三种稻飞虱在高温变温下的生态表现

在大型人工气候箱内模拟自然高温变温(27℃-38℃)下研究褐飞虱、白背飞虱、灰飞虱等3种稻飞虱种群的表现,并以恒温28．3℃为对照。发现3种稻飞虱的卵孵化率在变温下暴露5天,10天后,除白背飞虱卵孵化率在10天处理下比对照下降30％外,其他几种处理均和对照无显著差异;从发育历期来看,各虫种卵的发育速率随变温处理时间的延长而加快;3种稻飞虱若虫在变温处理5天后,褐飞虱,白背飞虱和灰飞虱的生存率依次为20％,30％和55%,明显低于对照;变温处理10天后,白背飞虱无一个体生存;褐飞虱比对照低75％．灰飞虱低50％;褐飞虱和白背飞虱雌成虫寿命明显比对照短;灰飞虱雌成虫的产卵量各处理间无显著差异,但白背飞虱和褐飞虱的产卵量在变温处理8天后,仅为对照的40％和80％,变温处理15天后,分别为对照的15％和54％。     

高温对稻褐飞虱发育与生殖的影响

通过高温处理及交配产卵实验,探讨了高温对稻褐飞虱Nilaparvata lugens (Stal)发育与生殖的影响。研究了不同高温条件对褐飞虱若虫发育历期、产卵量、产卵前期、寿命等生物学特性的影响。34℃以上高温导致褐飞虱若虫发育历期延长。高温处理4龄若虫使羽化后的雌成虫产卵量减少。高温处理不同日龄雌成虫也致使其产卵量减少,其中以1日龄短翅型、3日龄长翅型的产卵量影响最大。高温处理后褐飞虱寿命缩短。高温恒温处理,对短翅型雌成虫的产卵前期影响不大,但能延长长翅型雌成虫的产卵前期;而高温变温处理致使短、长翅型雌成虫的产卵前期均延长。高温变温对褐飞虱生殖的影响程度大于高温恒温。高温处理组雌、雄成虫与对照组相应的成虫交配试验表明,高温对雌性的影响大于雄性。实验初步确定34℃为对褐飞虱发育与生殖产生影响的临界温度。     

转基因抗虫水稻MSA和MSB对非靶标害虫褐飞虱和白背飞虱的影响

本文报道了转SCK+cry1Ac双基因抗虫水稻MSA和MSB对非靶标害虫褐飞虱Nilaparvata lugens 和白背飞虱Sogatella fucifera生物学及田间发生动态的影响。与亲本明恢86相比,MSA对两种飞虱若虫发育历期、初羽化成虫鲜重、羽化率、短翅率、成虫产卵量、卵受精率、单雌子代数及发育进度等生物学指标均无明显影响,而MSB虽然对多数指标影响不明显,但可以引起白背飞虱初羽化雌虫鲜重与短翅率显著下降,还引起褐飞虱初羽化雄虫鲜重明显减轻。在近距离（株间距约 8 cm）寄主选择实验中,褐飞虱对MSA和MSB无明显选择性,而白背飞虱若虫和成虫均明显趋向两种转基因水稻。田间小区实验表明MSB上的稻飞虱（主要为白背飞虱）密度一般低于亲本明恢86,但差异不显著,提示转基因水稻MSB引发非靶标害虫稻飞虱灾变的风险较小。     

高温下三种稻飞虱的生存分析：高温-时间-死亡率模型

用高温强度-高温作用时间模拟模型分析35℃-40℃高温对褐飞虱,白背飞虱,灰飞虱等3种稻飞虱高龄若虫生存的影响,发现该模型拟合效果良好,并比常用的Probit和Logit分析方法获得更多的信息。在本次试验所函含的时间和温度范围内,模拟的3种稻飞虱高龄若虫的死亡概率为一曲面,其总的走势十分相似。但总体上看,以灰飞虱较耐高温。在40℃下,褐飞虱,白背飞虱,灰飞虱的LT50值依次为23h,22.5h和25h,37.5℃下依次为62h,63h和81h。     

