南美斑潜蝇对不同黄瓜品种的寄主选择性

采用自由选择法测定了南美斑潜蝇Liriomyza huidobrensis对黄瓜不同品种的寄主选择性。结果表明,南美斑潜蝇成虫产卵和取食选择性最强的黄瓜品种为冬棚王,其对冬棚王的选择性与对光和地黄瓜、新四号黄瓜、津优2号、双杂一号、津杂2号、冬雪王、早春王、神农春四号、津春4号等品种的选择性存在显著差异,而与山东密刺、津优1号、春四号黄瓜、津杂4号、鲁优二号、津优4号、唐山秋瓜、神农春五号、津绿4号等品种差异不显著。测定结果表明,黄瓜不同品种间的叶毛数、可溶性蛋白质及可溶性糖含量存在显著差异。相关分析表明,南美斑潜蝇对不同黄瓜品种的寄主选择性与其叶毛数存在显著的负相关,相关系数r=-0.475 5(P=0.039 5<0.05),而与叶片的可溶性蛋白质及可溶性糖含量关系不显著。     

南美斑潜蝇寄主选择性与植物次生化合物及叶毛的关系

采用非自由选择法,以刺伤孔（包括取食孔和产卵孔）数为指标,在室内测定了南美斑潜蝇对6科、16种、22个蔬菜品种的寄主选择性。结果表明,南美斑潜蝇对供试蔬菜品种的选择性存在显著差异,选择性大小依次为豆科>菊科>葫芦科>茄科>伞形科>十字花科; 菜豆和茼蒿是南美斑潜蝇最喜欢产卵和取食的寄主,而甘蓝和番茄是其选择性最差的寄主。化学分析和解剖镜观察表明,叶片单宁酸、黄酮含量及叶毛密度在供试品种间存在显著差异： 苦瓜的单宁酸含量最高,其次为豌豆、番茄和青椒,含量最低的为金丝搅瓜、茼蒿、菜豆和美国西芹; 黄酮含量最高的为甘蓝和番茄,其次为苦瓜,最低为茼蒿、菜豆和美国西芹; 南瓜和小白菜的叶毛密度最高,其次为西葫芦、金丝搅瓜和甘蓝,最低为青椒、莴苣和苦瓜。相关分析表明,南美斑潜蝇寄主选择性与叶片单宁酸和黄酮含量呈显著的负相关关系,相关系数分别为-0.4425（ P=0.0392）和 -0.5728（ P=0.0053）,而与叶毛密度相关关系不显著（ R＝-0.1807,P=0.4211）。说明黄酮和单宁酸对南美斑潜蝇产卵和取食具有明显的抑制作用。     

寄主植物物理性状及营养物质对地红蝽寄主选择性的影响

【目的】地红蝽Pyrrhocoris tibialis是一种重要的农业植食性害虫,寄主范围广泛。本研究测定地红蝽对不同植物的取食偏好及分析寄主植物物理性状和营养物质在地红蝽成虫寄主选择行为中的作用,以期从寄主理化性状的角度来探讨地红蝽寄主选择行为机制,为指导作物抗虫育种提供依据。【方法】通过自由选择方法研究地红蝽成虫对5种寄主植物(谷子Setaria italica、高粱Sorghum bicolor、绿豆Vigna radiata、大豆Glycine max和玉米Zea mays)叶片的取食选择性;使用Y型嗅觉仪进一步检测地红蝽对5种植物叶片气味的趋性反应;测定分析5种植物叶片物理性状及主要营养物质含量与地红蝽取食选择性的相关性。【结果】地红蝽成虫对5种寄主植物叶片的取食选择率存在显著性差异,依次为谷子＞高粱＞绿豆＝大豆＞玉米,与对这5种寄主植物叶片气味的趋性反应百分率结果一致。相关性分析表明,地红蝽成虫的取食选择性与叶片长宽比、含水量和背面茸毛密度呈显著正相关,相关系数分别为0.881, 0.884和0.906,而与地红蝽成虫取食前后寄主植物叶片可溶性糖含量变化和总蛋白质含量变化呈显著负相关,相关系数分别为-0.915和-0.951。通径分析表明,寄主植物叶片背面茸毛密度和总蛋白质含量变化是地红蝽寄主选择性的重要决定因素。【结论】地红蝽成虫对不同寄主植物存在取食选择和趋向性差异,地红蝽成虫取食选择与寄主植物叶片长宽比、背面茸毛密度、含水量以及可溶性糖和总蛋白质含量变化有关。     

