新农药单甲脒在植物－土壤系统中的生态效应（以棉花为例）

该文研究了新农药单甲脒对植物－土壤系统的生态影响,结果认为：所设置的６个浓度（对照,２５％单甲脒水剂稀释１５００倍、１０００倍、８００倍、５００倍、１００倍）对棉花虫害有不同程度的防治效果,以１００倍最好,可防治棉花多种虫害。单甲脒对棉花种群的结构与功能无不良影响。高浓度单甲脒２２ ８００倍起至５００倍可使叶片气孔缩小,减少蒸腾速率,从而降低对水分的消耗,促进光合产物的形成,因而光合速率增长,生物     

Stereoselective Behavior of the Chiral Herbicides Diclofop‐Methyl and Diclofop During the Soy Sauce Brewing Process

Chiral pesticides are now receiving more and more attention in the food‐making process. This experiment studied the enantioselective behavior of diclofop‐methyl (DM) and its main metabolite, diclofop (DC), during the soy sauce brewing process. Two kinds of commonly used strains, Aspergillus oryzae and Saccharomyces rouxii, were investigated. However, they showed a different degradation ability to the enantiomers of DM and DC. It was observed that (–)‐(S)‐DM was degraded much faster than (+)‐(R)‐DM by Saccharomyces rouxii, while no stereoselective degradation was found by Aspergillus oryzae. DC represented a relatively long residue period in this fermentation process and both strains showed a weak degradation ability to DC, especially Saccharomyces rouxii. There was little DC detected in the final product, while most of the DC residues persisted in the lees, which were usually used as animal feeds or discarded into the environment directly as waste. Therefore, more attention should be paid to the soy sauce brewing process concerning pesticide residues both in the final product and byproducts. Chirality 28:78–84, 2016. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

IDENTIFICATION OF PROTEASOME ALPHA6 SUBUNIT ASSOCIATED WITH DELTAMETHRIN RESISTANCE IN Drosophila melanogaster Kc CELLS

Differential expression of the proteasome alpha6 (prosalpha6) was previously reported between Plutella xylostella strains that are resistant or susceptible to the pesticide deltamethrin (DM). This finding indicated that the prosalpha6 may be involved in DM resistance. In this article, qPCR analysis revealed that the prosalpha6 was also significantly upregulated in Drosophila Kc cells treated with DM. To better understand the contribution of prosalpha6 in DM resistance, RNA interference, heterologous expression, and a proteasome inhibitor (MG‐132) were used. MG‐132 was used to suppress proteasomal activity, and the dsRNA was designed to block the function of prosalpha6. The results indicated that both MG‐132 and prosalpha6 knockdown decreased the cellular viability following DM treatment. Prosalpha6 was cloned and transfected into Drosophila Kc cells. The result showed that overexpression of prosalpha6 in Drosophila Kc cells conferred some protection against DM. Taken together, our results indicate that prosalpha6 is involved in Drosophila cells DM resistance.     

Risk management decisions for pesticides and threatened and endangered species: The role of uncertainty analysis

Despite data gaps and information shortfalls, government agencies in the United States are expected to produce timely and defensible decisions to regulate pesticide use under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act and in compliance with the Endangered Species Act. The decision to register a pesticide is predicated on a conclusion that no unreasonable effects will accrue to the environment, including threatened and endangered species. We recognize that the definition of acceptable risk is a policy judgment stemming from legislative language and judicial interpretation. However, a common risk assessment approach with similar technical underpinnings and a high degree of transparency used by all the agencies would be cost effective and more likely to achieve consensus among interested parties. Quantitative probabilistic risk assessment (PRA) methods can be used to develop risk estimates and to describe the level of confidence in these estimates. PRA methods can also differentiate among the contributions of natural stochasticity, measurement variability, and lack of knowledge. Because this approach enhances transparency and increases understanding of the implications of limited data sets and associated assumptions, we encourage the appropriate agencies to implement PRA methods as a means of reaching common ground when assessing risks of pesticides to listed species.     

