定量评价天敌控害功能的生态能学方法

由于昆虫的能量完全来自于寄主,因此昆虫摄入的能量相当于食物的被取食消耗量。生态能量学方法的基本原理就是捕食性天敌完全依靠捕食猎物(害虫)而获取能量。显然,捕食性天敌摄入的能量就相当于为猎物(害虫)的被捕食消耗量,也即是捕食性天敌摄入量等于猎物(害虫)的被捕食消耗量。由此,可通过研究捕食性天敌和害虫种群的能量动态,定量分析捕食性天敌对害虫的控制作用。本文详细论述了生态能量学方法的基本原理、测算方法,并以棉田捕食性瓢虫类捕食作用为例,介绍了该方法的应用,为定量评价天敌的控害作用提供了一种新方法。     

化学防治对不同类型棉田害虫和捕食性天敌群落多样性的影响

分析比较了化学防治对8种不同类型棉田害虫、捕食性天敌群落多样性的影响。研究结果表明,化学防治对棉田害虫、捕食性天敌群落的多样性指数、均匀性指数、丰富度及个体数的变化有较大的影响,尤其对捕食性天敌群落的影响显著。但这种作用依不同类型棉田或棉花不同生育阶段而异：化学防治对套作棉田害虫、捕食性天敌群落的影响较小,而对单作棉田和豆间棉棉田害虫、捕食性天敌群落的影响较大;晚播棉田害虫与捕食性天敌群落较早播棉田受化学防治的影响更大;化学防治对免耕棉田害虫、天敌群落的影响更大,非免耕棉田害虫、捕食性天敌群落受其干扰较小;春套棉边害虫、捕食性天敌群落与其它棉田类型相比,受化学防治的影响较少;棉花害虫在棉花生育前期对化学防治较棉花生育后期敏感,而捕食性天敌在棉花整个生育期均对化学防治敏感。     

不同类型棉田捕食性天敌的种群能量动态及其对害虫的控制作用

为充分发挥棉田捕食性天敌的生态调控作用,本文根据田间调查与室内测定的结果,以能量为统一单位,计算出了棉田捕食性瓢虫、蝽类、蜘蛛及所有捕食性天敌类种群的能流参数值,分析和比较了不同播种期、套间作和免耕法对棉田捕食性天敌种群能量获取利用的作用特点,总结出了各类天敌在不同类型棉田对害虫的控制作用规律,评价了它们在棉田生态系统中的作用与地位。     

不同类型棉田棉铃虫天敌功能团的组成及时空动态

比较分析Bt基因棉棉田、常规棉综防棉田棉玲虫天敌功能团的组成、数量、时空和多样性的发生动态。主要结果为：Bt棉田比常规棉综防棉田和化防棉田天敌种类分别增加16.3%和54.1%;百株累计捕食性在敌数量分别增加52.8%和176.3%,棉铃虫幼虫寄生蜂数量分别降低42.9%和52.9%;天敌功能团多样性分别增加10.1%和24.1%。常规棉棉田二代、三代棉铃虫幼虫寄生率分别为11.1%－65.0%和4.1%-66.2%,Bt棉田为0.0%-5.0％。就不同类型天敌功能团来说,Bt棉田瓢虫和草蛉的数量比综防棉田分别减少8.4%和5.8%,比化防棉田分别增加34.1%和206.3%;Bt棉田食虫蝽和蜘蛛的数量比综防棉田分别增加180.6%和71.2%,比化防棉田分别增加329.1%和483.7%。棉铃虫捕食性天敌空间生态位发生动态在各类棉田相似。分析认为：Bt棉田有利于保护瓢虫和草蛉,有利于食虫蝽类和蜘蛛类天敌的增殖;Bt棉田棉铃虫天敌群落依次比常规棉综防棉田和化防棉田稳定。不同时期、不同类型棉田的棉铃虫天敌功能团数量和所起的作用不同。6月下旬棉铃虫捕食性天敌控制作用存在“空缺”,7月下旬化防棉田出现天敌控制“空缺”。不同时期捕食性天敌功能团恢复能力有差异。6月底－7月初天敌恢复能力最强,7月下旬,天敌恢复能力最弱。天敌功能团中,瓢虫恢复能力最强,食虫蝽类和蜘蛛类天敌次之。     

