一种红脂大小蠹天敌切头郭公虫Clerus sp.生物学初探

红脂大小蠹Dendroctonus valens LeConte,原产于北美,于20世纪80年代随木材贸易传入我国山西,是一种危害油松、白皮松、华山松等松科植物的毁灭性入侵害虫。本文对红脂大小蠹天敌切头郭公甲虫Clerus sp.的基本生物学特征进行了初步探讨。野外诱捕发现,红脂大小蠹诱剂3-蒈烯能诱捕到切头郭公甲虫Clerus sp.,并观察到此郭公甲虫紧抱红脂大小蠹的捕食行为及红脂大小蠹头部被切下的残骸。诱捕动态监测表明切头郭公甲虫与红脂大小蠹的发生在时间和数量上具有跟随关系。室内测定结果显示切头郭公甲虫平均体重约15.5 mg且个体大小与捕食能力呈正相关。切头郭公虫平均存活时间约38 d,10 d内平均每头郭公虫捕食3头红脂大小蠹,最多达8头。行为嗅觉试验表明切头郭公虫Clerus sp.对红脂大小蠹诱芯反应敏感,红脂大小蠹信息素组分frontalin不能增加其对红脂大小蠹诱芯的敏感性。本研究初步探明了红脂大小蠹天敌切头郭公虫Clerus sp.生物学特征,其较长捕食周期和较强的捕食能力决定其可作为红脂大小蠹的生物防治因子具有一定的优势和较好的天敌应用前景。     

红脂大小蠹入侵机制与化学生态学研究

红脂大小蠹Dendroctonus valens LeConte是近来入侵我国的重大林业害虫,入侵山西后迅速在相邻省份扩展蔓延。文章围绕作者对红脂大小蠹入侵来源地、暴发机制以及红脂大小蠹化学生态学等领域开展的研究工作进展进行了总结。历史资料记载和分子证据均支持红脂大小蠹由北美(美国西海岸)地区传入。松树萜烯类化合物是红脂大小蠹寻找适合寄主的重要信号物质,近期在北美和中国几个地区同时开展的研究,确认了3-蒈烯对红脂大小蠹具有最强引诱作用,该研究结果简化和修正了先前北美一直使用的3组分植物源引诱剂配方;在筛选有效引诱成分的基础上,开展了引诱剂定量缓释载体的研究,该释放载体已经被授权专利,并得到广泛推广应用。红脂大小蠹信息素一直没有得到鉴定,近来通过对红脂大小蠹后肠提取物的分析,分离鉴定了5种电生理和行为上有生物活性的萜烯类氧化物,其中有3个组分对红脂大小蠹植物源引诱剂具有增效作用。在驱避剂方面,研究证实了马鞭草烯酮以及非寄主挥发物对红脂大小蠹具有驱避作用。同时,研究证明,马鞭草烯酮对红脂大小蠹的作用存在剂量效应。目前,作者正开展红脂大小蠹-共生菌-寄主松树三者相互关系以及红脂大小蠹与土著种之间化学通讯等方面的研究,以期阐明红脂大小蠹的入侵性及暴发机制,寻求更有效的控制途径。     

油松萜烯成分变化与红脂大小蠹的反应特性

采用顶空采样方法,比较健康油松、人工损伤油松以及抗性油松在单萜烯成分组成上的差异。GC-MS分析表明,在自然状况下,油松树干释放的萜烯类成分很少,以α-蒎烯占绝对优势(>97%);人工损伤后,油松萜烯类成分明显增多,除α-蒎烯为主要成分外,还包括β-蒎烯、月桂烯、柠檬烯、萜品油烯、β-水芹烯、长叶烯等;而抗性油松萜烯类成分更为复杂。对3类油松主要单萜类成分的相对含量方差分析表明,α-蒎烯的相对含量呈显著降低;3-蒈烯在损伤寄主中相对含量最高,在抗性寄主中相对含量与自然状态下没有差异。柠檬烯、莰烯、萜品油烯在抗性寄主中相对比率显著增加。而β-蒎烯、月桂烯、β-水芹烯相对含量在3个处理中变化不大。在此基础上,比较红脂大小蠹Dendroctonus valens LeConte对油松主要单萜类成分的触角电位及嗅觉行为反应。结果表明,室内触角电位、嗅觉试验与先前林间试验结果相一致,即红脂大小蠹对(+)-3-蒈烯表现出最强的电生理和行为反应。对R-(+)-α-蒎烯和S-(-)-α-蒎烯研究发现,红脂大小蠹对α-蒎烯2个对映体的触角电位、嗅觉行为无显著不同。结合油松单萜类含量变化特点与红脂大小蠹行为反应,认为3-蒈烯相对含量上升可能作为易感寄主特点;而柠檬烯、莰烯、萜品油烯相对比率增加则代表了抗性或者非适合寄主的特征。     

