虫食与熏蒸对马尾松挥发性化学物质的影响

通过接虫咬食伤害与茉莉酸甲酯和萜烯混合熏蒸处理,以正常盆栽马尾松为对照,用TCT-GC-MS分析各处理的正常枝、损伤枝、姊妹枝(正常或损伤对枝)、系统上枝(正常或损伤上枝)和系统下枝(正常或损伤下枝)中挥发物的成分及相对含量变化,以探讨马尾松对不同伤害的应急反应.结果显示,虫害和熏蒸处理后,水芹烯的相对含量在损伤枝、姊妹枝、系统上枝和系统下枝中均明显高于对照;β-蒎烯相对含量在损伤枝和姊妹枝中升高,而系统枝条中下降;α-蒎烯相对含量在所测4个部位中除熏蒸后系统下枝升高外其余全部降低;其他挥发性化学物质相对含量的变化没有明显的规律性.结果表明,茉莉酸甲酯和萜烯混合熏蒸能够代替虫害等外界伤害的刺激,使马尾松启动相似的信号防御系统,达到防御外界伤害的作用;茉莉酸甲酯和萜烯可作为马尾松响应伤害的报警信号分子.     

蝴蝶果茎枝化学成分的研究

从蝴蝶果(Cleidiocarpon cavalerie)茎枝的乙醇提取物中提取并鉴定了7个化合物,利用现代波谱技术(MS、1H-NMR、13C-NMR)进行结构鉴定,结果表明,它们分别为kauran-16-ol-3-one(1)、16β,17-dihydroxy-3-oxo-phyllocladane(2)、kauranoic acid(3)、山萘酚(4)、没食子酸(5)、β-谷甾醇(6)和胡萝卜苷(7)。化合物1~7均为首次从该属植物中获得。     

Correlation between 13Calpha chemical shifts and helix content of peptide ensembles

Replica exchange molecular dynamics simulations are used to generate three ensembles of an S-peptide analog (AETAAAKFLREHMDS). Percent helicity of the peptide ensembles calculated using STRIDE is compared to percent helicity calculated from (13)C(alpha) chemical shift deviations (CSD) from random coil in order to test the assumption that CSD can be correlated to percent helicity. The two estimates of helicity, one based on structure and the other on CSD, are in close to quantitative agreement, except at the edges of helical stretches where disagreements of as much as 50% can be found. These disagreements can occur by CSDs both as an under- and an overestimate of peptide helicity. We show that underestimation arises due to ensemble averaging of positive CSDs from conformers with torsion angles in the helical region of Ramachandran space with negative CSDs corresponding to conformers of the peptide in the extended region. In contrast, overestimation comes about due to the fact that a large number of conformations with torsion angles in the helical region are not counted as helical by STRIDE due to a lack of correlated helical torsion angles in neighboring residues.     

Competing phytoplankton undermines allelopathy of a bloom-forming dinoflagellate

Biotic interactions in the plankton can be both complex and dynamic. Competition among phytoplankton is often chemically mediated, but no studies have considered whether allelopathic compounds are modified by biotic interactions. Here, we show that compounds exuded during Karenia brevis blooms were allelopathic to the cosmopolitan diatom Skeletonema costatum, but that bloom allelopathy varied dramatically among collections and years. We investigated several possible causes of this variability and found that neither bloom density nor concentrations of water-borne brevetoxins correlated with allelopathic potency. However, when we directly tested whether the presence of competing phytoplankton influenced bloom allelopathy, we found that S. costatum reduced the growth-inhibiting effects of bloom exudates, suggesting that S. costatum has a mechanism for undermining K. brevis allelopathy. Additional laboratory experiments indicated that inducible changes to K. brevis allelopathy were restricted to two diatoms among five sensitive phytoplankton species, whereas five other species were constitutively resistant to K. brevis allelopathy. Our results suggest that competitors differ in their responses to phytoplankton allelopathy, with S. costatum exhibiting a previously undescribed method of resistance that may influence community structure and alter bloom dynamics.     

Donning your enemy's cloak: ground squirrels exploit rattlesnake scent to reduce predation risk

Ground squirrels (Spermophilus spp.) have evolved a battery of defences against the rattlesnakes (Crotalus spp.) that have preyed on them for millions of years. The distinctive behavioural reactions by these squirrels to rattlesnakes have recently been shown to include self-application of rattlesnake scent-squirrels apply scent by vigorously licking their fur after chewing on shed rattlesnake skins. Here, we present evidence that this behaviour is a novel antipredator defence founded on exploitation of a foreign scent. We tested three functional hypotheses for snake scent application--antipredator, conspecific deterrence and ectoparasite defence--by examining reactions to rattlesnake scent by rattlesnakes, ground squirrels and ectoparasites (fleas). Rattlesnakes were more attracted to ground squirrel scent than to ground squirrel scent mixed with rattlesnake scent or rattlesnake scent alone. However, ground squirrel behaviour and flea host choice were not affected by rattlesnake scent. Thus, ground squirrels can reduce the risk of rattlesnake predation by applying rattlesnake scent to their bodies, potentially as a form of olfactory camouflage. Opportunistic exploitation of heterospecific scents may be widespread; many species self-apply foreign odours, but few such cases have been demonstrated to serve in antipredator defence.     