播种时间对棉田害虫和天敌种群的影响

通过对3种不同时间播种的棉田内害虫、天敌系统调查,分析和比较了播种时间对棉田害虫、天敌种群和群落的影响。结果表明,播种期推后,可减轻或避免第二代棉铃虫的为害,加重第三代和第四代棉铃虫的为害;但不同播种日期对不同时期的棉蚜影响不同,苗蚜以迟播棉田内种群数量最高,伏蚜则以夏播棉田内种群数量最高。播种期的推后,不利于棉田捕食性瓢虫、蝽类、蜘蛛和寄生性天敌种群增长。棉田害虫和天敌群落多样性指数也随播种期的推后而下降．因此．应针对不同时间播种的棉田开展相应的害虫生态管理。     

化学杀虫剂对不同类型棉田害虫、天敌种群的影响

研究了化学杀虫剂对6种不同类型棉田的害虫、天敌种群数量及其相互作用的影响。结果表明,化学防治使棉花苗期棉蚜数量下降,但不能抑制中后期棉蚜数量;除豆间棉田外,其他类型棉田化防区棉红蜘蛛和棉铃虫数量低于未防区。化学防治使各类型棉田天敌数量减少,以单作棉田天敌数量减少最明显,间套作棉田天敌数量下降幅度较小;此外,棉田不同天敌种群所受的影响存在一定差异,化学防治对瓢虫、捕食蝽类的影响显著,数量下降剧烈,但蜘蛛类群下降幅度比前两者小。化学防治对棉田害虫与天敌的相互关系的影响随棉田类型或害虫、天敌种类的不同而有所差异。     

不同类型的棉田生态系统功能特征

通过对 7种不同时空类型的华北棉区棉田生态系统能流、价值流和 N、P、K变化的研究表明 ,华北棉区棉田生态系统的能量生产为 3 0 .41× 1 0 3～ 71 .63× 1 0 3k J/(m2· a) ,纯收入为每 hm2 3 5 65 .80～ 81 46.5 0元 ,主要能量投入为劳动力的投入 ,占总投入能的 75 .80 %～ 81 .1 4%。其在不同时空类型棉田所表现出的变化特征为 :随着播种期的推后 ,棉田内害虫的取食为害作用增加 ,天敌的捕食作用减少 ,光能的利用效率下降 ,棉田经济效益降低 ;实行间套作 ,棉田内害虫的为害作用和天敌的捕食作用均增加 ,光能利用率增加 ,棉田经济效益上升 ;进行免耕种植 ,棉田内害虫的为害取食作用减少 ,天敌的捕食作用增加 ,光能利用率增加 ,棉田经济效益上升。由此进一步探讨了华北棉田生态系统生态调控的途径。     

武汉东西湖棉田蜘蛛资源调查

1985—1988年在武汉东西湖棉区,对棉田蜘蛛群落结构和数量动态进行了调查,现报告于下。1调查方法1985—1988年在武汉市东西湖棉区,分季节不定期地随机采集棉田内的蜘蛛种类、害虫种类及其它捕食性天敌;在调查棉区选择不同类型的棉田进行定期定点系统调查。每块田按大五点取样法。每隔五天调查一次。2结果与分析2.1棉田害虫和捕食性天敌群落的种类组成通过几年调查发现在当地为害棉花的节肢动物23种,分属8目13科;捕食性天敌45种,分属7目21科,其中昆虫13种,捕食螨2种,蜘蛛30种。表1棉田蜘蛛与其它捕食性天敌发生量(%)的比较(1985)五月六月七月…     

用ELISA方法定量评价食虫沟瘤蛛对稻飞虱的捕食作用(英文)