西花蓟马繁殖力与寄主营养物质的关系

研究了西花蓟马Frankliniella occidentalis(Pergande)在6种蔬菜寄主上的繁殖力,同时测定了寄主植物叶片的可溶性糖、可溶性蛋白质和叶绿素含量,并分析了它们之间的相关性。研究结果表明,西花蓟马繁殖力与叶片可溶性蛋白质含量存在正相关关系,与叶片的可溶性含糖量、叶绿素含量及可溶性蛋白质含量与可溶性含糖量比例的相关关系不显著。     

南美斑潜蝇为害对黄瓜体内主要营养物质、 次生代谢物质及叶绿素含量的影响

南美斑潜蝇Liriomyza huidobrensis (Blanchard)是一种危害多种蔬菜和观赏植物的多食性害虫。本研究采用蒽酮比色法、 考马斯亮蓝法、 磷钼酸 磷钨酸比色法、 索氏回流法及丙酮法, 分别测定了南美斑潜蝇1~3龄幼虫不同为害程度（系统受害、 轻度受害和重度受害）对黄瓜叶片内可溶性糖、 可溶性蛋白质、 单宁、 黄酮及叶绿素含量的影响。结果表明： 南美斑潜蝇幼虫为害后, 黄瓜叶片中可溶性糖、 可溶性蛋白质和叶绿素的含量随着为害程度的增强而显著降低（P<0.01）, 最大降幅分别为62%, 35%和40%; 单宁和黄酮的含量随着为害程度的增强而显著上升（P<0.01）, 最高升幅分别为26%和53%; 并且具有系统性影响。结果提示, 南美斑潜蝇幼虫为害导致寄主植物营养物质含量下降、 光合作用降低, 而次生代谢物质含量上升, 从而对植食者产生诱导抗性。本研究结果为进一步揭示南美斑潜蝇与其寄主植物相互作用关系及其机理提供了有益的参考。     

六种植物叶片中葫芦素B对美洲斑潜蝇寄主选择性的影响

在网室条件下 ,测定了美洲斑潜蝇对豇豆、苦瓜、黄瓜、白瓜、节瓜和丝瓜的寄主选择性。结果表明 ,美洲斑潜蝇在 6种不同植物叶片上的幼虫数、虫道数和为害程度具有明显的差异。从幼虫数和为害程度综合分析 ,美洲斑潜蝇在豇豆和丝瓜上的幼虫数、为害程度最高 ,分别是 0 .183头 / cm2 ,13.4 7%和 0 .0 99头 / cm2 ,2 3.4 2 % ,表明该虫对豇豆和丝瓜的选择性最强。在苦瓜上没有美洲斑潜蝇的幼虫寄生及取食虫道。该虫对其它 3种植物的选择性依次为节瓜、白瓜和黄瓜。在此基础上 ,进一步研究了不同植物叶片甲醇提取物中葫芦素 B的含量与美洲斑潜蝇寄主选择性的关系。经高效液相色谱 (HPL C)测定 ,苦瓜中的葫芦素 B含量最高 (2 3.8μg/ ml) ,其次是黄瓜 (9.6 μg/ ml)、白瓜 (4 .3μg/ ml)、豇豆 (2 .7μg/ ml)和节瓜 (2 .5 μg/ m l) ,丝瓜中含量最少 ,仅为1.3μg/ ml。分析结果证实不同植物叶中的葫芦素 B含量与其幼虫数呈负相关 (r1 =- 0 .82 0 6 ,r0 .0 5=0 .811) ;将不同植物叶中的葫芦素 B含量和美洲斑潜蝇的为害程度分别转换成对数后进行相关性分析 ,二者之间的相关性呈极显著的负相关(r2 =- 0 .980 4 ,r0 .0 1 =0 .917)。说明随着寄主植物叶片中葫芦素 B含量的增加 ,美洲斑潜蝇的幼虫数及为害程度明显     