The role of lignin as a defence against the spruce bark beetle Dendroctonus micans: effect on larvae and adults

Summary The role of lignin as a physical defence against Dendroctonus micans was investigated in laboratory feeding experiments. The effect of lignin is dose-dependent, reducing larval survival, growth rate, and weight, as well as affecting gallery construction. Adults lay fewer eggs in lignified bark and also tend to construct abnormal galleries. The distribution of lignin in trees suggests a role in defence against bark beetles that feed in the thicker bark on the lower bole.     

Anomalous outbreaks of an invasive defoliator and native bark beetle facilitated by warm temperatures,changes in precipitation and interspecific interactions

Biotic disturbance agents such as insects can be highly responsive to climatic change and have widespread ecological and economic impacts on forests. Quantifying the responses of introduced and native insects to climate, including how dynamics of one agent may mediate those of another, is important for forecasting disturbance and associated impacts on forest structure and function. We investigated drivers of outbreaks by larch casebearer Coleophora laricella, an invasive defoliator, and eastern larch beetle Dendroctonus simplex, a native, tree‐killing bark beetle, on tamarack Larix laricina from 2000 to in Minnesota, USA. We evaluated the utility of temporal, spatial and climatic variables in predicting the presence/absence of outbreaks of each insect in cells of rasterized aerial survey data. The role of defoliation by larch casebearer in outbreaks of eastern larch beetle was also investigated. For both species, the most important predictors of outbreak occurrence were proximity of conspecific outbreaks in space and time. For larch casebearer, outbreak occurrence was positively associated with spring precipitation and warmer growing seasons. Outbreak occurrence of eastern larch beetle was positively associated with warmer and dryer years and was more likely in cells with prior defoliation by larch casebearer. Our results demonstrate that climate can drive large scale outbreaks of introduced and non‐native disturbance agents on a single host species, and that interactions at the tree level between such agents may scale up to manifest across large temporal and spatial scales.     

The first study on the bacterial flora of the european spruce bark beetle, Dendroctonus micans (Coleoptera: Scolytidae)

The European spruce bark beetle, Dendroctonus micans Kugelann (Coleoptera, Scolytidae), is one of the most serious pests of oriental spruce (Picea orientalis L.) in Turkey. In this study, we investigated bacterial flora of D. micans collected from different populations of the forests of Eastern Black Sea Region of Turkey from 2002 to 2004. Seven different bacteria were isolated from healthy, diseased and dead specimens based on the color of colony and morphology. According to morphological, physiological and biochemical properties, metobolic enyzme profile by BIOLOG microtiter plate system, and total cellular fatty acid profile by Microbial Identification System (MIS), isolates were identified as Micrococcus luteus, Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. morrisoni, Serratia grimesii, Enterobacter cloaceae, Enterobacter intermedius, Streptococcus sp. and Pseudomonas putida. This is the first study on the bacterial flora of D. micans.     

