枸杞红瘿蚊对寄主植物挥发物的电生理和行为反应

植物挥发物是植食性昆虫定位寄主的重要信息物质。枸杞红瘿蚊是宁夏枸杞的主要成灾害虫,野外发现其雌虫对枸杞幼嫩花蕾具有更强的产卵趋性。为明确枸杞红瘿蚊对枸杞不同阶段花蕾挥发物的选择差异性,解析吸引其选择产卵的关键信息化学物质,采用顶空固相微萃取法和气相色谱-质谱联用技术(GC-MS),系统研究枸杞幼嫩花蕾和成熟花蕾挥发物的成分差异,选择幼嫩花蕾挥发物中的特有成分及其与成熟花蕾挥发物共有成分共8种作为候选挥发物;通过气相色谱-触角电位联用仪(GC-EAD)和Y型嗅觉仪,测定枸杞红瘿蚊对上述挥发物的电生理和行为反应,筛选关键活性挥发物。结果显示: 枸杞幼嫩花蕾和成熟花蕾挥发物的种类和释放量存在明显差异;8种化合物能激发枸杞红瘿蚊产生持续触角电生理反应,其中,有5种[3-蒈烯、莰烯、萜品油烯、d-柠檬烯和(+)-α-蒎烯]能刺激枸杞红瘿蚊产生显著趋向或躲避行为。利用枸杞挥发物设计枸杞红瘿蚊引诱剂或忌避剂,可为田间安全防控红瘿蚊提供新的途径。     

枸杞红瘿蚊Jaapiella sp.幼虫

<正>枸杞红瘿蚊隶属于双翅目(Diptera)瘿蚊科(Cecidomyiidae),是危害枸杞的重要害虫,主要以幼虫在枸杞花蕾中取食危害,致使子房畸形形成虫瘿,造成花蕾不能正常开花结实,严重影响枸杞产量。枸杞红瘿蚊分布于我国宁夏、内蒙古和青海等地,以老熟幼虫在土壤中结茧越冬,春季枸     

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。     

一种新的危害芒果树叶的瘿蚊害虫

瘿蚊科中有些种类是危害芒果的重要害虫 ,全世界已报道危害芒果的瘿蚊约有 1 0属 ,2 0多种。中国有 6种 ,其中危害芒果树叶片的占 3种。近几年在厦门地区发现芒果树叶片被寄生大量虫瘿 ,导致叶片卷缩、枯萎、脱落。笔者在厦门采集到大量受害芒果树叶片上的虫瘿 ,解剖到了幼虫、蛹 ,并饲养出了成虫。经研究 ,确认该瘿蚊为普瘿蚊属 (中国新记录属 )的一个新种 ,定名为壮铗普瘿蚊ProcontariniarobustaLi,BuandZhang ,2 0 0 3[1] ,于 2 0 0 3年发表在《动物分类学报》第 2 8卷第 1期。现将该虫的鉴别特征及其在厦门地区的发生、分布和为害情况…     

外来种刺槐叶瘿蚊的重要寄生性天敌——刺槐叶瘿蚊广腹细蜂在中国的地理分布

刺槐叶瘿蚊广腹细蜂Platygaster robiniae Buhl and Duso(膜翅目:细蜂科)是我国外来有害生物刺槐叶瘿蚊Obolodiplosis robiniae(Haldeman)(双翅目:瘿蚊科)十分重要的寄生性天敌,为卵-幼虫跨期寄生蜂,专化性强,在自然抑制害虫虫口密度中起着非常重要的作用。为摸清刺槐叶瘿蚊广腹细蜂在我国的地理分布,探讨其与刺槐叶瘿蚊的相互关系,本文根据寄主刺槐叶瘿蚊在我国的分布范围,采用踏查的方法,对全国17个省、市、自治区的29个地区进行了调查。结果显示,刺槐叶瘿蚊广腹细蜂在其寄主分布区都有分布,分布范围在26°35.451′-43°53.482′N,103°51.816′-125°15.969′E,海拔4-1 097 m。     

松脂瘿蚊属一新种：双翅目：瘿蚊科

松脂瘿蚊属Cecidomyia全世界已知12种,9种分布在北美和古巴,2种在欧洲,估计1或2种分布在喜马拉雅地区,此属幼虫主要取食松类枝条的树脂,有时为害球果,导致枝消或球果畸形,有的形成虫瘿;在北美寄生于多种松树,在欧洲除松类外还寄居于云、冷杉。本文报道的一新种以云南松Pinus yunnanensis Franch.为寄主。     

