块状耳霉的分离、鉴定、培养和寄主范围

1981年自感染真菌的扁豆蚜(Aphis craccivora Koch)虫尸上分离到一株虫毒菌,经鉴定是耳霉属的块状耳霉(couidiobolus thromboides Drechsler)。该菌易于分离和培养,在培养基上可形成大量休眠孢子,休眠孢子容易萌发,六天中萌发率达53%。经试验该种虫霉可以感染多种蚜虫,是一种有希望制成杀蚜菌剂的真菌。     

稻纵卷叶螟根虫瘟霉的分离鉴定及其流行病研究

在广东省发现一种新的侵染稻纵卷叶螟幼虫的昆虫病原真菌,经鉴定该病原真菌为根虫瘟霉Zoophthora radicans,这是中国首次报道该菌侵染稻纵卷叶螟。在室内进行的温度和光周期对该菌生长的影响实验表明,该菌在15－25℃均可生长,最适生长温度为25℃;光周期对菌落生长影响不显著。根虫瘟霉主要侵染稻纵卷叶螟3－5龄幼虫,对3－5龄幼虫的侵染率分别为2.71%、24.32%和72.97%。在10－11月,根虫瘟霉可持续引发稻纵卷叶螟幼虫高强度流行病,侵染率高达95%。该菌以休眠孢子越冬,成为次年稻纵卷叶螟幼虫流行病的初侵染源。因此,根虫瘟霉是稻纵卷叶螟幼虫一种有效的自然控制因子。     

飞虱虫疠霉杀蚜效果及开发应用前景

通过比较飞虱虫疠霉 (Pandoradelphacis)与其它几种常见蚜虫专化性病原真菌新蚜虫疠霉(P .neoaphidis)、安徽虫瘟霉 (Zoothphoraanhuiensis)和根虫瘟霉 (Z .radicans)对桃蚜 (Myzuspersicae)毒力 ,证实了该菌的杀蚜应用潜力。时间 -剂量 -死亡率模型分析表明 ,飞虱虫疠霉杀蚜的各项毒力指标与其它几种虫霉相似或略高 ,但杀蚜速率更快。同时对培养性状、产孢特性和生长适温等的比较研究发现 ,该菌具有易发酵生产、产孢能力强和温度生长范围宽等特点 ,是一种较为理想的有望研制开发成杀蚜真菌制剂的病原菌。此外 ,根据虫霉孢子主动弹射的生物学特性 ,提出了该菌的适用剂型 ,并对它们的流行学特性及其在设栽培中的应用前景进行了讨论。     

侵染双翅目昆虫的新种、新记录、新组合及新修订

记录了最近在中国记载的侵染双翅目昆虫的虫霉目两个新种,毛蚊虫疠霉(Pandora bibionis)发现于浙江庆元的毛蚊(Bibio sp),其初生分生孢子拟卵形,多对称144～20.5×7.2～11.5μm(平均16．5～174×8.4～10.4μm), L／D 1.4～2.3(平均1.7～2.0);假根2倍粗于分生孢子梗,末端膨大为吸盘状固着器;休眠孢子外壁刺毛状,19．1～23.4μm。食蚜蝇干尸霉(Tarichium syrphis)发现于陕西镇坪县的斑翅狭口食蚜蝇上,其休眠孢子外被圆锥形长刺,长2.2～5.0μm,直径21.2～28.1μm。在毛蠓上发现中国新记录胶孢虫疠霉,并根据本文所采用的Humber(1989)系统,将其组合为胶孢虫瘴霉(Furia gloeosora comb. Nov.);此外,还将北虫疫霉(Erynia borea)组合为北虫疠霉(Pandoraborea comb. Nov.),并同时给予修订。     

