嗜食植物与非嗜食植物对西花蓟马成虫寄主选择性的影响

【目的】西花蓟马是世界性害虫,利用西花蓟马对寄主植物嗜食性的差异,通过驱避作用防控西花蓟马,能够为绿色治理提供依据。【方法】在西花蓟马嗜食的甘蓝和非嗜食的大蒜上互喷汁液,采用黄瓜+甘蓝、黄瓜+大蒜2种相间种植方式,研究它们对西花蓟马寄主选择性的影响。【结果】在甘蓝上喷洒大蒜汁液后,甘蓝叶片上西花蓟马的虫量和产卵量均明显减少。大蒜汁液浓度越高,减少得越多;在大蒜上喷洒甘蓝汁液后,大蒜植株上西花蓟马的虫量和产卵量明显增加,且增加程度与甘蓝汁液的浓度呈正相关。黄瓜和甘蓝相间排列时,西花蓟马在黄瓜叶片上的数量与单作黄瓜叶片上无明显差异;但黄瓜和大蒜相间排列时,西花蓟马在黄瓜上的数量明显高于单作黄瓜上的虫数,多52.4%。【结论】在嗜食寄主植物上喷洒非嗜食植物汁液或间作非嗜食的寄主可以明显减少西花蓟马的选择性。研究结果为利用非嗜食植物挥发物防控西花蓟马提供了理论依据和新的方法。     

西花蓟马在6种蔬菜寄主上的实验种群生命表

自西花蓟马Frankliniella occidentalis传入我国后,该虫对蔬菜寄主的危害趋于严重,组建了25℃条件下,西花蓟马在黄瓜、甘蓝、莴苣、茄子、芹菜和大蒜叶片的实验种群生命表,以研究西花蓟马的危害差异性,为西花蓟马的防治提供基础数据。结果表明西花蓟马的生长发育、繁殖和生命表参数等在不同寄主之间有明显差异。西花蓟马在黄瓜上发育最快,其未成熟期为11.43 d,同时在黄瓜上最先开始产卵,产卵前期为1.22 d,在芹菜上发育最慢,为16.11 d。其每雌每天在甘蓝上和莴苣上产卵量最大,分别为2.88粒和2.48粒,在大蒜上最小,为0.77粒;每雌每天产雌率、子代雌性比在甘蓝和莴苣上都大于其他寄主。雌虫寿命在甘蓝上最长(29.06 d)、雄虫寿命在莴苣上最长(13.22 d)。西花蓟马在黄瓜、莴苣、茄子、甘蓝、芹菜和大蒜上的内禀增长力rm值分别为0.1318、0.1228、0.1154、0.1197、0.0860和0.0791;净增殖率R0分别为19.1248、30.8523、17.9322、34.5322、8.9491和8.3536。种群趋势预测指数(I)在甘蓝(34.17)、莴苣(30.09)上明显高于其它寄主,在芹菜(8.00)和大蒜(8.22)上最低。     

西花蓟马对六种蔬菜的选择性及受害蔬菜挥发物化学成分的变化

为了明确西花蓟马雌成虫对蔬菜的选择性及受害后蔬菜挥发物的异同,采用Y-型嗅觉仪测定了西花蓟马雌成虫对6种健康及虫害寄主(甘蓝、莴苣、黄瓜、茄子、芹菜和大蒜)的选择性,同时采用SPME-GC/MS测定了健康及虫害寄主的挥发物。结果表明:西花蓟马对虫害大蒜的选择率只有23.3%,表现出极强的负趋性(P0.01),但在其他虫害寄主与空气之间,西花蓟马对虫害寄主均没有表现出明显的趋性(P0.05);西花蓟马对同一种寄主健康植株与虫害寄主之间的选择没有显著差异(P0.05);在虫害寄主两两之间的选择中,西花蓟马雌成虫在虫害甘蓝与虫害芹菜、虫害甘蓝与虫害大蒜以及虫害莴苣与虫害大蒜之间的选择达到极显著差异(P0.01),在虫害黄瓜与虫害大蒜之间的选择达到显著差异(P0.05);与健康寄主相比,受害寄主植物挥发物种类明显增多,最主要是烃类化合物和含氮化合物的变化,如新合成了氮丙基甲苯酰胺、E-β-罗勒烯、(E,E)-α-法尼烯,并且在虫害寄主中含量较高;芹菜和大蒜中的挥发物变化比较稳定,芹菜中β-月桂烯和二烯丙基二硫化合物含量较高。西花蓟马危害后寄主植物挥发物发生了明显的变化,这些结果将为引诱剂及驱避剂的研发提供依据。     