Toxicological evaluation of multi-class pesticide residues in vegetables and associated human health risk study for adults and children

This article describes, for the first time in 10 years, the toxicological evaluation of pesticide residues in highly consumed vegetables (35 commodities) and health risk studies. Among 1075 vegetable samples consisting mainly of tuber, root, fruiting, and Brassica, 20% of samples contained 38 pesticides in the range of 0.005–18.7 mg/kg and 1% > maximum residue limits (MRLs). Organophosphates and chloronitrile were most frequently found (20%) in the pesticide class. The highest concentration of 18.7 mg/kg was noted for dichlofluanid. Fruiting vegetables (8%), especially tomatoes (5%), were the most contaminated, while multi-residues were determined in 5% of the samples. Risk assessment was performed by analytical results and consumption on the 97.5 percentile expressed as hazard index (HI) and hazard quotient (HQ). The highest chronic HI was calculated for diazinon in lettuce (32% Acceptable Daily Intake (ADI) adults and 36% children) and for forbidden dieldrin in carrots (26%, 62% ADI). The highest acute HI was estimated for dichlofluanid in lettuce (69% Acute Reference Dose (ARfD)) for adults, whereas for children it was above the acceptance values of ARfD (168%). Organophosphate insecticides with common mode of action showed the greatest HQ (108% ADI). Vegetables may not be a serious problem for consumers, but investigations on pesticide residues are necessary to ensure food safety and the protection of human health, especially toward children who are more highly exposed to pesticides than adults.     

The use of tracers to estimate the exposure of beneficial insects to direct pesticide spraying in cereals

A fluorescent spray tracer was used to measure the profile of spray deposits through winter-wheat crop canopies and upon beneficial insects, placed in fixed positions which approximated to their natural distributions. Tracer deposition profiles were recorded on a series of occasions between G.S. 47 to G.S. 90. Deposition levels declined through the canopy on each occasion but the proportion of the spray reaching the ground varied between growth stages. Deposition rates upon insects followed the same trends but insects on the aerial parts of the plant received a higher volume of tracer per unit area than the part of the crop that they were placed upon. Insects placed on the ground received a dose equivalent to their ground area. For a given distribution of insects, these data permit direct spray exposure to be estimated. The general application of the method to a wide range of crops, to the calculation of risk indices, to the standardisation of field tests and to the development of selective spray placement methods are discussed.     

Genetic improvement of a parasitoid: Response of Trioxys pallidus to laboratory selection with azinphosmethyl

Colonies of Trioxys pallidus Haliday (Hymenoptera: Aphidiidae) were collected from California walnut orchards during 1985–86 and screened for variability of responses to azinphosmethyl. Variability was found and laboratory selection was initiated with four colonies. All colonies responded to selection; after seven to 12 selections, three colonies were combined (Select colony) and selection was conducted an additional 27 times. The corresponding base colonies were also combined and maintained for comparisons (Base). Concentration/mortality lines obtained for the Select and Base colonies after five and 27 selections indicated seven‐ and 9.2‐fold differences in LC₅₀ values respectively. Survival of the resistant strain varied with bioassay method and decreased in the order: clip cages on treated foliage > treated plastic cups with untreated mesh tops > treated plastic cups with treated mesh tops> treated cups with treated solid lids. The initial bioassay results with treated plastic cups suggested that the selection response was inadequate to allow the resistant strain to survive field rats of azinphosmethyl. When the resistant strain's survival was evaluated with bioassay methods more closely mimicking field conditions (clip cages on field‐treated foliage), we concluded the selected strain could survive field rates of azinphosmethyl.     

Ecological studies of Cladocera in the ricefields of Tanjung Karang,Malaysia, subjected to pesticide treatment

Temporal changes in the population densities of four dominant Cladocera (Moina micrura, Diaphanosoma excisum, Alona guttata and Macrothrix spinosa) were studied in untreated and pesticide treated rice plots over a growing season. M. micrura was the first dominant species to occur in all the plots which were initially devoid of vegetation except for the newly transplanted rice seedlings. With the growth of the rice seedlings and the appearance of aquatic macrophytes, open water ricefields were transformed into vegetated littoral conditions precipitating the disappearance of M. micrura and the appearance of the littoral A. guttata and M. spinosa, and the eurytopic D. excisum. The cladoceran community was affected by spraying of the pesticide FMC35001, an analogue of Furadan®. The response of the four dominant species to the pesticide treatment is discussed.