而发生同类相残;巴氏新小绥螨更倾向于捕食异种幼螨而发生集团内捕食。     

加州新小绥螨和巴氏新小绥螨对二斑叶螨的捕食能力比较

【目的】比较加州新小绥螨Neoseiulus californicus和巴氏新小绥螨Neoseiulus barkeri对二斑叶螨Tetranychus urticae的捕食能力,为果园二斑叶螨生物防治剂的选择提供依据。【方法】采用捕食功能反应的方法研究加州新小绥螨和巴氏新小绥螨雌成螨对二斑叶螨各螨态的捕食作用。【结果】加州新小绥螨和巴氏新小绥螨雌成螨对二斑叶螨各螨态的捕食功能反应均属于HollingⅡ型,对二斑叶螨各螨态的捕食能力均随着螨态的增大而降低,对卵的捕食能力最强,其次是幼螨、第一若螨、第二若螨、成螨。巴氏新小绥螨对二斑叶螨卵、幼螨的捕食能力强于加州新小绥螨,功能反应参数a/Th值分别高出55.2%和30.1%,而加州新小绥螨对二斑叶螨第一若螨、第二若螨的捕食能力强于巴氏新小绥螨,a/Th值分别高出67.5%和114.5%,两种捕食螨对二斑叶螨雌成螨的捕食能力相当,a/Th值均为4.5。加州新小绥螨和巴氏新小绥螨均对二斑叶螨的卵和幼螨表现出嗜食性,而对若螨和成螨没有嗜食性。两种捕食螨对二斑叶螨的捕食存在种内干扰,加州新小绥螨的干扰系数(0.328)大于巴氏新小绥螨(0.324)。【结论】在室内环境稳定的条件下,加州新小绥螨对二斑叶螨的捕食能力强于巴氏新小绥螨。     

矿物油乳剂与巴氏新小绥螨对柑橘全爪螨的协同控制研究

利用捕食螨防治柑橘全爪螨Panonychus citri已有大面积应用,但捕食螨田间防治效果常受到果园使用化学农药的影响,相应配套技术是捕食螨应用的瓶颈问题。2010年6～10月,在广东省四会市罗源镇柑橘园,分别采用五种处理方式(常规化学农药;化学农药加巴氏新小绥螨Neoseiulus barkeri;单独使用矿物油乳剂;单独使用巴氏新小绥螨;矿物油乳剂加巴氏新小绥螨)防治柑橘全爪螨,设不采取任何防治措施的样地为对照。试验结果显示,各处理的种群干扰控制指数分别是3.7195、1.4942、0.2439、0.2053、0.0488,校正虫口减退率分别是-271.95%、-49.42%、75.61%、79.47%、95.12%。化学农药防治对柑橘全爪螨的控制作用不理想,影响了巴氏新小绥螨的持续控制作用;巴氏新小绥螨能较好地发挥对柑橘全爪螨的控制作用,矿物油乳剂表现出较好的长期控制效果,矿物油乳剂配合巴氏新小绥螨对柑橘全爪螨有较好的协同控制作用。     

从捕食者、猎物的生物学分析胡瓜新小绥螨对针叶小爪螨的控制作用

【目的】为了研究胡瓜新小绥螨Neoseiulus cucumeris(Oudemans)对针叶小爪螨Oligonychus ununguis(Jacobi)的控制能力,为大田防治提供依据。【方法】应用胡瓜新小绥螨和针叶小爪螨的生物学与实验种群生命表的数据进行比较分析。【结果】研究表明:1在(20±1)~(32±1)℃温度条件下,取食针叶小爪螨的胡瓜新小绥螨幼螨、若螨、成螨均能正常生长和繁殖,发育历期随着温度升高而缩短;2在(20±1)、(25±1)、(30±1)、(32±1)℃温度条件下,以针叶小爪螨为食物的胡瓜新小绥螨的产卵量分别为(37.8±5.15)、(52.9±1.92)、(49.5±6.50)、(42.0±6.34)粒,而在同等温度条件下,取食板栗叶片的针叶小爪螨的产卵量分别高出胡瓜新小绥螨的141%、169%、194%和149%;3在(20±1)、(25±1)、(30±1)和(32±1)℃温度条件下,针叶小爪螨的净增殖率(R0)分别为36.5453、66.9788、66.2848、45.4846,比胡瓜新小绥螨高出72.88%、118.36%、92.12%、93.55%,说明针叶小爪螨的生殖潜能与产雌率高于胡瓜新小绥螨,而胡瓜新小绥螨每一世代周期(T)为29.6337、24.2193、20.2165、22.2009d,分别短于针叶小爪螨46.75%、42.03%、39.13%、29.63%;4在(20±1)、(25±1)、(30±1)℃温度条件下,胡瓜新小绥螨的内禀增长率(rm)为0.1030、0.1413、0.1699,分别高于针叶小爪螨的127%、105%、106%,而在(32±1)℃条件下针叶小爪螨的内禀增长率(rm=0.1636)高于胡瓜新小绥螨的115%,说明高温有利于针叶小爪螨的种群增长。【结论】在针叶小爪螨初发生期释放胡瓜新小绥螨能有效地控制其种群增长。     