顶空固相微萃取/气相色谱/质谱法分析河南产紫丁香挥发性成分

采用顶空固相微萃取和气质联用技术（HS—SPME—GC—MS）,首次分析了河南产紫丁香花营和花的挥发性成分。从紫丁香花蕾和花中共鉴定了65种组分,其中17个成分是二者共有的;酯类化合物只存在于花蕾中,而酸类和醇类化合物在花中的含量较高。这表明酯类化合物在紫丁香花开放的过程中可能逐步被植物体内的水解酶水解成酸类和醇类化合物。     

隔山消化学成分的研究

从隔山消的石油醚部分分离得到6个芳香类化合物,分别鉴定为2,4-二羟基苯乙酮（1-（2,4-dihy—droxph—enyl）ethanone,1）、奎乙酰苯（acetylquinol,2）、对羟基苯乙酮（1-（4-hydroxyphenyl）ethanone,3）、4-羟基-3-甲氧基苯乙酮（1-（4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl）ethanone,4）、2,4-二羟基-5-甲氧基苯乙酮（1-（2,4-dihydroxy-5-methoxyphenyl）ethanone,5）、3-羟基4-甲氧基苯甲酸（3-hydroxy-4-methoxy—benzoicacid,6）。除化合物2外,其余5个化合物均首次从该植物中分离得到。     

Synergism among volatile organic compounds resulting in increased antibiosis in Oidium sp

Oidium sp. has been recovered as an endophyte in Terminalia catappa (tropical chestnut) in Costa Rica. The volatile organic compounds (VOCs) of this organism uniquely and primarily consist of esters of propanoic acid, 2-methyl-, butanoic acid, 2-methyl-, and butanoic acid, 3-methyl-. The VOCs of Oidium sp. are slightly inhibitory to many plant pathogenic fungi. Previous work on the VOCs of Muscodor albus demonstrated that besides esters of small organic acids, a small organic acid and a naphthalene derivative were needed to obtain maximum antibiotic activity. Thus, the addition of exogenous volatile compounds such as isobutyric acid and naphthalene, 1,1'-oxybis caused a dramatic synergistic increase in the antibiotic activity of the VOCs of Oidium sp. against Pythium ultimum. In fact, at elevated concentrations, there was not only 100% inhibition of P. ultimum but killing as well. In addition, a coculture of Muscodor vitigenus (making only naphthalene) and Oidium sp. plus isobutyric acid produced an additive antibiosis effect against P. ultimum. The biological implications of multiple volatile compounds acting to bring about antibiosis in nature are discussed.     

杀虫剂不同处理对二化螟为害、防治效果及水稻产量的影响

近年来,二化螟发生出现各代均偏重或大发生的新特点。为探索杀虫剂防治二化螟的新策略,采用田间小区试验在早晚稻田中分别研究5%氟虫腈加25%灭.水胺的不同施药时期和次数对二化螟幼虫的为害和防治效果及对水稻产量的影响。在试验地,二化螟第1和第2代发生在早稻田,第3和第4代发生在晚稻田。试验结果表明,在第1和第3代二化螟幼虫孵化高峰施药1次、隔10d再施药1次对早稻田和晚稻田的幼虫防效显著,分别达到了92.4%和92.6%。在早、晚稻田分别发生的第1和第3代2龄幼虫高峰期施药1次、同时在次代孵化高峰期再施药1次,均可显著降低虫伤株率和白穗株率,提高保穗效果,并显著提高单位面积上的水稻产量(3.98%~4.20%)。因此,对第1至第4代二化螟幼虫均进行1次药剂防治是二化螟各代均大发生的新形势下的防治策略。     

云斑天牛对补充营养寄主的选择性

通过林间调查和室内选择性试验,研究云斑天牛Batocera horsfieldi(Hope)成虫在补充营养阶段对多种寄主植物的选择性。林间调查结果表明,云斑天牛成虫对法国冬青(V.awabuki)和光皮桦(B.luninifera)有较强的嗜食性,林间最高取食选择率分别为100%和92.4%。利用"Y"型嗅觉仪测定云斑天牛成虫对法国冬青、核桃(Jugians regia L.)、光皮桦和杨树(Populus tomentosa)等寄主挥发物的行为反应,生测结果与林间调查及室内选择结果一致,法国冬青和光皮桦的挥发物对云斑天牛引诱效果明显,并且枝条挥发物引诱力高于叶片挥发物,引诱效果最佳的组合为:采用蒸馏法,用二氯甲烷提取的冬青枝叶粗提物;采用浸提法,用乙醚提取的冬青和光皮桦枝叶粗提物和二氯甲烷分别提取的冬青枝和叶的粗提物。