蔬菜花期蓟马的种群动态与空间分布研究

西花蓟马是近年来在我国局部地区暴发成灾的重要外来入侵害虫,有关西花蓟马入侵对本地蓟马种群动态、空间分布及优势种影响的报道较少。对云南省昆明市近郊蔬菜花期的蓟马种群动态和空间分布研究表明,蔬菜上的蓟马种类主要是西花蓟马Frankliniella occidentalis(Pergande)、花蓟马F.intonsa(Trybom)、棕榈蓟马T.palmi(Karny)和端大蓟马Megalurothrips distalis(Karny);不同蔬菜上的蓟马优势种存在一定差异,其中辣椒和茼蒿上的蓟马优势种为西花蓟马;韭菜、茄子和四季豆上的蓟马优势种分别为花蓟马、棕榈蓟马和端大蓟马。各蔬菜上的蓟马种群数量以花期为多,盛花期达最大值,其中茄子花上的蓟马成虫平均虫口密度最高,为14.93头/朵。利用聚集度指标进行空间分布检测表明,不同蔬菜上蓟马成虫的空间分布型均为聚集分布,且聚集程度随密度的增加而增大。本研究可为深入探讨西花蓟马对本地蓟马的竞争取代机制积累资料,同时为西花蓟马的综合治理奠定理论基础。     

西花蓟马在康乃馨不同品种上的田间分布

调查西花蓟马Frankliniella occidentalis(Pergande)在10个康乃馨(Dianthus caryophyllus)品种上的发生与分布,比较花朵颜色与气味对西花蓟马寄主选择性的影响。结果表明,花朵上的西花蓟马数量在不同品种间存在显著差异。花朵颜色是影响西花蓟马寄主选择的主要原因,而花朵气味也能影响西花蓟马对寄主的选择性。     

西花蓟马在黄瓜和架豆上的空间分布型及理论抽样数

西花蓟马Frankliniella occidentalis（Pergande）已在北京部分蔬菜园区成功定居,对蔬菜生产造成危害。为了解该虫在蔬菜田的种群空间分布型,指导田间取样,本文应用几种聚集度指标的计算公式以及Taylor、Iwao的回归方程式,分析和测定了西花蓟马的种群空间分布格局。结果表明：在黄瓜和架豆上西花蓟马的空间分布型一致,均为聚集分布型;该虫的空间分布型不受种群密度的影响,并且也不随取样时间的变化而变化。种群数量动态研究显示西花蓟马成虫和若虫在黄瓜植株的中部叶片分布较多（从顶部向下数第4叶至第17叶片上成、若虫的分布数量多于其他叶片上的数量）,未展开的叶片、嫩叶和下部老叶危害较轻。用Iwao回归法中α、β参数计算出在允许误差范围内的理论抽样数。     

西花蓟马取食不同豆科蔬菜的实验种群生命表

西花蓟马Frankliniella occidentalis(Pergande)是传入我国的重要入侵害虫,在贵阳地区对豆科蔬菜为害十分严重。在25℃条件下,组建了西花蓟马取食大豆叶片、豇豆叶片、四季豆叶片和四季豆豆荚时的实验种群生命表。结果表明:西花蓟马未成熟期取食四季豆豆荚时存活率最高,取食其它3种豆科蔬菜时存活率相差不大。西花蓟马取食四季豆豆荚时内禀增长力最高为0.1626,取食豇豆叶片时最低为0.0834,净增值率也是取食四季豆豆荚时最高,取食大豆叶片时最低,表明四季豆豆荚最有利于西花蓟马的生长发育和繁殖。在不同豆科蔬菜上的稳定年龄组配中未成熟期所占的比例很大,而成虫期所占的比例相对较小。     

西花蓟马与烟蓟马生物学特性的比较研究

本试验研究并比较了外来入侵物种西花蓟马Frankliniella occidentalis(Pergande)与本地物种烟蓟马Thrips tabaci Lindeman的生物学特性,包括种群增长速度、发育历期、成虫寿命、孤雌生殖方式下的产卵量以及产卵规律等几个方面。结果显示,当以相同的数量在紫甘蓝上饲养时,只经过3代,烟蓟马的种群数量就可以达到西花蓟马的3倍,随后对2种蓟马种群的性别比进行了鉴定后发现,西花蓟马种群的雌雄比为2.8∶1,而烟蓟马种群中的所有个体均为雌性。除了2龄若虫期和预蛹期之外,烟蓟马在紫甘蓝上的发育历期明显长于西花蓟马,而其雌虫的平均寿命显著短于西花蓟马雌虫,分别是24.94d和43.35d。进行孤雌生殖时,西花蓟马的终生产卵量明显多于烟蓟马,但是在日均产卵量方面,这一情况却相反。     