对捕食性节肢动物的捕食作用进行评价是害虫生物防治研究的一个重要内容。本文利用酶联免疫吸附试验（ＥＬＩＳＡ）定量评价了食虫沟瘤蛛对稻飞虱的捕食作用。结果表明,方法特异性完全符合试验要求;食虫沟瘤蛛在捕食３头３－５龄白背飞虱或褐飞虱若虫后的检出期分别为９６小时和１２０小时;在早稻田中,捕食性天敌对白背飞虱和褐飞虱的阳性反应率分别为１９．０５％－４７．３４％和１９．０５％－６６．６７％,在飞虱密度较低时,捕食性天敌仍表现出较高的阳性率;捕食量随飞虱密度的增加而增加,但捕食率下降。捕食性节肢动物是调节褐飞虱种群动态的重要因子之一。     

棉田捕食性天敌种群动态及其对害虫的控制功能

棉田中捕食性天敌群落以蜘蛛类为主,天敌优势种因季节和害虫的不同而异,捕食性天敌混合种群的数量在棉花生长季节主要有两个高峰,分别在六月中,下旬和九月上旬后,一个低谷在七、八月间,它和棉田害虫的消长情况相对应。从天敌和害虫功能虫态的数量关系上分析。Y（百株害虫）=324041X（百株天敌）^-2.165%（r=0.928^**）;天敌和棉花蕾铃受害关系,其相关式为：Y′(百株蕾铃受害数）=4.8028e^(179.9619/x)(r=0.8467^**)。     

边缘效应对棉田害虫和天敌种群的影响

比较了棉田中间棉株与边缘棉株上害虫、天敌的种群动态,分析了边缘效应对棉株-害虫-天敌能量动态的影响。结果表明,棉田边缘棉株上第2代棉铃虫幼虫发生量比其中间棉株高出1．94倍;第3代棉铃虫发生量比棉田中间要低62．12％;第4代棉铃虫比中间棉株高12．5％。棉田边缘棉株上苗蚜发生量比棉田中间要高出1．09倍,伏蚜和秋蚜的数量比棉田中间分别低97．73％和37．70％。棉田边缘棉株上捕食性瓢虫、蝽类、蜘蛛和寄生性天敌的种群数量低于棉田中间的数量,分别为棉田中间的73．81％、35．79％、52．90％和39．11％;棉田边缘棉株上害虫群落多样性高于棉田中间,而天敌群落的多样性低于棉田中间;棉田边缘的光能利用率和生产力比棉田中间的值要高。     

Use of ryegrass strips to enhance biological control of aphids by ladybirds in wheat fields

Abstract Non‐crop habitats may play a vital role in conservation biological control. This study tested the effect of ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum L.) strips on aphid and ladybird populations in adjacent winter wheat fields. The field experiment was conducted in three ryegrass‐margin wheat plots and three control plots in 2010 in North China. In spring, the same aphid species, Sitobion miscanthi (Takahashi), was found in both the ryegrass strips and wheat plots. The population density of ladybirds in the ryegrass strips (3.5 ± 0.9/m²) was significantly higher than in the wheat plots (1.5 ± 0.5/m²). We cut the ryegrass, forcing the ladybirds to migrate to the wheat fields. Three and eight days after cutting the ryegrass, the aphid numbers in the ryegrass‐margin wheat plots decreased significantly: they were 19.9% and 53.6%, respectively, lower than in control plots. In the early period of ladybird population development, the percentage of larvae was greater in the ryegrass‐margin wheat plots than in controls, and the peak number of pupae in the ryegrass‐margin wheat plots occurred 5 days earlier than in the control plots. The results suggest that ryegrass strips may promote the development of ladybird populations. Cutting ryegrass can manipulate ladybirds to enhance biological aphid control in wheat fields. The efficiency of this management approach is discussed.     