中红侧沟茧蜂对烟草挥发物的触角电生理及行为反应

中红侧沟茧峰 Microplitis mediator是棉铃虫 H elicoverpa armigera的主要内寄生蜂 ,是优良的蜂种 ,在生物防治上具有广阔的应用前景。但迄今 ,有关中红侧沟茧蜂的化学生态的研究甚少。利用触角电位技术 ,测定了中红侧沟茧蜂对烟草叶片粗提物和烟草中 10种挥发物的触角电生理反应 ,并测定了中红侧沟茧蜂的触角电位反应随日龄的变化。以嗅觉仪测定了中红侧沟茧蜂对烟草粗提物、烟草中 4种挥发物的行为反应。结果表明中红侧沟茧蜂利用烟草释放的气味向烟草定向 ,进而找到其寄主——棉铃虫 ,也佐证了烟草同样是棉铃虫的重要寄主植物的论点。雌蜂对脂肪族化合物反应最强 ,对芳香族化合物和糠醛 (杂环化合物 )的反应居中 ,对萜类化合物反应较弱或者不反应。表明烟草挥发性物质在中红侧沟茧蜂寻找寄主的过程中起着重要的作用 ,但挥发物各组分的作用存在着差异。雌性中红侧沟茧蜂对顺 - 3-己烯醇的触角电位反应随日龄的增加而变化。 1日龄的雌蜂的反应较弱 ,2日龄、3日龄的雌蜂反应较强 ,4日龄、5日龄的雌蜂的反应又减弱。这与该蜂产卵习性相符 :羽化当天的雌蜂产卵较少 ,羽化 2～ 3d之后的雌蜂产卵量较大     

木虱啮小蜂对枸杞、枸杞木虱的行为反应

木虱啮小蜂Tetrastichus sp.是枸杞木虱Paratrioza sinica Yang & Li若虫外寄生蜂,是控制枸杞木虱种群数量动态的重要因子之一。为查明其寻找寄主的信息素,应用四臂嗅觉仪、培养皿两种方法测定了枸杞Lycium barbarum L.的健康叶、虫伤叶、枸杞木虱若虫、若虫与叶复合体、卵与叶复合体和若虫分泌物等不同物质对木虱啮小蜂行为反应的影响。结果证明枸杞木虱若虫分泌物对木虱啮小蜂有明显的吸引作用,四臂嗅觉仪测定时有73%的雌蜂趋向分泌物材料区（P=0.0000）。枸杞健康叶, 虫伤叶及其水、正丁烷提取物, 卵与枸杞叶复合体对木虱啮小蜂无明显吸引作用。木虱若虫水提物及正丁烷提取物在培养皿中可吸引木虱啮小蜂并可引起刺探行为,但嗅觉仪测定时单独若虫并不吸引木虱啮小蜂,只有活体若虫与枸杞叶片复合体才对木虱啮小蜂有吸引作用（P=0.0004）。木虱啮小蜂通过与寄主若虫的接触,可提高其搜索效率。接触过寄主若虫的雌蜂第一次找到寄主的时间显著少于未曾接触寄主若虫的雌蜂,前者只用后者1/4的时间,说明该寄生蜂能对其寄主若虫进行学习。     

中国长尾小蜂属(膜翅目,长尾小蜂科)一新纪录种

记述长尾小蜂科Torymidae长尾小蜂属Torymus中国1新纪录种,玫瑰瘿长尾小蜂Torymus bedeguaris(L.).该种是从苦水玫瑰的重要害虫玫瑰犁瘿蜂Diplolepid rosae(L.)的虫瘿中育出.提供了形态描述、寄主、分布及形态特征图.研究标本保存在中国科学院动物研究所动物标本馆及兰州市农业科技研究推广中心标本室.     

2种不同寄主对桉树枝瘿姬小蜂体内细菌多样性的影响

[目的]桉树枝瘿姬小蜂是一种林业的重要入侵害虫,为了探明桉树枝瘿姬小蜂的寄主适应机制,研究2种不同寄主植物对桉树枝瘿姬小蜂体内细菌群落组成及多样性的影响.[方法]以分别取食巨园桉DH 201-2和窿缘桉的桉树枝瘿姬小蜂雌性成虫为材料,采用Illumina HiSeq高通量测序技术对桉树枝瘿姬小蜂体内细菌16S rDNA...     

Oviposition by Lobesia botrana is stimulated by sugars detected by contact chemoreceptors

Abstract.  The influence of glucose, fructose and sucrose on oviposition site selection by Lobesia botrana is studied by combining behavioural and electrophysiological experiments. Oviposition choice assays, using surrogate grapes treated with grape berry surface extracts of Vitis vinifera cv. Merlot at different development stages, show that L. botrana females are most stimulated by extracts of mature berries containing the highest concentrations of glucose and fructose. Choice assays reveal that the oviposition response to these sugars is dose-dependant (with a threshold of the applied solution = 10 m m and a maximum stimulation at 1  m ) and that females are more sensitive to fructose than to glucose. Tarsal contact-chemoreceptor sensilla are unresponsive to stimulation with sugars but the ovipositor sensilla contain at least one neurone most sensitive to fructose and sucrose with a threshold of approximately 0.5 m m . Corresponding to the behavioural data, glucose is significantly less stimulatory to sensilla than fructose or sucrose. It is argued that fructose may be of special importance for herbivorous insects exploiting fruit as an oviposition site.     

