从卵巢发育特点揭示新疆地区棉铃虫迁飞习性

为探索棉铃虫成虫在新疆地区是否具有迁飞性,在新疆北部石河子垦区146团和147团、乌苏、新疆南部阿克苏地区(阿克苏市、阿瓦提县、12团)和麦盖提,监测了棉铃虫田间卵巢发育和交配频率.结果表明:雌蛾卵巢发育到l级时开始出现交配,且交配次数与卵巢发育级数呈显著正相关;146团、147团、乌苏、阿克苏第3代棉铃虫以及阿瓦提县第3代和第4代棉铃虫卵巢发育级别3级以上的个体均占到65％以上,表明其种群主要由外地迁入;高峰期棉铃虫雌蛾平均交配率和交配频率分别为81.63％和1.96.各监测区域棉铃虫雌蛾的交配率和雌雄比例均符合迁入种群的生理特征,表明新疆地区棉铃虫存在迁飞.探明棉铃虫在新疆地区的迁飞和交配情况将为该地区棉铃虫的区域防治提供重要科学依据.     

新疆北部棉区作物景观多样性对棉铃虫种群的影响

如何从景观尺度上实现对害虫的科学管理已经成为昆虫生态学的研究热点.利用频振式杀虫灯诱集技术,从2007-2009年在新疆北部棉区16-17个农场近240km2作物范围内,监测和评估棉田周边作物景观对棉铃虫种群的影响.结果表明:农业景观多样化显著地影响棉铃虫种群数量,复杂作物系统中(棉花比例＜50％作物面积)棉铃虫成虫数量明显大于简单作物系统(棉花比例≥50％作物面积;棉铃虫种群数量与景观多样性指数(Simpson's Reciprocal Index)呈正相关;同时棉铃虫成虫与加工番茄、玉米和小麦的比例成正相关,但与棉花比例呈负相关.研究结果为转基因棉花抗性管理提供科学依据,同时农田景观多样性指标可作为修正棉区棉铃虫预测模型的重要指标.     

应用稳定同位素技术分析华北部分地区第三代棉铃虫虫源性质

玉米等C₄植物被认为是华北Bt棉种植区内第三代棉铃虫最重要的天然庇护所,但尚缺乏直接证据。连续2a(2006-2007年)利用杨树把诱集棉铃虫成虫,进行碳稳定同位素比值的测定,并结合棉铃虫成虫捕获时间、虫源的数量比例等,评估C₄植物在华北第三代棉铃虫期间的庇护所功能。结果表明,第三代棉铃虫成虫来源于C₄植物(玉米)的为40.5%-56.8%,与C₃来源的数量上大体相当。但C₄来源的成虫羽化时间比C₃来源的个体明显滞后,呈现出先少后多的特点。结果提示,C₄植物确实是华北第三代棉铃虫重要的庇护所,但存在着时间上与C₃来源的成虫交配不同步而失效的风险;结果建议玉米等天然庇护所作物的种植不仅在面积上要足够,而且播种时间上要充分考虑C₄植物(玉米)来源的敏感棉铃虫个体的发育与C₃植物寄主来源个体的同步性。     

棉铃虫的自然庇护所、抗性发展以及中国的零庇护所政策

本文旨在讨论天然庇护所作物在减缓棉铃虫抗性发展中的作用以及中国是否需要为转基因抗虫棉制定专门的庇护所政策. 首先, 描述了在制定庇护所政策时所需要考虑的各种因素; 其次, 为了科学合理地分析这些因素的影响, 构建了一个生物经济学模型并利用实证数据进行了量化分析. 在模型分析过程中, 考虑了多种方案以增强分析结果的稳定性和可靠性. 结果表明, 中国多样性的种植结构使玉米等作物成为棉铃虫的天然庇护所. 换言之, 在此情况下仍然要求农民种植一定比例的非转基因抗虫棉作为棉铃虫的专门庇护所是不经济的.     