稻飞虱翅型纯系后代个体的翅型分化对光周期变化不敏感

【目的】为了明确光周期和遗传因子在稻飞虱翅型分化中的作用, 研究了3种稻飞虱（褐飞虱Nilaparvata lugens、白背飞虱Sogatella furcifera和灰飞虱Laodelphax striatellus）翅型纯系或近纯系在不同光照时数下的翅型分化比率。【方法】以经过5~45代连续翅型筛选后的褐飞虱、白背飞虱和灰飞虱的长翅型和短翅型纯系或近纯系为材料, 在室内分别测定了其在长光照（16和20 h）、短光照(4~12 h)和正常光照(14 h) 3类光周期条件下饲养后, 雌、雄成虫中长翅和短翅个体出现的比率及存活率。【结果】白背飞虱和灰飞虱的长翅型纯系M♂×M♀或短翅型纯系B♂×B♀在不同光周期下的翅型比率均无显著差异（P>0.05）。褐飞虱短翅型近纯系B♂×B♀的雌虫短翅率和成虫总短翅率在不同光周期下也无显著差异（P>0.05）, 但雄虫短翅率在正常光照14 h和短光照4 h下显著高于长光照20 h下的（P<0.05）。当褐飞虱短翅型达到纯系后, 其后代翅型在6~16 h光照条件下无显著差异。褐飞虱长翅型近纯系M♂×M♀的后代虽有短翅个体出现, 但是雌虫和雄虫的各自短翅率在不同光周期下无显著差异（P>0.05), 仅总体短翅率在12 h光照条件下的显著高于16 h下的（P<0.05）。褐飞虱长、短翅型杂交筛选品系M♂×B♀的雌虫短翅率随光照时数的延长而升高; 灰飞虱杂交筛选品系M♂×B♀的短翅雄虫随光照时数的缩短而增多（P<0.05）, 但当筛选代次达到45代时, 这种趋势不再显著。3种稻飞虱长翅型和短翅型纯系或近纯系若虫的存活率会稍低于长、短翅型杂交后代的存活率, 但长、短翅型品系的存活率在6~16 h光照条件下差异不显著(P>0.05)。【结论】稻飞虱翅型分化对光周期的反应受飞虱本身遗传背景的影响, 翅型纯系后代个体的翅型分化对光周期变化不敏感。     

稻虱缨小蜂对褐飞虱和白背飞虱卵的识别机制

研究了室内条件下信息化合物及稻飞虱卵的形态特征在稻虱缨小蜂识别2种卵寄主褐飞虱和白背飞虱中的作用。结果表明,褐飞虱和白背飞虱雌成虫诱导的水稻挥发物对稻虱缨小蜂的引诱作用无显著差异,各自的引诱比例(头数)分别为57.50%(23头)和42.50%(17头)。稻虱缨小蜂对2种飞虱4组材料,完整卵、磨碎卵、带卵叶鞘和若虫为害叶鞘的行为反应,除了在褐飞虱完整卵上的搜索时间极显著地长于在白背飞虱完整卵上的以外,其余的均不存在差异。挥发物捕集结果表明,褐飞虱和白背飞虱雌成虫诱导的水稻挥发物组成相非常一致。上述结果表明水稻挥发物、稻飞虱利它素及飞虱卵的形态特征在稻虱缨小蜂识别褐飞虱和白背飞虱卵中的作用不明显。文中就稻虱缨小蜂识别2种寄主的机制进行了讨论。     

褐飞虱与白背飞虱若虫间的互作效应

用罩笼试验方法,研究了褐飞虱和白背飞虱若虫间的互作关系．结果表明,两种飞虱若虫间存在程度不同的相互作用过程．褐飞虱或白背飞虱的羽化、性别、翅型、雌虫体长和体重等生物学特性的表现都受到来自异种飞虱存在的影响．随褐飞虱比例的增加,白背飞虱的上述反应愈趋明显;反之,随白背飞虱比例的增加,褐飞虱则少有这种变化．种间密度制约效应远大于种内密度制约效应,表明两种飞虱诸种生物学特性对种间作用的反应存在着差异．     

