不同食料植物对棉铃虫生长发育和繁殖的影响

报道了棉花、烟草、番茄和辣椒4种植物对棉铃虫Helicoverpa armigera生长发育和繁殖的影响。棉铃虫成虫喜欢在番茄上产卵,在辣椒上的着卵量最少。初孵幼虫喜选食嫩棉叶,选食辣椒嫩叶的虫数最少。4组幼虫取食嫩叶时的平均相对生长速率都有显著差异,顺序为棉叶组>烟叶组>番茄叶组>辣椒叶组。幼虫存活率以取食棉花时最高,取食番茄时最低。棉花组成虫的产卵量最高,烟草组的产卵量最低。取食棉花的棉铃虫种群增长的速度约为取食番茄时的14倍。6龄幼虫能有效利用和转化棉铃、烟草蒴果、辣椒果实,而对番茄果实的利用和转化效率较低。棉铃虫可分别以这4种植物的不同器官为食完成世代循环。其中,棉花是最适宜的寄主,辣椒和番茄是较不适宜的寄主。     

寄主植物叶片物理性状对潜叶昆虫的影响

潜叶昆虫广泛分布于鳞翅目、双翅目、鞘翅目和膜翅目中,其幼虫潜入叶片内部生活和取食,是一类用于研究植物-昆虫-天敌种间关系和协同进化的重要模式生物。有些潜叶昆虫是重要农林害虫。相比外食性昆虫,在叶内取食的潜叶昆虫幼虫更易受到叶片物理性状的直接影响。叶片的着生位置、朝向、大小、颜色和表皮毛等直接决定潜叶虫成虫的取食和产卵选择,从而影响幼虫的空间分布和寄主适应。叶片的某些物理性状也会直接影响幼虫的取食行为、生长发育和被寄生率。研究叶片物理性状的防御作用以及潜叶昆虫对这些防御的适应,有助于了解潜叶昆虫-寄主植物的协同进化。另一方面,外界环境和遗传育种都有可能改变植物叶片的物理特性,而对潜叶害虫产生抗性,从而实现潜叶害虫的可持续生态控制。     

两种关键花香挥发物对棉铃虫的信息多义性

为了探明花香挥发物的信息多义性,作者测试了2种关键花香挥发物(苯乙醛和乙酸苯甲酯)对棉铃虫成虫产卵、性信息素诱捕和初孵幼虫趋向行为的影响。结果表明:在苯乙醛和乙酸苯甲酯组成的二元混剂与番茄、辣椒、棉花、烟草和玉米叶片共存条件下,花香挥发物上的落卵量与除了番茄外的其他寄主叶片气味源没有显著差异,证实其对雌成虫有较强引诱产卵作用;花香引诱剂能显著增加棉铃虫性信息素的野外捕获量,并且银纹夜蛾、小地老虎、甜菜夜蛾、亚洲玉米螟、稻纵卷叶螟和甜菜白带螟对花香引诱剂的趋向并不受棉铃虫性信息素存在的影响,说明花香引诱剂与棉铃虫性信息素具有良好兼容性。此外,花香挥发物还能增强棉铃虫初孵幼虫对烟草叶碟的识别能力。总之,花香挥发物对棉铃虫有多方面的生态学功能,这种信息化合物的多义性可能具有自然选择方面的优势。     

不同寄主植物继代饲养后草地贪夜蛾幼虫生理酶活性差异

为了明确继代饲喂不同寄主植物对草地贪夜蛾幼虫体内生理酶活性的影响,在室内分别用3种寄主植物叶片饲养草地贪夜蛾多代,测定其F3代5龄幼虫体内保护酶（SOD,POD,CAT）、消化酶（脂肪酶、胃蛋白酶和α-淀粉酶）和解毒酶（GSTs,CarEs,CYP450s）活性差异,并分析不同寄主植物次生代谢物含量与幼虫体内酶活及其生长发育的相关性。结果表明,取食马铃薯叶片的F3代幼虫总发育历期最长,取食小麦的最短,两者间差异显著;小麦叶片中的单宁、总酚、类黄酮和生物碱含量均显著低于玉米和马铃薯;草地贪夜蛾幼虫体内保护酶活性均为取食小麦叶片的最低,取食马铃薯叶片的最高,其中取食马铃薯叶片的草地贪夜蛾体内POD和SOD酶活性达取食小麦的1.34和1.26倍;以3种寄主为食的F3代幼虫脂肪酶和α-淀粉酶活性变化不大,但持续饲喂马铃薯叶片3个世代可导致草地贪夜蛾幼虫体内胃蛋白酶活性显著升高,达10.502 U/mg. prot,为持续饲喂玉米叶片幼虫（1.508 U/mg. prot）的6.96倍以上。连续饲喂3种寄主叶片后的幼虫GSTs和CarEs活性无显著性差异,但取食玉米叶片的幼虫体内细胞色素P450s（CYP450s）活性显著高于取食小麦和马铃薯的幼虫。可见,连续多代取食次生物质含量不同的寄主植物会使草地贪夜蛾体内部分酶活性发生变化,并对幼虫的生长发育产生影响。     