应用高剂量/庇护所策略管理Bt作物抗性的三个基本假设：综述与展望

目前, 抗虫转基因作物的抗性管理方法主要是高剂量/庇护所策略。该策略的有效性取决于3个基本的假设条件：（1）抗虫转基因作物（Bt作物）表达出高剂量的杀虫蛋白, 该剂量使得靶标害虫对Bt杀虫蛋白的抗性表现型为功能性完全隐性或近于完全隐性, 进而使得Bt作物可以杀死几乎所有的抗性杂合个体和所有的敏感性个体;（2）靶标害虫种群的Bt抗性基因起始频率处于很低的水平;（3）源自转基因作物田和非转基因作物田(庇护所)的成虫在田间随机混合并交配。这3个假设必须同时满足, 缺一不可。本文就这3个假设的理论基础和经验研究的进展进行了综合论述, 并着重讨论了随机交配假设的最新研究进展以及今后的研究方向和方法。     

新疆棉区田间棉铃虫种群对Bt Cry1Ac毒蛋白的敏感性研究

为了明确新疆棉区棉铃虫Helicoverpa armigera(Hübner)种群对Bt Cry1Ac毒蛋白的敏感性变化,本次研究采用单雌系F1/F2代诊断剂量法于2013-2019年连续监测了新疆库尔勒市棉铃虫种群对Cry1Ac毒蛋白的抗性频率以及种群敏感度的变化.结果表明,2013-2019年新疆库尔勒市棉铃虫种群...     

棉铃虫田间种群Bt毒素Cry1Ac抗性基因频率的估算

采用改进的F₁筛查法检测了2005年采自华北地区的棉铃虫Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner)田间种群对Bt毒素Cry1Ac的抗性基因频率。2005年从河南安阳和河北沧县转Bt基因抗虫棉上采集二代棉铃虫卵,在室内用人工饲料饲养至2龄幼虫,用1 μg/cm² 的Cry1Ac活化毒素进行初筛,将初筛存活成虫与室内筛选的GYBT抗性品系成虫进行单对杂交,并用区分剂量(2.5 μg/cm²)对F₁代进行检测。经检测,2005年河南安阳棉铃虫种群和河北沧县棉 铃虫种群对Cry1Ac抗性基因频率基本一致,分别为1.4×10^-3和1.5×10^-3。用毒素涂表法测定了2004、2005年采自河南安阳、河北高阳、河北沧县、新疆阿克苏和新疆沙湾棉铃虫田间种群对Cry1Ac活化毒素的敏感性水平,结果表明华北棉区与新疆内陆棉区棉铃虫种群对Cry1Ac的敏感性存在一定的地区性差异（<8倍）。总体上,我国华北棉区棉铃虫种群对Cry1Ac还未产生明显抗性,抗性基因频率处于正常水平。棉铃虫对转Bt基因抗虫棉的抗性风险依然存在,需要尽快启动全国性的早期抗性检测和预警工作。     

盐城棉区棉铃虫田间种群对Bt蛋白的抗性基因频率

【背景】转Bt基因抗虫棉已经在我国进行了近20年的大规模商业化种植,产生了显著的经济和环境效益。但是,靶标害虫棉铃虫的抗性是转Bt基因抗虫棉产业健康发展所面临的最大问题,而抗性监测是解决这一问题的必要管理措施。盐城市是江苏省转基因抗虫棉的主产区,但有关该地区棉铃虫对转Bt基因抗虫棉的抗性基因频率未见报道。【方法】于2012年在盐城三龙镇和东台镇棉区采集田间棉铃虫种群,检测了初孵幼虫对花铃期转Bt基因抗虫棉中30幼嫩叶片的敏感性,用区分剂量法检测了2龄幼虫对Bt蛋白的抗性基因频率。【结果】取食转Bt基因抗虫棉叶片后,棉铃虫初孵幼虫在9 d内全部死亡;三龙镇和东台镇棉铃虫2龄幼虫对Bt蛋白的抗性基因频率分别为7.6×10-3和6.9×10-3。【结论与意义】目前,盐城棉区的棉铃虫对转Bt基因抗虫棉仍保持很高的敏感性,棉铃虫种群对Bt蛋白的抗性基因频率没有发生显著变化,但仍需持续监测。     