朱砂叶螨对不同蔬菜寄主的取食选择性

朱砂叶螨Tetranychus cinnabarinus寄主范围广泛,其对不同蔬菜寄主的取食选择性研究很少.本研究采用离体叶碟法和活体寄主法研究了朱砂叶螨在菜豆、茄子、番茄、黄瓜和甜椒等5种蔬菜寄主上的成螨数量、产卵数量、由卵发育至成若螨期的比例及活体寄主上叶螨数量的增长速度.结果表明,朱砂叶螨对供试的不同蔬菜寄主均可...     

吡虫啉胁迫对西花蓟马生长发育及种群性比的影响

为明确吡虫啉持续大量使用对外来入侵害虫西花蓟马Frankliniella occidentalis的影响。本研究通过毒力测定得到西花蓟马室内种群LC_(30)及LC_(50)的两种吡虫啉浓度162 mg/L和171 mg/L,在室内人工气候箱环境下研究了西花蓟马各虫态的发育历期、成虫寿命及性比等相关种群参数。结果表明,西花蓟马未成熟虫期的发育历期在经过吡虫啉处理后相比对照显著缩短(P0.05),且雌性西花蓟马的未成熟虫期明显短于雄性西花蓟马,其中以171 mg/L吡虫啉处理后西花蓟马的雌性种群未成熟虫期发育历期缩短最为明显(P0.05);西花蓟马雄性种群的寿命略长于雌性种群,且171 mg/L吡虫啉处理后雌雄虫寿命与对照相比均显著缩短(P0.05);吡虫啉处理后西花蓟马的平均产卵期低于对照,但单雌产卵量、日均产卵量均显著高于对照,171 mg/L吡虫啉处理后的单雌产卵量和日均产卵量最高(P0.05)。吡虫啉胁迫后,西花蓟马的雌性种群在整个种群中所占比例增速迅速上升,经过125 d(大约5代)之后,雌性种群已经占绝对优势,几乎取代雄性种群,即种群中90%以上均为雌性西花蓟马。西花蓟马雌性种群对吡虫啉的胁迫适应性强于雄性种群,吡虫啉胁迫是造成西花蓟马雌性种群比例迅速升高的主要原因之一,在吡虫啉浓度LC_(30)到LC_(50)胁迫的范围内,随着吡虫啉胁迫浓度的增加,种群中雌性种群所占比例增大。     

Olfactory Cues Used in Host Selection by Frankliniella occidentalis (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) in Relation to Host Suitability

Olfactory responses of Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande) to odors from six vegetable host plants-cabbage (Brassica oleracea), lettuce (Lactuca sativa), cucumber (Cucumis sativus), eggplant (Solanum melongena), celery (Apium graveolens) and garlic (Allium sativum) - were measured in choice tests in a Y-tube olfactometer, while host suitability of these same plants was assessed based on life table parameters-development time, survival rates, fertility, offspring sex ratio, female longevity, and an index of population change (I) - measured on leaf disks. Olfactory response was measured on both undamaged and mechanically-damaged plants. Regardless of plant damaged, female F. occidentalis responded positively to the odors of cabbage, lettuce, cucumber, and eggplant, but showed negative responses to celery and garlic, when offered a choice of plant odor or clean air. When female thrips were offered choices between each possible pairing of undamaged plants, or pairings of mechanically-damaged plants, the order of preference was cabbage = lettuce = cucumber > eggplant > celery = garlic. Male thrips responded differently, males responded positively only to undamaged lettuce and eggplant compared to clean air, while among mechanically-damaged plants only cucumber elicited a positive response. Given a choice between all possible pairings of undamaged plants, male thrips preferred lettuce to celery, and eggplant to garlic, whereas among pairings of mechanically-damaged plants male thrips preferred lettuce to celery, and cucumber to eggplant. The order of suitability of the six host plants based on life table parameters for F. occidentalis was essentially the same as the order of preference by female thrips. These results indicate that host plant odor is an important cue for female F. occidentalis in recognizing hosts suitable for oviposition. Information on plant attraction and repellency may be useful in thrips pest management. In addition, the correspondence of preference and performance that we found suggests that evolution of local host adaptation and, perhaps, host specialization, is possible.     