甜菜夜蛾对不同寄主植物的产卵和取食选择

为了探讨甜菜夜蛾Spodoptera exigua对不同寄主植物的产卵选择及成虫产卵选择与幼虫取食选择间的关联度, 本研究选取玉米、豇豆、甘蓝、黄瓜、棉花、辣椒和番茄7种植物进行了选择性和非选择性实验研究, 并采用Y型嗅觉仪测定了成虫对其中3种寄主植物及其挥发物抽提物的趋性。结果表明：在田间非选择性实验中, 甜菜夜蛾在不同寄主植物上的落卵量依次为：玉米>辣椒>棉花>黄瓜、豇豆、番茄>甘蓝。Y型嗅觉仪的行为测定表明, 雌成虫对玉米及其挥发物抽提物的趋性最强, 黄瓜次之, 对甘蓝的趋性最弱, 这与雌虫的产卵选择性一致。不同龄期甜菜夜蛾幼虫对寄主植物的取食选择性有所不同, 且随观测时间的延长有所改变;低龄幼虫对豇豆、玉米和黄瓜的选择性较强, 对甘蓝、番茄、辣椒和棉花的取食选择性则较弱, 高龄幼虫对辣椒也具有较强的选择性;5龄幼虫对寄主植物的选择性不如低龄幼虫明显。结果显示, 甜菜夜蛾对不同寄主植物的产卵选择性显著不同, 植物抽提物在雌成虫的产卵选择中具有重要作用, 甜菜夜蛾对寄主植物的产卵选择性和幼虫取食选择性并不一致。     

不同寄主植物对马铃薯甲虫的引诱作用

随着马铃薯甲虫不断扩展其分布范围,其对寄主的适应性也在发生变化。在我国,马铃薯甲虫的主要寄主植物是马铃薯、茄子、番茄和天仙子。为进一步明确马铃薯甲虫对不同寄主植物的嗜食程度,研究了以上4种寄主植物对马铃薯甲虫的引诱作用,以及取食量的影响,同时进行了田间寄主选择性的调查。选择性试验结果表明:不同寄主植物对马铃薯甲虫的引诱作用差异显著,其中马铃薯、天仙子引诱作用显著高于茄子和番茄;取食量研究结果表明:马铃薯甲虫各龄期对不同寄主24 h取食量的大小依次为:马铃薯>茄子>天仙子>番茄;1—2龄幼虫取食量小,3—4龄幼虫及成虫暴食寄主叶片,是马铃薯甲虫造成危害的主要阶段。     

棉铃虫幼虫对人类呈味物质的取食反应

利用叶碟法在室内测定了棉铃虫对人类酸、甜、苦、咸4种基本呈味物质和麻、辣味2种植物提取物的取食反应。正交试验结果表明,棉铃虫幼虫对用甜味、苦味和辣味物质(蔗糖、奎宁和辣椒提取物)处理过的烟叶取食选择率较高,对这3种呈味物质表现出有较好的适应性;而幼虫对咸味、酸味和麻味物质(氯化钠、柠檬酸和花椒提取物)处理过的烟叶取食量较少,这3种呈味物质表现出较强的拒食活性。在选择性条件下,幼虫的取食量与花椒提取物剂量显著相关;而在非选择性条件下,幼虫的取食量与氯化钠剂量显著相关。     

不同寄主植物对二点委夜蛾幼虫抗寒性的影响

【目的】探讨取食不同寄主植物对二点委夜蛾Athetis lepigone(Mschler)老熟幼虫抗寒性的影响。【方法】室内分别用棉花、花生、大豆、甘薯及玉米的幼嫩叶片饲养二点委夜蛾4龄幼虫6 d至老熟,测定二点委夜蛾老熟幼虫过冷却点、结冰点、鲜重、含水量、脂肪、糖原和山梨醇含量。【结果】二点委夜蛾老熟幼虫取食不同寄主植物叶片后结冰点、鲜重、脂肪含量、糖原含量有显著差异。取食大豆叶片后结冰点最高(-2.80℃),鲜重最低(0.056 g),脂肪含量最低(12.47%);取食棉花叶片后结冰点最低(-5.45℃),脂肪含量最高(32.12%),糖原含量最高(54.07 mg/g);取食玉米叶片后鲜重最高(0.118 g)。取食不同寄主植物叶片的二点委夜蛾老熟幼虫过冷却点、含水量、山梨醇含量没有显著差异。【结论】寄主植物对二点委夜蛾老熟幼虫过冷却点没有显著影响,而影响到其体重及脂肪和糖原含量。     