巴氏新小绥螨甲氰菊酯抗性品系生物学特性及其对常用药剂的交互抗性

【目的】明确橘园常用药剂对巴氏新小绥螨Neoseiulus barkeri成螨的致死效应,弄清巴氏新小绥螨甲氰菊酯抗性品系对柑橘园常用药剂的交互抗性水平及生态适合度变化,为巴氏新小绥螨抗性品系的田间应用提供科学理论依据。【方法】在对巴氏新小绥螨进行致死效应和交互抗性测定的基础上,运用生态学方法对其生物学特性进行评价。【结果】不同药剂对巴氏新小绥螨成螨致死效应存在显著差异。高效氯氟氰菊酯和毒死蜱的致死率最高,校正死亡率分别为97.62%和92.57%;巴氏新小绥螨甲氰菊酯抗性品系螺螨酯、噻虫嗪、乙螨唑、毒死蜱和高效氯氟氰菊酯均存在显著交互抗性,其抗性倍数分别为7.56、10.32、11.45、19.10和45.89倍。生物学特性研究结果表明,与敏感品系相比,甲氰菊酯抗性的获得使其发育历期显著延长,但对捕食量和孵化率影响不显著。哒螨灵、丁氟螨酯和高效氯氟氰菊酯对巴氏新小绥螨抗性品系与敏感品系卵的孵化率具有显著影响,其他常用药剂对巴氏新小绥螨抗性品系与敏感品系卵的孵化率不存在显著影响。【结论】甲氰菊酯抗性获得使巴氏新小绥螨对柑橘园常用药剂表现不同水平的交互抗性;甲氰菊酯抗性获得对巴氏新小绥螨生长、繁殖及捕食均无显著影响,可在田间推广应用。     

假眼小绿叶蝉对茶梢挥发物的行为反应

【目的】研究假眼小绿叶蝉Empoasca vitis G?the对健康茶梢和蝉害茶梢挥发物的行为反应,筛选出可引诱假眼小绿叶蝉的茶梢挥发物。【方法】以动态吸附法收集健康茶梢和蝉害茶梢挥发物,用气相色谱–质谱联用仪(GC-MS)进行定性定量分析,借助于Y形嗅觉仪检测多种挥发物引诱假眼小绿叶蝉成虫的活性。【结果】从健康茶梢和蝉害茶梢中共鉴定出30种挥发物组分,其中烯烃类含量较大。健康茶梢和蝉害茶梢挥发物中共有组分有13种,蝉害之后其含量皆上升,其中Z-b-罗勒烯和乙酸叶醇酯的含量分别是健康茶梢中的142.27倍、12.90倍。蝉害茶梢中新出现的组分有12种,其中紫苏烯含量较高。在10-2、10~(-4)、10-6 g/mL浓度下,乙酸叶醇酯表现出极显著的引诱水平(P<0.01);紫苏烯在10~(-2)和10~(-4) g/mL浓度下表现出极显著引诱水平(P<0.01);10~(-4) g/mL浓度下,Z-b-罗勒烯和D-柠檬烯极显著引诱假眼小绿叶蝉(P<0.01);10~(-4) g/mL芳樟醇、10~(-6) g/mL乙酸正丁酯和10~(-6) g/mL D-柠檬烯呈现出显著引诱水平(P<0.05);混合物组分Blend1和Blend2分别表现出极显著和显著引诱水平;而10~(-6) g/mLa-法尼烯显著排斥假眼小绿叶蝉(P<0.05)。【结论】假眼小绿叶蝉成虫对健康茶梢和蝉害茶梢挥发物多种组分具有不同的行为反应,引诱效果较强的单组分或混合组分的选定可为田间引诱效果试验提供参考。     