美洲斑潜蝇成虫的卵巢结构观察及营养影响卵子发生的试验

卵育型(Synovigenic)植食性昆虫的雌成虫需要取食寄主植物组织或非寄主食物(如花蜜、花粉等)以延长寿命和促进产卵。为了明确寄主食物和非寄主食物对美洲斑潜蝇Liriomyza sativae卵子发生的功能差异,本实验在明确美洲斑潜蝇成虫卵巢发育动态和结构的基础上,比较了清水(饥饿,对照)、菜豆叶片、20%葡萄糖溶液、菜豆叶片+20%葡萄糖溶液四种处理下的雌成虫卵子发生动态。结果显示:美洲斑潜蝇为强卵育型昆虫,初羽化成虫体内无卵子;两侧卵巢管数之和为11-18根,大多数情况下,左右两侧卵巢管数目不等。成虫在饥饿条件下,几乎不能形成成熟卵子;继续取食寄主叶片、20%葡萄糖溶液和寄主叶片+20%葡萄糖溶液,均可显著促进卵子发生和卵成熟,但补充葡萄糖溶液起到极显著促进作用;成虫不具备卵子重吸收功能。本文重点从卵育型角度,对美洲斑潜蝇取食寄主食物和非寄主食物的营养功能进行了讨论。研究结果为美洲斑潜蝇以及该类植食性害虫的室内饲养和田间生态调控提供了依据。     

牧草盲蝽危害对寄主植物体内营养物质含量及保护酶活性的影响

【目的】为了明确牧草盲蝽Lygus pratensis危害对不同寄主体内营养物质及保护酶的影响。【方法】采用分光光度法测定了牧草盲蝽偏好度不同的10种寄主植物(6种偏好寄主,偏好性依次为:灰绿藜Chenopodium glaucum马齿苋Portulaca oleracea反枝苋Amaranthus retroflexus紫花苜蓿Medicago sativa木地肤Kochia prostrata棉花Gossypium hirsutum; 4种非偏好寄主:碱蓬Suaeda glauca、天蓝苜蓿Medicago lupulina、田旋花Convolvulus arvensis和宽叶独行菜Lepidium latifolium)受其危害后叶片中叶绿素、可溶性糖和氨基酸含量以及保护酶活性。【结果】结果表明,受牧草盲蝽为害后,不同寄主植物叶片叶绿素含量均有所下降,其中反枝苋叶片叶绿素含量下降率最低,仅2.6%;紫花苜蓿叶片叶绿素含量下降率最高,达26.21%。可溶性糖含量变化各异,木地肤叶片可溶性糖含量下降率最高,达24.05%,且与对照(未受害株)间存在显著差异;灰绿藜叶片可溶性糖含量上升68.92%,与对照差异极显著。除反枝苋叶片游离脯氨酸含量下降38.87%,其余寄主叶片中游离脯氨酸含量均呈上升趋势。各寄主植物叶片中蛋白质含量均有所下降,反枝苋中下降率最低,仅2.96%。不同寄主中受害后叶片POD活性均呈增强趋势,马齿苋受害后叶片POD活性增幅最高,达74.23%。受害后寄主叶片CAT活性有增有减,灰绿藜、紫花苜蓿和田旋花叶片CAT活性增高,分别增加45.07%,30.95%和22.47%;马齿苋与天蓝苜蓿受害后叶片CAT活性下降显著。反枝苋、天蓝苜蓿受害后叶片SOD活性下降,其余寄主叶片中SOD活性上升,但均无显著差异。【结论】寄主受害后,叶片叶绿素含量、游离脯氨酸含量变化与牧草盲蝽偏好性具有较好的相关性,而可溶性糖和蛋白质含量及保护酶活性变化无规律性或无显著差异。     

南美斑潜蝇为害对黄瓜叶片中蛋白酶抑制剂活性及葫芦素B含量的影响

【目的】蛋白酶抑制剂和葫芦素是两类在植物中具有抗虫活性的化合物,在植食性昆虫与其寄主植物相互作用中起着重要的作用。本文在室内研究了南美斑潜蝇Liriomyza huidobrensis(Blanchard)为害对黄瓜叶片中蛋白酶抑制剂活性及葫芦素B含量的影响,以期揭示南美斑潜蝇与其寄主植物相互作用的机理以及为利用诱导抗性控制南美斑潜蝇的为害奠定必要的基础。【方法】用分光光度法和高效液相色谱法,分别测定了南美斑潜蝇幼虫为害后黄瓜叶片中蛋白酶抑制剂活性和葫芦素B含量的变化。【结果】在南美斑潜蝇幼虫为害期间(1~9 d),黄瓜叶片中胰蛋白酶抑制剂和胰凝乳蛋白酶抑制剂活性及葫芦素B含量与健康对照相比显著上升,但上升幅度并不与为害强度和为害持续时间相一致,其中对胰蛋白酶抑制剂具有系统诱导作用,而对胰凝乳蛋白酶抑制剂和葫芦素B的系统诱导作用不明显。【结论】南美斑潜蝇幼虫为害可诱导寄主植物体内蛋白酶抑制剂活性和葫芦素B含量上升,培育蛋白酶抑制剂或葫芦素含量高或易诱导的黄瓜品种可能是控制南美斑潜蝇为害的有效途径。     