中红侧沟茧蜂寄生对棉铃虫幼虫行为的影响

【目的】中红侧沟茧蜂Microplitis mediator是棉铃虫Helicoverpa armigera生物防控的重要因子,通过温室内对未被寄生和被中红侧沟茧蜂寄生棉铃虫幼虫在棉花植株上的行为观察,分析中红侧沟茧蜂寄生对棉铃虫在棉花植株上行为活动及分布位置的影响。【方法】采用"固定时间间隔扫描抽样"观察法,监测寄生后1-10 d被寄生与未被寄生棉铃虫幼虫在棉花植株上的取食和空间位移等行为的变化。【结果】中红侧沟茧蜂寄生可以极显著降低棉铃虫幼虫在棉花植株上的取食行为比例(P0.01);被寄生棉铃虫幼虫在棉株上的空间位移比例于寄生后的1-2 d极显著高于未被寄生棉铃虫(P0.01),而在发育后期极显著低于未被寄生棉铃虫幼虫(P0.01);被寄生棉铃虫幼虫在棉铃上的分布比例显著降低而在花上的分布比例显著升高(P0.05);棉铃虫发育后期,被寄生棉铃虫在棉叶背面的分布比例极显著高于未被寄生棉铃虫(P0.01)。【结论】中红侧沟茧蜂寄生对棉铃虫幼虫的取食、活动和栖境选择具有显著影响。     

烟青虫对三种食料植物的选择性及适应性

采用笼罩植株接虫产卵试验和皿内食料吸引选择试验,测定烟青虫HelicoverpaassultaGuen?e对3种食料植物产卵选择性和嗜食性;通过单头饲养试验,测定6龄幼虫对3种食料植物的转化和利用率。结果表明:烟青虫成虫最喜好在番茄上产卵,其次为烟草,在辣椒上产卵最少。初孵幼虫喜食嫩烟叶,选食辣椒和番茄嫩叶的幼虫数较少,其取食量大小顺序为烟草>辣椒>番茄。6龄幼虫能有效利用和转化烟草、辣椒,而对番茄果实的利用和转化效率最低。烟青虫对食料植物的产卵选择和嗜食性差异,是其综合防治中合理进行作物布局,减轻危害的重要依据。     

Plant-Parasitic Nematodes of South Viet Nam

Between 1974 and 1978, 2,842 identifications of plant-parasitic nematodes were made from more than 1,700 soil and plant samples collected in eight provinces of South Viet Nam. Species in nine genera—Helicotylenchus, Criconemoides, Meloidogyne, Pratylenchus, Tylenchorhynchus, Hoplolaimus, Hirschmanniella, Xiphinema, and Rotylenchulus—comprised 96.1% of the identifications; the remaining 3.9% were species of 11 genera. Fourteen genera were associated with rice which was grown on about 2,500,000 ha in 1970. Of these, Ditylenchus, Hirschmanniella, and Meloidogyne were most important. Ditylenchus angustus caused severe damage to about 50,000 ha of flooded rice in the Mekong Delta in 1976. Hirschmanniella spp. were found in all samples examined from flooded rice fields. Meloidogyne spp. were common in rice seedbeds, upland rice, and rice not kept flooded continuously. Meloidogyne and Pratylenchus spp. were found in roots of 22 of the 32 crop plants sampled. Little or no attempt was made in South Viet Nam to control nematodes.     

Identification key for European strand-forming house-rot fungi

An identification key for 20 common strand-forming indoor wood decay fungi is given. The key is based on observations of material from affected buildings and on wood samples that have been incubated in the laboratory. The key is with macro- and microscopic photographs.     