双尾新小绥螨防治菜豆土耳其斯坦叶螨的释放技术研究

【目的】明确双尾新小绥螨Neoseiulus bicaudus防治菜豆上土耳其斯坦叶螨Tetranychus turkestani的最佳释放比例、释放时期和释放次数。【方法】在室内盆栽和田间菜豆植株上,通过不同害螨起始密度、不同益害比以及不同释放频次,定时定点调查土耳其斯坦叶螨的种群数量,比较不同处理下,双尾新小绥螨对土耳其斯坦叶螨的防效。【结果】室内盆栽试验中,益害比为1︰1与1︰5和1︰10之间的防效差异较小,防效在50%以上,益害比1︰15和1︰30的防效均在50%以下。田间试验中,益害比为1︰5释放双尾新小绥螨对菜豆土耳其斯坦叶螨的防效均在81.65%以上,在释放后第28天达到了95.16%。益害比为1︰10和1︰20的防效持续28 d保持在64.01%以上。1︰20在一次释放后第2天的防效为64.27%,经过二次释放,第4天后的防效均在91.72%以上。害螨起始高密度(60头/株)下释放双尾新小绥螨,防效均在26%以下,低密度(15头/株)和中密度(30头/株)的防效均在48.44%以上。【结论】双尾新小绥螨对菜豆上土耳其斯坦叶螨有很好的控制效果,推荐在土耳其斯坦叶螨危害较轻时,按益害比1︰10或者1︰20(二次)释放双尾新小绥螨,确保较高的防效和较少的双尾新小绥螨释放量。     

Terpene down-regulation in orange reveals the role of fruit aromas in mediating interactions with insect herbivores and pathogens

Plants use volatile terpene compounds as odor cues for communicating with the environment. Fleshy fruits are particularly rich in volatiles that deter herbivores and attract seed dispersal agents. We have investigated how terpenes in citrus fruit peels affect the interaction between the plant, insects, and microorganisms. Because limonene represents up to 97% of the total volatiles in orange (Citrus sinensis) fruit peel, we chose to down-regulate the expression of a limonene synthase gene in orange plants by introducing an antisense construct of this gene. Transgenic fruits showed reduced accumulation of limonene in the peel. When these fruits were challenged with either the fungus Penicillium digitatum or with the bacterium Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri, they showed marked resistance against these pathogens that were unable to infect the peel tissues. Moreover, males of the citrus pest medfly (Ceratitis capitata) were less attracted to low limonene-expressing fruits than to control fruits. These results indicate that limonene accumulation in the peel of citrus fruit appears to be involved in the successful trophic interaction between fruits, insects, and microorganisms. Terpene down-regulation might be a strategy to generate broad-spectrum resistance against pests and pathogens in fleshy fruits from economically important crops. In addition, terpene engineering may be important for studying the basic ecological interactions between fruits, herbivores, and pathogens.     

Chemical signatures affecting host choice in the Eucalyptus herbivore,Gonipterus sp. (Curculionidae: Coleoptera)

It is well known that herbivorous insects respond to host plant volatiles. Yet details of how these insects perceive the complex profile of volatiles from different potential host plants have not been studied for most insects. Gonipterus spp. are important pests of Eucalyptus worldwide, but differ in their preference for different species of this host. In this study, we consider whether host volatiles affect the host choice for a Gonipterus sp. and we characterize the response of the female insect to the volatile profiles from these hosts in an electro-antennographic experiment. We sampled volatiles from freshly damaged leaves of three Eucalyptus species and analysed the profiles by gas chromatography coupled to electro-antennography (GC-EAD) and gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry. Female weevils gave a mixed range of electro-physiological responses to volatile puffs from leaves of different tree species. This suggests that differences in volatile profiles of different trees play a role in how these beetles discriminate between potential hosts. GC-EAD analysis showed that responses were as complex as the volatile chemical compositions of the leaves. A number of these chemicals were identified, and responses were mostly due to general green leaf volatiles. This was also evident from the fact that the insects showed a markedly greater response to the total volatile profile from freshly damaged leaves for all species. The females of the Gonipterus sp. can therefore detect damaged leaves, which may indicate host quality. Host specificity information is further expected to lie in the relative differences in emission ratios and synergism between different host chemical compounds, rather than specific individual compounds.     