Decline in native ladybirds in response to the arrival of Harmonia axyridis: early evidence from England

1. Harmonia axyridis (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) is an invasive non‐native ladybird in Europe, where it was introduced as a biological control agent of aphids and coccids. 2. This study assesses changes to ladybird species assemblages, in arboreal habitats, over a 3‐year period encompassing the invasion phase of H. axyridis in eastern England. The effects of H. axyridis and other factors (weather and prey availability) on native ladybirds are assessed. 3. Harmonia axyridis increased from 0.1% to 40% of total ladybirds sampled, whilst native aphidophagous species declined from 84% to 41% of total ladybirds. The actual number of native aphidophagous ladybirds per survey decreased from a mean of 19.7 in year 1, to 10.2 in year 3. 4. Three ladybird species in particular experienced declines: Adalia bipunctata, Coccinella septempunctata, and Propylea quattuordecimpunctata. Harmonia axyridis was the most abundant species by the end of the study. 5. The decline in native aphidophagous ladybirds could be attributed to competition for prey and intraguild predation of eggs, larvae, and pupae by H. axyridis. Physiological and behavioural traits of H. axyridis are likely to confer an advantage over native ladybird species.     

天敌瓢虫种群遗传学及其在生物防治中的应用

天敌瓢虫常在农业生产的生物防治中被广泛引进和使用。这种使用过程往往会导致天敌瓢虫在遗传水平的改变,并最终影响到其生物防治的使用效果和本地生态多样性。对天敌瓢虫种群遗传学的研究,有助于我们认识甚至预测这种遗传改变的规律和生态机制,从而为生物防治计划的优化提供理论基础。本文介绍了种群遗传学的研究方法,分析在生物防治中促进天敌瓢虫遗传改变的因素,以及几种常见的天敌瓢虫种群演变情况,并讨论种群遗传学在天敌瓢虫研究的未来方向。     

Mealybug avoidance responses to ladybird semiochemicals

The predatory ladybird Cryptolaemus montrouzieri Mulsant is a very effective natural enemy of the citrus mealybug, Planococcus citri (Risso), and has a worldwide distribution. This study investigated how the citrus mealybug responded to semiochemicals from the ladybird. In laboratory experiments, mealybug response to semiochemicals left by ladybirds on leaf surfaces was measured. The results indicated that the presence of ladybirds can change the settling behaviour of P. citri. The exposure of plant material to C. montrouzieri had a significant influence on the settling of mealybugs added to the same plant. The distribution of citrus mealybugs in the Petri dishes was significantly affected by the previous presence of ladybirds. The avoidance response may aid in the biological control of mealybugs by coccinellids released onto crops infested with mealybugs.     

Top-down control and its effect on the biomass and composition of three grasses at high and low soil fertility in outdoor microcosms

We used outdoor microcosms in order to freely manipulate three trophic levels (ladybird/aphid/grass) at two soil fertility levels (low and high). Two hypotheses were tested: (1) that top-down control is only a mechanistic factor at high soil fertility, and (2) that herbivory increases secondary plant succession by preferentially feeding on the fast-growing early-successional grasses. Plant biomass responded dramatically to the high soil fertility treatment, as did aphid numbers in the absence of ladybirds, and ladybird activity (ladybirds feeding on aphids). At low soil fertility, plant biomass was low, aphid numbers were small, and ladybird activity was minimal. Only at high soil fertility did top-down control cause a significant response to plant biomass and species composition. The two fast-growing, early-successional grasses (Poa annua and Arrhenatherum elatius) had a greater biomass in the presence of the ladybirds compared to when the ladybirds were absent, while the slow-growing, late-successional grass (Festuca ovina) suffered. The opposite was found when ladybirds were absent but aphids present. These results suggest that herbivory may increase the rate of secondary succession, but that top-down control of herbivory by carnivores may reduce the impact of herbivory in high productivity communities. Received: 2 May 1997 / Accepted: 25 July 1997     

Effect of long-term cold storage on the fitness of pre-wintering <Emphasis Type="Italic">Harmonia axyridis</Emphasis> (Pallas)