Semicircular canal system in early primates

Mammals with more rapid and agile locomotion have larger semicircular canals relative to body mass than species that move more slowly. Measurements of semicircular canals in extant mammals with known locomotor behaviours can provide a basis for testing hypotheses about locomotion in fossil primates that is independent of postcranial remains, and a means of reconstructing locomotor behaviour in species known only from cranial material. Semicircular canal radii were measured using ultra high resolution X-ray CT data for 9 stem primates (“plesiadapiforms”; n = 11), 7 adapoids (n = 12), 4 omomyoids (n = 5), and the possible omomyoid Rooneyia viejaensis (n = 1). These were compared with a modern sample (210 species including 91 primates) with known locomotor behaviours. The predicted locomotor agilities for extinct primates generally follow expectations based on known postcrania for those taxa. “Plesiadapiforms” and adapids have relatively small semicircular canals, suggesting they practiced less agile locomotion than other fossil primates in the sample, which is consistent with reconstructions of them as less specialized for leaping. The derived notharctid adapoids (excluding Cantius) and all omomyoids sampled have relatively larger semicircular canals, suggesting that they were more agile, with Microchoerus in particular being reconstructed as having had very jerky locomotion with relatively high magnitude accelerations of the head. Rooneyia viejaensis is reconstructed as having been similarly agile to omomyids and derived notharctid adapoids, which suggests that when postcranial material is found for this species it will exhibit features for some leaping behaviour, or for a locomotor mode requiring a similar degree of agility.     

Multilocus phylogenetic analysis of the genus Aeromonas

A broad multilocus phylogenetic analysis (MLPA) of the representative diversity of a genus offers the opportunity to incorporate concatenated inter-species phylogenies into bacterial systematics. Recent analyses based on single housekeeping genes have provided coherent phylogenies of Aeromonas. However, to date, a multi-gene phylogenetic analysis has never been tackled. In the present study, the intra- and inter-species phylogenetic relationships of 115 strains representing all Aeromonas species described to date were investigated by MLPA. The study included the independent analysis of seven single gene fragments (gyrB, rpoD, recA, dnaJ, gyrA, dnaX, and atpD), and the tree resulting from the concatenated 4705 bp sequence. The phylogenies obtained were consistent with each other, and clustering agreed with the Aeromonas taxonomy recognized to date. The highest clustering robustness was found for the concatenated tree (i.e. all Aeromonas species split into 100% bootstrap clusters). Both possible chronometric distortions and poor resolution encountered when using single-gene analysis were buffered in the concatenated MLPA tree. However, reliable phylogenetic species delineation required an MLPA including several “bona fide” strains representing all described species.     

Bacterial flora in the alimentary tract of chickens infected with Eimeria brunetti and in chickens immunized with Eimeria maxima and cross-infected with Eimeria brunetti

Differential bacterial counts were made on the intestinal and caecal contents of chickens after inoculation with a standard dose of 320 000 freshly sporulated oocysts of Eimeria brunetti.     

Two common and problematic leucochrysine species – Leucochrysa (Leucochrysa) varia (Schneider) and L. (L.) pretiosa (Banks) (Neuroptera,Chrysopidae): redescriptions and synonymies

We dedicate this article to the memory of Sergio de Freitas, FCAV-UNESP, Jaboticabal, São Paulo, Brazil (deceased, 2012). He was an active and enthusiastic Neuropterist and the cherished mentor and friend of Francisco Sosa.Leucochrysa McLachlan is the largest genus in the Chrysopidae, yet it has received relatively little taxonomic attention. We treat two problematic and common Leucochrysa species – Leucochrysa (Leucochrysa) varia (Schneider, 1851) and Leucochrysa (Leucochrysa) pretiosa (Banks, 1910). Both are highly variable in coloration and were described before the systematic importance of chrysopid genitalia was recognized. Recent studies show that these species occur within a large complex of cryptic species and that they have accumulated a number of taxonomic problems. We identify new synonymies for each of the species–for Leucochrysa (Leucochrysa) varia: Leucochrysa (Leucochrysa) ampla (Walker, 1853), Leucochrysa internata (Walker, 1853), and Leucochrysa (Leucochrysa) walkerina Navás, 1913; for Leucochrysa (Leucochrysa) pretiosa: Leucochrysa (Leucochrysa) erminea Banks, 1946. The synonymy of Leucochrysa delicata Navás, 1925 with Leucochrysa (Leucochrysa) pretiosa is stabilized by the designation of a neotype. The following species, which were previously synonymized with Leucochrysa (Leucochrysa) varia or Leucochrysa (Leucochrysa) pretiosa, are reinstated as valid: Leucochrysa (Leucochrysa) phaeocephala Navás, 1929, Leucochrysa (Leucochrysa) angrandi (Navás, 1911), and Leucochrysa (Leucochrysa) variata (Navás, 1913). To help stabilize Leucochrysa taxonomy, lectotypes are designated for Allochrysa pretiosa and Allochrysa variata. Finally, Leucochrysa vegana Navás, 1917 is considered a nomen dubium.