褐飞虱、白背飞虱种间、种内密度制约效应研究

以高感品种TN1为材料．研究了褐飞虱、白背飞虱成、若虫密度对种群的制约效应。实验表明,单虫种一龄善虫密度15头／株和30头／株相比．褐飞虱成虫的羽化率、短翘率、体长和若虫历期均无明显差异,但成虫雌性比率前高;白背飞虱成虫羽化率前比后高21．22％．短翘率高15.25％。在两种飞虱一龄若虫密度30、45、60头／株等虫量混合组配下,褐飞虱成虫羽化率60头／株比30头／株下降28％,白背飞虱若虫历期以30头／株最长。在总虫量为30头／株时,种内(30头／株)和种间(15：15头／株)比．白背飞虱种内处理成虫羽化率高36．83％．昔虫历期短;褐飞虱以种内处理成虫短翘率高。从产卵位点来看．褐飞虱喜产在稻株叶鞘中下部厚肉组织上,白背飞虱以叶脉基部产卵为主．成虫密度2、4、8对／株3处理,其叶鞘、叶脉上的平均卵块变小;10天内的平均卵量亦减步。同密度下,种间组合比种内组合的产卵量多。从各指标对密度反应来看,褐飞虱比白背飞虱更耐拥挤。     

灰飞虱与褐飞虱种内和种间密度效应比较

在人工气候室内比较研究了灰飞虱和褐飞虱在汕优63和秀水11上的种内和种间密度效应对其主要生物学参数的影响,结果表明两种稻飞虱均存在显著的种内竞争,主要表现为随着密度增加,若虫发育历期延长、若虫羽化率下降、雌成虫寿命缩短、每雌产卵量下降。种内密度效应与稻飞虱种类和寄主品种有显著互作关系,灰飞虱种内竞争较褐飞虱明显,二者在适宜寄主上种内竞争更为明显。同时,两种稻飞虱存在着显著的种间密度效应,主要表现为异种存在时的促进作用,即异种共存时若虫历期缩短、若虫羽化率提高、雌虫寿命延长、每雌产卵量增加。种间密度效应也与稻飞虱种类和寄主品种有显著互作关系,两种共存对灰飞虱的有利作用显著大于对褐飞虱的有利作用,在欠适宜寄主上种间互利效应更为明显。最后,本文对稻飞虱种内和种间密度效应的机制和进化意义进行了讨论。     

稻株含氮量和密度对褐飞虱存活、发育和生殖特性的影响

对褐飞虱种群在不同含氮量稻株和若虫密度条件下的反应进行了研究。结果表明,若虫密度对褐飞虱存活的抑制作用随若虫密度提高而增强,但随寄主含氮量的增加而显著下降,表现为低含量的寄主植物可以增强对种群调节的负反馈作用。在低氮稻株上的饲养代数也明显影响若虫存活率,而在高氮稻株上饲养的不同代别褐飞虱之间则无显著差异。若虫率与稻株含氮量呈极显著的负相关,即在高若虫密度下寄主含氮量的增加可显著缩短褐飞虱若虫的发育历期。与高含氮量稻株上的褐飞虱种群相比,饲养在低含氮量稻株上的褐飞虱种群的若虫发育时间在高若虫密度下显著延长。在每盆40头褐飞虱若虫的密度下,成虫性比与稻株含氮量呈极显著的正相关,而在不同若虫密度下,随着若虫密度的增加雌性成虫比例显著下降。在每盆160头的若虫密度时低氮稻株上褐飞虱种群的性比低于0.3,显著低于在高氮稻株上的褐飞虱种群的性比0.85。在含氮量低的稻株上的雌成虫体重随若虫密度的增加极显著减少,连续取食第2代的雌成虫又比取食第1代时的轻。在所研究的所有若虫密度下,取食高含氮量稻株的褐飞虱种群的雌成虫寿命均为取食低含氮量稻株褐飞虱种群雌成虫寿命的3倍左右,差异极为显著。稻株含氮量和若虫密度对褐飞虱生殖力的作用最大,特别是在低氮稻株上若虫密度对褐飞虱生殖力的作用更为突出。在高含氮量稻株上的卵孵化率均随若虫密度的增加而有所下降,但在相同含氮量稻株上卵孵化率的差异均不显著。结果推测由于施用氮肥较多的水稻可以承受高密度的褐飞虱,提高了它们的迁出临界密度,减少了褐飞虱在克服逆境过程中的种群损失,从而造成更高的密度和更重的田间危害程度。     

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.