Inch by inch, row by row

Bacterial chemotaxis systems have cooperatively interacting clusters of transmembrane receptors and signaling proteins to detect, amplify, integrate and adapt to environmental signals. A recent study provides experimental data to construct a new model of the signaling complex.     

Log colonization by Ips sexdentatus prevented by increasing host unsuitability signaled by verbenone

Sudden increments of breeding material after windstorms, forest fires, or inappropriate management practices help bark beetles such as Ips sexdentatus Boerner (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) increase in numbers and colonize standing healthy pine trees. Preventing bark beetles from arriving to susceptible trees or logs may have great relevance for bark beetle management. Recent studies have reported inhibition of the aggregation response of I. sexdentatus using verbenone. Two field experiments were conducted to examine the effect of verbenone on the colonization pattern of this beetle. The first experiment tested the combined effect of trans‐conophthorin, a non‐host bark volatile with known repellent effect, and verbenone on Pinus sylvestris L. (Pinaceae) log piles of two sizes, but failed to protect them against I. sexdentatus attack when these two infochemicals were released at low rates. The results of this experiment suggested an interaction with the associated secondary bark beetle Orthotomicus erosus (Wollaston). A second experiment examined the response of I. sexdentatus and O. erosus to log piles that released verbenone at 0, 2, 10, or 40 mg day^?1. Although I. sexdentatus colonization of Pinus nigra Arnold logs was completely prevented at 40 mg day^?1, O. erosus could be found at all tested verbenone release rates. Besides verbenone, O. erosus colonization density and the height from which logs originated were the variables that best explained I. sexdentatus log colonization pattern. In addition, I. sexdentatus and O. erosus were rarely recorded colonizing the same log, and niche breadth analyses suggested that they excluded each other. The role of verbenone in the colonization process and its potential use in the prevention of population buildups of damaging bark beetles such as I. sexdentatus are discussed.     

Separation by capillary electrophoresis followed by dynamic elution

In this study we have explored the behaviour of peptides after capillary electrophoresis (CE) followed by elution under pressure. The use of D2O- rather than H2O-based buffer solutions appears to restrict the diffusion of peptides after CE, resulting in little loss of resolution when peptides are eluted by dynamic flow. In this paper we present results showing that a simple two-step process, involving CE at a low voltage, switching off the power supply, and connecting the fused capillary at the anode end to a syringe pump for dynamic flow, can retain separation characteristics and can be used for the isolation of picomole quantities of peptides for sequence determination.     

Polarity induced by chloramphenicol and relief by suA

The suA allele, known to relieve polarity in Escherichia coli, also relieves a unique polar effect on E. coli tryptophan operon messenger RNA produced by chloramphenicol.     

Pulmonary vasoconstriction by serotonin is inhibited by S-nitrosoglutathione

Nitric oxide (NO) functions as an endothelium-derived relaxing factor by activating guanylate cyclase to increase cGMP levels. However, NO and related species may also regulate vascular tone by cGMP-independent mechanisms. We hypothesized that naturally occurring NO donors could decrease the pulmonary vascular response to serotonin (5-HT) in the intact lung through chemical interactions with 5-HT(2) receptors. In isolated rabbit lung preparations and isolated pulmonary artery (PA) rings, 50-250 microM S-nitrosoglutathione (GSNO) inhibited the response to 0.01-10 microM 5-HT. The vasoconstrictor response to 5-HT was mediated by 5-HT(2) receptors in the lung, since it could be blocked completely by the selective inhibitor ketanserin (10 microM). GSNO inhibited the response to 5-HT by 77% in intact lung and 82% in PA rings. In PA rings, inhibition by GSNO could be reversed by treatment with the thiol reductant dithiothreitol (10 mM). 3-Morpholinosydnonimine (100-500 microM), which releases NO and O simultaneously, also blocked the response to 5-HT. Its chemical effects, however, were distinct from those of GSNO, because 5-HT-mediated vasoconstriction was not restored in isolated rings by dithiothreitol. In the intact lung, neither NO donor altered the vascular response to endothelin, which activates the same second-messenger vasoconstrictor system as 5-HT. These findings, which did not depend on guanylate cyclase, are consistent with chemical modification by NO of the 5-HT(2) G protein-coupled receptor system to inhibit vasoconstriction, possibly by S-nitrosylation of the receptor or a related protein. This study demonstrates that GSNO can regulate vascular tone in the intact lung by a reversible mechanism involving inhibition of the response to 5-HT.