Life history of western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis (Thysan., Thripae), on five different vegetable leaves

Biological characteristics of western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande) (Thysan., Thripae), were investigated on excised leaves of five vegetables: cabbage (Brassica oleracea L. var. Jingfeng 1), cucumber (Cucumis sativus L. var. Zhongnong 8), capsicum (Capsicum annuum L. var. Zhongjiao 5), kidney bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L. var. Gonggeizhe) and tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum M. var. zhongza 9). The developmental time from egg to adult on the cucumber, cabbage, bean, capsicum and tomato leaf was 9.22 ± 0.13, 10.19 ± 0.08, 10.42 ± 0.06, 12.15 ± 0.07 and 12.91 ± 0.04 days, respectively. Survivorship of immatures on cucumber, cabbage and tomato was high (75–80%) but low on capsicum (50%). The total number of first instars produced was highest on cabbage (76.62 ± 11.79), while the daily first instar production was highest on cucumber (6.12 ± 1.81), whereas the total and daily first instar production rates were lowest on capsicum (7.67 ± 3.35 and 1.89 ± 0.91). F. occidentalis had the highest intrinsic rate of increase (r_m) on cucumber (0.208), followed by cabbage (0.184), bean (0.164), tomato (0.100) and capsicum (0.017). The results indicate that cucumber was the most suitable host plant for F. occidentalis, whereas capsicum was the least suitable.     

不同寄主植物对截形叶螨生长发育及繁殖的影响

在28℃下用叶盘法研究了５种寄主植物对截形叶螨生长发育及繁殖的影响。结果表明,在不同寄主植物上,截形叶螨各螨态历期、单雌产卵量、日均产卵量、产卵期、净增殖率、周限增长率、内禀增长率、世代平均周期和种群加倍时间等均有明显差异; 雌螨完成一代所需时间长短依次为9.3天（黄瓜）、9.3天（菜豆）、9.6天（大豆）、11.0天（茄子）和11.6天（玉米）,产卵期依次为9.9天（茄子）、11.2天（黄瓜）、12.9天（菜豆）、15.8天（玉米）和17.9天（大豆）;单雌产卵量和净增殖率在大豆上最高,分别为115.0和51.7,而在茄子上最低,分别为38.0和11.7。幼、若螨期存活率大小依次为93.6%（大豆）、91.7%（玉米）、89.9%（黄瓜）、84.3%（菜豆）和61.6%（茄子）,存活曲线均为Ⅰ型。大豆是其最嗜食寄主植物,其次是玉米,再次为黄瓜和菜豆,对茄子的嗜食性最差。     

Biology of Thripinema nicklewoodi (Tylenchida), an Obligate Frankliniella occidentalis (Thysanoptera) Parasite

Frankliniella occidentalis, a serious pest of agricultural crops, is difficult to manage because chemical and biological control measures frequently fail to affect F. occidentalis in their preferred microhabitats. Parasitism by the host-specific, entomopathogenic nematode Thripinema nicklewoodi may provide a much-needed alternative to current control strategies. Infection does not cause death of the host; rather, the result is sterilization that leads to suppression of F. occidentalis populations. We describe a simple rearing method and the results from studies aimed at providing details on its biology-both essential first steps to examining its biological control potential. All F. occidentalis life stages are susceptible to infection, but to varying degrees (most susceptible to least susceptible): female pupae, second instar larvae, first instar larvae, male pupae, adult females, adult males. Nematodes emerge from female and male F. occidentalis for approximately 15 and 9 days, with approximately 14 and 7 nematodes emerging per day, respectively. Females and males are short-lived outside of the host, with mean survival rates ranging between 7 and 86 hours. Transmission does not occur in the soil but rather on or within plant structures that are preferred microhabitats visited by F. occidentalis. Results from a dose-response study suggest that augmentative applications of T. nicklewoodi may be useful to generate increased infection rates and subsequent suppression of F. occidentalis populations.     