Sex‐specific responses of Asian citrus psyllid to volatiles of conspecific and host‐plant origin

Diaphorina citri Kuwayama (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) is the primary vector of Candidatus Liberibacter spp. bacteria that cause citrus greening, a disease of worldwide importance. Olfactometry was employed to test responses of D. citri to odours from intact citrus plants (Mexican lime, Citrus aurantifolia, sour orange, Citrus aurantium, Marsh grapefruit, Citrus paradisi and Valencia orange, Citrus sinensis), citrus plants previously infested with D. citri, and odours of conspecifics including nymphs, adult insects of same and opposite sex, and their products (honeydew), both alone and in combination. In contrast to other studies, psyllids of both sexes were attracted to volatiles of undamaged Mexican lime leaves, whereas undamaged grapefruit attracted only females, and leaves of Valencia and sour orange did not attract either sex. All four plant species attracted female psyllids when previously infested, but only Mexican lime and sour orange‐attracted males. Thus, Citrus species appear to vary in the production of both constituitive and induced volatiles that attract adult psyllids. Volatiles emitted by nymphs did not attract either sex, but psyllid honeydew was attractive to males, likely due to female pheromone residues. Males oriented to the odour of females, whereas the reverse was not true, and neither males nor females oriented to same‐sex volatiles. The addition of conspecific cues (adults, nymphs or honeydew) did not increase female attraction to previously infested leaves, but male response was increased by the presence of adults and honeydew, regardless of plant species. Thus, female psyllids appear to orient more strongly to volatiles of plant origin, whereas males respond more strongly to cues emanating from females and conspecific excretions. These results suggest that female psyllids drive the initial colonization of host plants, whereas males orient to females and infested plants. Identification of the specific volatiles involved may permit their use in monitoring and management of this pest.     

The piercing-sucking herbivores Lygus hesperus and Nezara viridula induce volatile emissions in plants

Plant volatiles induced by herbivory are often used as olfactory cues by foraging herbivores and their natural enemies, and thus have potential for control of agricultural pests. Compared to chewing insects and mites, little is known about plant volatile production following herbivory by insects with piercing-sucking mouthparts. Here, we studied factors (insect life stage, gender, the role of salivary glands, and type of bioassay used for volatile induction) that influence the induction of plant volatiles by two agriculturally important hemipterans, Lygus hesperus and Nezara viridula. Feeding on intact cotton by virgin females of L. hesperus induced 2.6-fold greater volatile response compared to that induced by mated females, possibly due to increased feeding activity by virgin females. This plant volatile response was associated with elicitors present in the insect's salivary glands as well as to the degree of mechanical injury. Feeding injury by N. viridula females also increased volatile emissions in intact maize by approximately 2-fold compared to control plants. Maize seedlings injured by N. viridula emitted higher amounts of the monoterpene linalool, the sesquiterpenes (E)-beta-caryophyllene, alpha-trans-bergamotene, and (E,E)-beta-farnesene, and the homoterpene (E,E)-4,8,12-trimethyl-1,3,7,11-tridecatetraene, but not amounts of green leaf volatiles, compared to uninjured plants. Emissions from intact maize injured by adult males were lower than those emitted by adult females of the same age and did not differ from those emitted by uninjured plants. Similarly, feeding by virgin female N. viridula followed by excision led to 64% higher quantities of volatiles compared to untreated plants. Volatile emission in excised plants, however, was considerably greater than in intact plants, suggesting that careful consideration must be given to bioassay design in studies of herbivore-induced plant volatiles. Salivary gland extracts of N. viridula led to sesquiterpene emissions approximately 2.5-fold higher than for controls, although no significant differences were observed for green leaf volatiles, monoterpenes, and homoterpenes. These results indicate that L. hesperus and female N. viridula feeding induce volatile production in plants, and that volatile production is affected by gender and life stage of the bug. Although oviposition and mechanical injury by stylets may increase release of volatiles, elicitors from salivary glands of L. hesperus and N. viridula also seem to play a role in the emission of plant volatiles.     