虫霉目新种和新记录

本文报道了虫霉目的一个新种和3个新记录种。新种叶蝉虫疫霉(Erynia cicadellisLi et Fan sp.nov.)是我国南方稻叶蝉虫霉流行病的病原之一,与近缘种飞虱虫疫霉[E．Deiphaeis (Heri) Humber et Ben-Ze’ev] 的主要区别在于后者孢子较大,且不具有假根。蚜虫疫霉[E. aphidis (Hoffm.) Humber et Ben-Ze'ev]系世界不常见种,国内首次在陕西岚皋及福州的桃蚜上记录;飞虱虫疫霉和佩氏虫疫霉[E．Petchii Ben-Ze'ev et Kenneth)皆系南方褐稻虱虫霉流行病的病原。     

尘白灯蛾的病原真菌新种——福建虫瘴霉

本文报道了采自福建南平尘白灯蛾的病原真菌新种:福建虫瘴霉(Furia fujianaHuang et z.z.Li sp.nov)该菌分生孢子单核,双囊壁,倒卵形,16.0-25.8 ×8.4-18.4μm,平均20.0×9.9μm,长径比1.5-3.0,平均2.0。次生分生孢子梨形,平均18.4×11.7μm。分生孢子梗棍棒状,二歧分枝或单枝。有假根和囊状体,基本等粗于孢子梗。假根不形成明显分化的固着器。休眠孢子光滑,20.3—22.8μm。     

虫疫霉属新种和中国新记录

本文报道了虫疫霉属2个新种及1个中国新记录种。新种北虫疫霉(Eryniaborea Fan et Li sp.nov.)发生于西北及东北地区的丽蝇成虫体上,菜叶蜂虫疫霉(Eryniaathaliae Li et Fan sp.nov)发生于陕西杨陵的黄翅菜叶蜂幼虫;新记录种近藤虫疫霉(Erynia kondoiensis Milner)发生于福州的烟蚜虫体上。本文详细描述了新种的形态。     

新蚜虫疠霉与豌蚜在不同季节性光周期及恒变温组合下的互作反应

在计算机控制模拟的温带地区秋末冬初自然温度与光周期组合条件下,作者对新蚜虫疠霉Pandoraneoaphidis)与豌蚜(Acyrthosiphon pisum)的互作关系进行了研究,试图探索该菌有无与越冬行为有关的前兆反应。时间-剂量-死亡率模型分析显示,恒温20℃下长日照(光照16h/d)和短日照(光照11h/d)对该菌作用于试虫的时间-剂量效应无明显影响,但显著区别于变温(日变幅为5.4-18.9℃,温变速率0.56℃/30min)下相同长短日照处理,变温下长短日照处理之间亦有较显著差异。相同变温下日照长短主要影响试菌对试虫的潜伏期(致死时间)。在变温日照8.0h、9.5h、11.0h、11.5h、12.0h和16.0h下,试菌平均潜伏期分别为15.14d、15.19d、11.79d、13.33d、11.73d和9.21d,明显呈随日照时数增加而递减的趋势即负相关性(a＝15.58,b＝-0.93,r²=0.78,p<0.01),而恒温日照11 h和16h的平均潜伏期为5.85d和5.97d。镜检所有蚜尸,未发现虫菌体的任何异常现象。结果表明,虽然短日照可延长试菌的潜伏期,但试菌在所有温光组合下均保持着对寄主的有效侵染力,并无越冬的前兆行为反应。作者最后讨论了该菌随寄主迁飞而转移至可生存环境并且无法长期在寄主体外生存的可能性。     

甲虫体内定居猪巨吻棘头虫微生态学初步研究

本文报告了１９８４年大连地区甲虫体内定居猪巨吻棘头虫的幼虫（棘头体）情况。大牙锯天牛的成虫定植率为１０．２％,低于１９７４年的３８．８％。本次调查发现铜绿丽金龟、蒙古丽金龟和灰粉锶金龟,共４种金龟体内都有棘头体定居,其定植率依次是２３．８％,２３．８％,１６．１％和３３．３％。前３种金龟体内定居着棘头体为大连地区首次报告。调查证明上述天牛和金龟６种甲虫也是本地区流行的猪巨吻棘头虫病的重要媒介,如采     