Food supplementation affects interactions between a phytoseiid predator and its omnivorous prey

The beneficial effect of food supplements in supporting populations of generalist arthropod predators in agricultural systems has been shown to enhance pest control. When providing additional foods in a crop that is attacked by an omnivorous pest, food supplements may be available to both pest and predator populations resulting in more complex interactions. We assessed the consequences of adding extra food sources to a tritrophic system in the laboratory, consisting of leaf discs of kidney bean plants (Phaseolus vulgaris), western flower thrips Frankliniella occidentalis (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) and the predatory mite Amblydromalus limonicus (Acari: Phytoseiidae). The supplemental food sources tested were cattail pollen, Typha latifolia, dry decapsulated cysts of the brine shrimp, Artemia franciscana (Branchiopoda: Artemiidae) and eggs of the Mediterranean flour moth, Ephestia kuehniella (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). Larvae of F. occidentalis were observed to feed on all three food sources when applied to bean leaves. The immature development time of F. occidentalis was significantly shorter when T. latifolia pollen was provided compared to bean leaves only and bean leaves supplemented with A. franciscana or E. kuehniella. The predation rate of A. limonicus females on first instars of F. occidentalis decreased with about 30% irrespective of food type supplemented to the leaf discs. The presence of additional foods reduced antipredator behavior of F. occidentalis larvae killing predator eggs. Thrips larvae did not attack eggs of A. limonicus when cattail pollen was added to the leaf discs, whereas 2.5 predator eggs per day were consumed without food supplementation. Leaf damage decreased substantially when Typha pollen was present on the leaf discs. The findings of this study indicate that food supplementation shifts tritrophic interactions both top-down and bottom-up and may affect the outcome of an augmentative biological control program.     

Presence of two host races of Aphis gossypii Glover (Hemiptera: Aphididae) collected in Turkey

The aphid, Aphis gossypii, is a primary pest of citrus, cotton, cucurbits and greenhouse‐grown vegetables in Turkey and throughout Europe. There is some previous empirical data suggesting that host‐adapted genotypes of this aphid exist which may in fact be host‐races. To determine if host races of A. gossypii are indeed present in the eastern Mediterranean region of Turkey, reciprocal host transfer experiments and life table analyses were performed with multiple asexual lineages (= clones) of the aphid collected from different hosts. The collection hosts included citrus, cucumber, eggplant, okra, sweet pepper and cotton. Aphid developmental times on the host from which the aphid was originally collected (= collection or natal host) were shorter (5.2–6.0 days) and had a higher intrinsic rate of population growth (r_m = 0.25–0.44) than the 6.6–7.3 days required when the aphid was reared on a non‐original collection host (= non‐collection host or non‐natal host) and had r_m = 0.03–0.30. Total immature mortality of the cotton clone, especially in the first nymphal stage, was high (51–100%) with low r_m (0–0.03) on cucumber, citrus and sweet pepper. Aphid populations transferred from citrus, eggplant and okra to cotton (r_m = 0.29–0.30) did not differ significantly in their performance from that of the cotton population on cotton (r_m = 0.34), whereas that from sweet pepper and cucumber populations (r_m = 0.22–0.24) were significantly lower. These data have allowed us to separate A. gossypii into two distinct biological groups: (a) a ‘generalist’ population obtained from cucumber, sweet pepper, citrus, eggplant and okra which exhibited statistically better development on cotton; versus (b) a population from cotton which, by comparison on reciprocal hosts, developed poorly on non‐natal hosts except on eggplant. Development of the cotton clone on cucumber and okra was not improved after four successive generations on the non‐natal host. The good development of A. gossypii from eggplant and cotton on these reciprocal hosts suggests that these particular clones were similar, if not identical, host races.     

Influence of salicylaldehyde and methyl salicylate on post-landing behaviour of Frankliniella occidentalis Pergande

This study investigates behavioural responses of adult western flower thrips (Frankliniella occidentalis Pergande; Thysan., Thripidae) females to direct contact with repellent phenylpropanoid plant compounds (salicylaldehyde and methyl salicylate) applied on bean and cucumber leaves. The residence time of F. occidentalis females until take off was significantly shorter on bean or cucumber leaf discs treated with salicylaldehyde at 1% concentration compared with control leaf discs. A methyl salicylate (1%) treatment of cucumber resulted in shorter time periods until thrips took off the treated leaf discs compared with the control leaf discs. In a choice experiment thrips avoided to settle on a 1% salicylaldehyde treatment of bean and cucumber leaf discs for a maximum of 3 h, on a 1% methyl salicylate treatment for a 5‐h period. Within a 24‐h period neither the egg‐laying nor the feeding activity of F. occidentalis was affected after salicylaldehyde application (0.1%, 1%) on bean or cucumber. In contrast, methyl salicylate (1%) applied on bean and cucumber significantly prevented thrips females from oviposition and reduced the percentage of damaged area caused by their feeding activity for 24 h. As olfactory repellent plant volatiles applied on crop plants may elicit diverse post‐landing responses of F. occidentalis, short‐ and long‐term effects should be considered when evaluating the factual applicability of secondary plant compounds in a successful thrips management strategy.