House Fly (Musca domestica L.) Attraction to Insect Honeydew

House flies are of major concern as vectors of food-borne pathogens to food crops. House flies are common pests on cattle feedlots and dairies, where they develop in and feed on animal waste. By contacting animal waste, house flies can acquire human pathogenic bacteria such as Escherichia coli and Salmonella spp., in addition to other bacteria, viruses, or parasites that may infect humans and animals. The subsequent dispersal of house flies from animal facilities to nearby agricultural fields containing food crops may lead to pre-harvest food contamination with these pathogens. We hypothesized that odors from honeydew, the sugary excreta produced by sucking insects feeding on crops, or molds and fungi growing on honeydew, may attract house flies, thereby increasing the risk of food crop contamination. House fly attraction to honeydew-contaminated plant material was evaluated using a laboratory bioassay. House flies were attracted to the following plant-pest-honeydew combinations: citrus mealybug on squash fruit, pea aphid on faba bean plants, whitefly on navel orange and grapefruit leaves, and combined citrus mealybug and cottony cushion scale on mandarin orange leaves. House flies were not attracted to field-collected samples of lerp psyllids on eucalyptus plants or aphids on crepe myrtle leaves. Fungi associated with field-collected honeydews were isolated and identified for further study as possible emitters of volatiles attractive to house flies. Two fungal species, Aureobasidium pullulans and Cladosporium cladosporioides, were repeatedly isolated from field-collected honeydew samples. Both fungal species were grown in potato dextrose enrichment broth and house fly attraction to volatiles from these fungal cultures was evaluated. House flies were attracted to odors from A. pullulans cultures but not to those of C. cladosporioides. Identification of specific honeydew odors that are attractive to house flies could be valuable for the development of improved house fly baits for management of this pest species.     

Behavioral evidence for a female-produced sex attractant in Diaphorina citri

Diaphorina citri Kuwayama (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) is an important worldwide pest of citrus. It vectors three phloem-restricted bacteria in the genus Candidatus Liberibacter that cause huanglongbing (citrus greening disease). Studies were conducted to examine the behavioral responses of male and female D. citri to conspecifics of the same and opposite sex, with and without associated citrus host plants, in both open-air arena choice assays and Y-tube olfactometer assays. Virgin and mated male D. citri colonized citrus plants that were currently or had been previously colonized by virgin or mated female D. citri in greater numbers than control plants without females. However, males or females did not accumulate more on plants colonized by conspecifics of the same sex compared to uninfested plants, and females showed no preference for plants pre-infested with males compared with uninfested controls. In complementary Y-tube olfactometer assays, virgin and mated males chose arms with odor sources from mated females compared with blank controls in the absence of associated citrus host plant volatiles. In both behavioral assays, mated female D. citri appeared more attractive than virgin females. The vibrational calling behavior of male D. citri was reduced when males were challenged by the odors of conspecific mated females relative to when males were challenged by the odor of other males. Collectively, our results provide behavioral evidence for a female-produced volatile sex attractant pheromone in D. citri . Future identification and synthesis of a sex attractant pheromone will be an important contribution to current monitoring and management practices for D. citri .     

Guava leaf volatiles and dimethyl disulphide inhibit response of Diaphorina citri Kuwayama to host plant volatiles

The Asian citrus psyllid, Diaphorina citri Kuwayama, vectors the causal pathogen of huanglongbing (HLB), which is likely the most important disease affecting worldwide citrus production. Interplanting citrus with guava, Psidium guajava L., was reported to reduce D. citri populations and incidence of HLB. We describe a series of investigations on the response of D. citri to citrus volatiles with and without guava leaf volatiles and to synthetic dimethyl disulphide (DMDS), in laboratory olfactometers and in the field. Volatiles from guava leaves significantly inhibited attraction of D. citri to normally attractive host‐plant (citrus) volatiles. A similar level of inhibition was recorded when synthetic DMDS was co‐released with volatiles from citrus leaves. In addition, the volatile mixture emanating from a combination of intact citrus and intact guava leaves induced a knock‐down effect on adult D. citri. Compounds similar to DMDS including dipropyl disulphide, ethyl‐1‐propyl disulphide, and diethyl disulphide did not affect the behavioural response of D. citri to attractive citrus host plant volatiles. Head‐space volatile analyses were conducted to compare sulphur volatile profiles of citrus and guava, used in our behavioural assays, with a gas chromatography‐pulsed flame photometric detector. DMDS, produced by wounded guava in our olfactometer assays, was not produced by similarly wounded citrus. The airborne concentration of DMDS that induced the behavioural effect in the 4‐choice olfactometer was 107 pg/ml. In a small plot field experiment, populations of D. citri were significantly reduced by deployment of synthetic DMDS from polyethylene vials compared with untreated control plots. Our results verify that guava leaf volatiles inhibit the response of D. citri to citrus host plant volatiles and suggest that the induced compound, DMDS, may be partially responsible for this effect. Also, we show that field deployment of DMDS reduces densities of D. citri and thus may have potential as a novel control strategy.     

