棉铃虫低龄幼虫对花香挥发物的联系性学习

鳞翅目昆虫的寄主选择主要是成虫的任务,但幼虫也可以精细调节取食部位。低龄幼虫记忆一些与食物伴随的化学信息能够提高适合度。当幼虫被迫离开寄主植物后,最好是搜索与此前取食过的寄主气味相似的植物,以便节省寄主转移的生理代谢成本。棉铃虫幼虫嗜食作物花器,因此推测花香挥发物可以代表幼虫食物的典型化学信息。采用人工饲料为无条件刺激,在条件化训练开始时,使初孵幼虫取食时暴露在7种花香挥发物下,随后7 d逐日测试低龄幼虫学习表现。结果发现,在7次测试中,苯乙醛选择频次有3次显著多于对照,芳樟醇条件化组在2次测定中处理被选频次显著或极显著多于对照,苯乙醇条件化组仅1次对处理选择频次显著多于对照,其他4种挥发物无论训练时间长短均不能造成嗅觉偏好性的改变,说明棉铃虫在取食过程中是选择性采集食物关键化学信息。然而,无经历组无论训练时间如何均不对苯乙醛表现出嗅觉偏好性,证实气味偏好性的改变并非生理性成熟所致。总之,和同种的成虫以及若虫期比较活泼的其他种类相比,棉铃虫低龄幼虫嗅觉联系性学习表现较差,并且嗅觉偏好性变化与条件化训练时长没有明确关系,结合棉铃虫的生态学习性讨论了可能的原因。     

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。     

桔小实蝇雄成虫联系性嗅觉学习

【目的】为了探究桔小实蝇 Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel)雄成虫的嗅觉学习能力。【方法】本研究采用经典性嗅觉条件反射训练法（classical olfactory conditioning）在室内对固定的羽化后14-17日龄的桔小实蝇雄成虫进行气味与食物的联合学习训练, 即薄荷精油和10%蔗糖溶液联合的奖赏性训练（appetitive conditioning）以及甲基丁香酚(methyl eugenol, ME)和饱和盐溶液联合的惩罚性训练（aversive conditioning）,并以伸喙反射行为（proboscis extension reflex, PER）作为学习与否的判定标准。【结果】经过奖赏性训练后,桔小实蝇雄成虫对薄荷精油的伸喙反射率可从0%增加至68%;而经过惩罚性训练后,桔小实蝇对甲基丁香酚的伸喙反射率可从100%降低至36.54%,且这种伸喙反射率的变化是通过气味条件刺激（conditioned stimulus）和食物非条件刺激（unconditioned stimulus）的对称性联合而产生的。【结论】结果表明,桔小实蝇雄性成虫具有较强的联系性嗅觉学习能力,并且两种刺激的联合是形成学习记忆的必要条件。     

棉铃虫气味受体的克隆与组织特异性表达

气味受体在昆虫识别外界气味过程中起重要作用,对其的研究可以帮助我们了解昆虫对气味识别的分子机制。本文通过RT-PCR技术,在棉铃虫Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner)中克隆得到11条气味受体序列（GenBank登录号：EU599565～EU599568,EU818702～EU818706,FJ393455）。序列分析结果表明,HarmOR2为非典型气味受体,其他为典型气味受体。进化树显示,HarmOR10与黑腹果蝇Drosophila melanogaster DOR46a进化关系较近,而HarmOR4与果蝇味觉受体聚类在一起。棉铃虫其余气味受体与烟芽夜蛾Heliothis virescens气味受体单独或几个一起处于与黑腹果蝇气味受体进化关系较远的聚类中,而且彼此聚类关系较远。使用半定量RT-PCR对这些气味受体的表达谱进行研究,结果表明: HarmOR2在棉铃虫触角和喙中表达,表达量在雌雄间相当。其他受体则在成虫触角中特异表达,其中HarmOR3,HarmOR13和HarmOR14仅在雄性触角内表达; 雌性触角内HarmOR12和HarmOR20的表达量要高于雄性触角;其余气味受体雌雄触角间表达量则相当。     