华北地区棉铃虫对转Bt基因抗虫棉抗性适应的模拟模型

通过对华北地区耕作制度和生态系统的了解,在充分考虑种群遗传学、生物学和人为操纵因子等三大因素的基础上,建立了一个预测棉铃虫对转Bt基因抗虫棉抗性适应的模拟模型。在华北地区典型的耕作制度下,如果所有棉田均为Bt棉,则Bt棉的预期寿命为7年;如果只有春播棉为Bt棉(约占棉田总面积的70%),则其寿命为10年。模型的灵敏度分析表明, Bt棉的使用寿命随抗性基因的显性度、初始抗性频率、Bt棉所占比例等因素的增长而迅速缩短。当Bt棉表达的杀虫蛋白量恰好全部杀死敏感基因型(G_SG_S)个体时,Bt棉的预期寿命最短。由于国外采用的“高剂量/庇护所”抗性治理策略不适用于棉铃虫及华北棉区的耕作制度,我国需要加强对其它抗性治理措施(如转双基因抗虫棉)的研究与应用。     

不同种群棉铃虫三龄幼虫酯酶活性频率分布与抗药性的关系

选用室内饲养的棉铃虫Helicoverpa armigera偃师和湖北2个敏感品系、对辛硫磷高抗的PCP20品系、对氰戊菊酯高抗的YG45品系及1999或2000年采自山东阳谷、河北邯郸和河南安阳的田间高抗种群,江苏徐州、湖北武汉的田间中等抗性水平种群和新疆沙湾的田间敏感种群,采用酶标板酶动力学法测定了各品系（种群）的3龄幼虫个体酯酶活性频率分布和平均酯酶活性。结果表明,偃师敏感品系、湖北敏感品系和新疆沙湾田间敏感种群的酯酶活性个体频率分布相似,三个品系（种群）的平均酯酶活性相近,分别为991、1 138、1 055 mOD·min^-1·larva^-1。室内选育的PCP20抗性品系、YG45抗性品系及山东阳谷、河北邯郸 、河南安阳田间高抗种群的高酯酶活性（活性在1 800 mOD·min^-1·larva^-1以上）个体频率明显高于三个敏感品系（种群）,平均酯酶活性在1 510～2 482 mOD·min^-1·larva^-1之间。江苏徐州、湖北武汉的田间中抗水平种群高酯酶活性个体频率及平均酯酶活性都介于敏感和高抗品系（种群）之间,平均酯酶活性为1 258～1.404 mOD·min^-1·larva^-1。棉铃虫各品系（种群）平均酯酶活性与对拟除虫菊酯类杀虫剂抗性个体频率的相关性要比对有机磷类的高,相关系数分别为0.82和0.42。分析各品系（种群）高酯酶活性个体频率与棉铃虫对拟除虫菊酯类、有机磷类杀虫剂抗性个体频率的相关性,得到相似的结果。考虑到酯酶并不是棉铃虫对拟除虫菊酯抗性的主要机理,建议酯酶活性可作为棉铃虫抗药性生化检测的一个参考指标。本文还讨论了酯酶与棉铃虫对拟除虫菊酯类杀虫剂及有机磷类杀虫剂抗性的关系。     

Systematic significance of mature embryo of bamboos

The mature embryo of seven species belonging to five genera of Indian bamboos is described. In all these the basic pattern of embryo organisation is same: the scutellar and coleoptilar bundles are not separated by an internode, the epiblast is absent, the lower portion of the scutellum and the coleorhiza are separated by a cleft and the margins of embryonic leaves overlap. The features unique to fleshy fruited bamboos are: presence of a massive scutellum, the juxtaposition of plumule and radicle and the occurrence of a bud in the axil of the coleoptile. The fleshy fruit bearing bamboos should be classified into one group, the tribeMelocanneae. Evidence is provided to recognise additional groups in the subfamilyBambusoideae.     