诺氏虫疠霉生物学特性的研究

通过对诺氏虫疠霉生物学特性的研究,明确了该菌孢子萌发,生长的适温范围为15℃-25℃,萌发最适湿度为100％,最适pH为9－10。紫外线对诺氏虫疠霉分生孢子有强烈杀伤作用,照射10分钟,萌发率降低41．9％,不同光照处理间菌落生长差异显,全光照可完全抑制菌落生长,明暗交替最地菌落生长和产孢。     

Potential impact of global warming on deciduous oak dieback caused by ambrosia fungus Raffaelea sp. carried by ambrosia beetle Platypus quercivorus (Coleoptera: Platypodidae) in Japan

Deciduous oak dieback in Japan has been known since the 1930s, but in the last ten years epidemics have intensified and spread to the island's western coastal areas. The symbiotic ambrosia fungus Raffaelea sp. is the causal agent of oak dieback, and is vectored by Platypus quercivorus (Murayama). This is the first example of an ambrosia beetle fungus that kills vigorous trees. Mortality of Quercus crispula was approximately 40% but much lower for associated species of Fagaceae, even though each species had a similar number of beetle attacks. It is likely that other oaks resistant to the fungus evolved under a stable relationship between the tree, fungus and beetle during a long evolutionary process. Quercus crispula was probably not part of this coevolution. This hypothesis was supported by the fact that P. quercivorus showed the least preference for Q. crispula yet exhibited highest reproductive success in this species. Therefore, P. quercivorus could spread more rapidly in stands with a high composition of Q. crispula. The present oak dieback epidemic in Japan probably resulted from the warmer climate that occurred from the late 1980s which made possible the fateful encounter of P. quercivorus with Q. cripsula by allowing the beetle to extend its distribution to more northerly latitudes and higher altitudes. Future global warming will possibly accelerate the overlapping of the distributions of P. quercivorus and Q. crispula with the result that oak dieback in Q. crispula will become more prevalent in Japan.     

秋季菜心田主要害虫生态位

对福州郊区菜心田害虫种群的生态位进行了初步研究。结果表明,黄曲条跳甲、小菜蛾和蚜虫为秋季菜心田最主要的害虫。不同害虫的生态位上存在明显分化,黄曲条跳甲在时间生态位上占有较多资源,小菜蛾则在空间生态位上占有相当多资源。并分析探讨了田间不同害虫种群混合发生的竞争机制及相应的害虫控制策略。     

Association of the coprophilous fungus <Emphasis Type="Italic">Pirella circinans</Emphasis> with an indigenous beetle on the sub-Antarctic Bird Island

The zygomycete fungus Pirella circinans was isolated from cadavers of the beetle Hydromedion sparsutum from diverse sites on the sub-Antarctic Bird Island and was found to be the dominant or sole fungal coloniser during the primary degradation of cadavers. The fungus was observed to grow and colonise cadavers from discrete areas of the beetle carapace, some of which were not affected by alcohol surface sterilisation. The fungus is commonly reported from the dung of rodents and other small mammals, both of which are absent from Bird Island. Recovery of P. circinans as the only fungus from beetle cadavers is unusual and may indicate a close association between the beetle and the fungus.     

Raffaelea quercivora sp. nov. associated with mass mortality of Japanese oak, and the ambrosia beetle (Platypus quercivorus)

 A hyphomycete consistently isolated from dead oak trees (Quercus serrata and Q. mongolica var. grosseserrata) attacked by the ambrosia beetle Platypus quercivorus in Japan is described and illustrated as Raffaelea quercivora sp. nov. The new species is characterized by having small obovoid to pyriform sympodioconidia and slender, long conidiophores that taper to a point. The fungus has been isolated from the body surfaces and mycangia of the beetle. It is likely that the fungus was transferred to oak trees by P. quercivorus. Received: August 20, 2001 / Accepted: March 14, 2002     

No evidence for a Ganoderma spore dispersal mutualism in an obligate spore-feeding beetle Zearagytodes maculifer