江苏泰兴市首次发现三叶草斑潜蝇疫情

2008年7月初泰兴市植物检疫站在泰兴市泰兴镇蔬菜基地发现并采集带有斑潜蝇潜道的药芹叶片,通过对其进行形态特征和分子生物学鉴定,确认为江苏地区首次发现检疫性害虫三叶草斑潜蝇Liriomyza trifolii(Burgess)。通过黄板诱集成虫和田间寄主作物调查,对泰兴市2008-2009年发生特征及年度间、寄主间为害情况差异进行分析,并针对今后加强三叶草斑潜蝇监测与防治工作中存在的问题提出设想与建议。     

Choosing between good and better: optimal oviposition drives host plant selection when parents and offspring agree on best resources

Insect preferences for particular plant species might be subjected to trade-offs among several selective forces. Here, we evaluated, through laboratory and field experiments, the feeding and ovipositing preferences of the polyphagous leafminer Liriomyza?huidobrensis (Diptera: Agromyzidae) in relation to adult and offspring performance and enemy-free space. Female leafminers preferred laying their eggs on Vicia?faba (Fabaceae) over Beta?vulgaris var. cicla (Chenopodiaceae), in both laboratory and field choice experiments, although no oviposition preference was observed in no-choice tests. Females fed more often on B.?v.?var.?cicla (no-choice test) or showed no feeding preference (choice test), even when their realized fecundity was remarkably higher on V.?faba. Offspring developed faster, tended to survive better, and attained bigger adult size on the preferred host plant. Also, a field experiment showed higher overall parasitism rates for leafminers developing on B.?v.?var.?cicla, with a nonsignificant similar tendency in field surveys. According to these results, host plant selection by L.?huidobrensis appears to be driven mainly by variation in host quality. Moreover, the consistent oviposition choices for the best host and the labile feeding preferences observed here, suggest that host plant selection might be driven by maximization of offspring fitness even without a conflict of interest between parents and offspring. Overall, these results highlight the complexity of decisions performed by phytophagous insects regarding their host plants, and the importance of simultaneous evaluation of the various driving forces involved, in order to unravel the adaptive significance of female choices.     

Is host selection in leafminer adults influenced by pre‐imaginal or early adult experience?

Abstract:  Olfactometer and feeding/oviposition preference tests were carried out to study if host plant preference in two agromyzid leafminers, Liriomyza trifolii and Liriomyza huidobrensis , is influenced by pre-imaginal or imaginal experience, and at what level (host plant species, host plant variety or host age). It was found that the choice of host plant species (potato or tomato) and host plant variety had a pre-imaginal component, which could be reinforced (or modified) by an imaginal component. On the other hand, preference for potato leaves of different ages did not appear to be based on either pre-imaginal or imaginal factors, but resulted from differential performance and oviposition preference. The Hopkins' host selection principle appears to operate in these leafminers at the level of host species, and to some extent at the level of host variety, but not with respect to host age.     

Nymphal performance correlated with adult preference for flowering host plants in a polyphagous mirid bug, Apolygus lucorum (Heteroptera: Miridae)

Apolygus lucorum (Heteroptera: Miridae), a polyphagous mirid bug, often shows a strong preference for flowering host plants. It is hypothesized that host plant selection by phytophagous insects results in a variety of behavioral trade-offs. In this study, the relationship between adult preference and nymphal performance was examined on host plants with their flowers left intact and with flowers removed to investigate potential trade-offs in A. lucorum’s preference for flowering plants. Field trials in 2010 and 2011 showed that adults and nymphs were significantly more abundant on plants with flowers left intact than on those with flowers removed, while oviposition choice trials in field cages revealed that female adults preferred to lay eggs on plants with flowers. Laboratory performance trials demonstrated that adult lifespan and fecundity and nymphal development rate and survival were all significantly higher on plants with flowers compared with plants without flowers. In contrast, sex ratio was not significantly different. Simple linear regression analysis showed positive correlations between (1) adult and nymphal abundances in the field, (2) nymphal development rates and survival with adult fecundity in the laboratory, and (3) adult lifespan with fecundity in the laboratory. Since a positive preference–performance correlation was found for A. lucorum, we conclude that there are no evident behavioral trade-offs for host plant selection by this polyphagous mirid bug.     