棉铃虫成虫对高浓度性信息素的行为反应

室内行为实验表明,在高浓度性信息素环境中棉铃虫Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner) 雌蛾更加活跃、觅偶行为更加积极主动、求偶时间显著延长,而雄蛾主动求偶时间显著缩短、静止时间显著延长。高浓度性信息素并未引起成虫在取食活动和产卵行为的明显改变,也未能有效阻断其交配行为,而是推迟了它们的交配日期、夜间初始交配时间,缩短了交配蛾的交配持续时间。因此,高浓度性信息素主要影响其交配质量,而不是交配率。     

植物气味化合物对棉铃虫产卵及田间诱蛾的影响

利用触角电位技术（EAG）研究棉铃虫Helicoverpa armigera对17种植物气味物质的嗅觉反应,实验结果表明：棉铃虫雄蛾、雌蛾对所试各种植物气味物质均无明显的嗅觉反应差异,不同种类的气味物质能引起不同的EAG反应。对其中的几种植物气味物质进行了引诱产卵实验及田间诱蛾实验,结果表明：某些寄主植物的挥发性次生物质显示出较好的引诱产卵活性,且对棉铃虫性诱剂具有增效和协同作用。田间实验数据显示,增加了植物气味物质的棉铃虫性诱剂与单一的棉铃虫性诱剂相比差异显著。     

桔小实蝇成虫对不同颜色和气味物质的趋性反应

研究了不同颜色和气味物质对桔小实蝇(Bactrocera dorsalis Hendel)取食和产卵选择以及趋向行为的影响。结果表明:桔小实蝇成虫对绿色食物具有较强的取食趋性,橙色次之,对黄色和红色的食物趋性弱,同时,雌、雄虫之间对食物颜色的选择无明显差异;在黄、绿、白3种颜色中,桔小实蝇对黄色基质的产卵趋性最强,绿色次之,对白色基质的产卵趋性最弱;嗅觉实验结果中,桔小实蝇成虫对乙酸乙酯、蔗糖、蜂蜜和酵母的气味表现明显趋性,但对红糖气味无趋性反应;而乙酸对桔小实蝇成虫有明显驱避活性;而雌虫对这些物质的嗅觉反应敏感于雄虫。     

棉铃虫性诱剂对棉铃虫成虫行为的影响及田间控制作用分析

通过田间试验明确了性诱剂诱杀防治不仅影响棉铃虫成虫的求偶、交配行为 ,而且还干扰取食、扩散和隐蔽过程中的飞行行为 .大面积田间诱杀防治的试验结果表明 ,性诱剂诱杀防治区与对照区相比较 ,雄性个体减少一半 ,平均雌性个体交配次数降低 0 .6次 ,室内孵化率降低 1 9% ,田间孵化率降低 1 3.5% .     

棉铃虫触角普通气味结合蛋白1基因cDNA的部分克隆和定性分析(英文)

利用RT PCR和RACE技术克隆了编码棉铃虫触角普通气味结合蛋白 1基因的cDNA片段 ,该片段长 876bp。序列测定和结构分析表明 ,棉铃虫触角普通气味结合蛋白 1成熟蛋白阅读框长 43 5bp ,编码1 45个氨基酸。预测成熟蛋白的分子量和等电点分别为 1 7.0kDand 4.89。推导的氨基酸序列与已报道的昆虫气味结合蛋白 1高度同源 ,并且具有气味结合蛋白共同的结构特征     

棉铃虫对萎蔫枫杨气味的行为反应

利用嗅觉仪测定了棉铃虫Helicoverpaarmigera (H櫣ｂｎｅｒ)成虫对萎蔫的枫杨Pterocaryastenoptera气味的行为反应。结果证实 ,萎蔫的枫杨气味仅能引诱棉铃虫处女雌蛾 ,但对已交配的雌蛾和雄蛾无显著的引诱作用 ;萎蔫的枫杨气味能显著地加强棉铃虫处女雌蛾对雄蛾的引诱作用。并讨论了枫杨枝把引诱棉铃虫的生物学意义     

不同饲喂下棉铃虫肠道内生菌的分离鉴定及脱毒效果研究

[目的]本研究对比饲喂正常饲料和棉粕饲料下棉铃虫(Helicoverpa armigera)肠道中可培养微生物的异同,并对筛选菌株进行棉酚耐受及降解作用的研究,为棉铃虫肠道微生物在棉源饲料中的脱毒作用提供理论和实验支持.[方法]通过饲喂不同饲料、醋酸棉酚单一碳源微生物选择性培养,分离饲喂正常饲料和棉粕饲料下棉铃虫肠道可...     