The role of spore dispersal mutualism remains equivocal in many fungus-insect assemblages. We tested experimentally whether an obligate spore-feeding beetle Zearagytodes maculifer has a mutualistic relationship with its host bracket fungus Ganoderma cf. applanatum via spore dispersal. We asked three specific questions: (1) whether or not Ganoderma spore germination rate is increased via beetle digestive activity and (2) is dependent on temperature and sporocarp identity. Spore germination rates were examined in 2×3×2 factorial experiments (spores consumed by beetles or not×temperature 20, 25, and 30°C×two independent pairs of sporocarp-beetle populations) replicated five times in an array of 60 experimental cultures. Analysis showed that consumption by beetles significantly reduced germination rate of Ganoderma spores. The effect of temperature was modulated by the effect of individual sporocarp, and was overridden by beetle feeding. Microscopic analysis revealed that spores from beetle faecal pellets exhibited extensive damage to their thin outer walls (pellicles) and thick inner walls, as well as significant loss of cytoplasm, while control spores were intact. The overall evidence argued against our spore dispersal mutualism hypothesis, suggesting that Z. maculifer can potentially exert a negative, if vanishingly small, fitness effect on its host fungus G. cf. applanatum.     

Genetic and anatomic determinants of enzootic Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus infection of Culex (Melanoconion) taeniopus

Venezuelan equine encephalitis (VEE) is a re-emerging, mosquito-borne viral disease with the potential to cause fatal encephalitis in both humans and equids. Recently, detection of endemic VEE caused by enzootic strains has escalated in Mexico, Peru, Bolivia, Colombia and Ecuador, emphasizing the importance of understanding the enzootic transmission cycle of the etiologic agent, VEE virus (VEEV). The majority of work examining the viral determinants of vector infection has been performed in the epizootic mosquito vector, Aedes (Ochlerotatus) taeniorhynchus. Based on the fundamental differences between the epizootic and enzootic cycles, we hypothesized that the virus-vector interaction of the enzootic cycle is fundamentally different from that of the epizootic model. We therefore examined the determinants for VEEV IE infection in the enzootic vector, Culex (Melanoconion) taeniopus, and determined the number and susceptibility of midgut epithelial cells initially infected and their distribution compared to the epizootic virus-vector interaction. Using chimeric viruses, we demonstrated that the determinants of infection for the enzootic vector are different than those observed for the epizootic vector. Similarly, we showed that, unlike A. taeniorhynchus infection with subtype IC VEEV, C. taeniopus does not have a limited subpopulation of midgut cells susceptible to subtype IE VEEV. These findings support the hypothesis that the enzootic VEEV relationship with C. taeniopus differs from the epizootic virus-vector interaction in that the determinants appear to be found in both the nonstructural and structural regions, and initial midgut infection is not limited to a small population of susceptible cells.     

The use of chimeric Venezuelan equine encephalitis viruses as an approach for the molecular identification of natural virulence determinants

Venezuelan equine encephalitis (VEE) virus antigenic subtypes and varieties are considered either epidemic/epizootic or enzootic. In addition to epidemiological differences between the epidemic and enzootic viruses, several in vitro and in vivo laboratory markers distinguishing the viruses have been identified, including differential plaque size, sensitivity to interferon (IFN), and virulence for guinea pigs. These observations have been shown to be useful predictors of natural, equine virulence and epizootic potential. Chimeric viruses containing variety IAB (epizootic) nonstructural genes with variety IE (enzootic) structural genes (VE/IAB-IE) or IE nonstructural genes and IAB structural genes (IE/IAB) were constructed to systematically analyze and map viral phenotype and virulence determinants. Plaque size analysis showed that both chimeric viruses produced a mean plaque diameter that was intermediate between those of the parental strains. Additionally, both chimeric viruses showed intermediate levels of virus replication and virulence for guinea pigs compared to the parental strains. However, IE/IAB produced a slightly higher viremia and an average survival time 2 days shorter than the VE/IAB-IE virus. Finally, IFN sensitivity assays revealed that only one chimera, VE/IAB-IE, was intermediate between the two parental types. The second chimera, containing the IE nonstructural genes, was at least five times more sensitive to IFN than the IE parental virus and greater than 50 times more sensitive than the IAB parent. These results implicate viral components in both the structural and nonstructural portions of the genome in contributing to the epizootic phenotype and indicate the potential for epidemic emergence from the IE enzootic VEE viruses.     