Taxonomic status of the species of the green algal genusNeochloris

Komárek has recently reviewed the various species assigned to the green algal genusNeochloris Starr (Chlorococcales, Chlorococcaceae) and removed those with uninucleate vegetative cells to a new genus,Ettlia. Watanabe & Floyd, unaware ofKomárek's work, also reviewed the species ofNeochloris and distributed them among three genera—Neochloris, Chlorococcopsis gen. nov., andParietochloris gen. nov.—on the basis of details of the covering of the zoospore and the arrangement of the basal bodies of the flagellar apparatus. This paper reconciles these two treatments and makes additional recommendations at the ranks of genus, family, order, and class.     

Phylogeny of cardinalfishes (Teleostei: Gobiiformes: Apogonidae) and the evolution of visceral bioluminescence

The cardinalfishes (Apogonidae) are a diverse clade of small, mostly reef-dwelling fishes, for which a variety of morphological data have not yielded a consistent phylogeny. We use DNA sequence to hypothesize phylogenetic relationships within Apogonidae and among apogonids and other acanthomorph families, to examine patterns of evolution including the distribution of a visceral bioluminescence system. In conformance with previous studies, Apogonidae is placed in a clade with Pempheridae, Kurtidae, Leiognathidae, and Gobioidei. The apogonid genus Pseudamia is recovered outside the remainder of the family, not as sister to the superficially similar genus Gymnapogon. Species sampled from the Caribbean and Western Atlantic (Phaeoptyx, Astrapogon, and some Apogon species) form a clade, as do the larger-bodied Glossamia and Cheilodipterus. Incidence of visceral bioluminescence is found scattered throughout the phylogeny, independently for each group in which it is present. Examination of the fine structure of the visceral bioluminescence system through histology shows that light organs exhibit a range of morphologies, with some composed of complex masses of tubules (Siphamia, Pempheris, Parapriacanthus) and others lacking tubules but containing chambers formed by folds of the visceral epithelium (Acropoma, Archamia, Jaydia, and Rhabdamia). Light organs in Siphamia, Acropoma, Pempheris and Parapriacanthus are distinct from but connected to the gut; those in Archamia, Jaydia, and Rhabdamia are simply portions of the intestinal tract, and are little differentiated from the surrounding tissues. The presence or absence of symbiotic luminescent bacteria does not correlate with light organ structure; the tubular light organs of Siphamia and chambered tubes of Acropoma house bacteria, those in Pempheridae and the other Apogonidae do not.     

Host plants of someRhinanthoideae (Scrophulariaceae) of eastern North America

Twenty three species in 11 genera were examined in the field to determine hosts. OnlyStriga asiatica andSeymeria cassioides have a narrow host range being restricted to grasses and pines, respectively. These are the only species which cause pronounced and sometimes serious host damage. The other species attach to a great diversity of hosts.     

Apoptotic Regulation of Caspase Activity

Intracellular cysteine aspartate-specific proteases (caspases) play both signaling and effector roles in realizing the program of cell death. Caspases function as proteolytic cascades unique for each cell type and signal triggering apoptosis. All parts of the proteolytic cascades are duplicated and controlled by feedback signals. Amplification cycles between pairs of caspases (the third and the sixth, the ninth and the third, the twelfth and the sixth, and others) help multiply the initial apoptotic signal. The presence of physiological inhibitors of apoptosis that directly interact with caspases creates a multilevel regulatory network of apoptosis in cell. The caspase proteolytic cascades are also regulated by sphingolipid secondary messengers, among them ceramide, sphingosine, and their phosphates. Moreover, an association of the caspase signaling with ubiquitin-dependent proteolysis is shown in cells. In particular, the use of extracellular activators and inhibitors of caspases allows irreversible activation of apoptosis in tumor cells or the prevention of apoptosis in cortical neurons under neurodegenerative diseases.     