Effects of stilbene optical brighteners on the insecticidal activity of Bacillus thuringiensis and a single nucleopolyhedrovirus on Helicoverpa armigera

The incorporation of certain stilbene optical brighteners into virus-based formulations has been demonstrated to increase viral pathogenicity (as indicated by reduced LD/LC₅₀ values) but their effect on Bacillus thuringiensis activity has been scarcely investigated. We determined the effect of nine optical brighteners on the insecticidal activity of B. thuringiensis ser. kurstaki HD-1 strain (Bt HD-1) on Helicoverpa armigera and also compared the effect of two optical brighteners on the insecticidal activity of Bt HD-1 and occlusion bodies (OBs) of a Spanish isolate of H. armigera single nucleocapsid nucleopolyhedrovirus (HearNPV-SP1). Blankophor CLE, Blankophor DRS, Blankophor ER, and Leucophor SAC significantly increased the pathogenicity of Bt HD-1. In contrast, Tinopal UNPA-GX, Tinopal CBS, Blankophor BA, Leucophor AP, and Leucophor UO had an adverse or no effect on its insecticidal activity. Mixtures of HearNPV-SP1 OBs with Tinopal UNPA-GX or Leucophor UO resulted in 31.4- and 11.4-fold increases in pathogenicity, respectively, at 1%, and 11.4- and 6.3-fold increases in pathogenicity, respectively, at 0.1%, compared to the OBs alone. However, none of these brighteners increased Bt HD-1 activity. These results appear consistent with the hypothesis that the enhancement of HearNPV-SP1 pathogenicity and the null or antagonistic effects observed in Bt HD-1 against H. armigera were due to optical brightener-mediated degradation of the peritrophic membrane, but additional systematic studies involving a broad range of brighteners and electron microscope observations are required to confirm this premise.     

新疆北部棉铃虫寄主来源与转基因棉区庇护所评估

转Bt基因抗虫棉长期大规模种植后,棉铃虫对其存在抗性风险,庇护所是延缓抗性上升的策略之一。但在新疆北部转基因棉区,庇护所提供敏感棉铃虫的生态功能尚未见评估。2013年5—9月期间在新疆北部石河子地区147团、121团利用棉田边缘的智能测报灯收集棉铃虫成虫,应用碳稳定同位素技术从群体水平(混合翅膀)分析虫源性质,从个体水平(雌蛾翅膀和对应精包)确定交配类型;同时通过解剖雌性棉铃虫体内的精包数量评估交配频率。结果表明:来源于C4植物的棉铃虫主要出现在5月下旬和8—9月期间,比例占到50%左右;6—7月接近100%的棉铃虫来自于C3植物上;经测定不同寄主来源棉铃虫的有效交配比例为10%左右;两个地方的棉铃虫交配频率一般在0.9—2.1次,但121团的第一代和第二代均高于147团。玉米是新疆北部地区重要的庇护所,但C3和C4来源棉铃虫同存的时间比较短,有效交配比例相对比较低,影响了庇护所的抗性稀释能力。在转基因棉区的抗性管理中不仅要考虑庇护所提供敏感棉铃虫数量大小,同时需要考虑有效交配比率,这将有利深刻理解庇护所生态功能。     

Decrease in tolerance to fenvalerate, in resistantHelicoverpa armigera after pupal diapause

Pyrethroid resistant and susceptible adults ofHelicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) were screened for tolerance to pyrethroids after 6 wk or 12 wk pupal diapuse. Resistant larvae and F₂ larvae from a cross between resistant and susceptible parents (two replicates), were reared under conditions to induce pupal diapause. After eclosion, adults were tested in glass vials coated with the pyrethroid fenvalerate, at a dose (DD) that is known to discriminate between susceptible and heterozygous resistant individuals. In all diapause experiments, the frequency of resistance was lower in the test groups that had experienced diapause compared with the non-diapausing control group. The underlying cause of the decline is not certain but selective mortality of resistant versus susceptible individuals could not account for all the difference in two of the three experiments — tolerance to the pyrethroid, fenvalerate, is most likely to have declined either as a consequence of diapause or from the extended time of development associated with diapause. These results indicate that monitoring programs could underestimate pyrethroid resistance frequencies when usingH. armigera adults emerging from diapause.     