Thermoregulatory behaviour affects prevalence of chytrid fungal infection in a wild population of Panamanian golden frogs

Predicting how climate change will affect disease dynamics requires an understanding of how the environment affects host–pathogen interactions. For amphibians, global declines and extinctions have been linked to a pathogenic chytrid fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. Using a combination of body temperature measurements and disease assays conducted before and after the arrival of B. dendrobatidis, this study tested the hypothesis that body temperature affects the prevalence of infection in a wild population of Panamanian golden frogs (Atelopus zeteki). The timing of first detection of the fungus was consistent with that of a wave of epidemic infections spreading south and eastward through Central America. During the epidemic, many golden frogs modified their thermoregulatory behaviour, raising body temperatures above their normal set point. Odds of infection decreased with increasing body temperature, demonstrating that even slight environmental or behavioural changes have the potential to affect an individual''s vulnerability to infection. The thermal dependency of the relationship between B. dendrobatidis and its amphibian hosts demonstrates how the progression of an epidemic can be influenced by complex interactions between host and pathogen phenotypes and the environments in which they are found.     

纵坑切梢小蠹携带云南半帚孢研究

云南半帚孢 (Leptogramphyunnanensis)是纵坑切梢小蠹Tomicuspiniperda重要的共生真菌 ,在纵坑切梢小蠹危害寄主树木过程中发挥着重要作用。研究揭示 ,纵坑切梢小蠹主要通过与受到感染云南半帚孢的韧皮组织的接触携带上云南半帚孢的。纵坑切梢小蠹卵、幼虫和蛹对云南半帚孢的带菌率较高 ,均大于 90 % ,而成虫的带菌率较低。纵坑切梢小蠹的体表和体内均携带有云南半帚孢 ,但体表带菌是纵坑切梢小蠹带菌的主要途径。通过对纵坑切梢小蠹成虫头、足、翅和腹部带菌率的研究发现 ,云南半帚孢在纵坑切梢小蠹各部位的分布大体相同 ,揭示纵坑切梢小蠹没有携带云南半帚孢的特化构造或器官。     

Population structure and migration pattern of a conifer pathogen, Grosmannia clavigera, as influenced by its symbiont, the mountain pine beetle

We investigated the population structure of Grosmannia clavigera (Gc), a fungal symbiont of the mountain pine beetle (MPB) that plays a crucial role in the establishment and reproductive success of this pathogen. This insect-fungal complex has destroyed over 16 million ha of lodgepole pine forests in Canada, the largest MPB epidemic in recorded history. During this current epidemic, MPB has expanded its range beyond historically recorded boundaries, both northward and eastward, and has now reached the jack pine of Alberta, potentially threatening the Canadian boreal forest. To better understand the dynamics between the beetle and its fungal symbiont, we sampled 19 populations in western North America and genotyped individuals from these populations with eight microsatellite markers. The fungus displayed high haplotype diversity, with over 250 unique haplotypes observed in 335 single spore isolates. Linkage equilibria in 13 of the 19 populations suggested that the fungus reproduces sexually. Bayesian clustering and distance analyses identified four genetic clusters that corresponded to four major geographical regions, which suggested that the epidemic arose from multiple geographical sources. A genetic cluster north of the Rocky Mountains, where the MPB has recently become established, experienced a population bottleneck, probably as a result of the recent range expansion. The two genetic clusters located north and west of the Rocky Mountains contained many fungal isolates admixed from all populations, possibly due to the massive movement of MPB during the epidemic. The general agreement in north-south differentiation of MPB and G. clavigera populations points to the fungal pathogen's dependence on the movement of its insect vector. In addition, the patterns of diversity and the individual assignment tests of the fungal associate suggest that migration across the Rocky Mountains occurred via a northeastern corridor, in accordance with meteorological patterns and observation of MPB movement data. Our results highlight the potential of this pathogen for both expansion and sexual reproduction, and also identify some possible barriers to gene flow. Understanding the ecological and evolutionary dynamics of this fungus-beetle association is important for the modelling and prediction of MPB epidemics.