A molecular phylogeny of Hebeloma species from Europe

In order to widen the scope of existing phylogenies of the ectomycorrhizal agaric genus Hebeloma a total of 53 new rDNA ITS sequences from that genus was generated, augmented by sequences retrieved from GenBank, and analysed using Bayesian, strict consensus and neighbour joining methods. The lignicolous Hebelomina neerlandica, Gymnopilus penetrans, and two species of Galerina served as outgroup taxa. Anamika indica, as well as representatives of the genera Hymenogaster and Naucoria, were included to test the monophyly of Hebeloma, which is confirmed by the results. Hebeloma, Naucoria, Hymenogaster and Anamika indica cluster in a strongly supported monophyletic hebelomatoid clade. All trees largely reflect the current infrageneric classification within Hebeloma, and divide the genus into mostly well-supported monophyletic groups surrounding H. crustuliniforme, H. velutipes, H. sacchariolens, H. sinapizans, and H. radicosum, with H. sarcophyllum being shown at an independent position; however this is not well supported. The section Indusiata divides with strong support into three groups, the position of the pleurocystidiate Hebeloma cistophilum suggests the possible existence of a third subsection within sect. Indusiata. Subsection Sacchariolentia is raised to the rank of section.     

Analysis of twin of eyeless regulation during early embryogenesis in Drosophila melanogaster

The Drosophila Pax6 homolog twin of eyeless (toy) is so far the first zygotically expressed gene involved in eye morphogenesis in Drosophila. The study of its expression during embryogenesis is therefore informative of the initial events of eye development in Drosophila. We have analyzed how the initial expression domain of toy at cellular blastoderm is regulated. We show that the three maternal patterning systems active in the cephalic region (the anterior, terminal and dorsal-ventral systems) cooperate with zygotically activated gap genes to shape the initial expression domain of toy. Whereas Bicoid, Dorsal and Torso signaling synergistically act as activators, Hunchback, Knirps and Decapentaplegic act as repressors.     

New species of Peruvian Orchidaceae III

Sixteen new species are proposed in the generaAckermania, Dressleria, Epidendrum, Maxillaria, Oncidium, Rodriguezia, Sigmatostalix, andTrigonidium. All new species are illustrated.Maxillaria vittariifolia L. O. Williams is newly recorded for Peru. A key is provided forTrigonidium of Peru.Trigonidium loretoense Schltr. andT. peruvianum Schltr. are lectotypified.     

Interaction of Synthetic Analogues of Natural Chalcones and Flavones with Guanidine

The reaction of chalcones and flavones with guanidine in ethanol results in 2-(2-aminopyrimidinyl-4)-phenols.     

Demographic characteristics of an intertidal bay goby (Lepidogobius lepidus)

Synopsis In a fourteen month study (May 1976 – June 1977) I examined the following characteristics of an intertidal bay goby (Lepidogobius lepidus) in Morro Bay, California, U.S.A.: annual and seasonal patterns of abundance, age composition and growth rates, survivorship and mortality patterns, and the reproductive cycle for female gobies. Fishes were collected with the aid of quinaldine and otoliths and ovaries removed. Age and growth rates were estimated from otolith annuli using a back calculation formula and a Brody-Bertalanffy growth curve. Mortality rates were derived using the methods of Heincke (1913), Robson & Chapman (1960), mean age, and a catch curve (Ricker 1975). A gonad index was used to describe the annual reproductive cycle. Results indicated that abundance fluctuated seasonally and that these fluctuations appeared to be caused by reproductive emigrations. Bay gobies reached an age of 7+ and a standard length of 87 mm. Growth was relatively constant (6 mm yr⁻¹) until age 5, at which point it began to decline. The mean rates of survivorship, mortality, and instantaneous mortality were 0.75, 0.25, and 0.29 respectively. Mortality rates for individual age classes ranged from 0.13 to 0.51 and increased with age. This stock appears to reproduce mainly during the winter.