一株海洋细菌产碱性蛋白酶的研究

对1株产碱性蛋白酶的海洋细菌Pseudomonas sp.7-11发酵产生碱性蛋白酶的条件和酶的调控机制进行了初步研究。结果显示,7－11为好氧菌,具有嗜低温特性,且适宜在偏碱性的条件下生长并产酶,该菌产生碱性蛋白酶表现出初级动力学持征;酷蛋白培养基适合菌株产酶;K^ 对于菌株产酶有关键作用;复合氨基酸对产酶有抑制作用;初步显示,7－11产生蛋白酶受诱导及阻遏两种方向的调控。     

The red turpentine beetle, <Emphasis Type="Italic">Dendroctonus valens</Emphasis> LeConte (Scolytidae): an exotic invasive pest of pine in China

An exotic invasive pest of pines, the red turpentine beetle, Dendroctonus valens LeConte (Scolytidae) (RTB), was first detected in Shanxi Province, northern China, in 1998 and started causing widespread tree mortality there in 1999. This outbreak continues and has spread to three adjacent provinces, causing unprecedented tree mortality. Although it is considered a minor pest of pines in North America, RTB has proven to be an aggressive and destructive pest of Pinus tabuliformis, China’s most widely planted pine species. The bionomics and occurrence, distribution, response to host volatiles, and host preference of this pine beetle in China are compared with what is known of the beetle in its native range in North America. Factors likely contributing to D. valens success in China and control of the beetle outbreak are discussed. (−)-β-pinene was shown to be the most attractive host volatile for D. valens from the Sierra Nevada of California, whereas 3-(+)-carene is the most attractive host volatile for beetles in China. Monocultures of Pinus tabuliformis, several consecutive years of drought conditions and warm winters have apparently factored D. valens invasion and establishment in China.     

The effect of light environment, leaf area, and stored carbohydrates on inflorescence production by a rain forest understory palm

Variation in flowering by long-lived plants may be correlated with current resource availability. If, however, there are trade-offs between current and future reproduction, or between reproduction and storage or growth, then understanding variation requires a whole-plant, longer-term perspective. Inflorescence production by Calyptrogyne ghiesbreghtiana Linden ex. H. Wendl., an understory palm, was studied over 3 years. Annual inflorescence production varied greatly and was correlated with variation in plant size and light environment. There was no trade-off between past inflorescence production and the frequency of future inflorescence production. On the contrary, individuals that produced more inflorescences than predicted from their size and light environment tended to continue to do so in subsequent years also. I manipulated the resource environment of a subset of plants by removal of leaves and/or reproductive spikes. Leaf removal suppressed inflorescence production for the following 2 years, but spike removal had no effect. One year after leaf removal stored reserves were, on average, back to pre-treatment levels. There was, however, a negative effect of recent inflorescence production on storage. Plants with higher levels of storage had higher inflorescence production in the next 75 days. In C. ghiesbreghtiana the resource cost of reproduction is apparent in short-term variation in stored reserves. In contrast, annual inflorescence production does not follow a trade-off pattern between successive years, but consistently reflects both plant size and the light environment. Received: 20 October 1996 / Accepted: 25 January 1997     

The effect of complex carbon and nitrogen, salt, Tween-80 and acetate on delta-endotoxin production by a Bacillus thuringiensis subsp kurstaki

Delta-endotoxin production by a strain of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp kurstakion complex media based on crude gruel and fish meal was investigated. High proteolytic activities were concomitantly produced with the bioinsecticide. In such complex media, the repressive regulation due to readily consumed carbon sources was partially overcome. In order to improve substrate assimilation, 0.5 g L⁻¹ sodium chloride and 0.1% Tween-80 were supplemented to the production medium, increasing delta-endotoxin yields when using gruel concentrations below 59 g L⁻¹. At and beyond 75 g L⁻¹ gruel, delta-endotoxin yields were not affected in the presence of 0.5 g L⁻¹ NaCl and 0.1% Tween-80, but proteolytic activity yields were remarkably reduced. Thus, the use of sodium chloride and Tween-80 allowed reduction of the initial gruel concentration to 42 g L⁻¹ for the production of 3350 mg L⁻¹ delta-endotoxin, while it was only 3800 mg L⁻¹ with 92 g L⁻¹ gruel. Moreover, similar to 0.5 g L⁻¹ NaCl and 0.1% Tween-80, the use of 10 g L⁻¹ sodium acetate significantly improved delta-endotoxin production and also reduced the proteolytic activity to 250 U ml⁻¹. Received 05 November 1998/ Accepted in revised form 19 August 1999