Volatile Semiochemicals Released from Undamaged Cotton Leaves (A Systemic Response of Living Plants to Caterpillar Damage)

Cotton plants (Gossypium hirsutum L.), attacked by herbivorous insects release volatile semiochemicals (chemical signals) that attract natural enemies of the herbivores to the damaged plants. We found chemical evidence that volatiles are released not only at the damaged site but from the entire cotton plant. The release of volatiles was detected from upper, undamaged leaves after 2 to 3 d of continuous larval damage on lower leaves of the same plant. Compounds released systemically were (Z)-3-hexenyl acetate, (E)-[beta]-ocimene, linalool, (E)-4,8-dimethyl-1,3,7-nonatriene, (E)-[beta]-farnesene, (E,E)-[alpha]-farnesene, and (E,E)-4,8,12-trimethyl-1,3,7,11-tridecatetraene. All systemically released compounds are known to be induced by caterpillar damage and are not released in significant amounts by undamaged plants. Other compounds, specifically indole, isomeric hexenyl butyrates, and 2-methylbutyrates, known to be released by cotton in response to caterpillar damage, were not released systemically. However, when upper, undamaged leaves of a caterpillar-damaged plant were damaged with a razor blade, they released isomeric hexenyl butyrates, 2-methylbutyrates, and large amounts of constitutive compounds in addition to the previously detected induced compounds. Control plants, damaged with a razor blade in the same way, did not release isomeric hexenyl butyrates or 2-methylbutyrates and released significantly smaller amounts of constitutive compounds. Indole was not released systemically, even after artificial damage.     

二化螟绒茧蜂对二化螟及其寄主植物挥发物的趋性反应

利用Y-型嗅觉仪研究了二化螟绒茧蜂Cotesia chilonis对寄主植物（水稻或茭白）、二化螟Chilo suppressalis幼虫、虫粪及虫害苗挥发物的行为反应。健康植株、二化螟幼虫和虫粪的挥发物对二化螟绒茧蜂具有显著引诱作用。在虫害苗与健康苗挥发物之间,二化螟绒茧蜂显著地偏好虫害苗,但当去除虫害苗中的幼虫和虫粪后,寄生蜂对去虫苗与机械损伤苗的选择无显著差异;在虫害苗与有虫健康苗之间,寄生蜂显著趋向虫害苗,表明虫害苗本身释放的挥发物对二化螟绒茧蜂引诱作用与机械损伤苗无显著差异,但与二化螟幼虫或虫粪挥发物之间可能具有协同增效作用。水稻苗经机械损伤或损伤后以二化螟幼虫唾液处理,其挥发物对二化螟绒茧蜂的引诱作用无显著改变。二化螟绒茧蜂对不同为害程度水稻挥发物的选择无显著差异。二化螟绒茧蜂对两种寄主植物的健康苗、虫害苗、取食两种植物的幼虫及虫粪的挥发物的选择无显著差异。结果表明,二化螟绒茧蜂栖境定位和寄主选择过程中所利用的挥发物主要来自寄主植物、二化螟幼虫和虫粪以及虫害苗与幼虫和虫粪的协同作用。     

Systemic induction of volatile release in cotton: How specific is the signal to herbivory?

Plants attacked by herbivorous insects release chemical signals that attract natural enemies of the herbivores to the damaged plants. Feeding of Spodoptera exigua larvae on the lower leaves of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) for multiple feeding periods of 9–12 h with a 12 h, interval in between when the caterpillars are removed overnight, will induce a systemic release of volatile compounds that is comparable to the volatiles released in response to continuous feeding damage on the lower leaves for several days. The systemic volatile release in response to herbivory can be mimicked by mechanically damaging the lower leaves and applying caterpillar oral secretion to the injured leaves over 4 days. Cotton plants that are only mechanically damaged systemically release significantly less -pinene, myrcene, (Z)-3-hexenyl acetate, (E)--farnesene and (E,E)--farnesene after 4 days compared to plants damaged mechanically with application of caterpillar regurgitant. However, multiple 9–12 h mechanical damage alone induces a significantly higher systemic release of (Z)-3-hexenyl acetate, myrcene, (E)--ocimene, and (E)--farnesene after 4 days compared to undamaged control plants. This indicates that multiple mechanical damage alone cannot mimic completely the response induced by mechanically injuring the leaves and applying caterpillar regurgitant. A specific elicitor in the regurgitant of the caterpillar enhances the amount of several systemically released volatiles. Thus, the systemic release of volatile compounds by herbivore-damaged cotton plants appears to be regulated by at least two different mechanisms.