Trichogramma egg parasitism ofHelicoverpa armigera on short-duration pigeonpea intercultured with sorghum

The levels of egg parasitism byTrichogramma spp. (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae) on populations ofHelicoverpa armigera (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) were recorded on sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.) and on two flushes of flowers on short-duration pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan L.).H. armigera oviposition was concentrated on the early flowering stage of sorghum and the flowering and early podding stages of both flushes of pigeonpea. Parasitism on sorghum increased rapidly as egg density increased and reached a peak of 74.6%. Parasitism on pigeonpea was concentrated onH. armigera eggs laid on the first flush of pigeonpea flowers with a maximum of 69.2%. These high levels of parasitism on pigeonpea coincided with the period of parasite activity on sorghum. The levels of parasitism then declined rapidly and only very low levels were detected on a second flush of flowers. This rapid decline resulted in the overall egg mortality caused byTrichogramma on pigeonpea to be low, with a maximum of 7.8% caused by parasitism, compared to 34.4% on sorghum. The pattern of parasitism suggests that a transfer of parasites occurred from sorghum to pigeonpea. The rapid decline of parasitism on the pigeonpea indicates that parasite populations cannot be sustained on pigeonpea once the influx from sorghum stops. The results are discussed in terms of a possible method of encouraging the transfer of parasites from sorghum to short-duration pigeonpea by producing a more continuous cropping environment.     

A proteomic analysis of Helicoverpa armigera adults after exposure to UV light irradiation

Ultraviolet (UV) light (blacklight), which emits UV in the range of 320-400 nm, has been used worldwide in light trapping of insect pests. To gain a better understanding of the response of Helicoverpa armigera adults to UV light irradiation, we carried out a comparative proteomic analysis. Three-day-old adults were exposed to UV light for 1 h. Total proteins were extracted and separated by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis. More than 1200 protein spots were reproducibly detected, including 12 that were more abundant and 21 less abundant. Mass spectrometry analysis and database searching helped us to identify 29 differentially abundant proteins. The identified proteins were categorized into several functional groups including signal transduction, RNA processing, protein processing, stress response, metabolisms, and cytoskeleton structure, etc. This study is the first analysis of differentially expressed proteins in phototactic insects under UV light irradiation conditions and gives new insights into the adaptation mechanisms responsive to UV light irradiation stress.     

The surface hydrocarbons of larval Heliothis virescens and Helicoverpa zea

Third instar larvae of Heliothis virescens and Helicoverpa zea could be distinguished based on the hydrocarbons of their surface lipids. Hydrocarbons were the major components of the surface lipids and a distinctive capillary gas chromatographic profile could be obtained from a hexane extract of the surface lipids of a single larva. Analysis of hexane extracts of the surface lipids by capillary gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (CGC-MS) showed several obvious differences between the two species: (1) in their gas chromatographic profiles; (2) in the presence of a major alkene, hentriacontene, only in H. zea; (3) in H. virescens the CGC-MS peak with a KI of approximately 2860 was 2-methyloctacosane, but in H. zea it was a mixture of 4-methyloctacosane plus 9,13- and 8,12-dimethyloctacosanes; and (4) in the methyl branch positions of dimethyl-branched alkanes with carbon backbones of C₃₁, C₃₃, C₃₅, C₄₅, C₄₇, C₄₉ and C₅₁. The methyl branch points of H. virescens dimethylalkanes were separated by seven or nine methylenes, while in H. zea the methyl branch points of the dimethylalkanes were separated by three and sometimes five methylenes.