Influence of Liriomyza species (Diptera: Agromyzidae) and their host plants, on oviposition by Opius dissitus females (Hymenoptera: Braconidae)

Two factors, among others, influence the oviposition of Opius dissitus Muesebeck. The first was the host species, the second the plant upon which the pest host larvae develop. O. dissitus females prefer Liriomyza trifolii (Burgess) larvae over those of L. huidobrensis (Blanchard). O. dissitus females were more attracted to the larvae of L. trifolii or L. huidobrensis when these were present on courgette rather than tomato or lettuce.     

Individual variation in two host plants of the ladybird beetle,Epilachna pustulosa (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)

Individual variation in two species of host plants (thistle,Cirsium kamtschaticum, and blue cohosh,Caulophyllum robustum) of the herbivorous ladybird beetleEpilachna pustulosa was examined under laboratory conditions for their acceptability to adult beetles as a food resource, for adult preference and for larval performance. When clones of these plants were subjected to non-choice tests using posthibernating female beetles, there was found to be significant intraspecific variation among clones in terms of their acceptability, but interspecific variation was not detected. Significant intraspecific as well as interspecific variation were frequently detected in the two host plants when clones of these plants were subjected to choice tests using posthibernating female beetles; the magnitude of interspecific plant variation for beetle preference is not necessarily larger than that of intraspecific plant variation. Individual variation across plant species with respect to beetle larval performance was also significant. A positive correlation between adult preference and larval performance is suggested across the two taxonomically remote host plant species, thistle and blue cohosh, although this needs further investigation.     

Optimal foraging shapes host preference of a polyphagous leafminer

Abstract.  1. Most research on host selection by arthropods is based on optimal oviposition theory. This theory, also called the oviposition preference–offspring performance hypothesis, predicts that a female will choose those hosts for oviposition on which larvae perform best. Recent studies suggested, however, that optimal foraging by adults, or the quality of the host for adult performance, might also influence host choice.
2. This study investigated whether host preference of the polyphagous leafminer Liriomyza trifolii is determined by optimal foraging and/or optimal oviposition.
3. Female realised fecundity correlated nearly perfectly with feeding and oviposition preference of L. trifolii . The relationships between host preference and the offspring performance measures were always weaker. Hosts optimal for adult nutrition were also optimal for offspring performance but not vice versa . Hence, it was concluded that optimal foraging shapes feeding and oviposition preference of L. trifolii as this is the best strategy in order to maximise female fitness.     

Adaptation to different host plant ages facilitates insect divergence without a host shift

Host shifts and subsequent adaption to novel host plants are important drivers of speciation among phytophagous insects. However, there is considerably less evidence for host plant-mediated speciation in the absence of a host shift. Here, we investigated divergence of two sympatric sister elm leaf beetles, Pyrrhalta maculicollis and P. aenescens, which feed on different age classes of the elm Ulmus pumila L. (seedling versus adult trees). Using a field survey coupled with preference and performance trials, we show that these beetle species are highly divergent in both feeding and oviposition preference and specialize on either seedling or adult stages of their host plant. An experiment using artificial leaf discs painted with leaf surface wax extracts showed that host plant chemistry is a critical element that shapes preference. Specialization appears to be driven by adaptive divergence as there was also evidence of divergent selection; beetles had significantly higher survival and fecundity when reared on their natal host plant age class. Together, the results identify the first probable example of divergence induced by host plant age, thus extending how phytophagous insects might diversify in the absence of host shifts.     

Effect of larval density and host species on preimaginal development of Bactrocera tau (Diptera: Tephritidae)

The fruit fly, Bactrocera tau (Walker) (Diptera: Tephritidae), is an important pest of fruit and vegetable crops. In this study, host preference of B. tau females and the effects of host species and larval density on larval survival, pupal weight, adult emergence, and developmental duration were investigated on cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.), sponge gourd (Luffa cylindrical L. (Roem)), bitter gourd [Momordica charantia (Cucurbitaceae) L.], guava [Psidium guajava (Myrtaceae) L.], and tangerine [Citrus reticulata (Rutaceae) (Blanco)]. The results showed that females preferred to cucumber over other host species. Larval feeding experience affected subsequent host oviposition preference of adult females. Host species and initial larval density affected certain aspects of the biology of B. tau. Larval density negatively affected insect performance. Survival rates at low densities were significantly higher than that at high densities. Total developmental duration reduced at high larval densities. Cucumber was more suitable to larval growth. Larvae on cucumber grew faster and the puparia were heavier than that on other host species. Larval survival, pupation rate and adult emergence were higher on cucumber compared with those in other host species. Oviposition preference of adult females was correlated with performance of their offspring.