The multicolored Asian ladybird beetle, Harmonia axyridis (Pallas) (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), is considered an important generalist predator that can be used as a biological control agent against Hemiptera Sternorrhyncha, Thysanoptera, and the eggs and larvae of Lepidoptera, Coleoptera and Diptera. There are currently abundant natural resources of overwintering H. axyridis in Asia and North America. Given its potential as a biological control agent, methods can be developed to increase its effectiveness for pest control. The availability of an adequate cold storage method would enable the use of field-collected pre-wintering ladybirds for pest suppression in the following season. We studied the effect of cold storage (30, 60, 90, 120 and 150 days stored at −3, 0, 3 and 6°C) on survival, fecundity and predation in field-collected populations. The survival of both female and male ladybirds decreased significantly as storage duration increased at −3°C and 0°C. The ladybirds showed more than 80% survival when they were stored for 150 days at 3°C and 6°C. Long-term cold storage had different effects on the fecundity of H. axyridis at different temperatures. Prolonged cold storage at both 3°C and 6°C shortened pre-oviposition duration and had no adverse effect on reproductive capacity as compared to that of unstored individuals. The adults that experienced 90-day storage at 0°C had the shortest pre-oviposition duration and the largest reproductive capacity. The individuals that were stored for 150 days at 3°C consumed significantly more aphids than the unstored ones. Generally, 3–6°C is a suitable temperature for cold storage of the ladybird without any reduction in fitness. This study will help the exploitation and application of pre-wintering H. axyridis for the biological control of insect pests.     

Intraguild interactions of aphidophagous predators in fields: effect of Coccinella septempunctata and Episyrphus balteatus occurrence on aphid infested plants

Intraguild relations between beneficial insects have become a major research topic in biological pest control. In order to understand the intraguild competitions between aphidophagous populations in natural conditions, a field experiment was carried out in the experimental farm of the Gembloux Agricultural University. As biological control of pests involve a community of diverse natural enemies, this experiment firstly aimed to assess the aphidophagous predator diversity and abundance in green pea (Pisum sativum) field and secondly to investigate the impact of the large natural occurrence of C. septempunctata on the aphidophagous beneficial dispersion and efficiency as aphid biological control agents in pea field. Visual observations were weekly performed throughout the 2006 growing season. The pea aphids were attacked by several predatory groups, mainly ladybird beetles and hoverflies. Higher densities of ladybirds and hoverflies were recorded in the beginning of July, associated with an aphid occurrence peak. Using net cage system in the field, the particular intraguild relations between added C. septempunctata or E. balteatus and the natural beneficial arrivals and dispersion were observed. The E. batteatus (eggs and larvae) presence inhibited other aphidophagous predators presence on the aphid infested plants. Lower abundance of E. balteatus was observed on aphid infested plants already colonised by C. septempunctata. To explore more accurately the oviposition and predation behaviours of ladybirds and hoverflies and to determine the chemical factors that could influence these behaviours, current researches are performed in laboratory and will be discussed to promote efficient biological control of aphids by natural enemies.     

亚致死剂量杀虫剂对异色瓢虫繁殖力的影响

为协调害虫的化学防治与生物防治,测定了吡虫啉、鱼藤酮、氰戊菊酯、阿维菌素、抗蚜威和印楝素6种杀虫剂亚致死剂量对异色瓢虫成虫繁殖力的影响．结果表明,各处理异色瓢虫每雌每日产卵量为40～55粒,吡虫啉接触法和饲喂法预处理及鱼藤酮和印楝素饲喂预处理后,均显著低于对照．所有处理间每雌累积产卵量差异不显著．6种药剂2种方式处理异色瓢虫后,其所产卵的孵化率均低于对照,从卵发育至蛹期的累积存活率均显著降低．吡虫啉两种方式处理和氰戊菊酯接触处理,从卵至蛹期的总发育历期显著延长,鱼藤酮两种方式处理和氰戊菊酯、阿维菌素、抗蚜威、印楝素饲喂法处理的总发育历期明显比对照缩短,而鱼藤酮和阿维菌素接触处理的与对照差异不显著．药剂直接浸渍处理异色瓢虫卵后,各处理卵的孵化率均较对照降低．氰戊菊酯处理的l龄幼虫存活率也明显较对照低,2龄至蛹期的存活率也有所下降．鱼藤酮和氰戊菊酯处理的总发育历期显著延长．这些研究结果显示,低剂量的杀虫剂对异色瓢虫繁殖力的影响很复杂,药剂的类型、作用方式、毒性高低以及给药途径等均影响到试验结果．