华东地区园林叶螨的初步研究（蜱螨目：叶螨总科）

笔经过数年的调查研究,查知华东园林植物上叶螨种类90种,分属3科22属。章报道了这些种类及其新的寄主植物和分布,研究发现,酢酱草如叶螨,柑桔全爪螨、构始叶螨、截形如螨,神泽叶螨,柏小爪螨,合肥埃须螨,俄勒冈小扁螨,刘氏短须螨和卵形短须螨等为园林植物上的主要种类,二点叶螨和朱砂叶螨是世界性分布的重要害螨。通常被认为是主要种类,但在华东园林植物上分布尚有限,加强检疫防止它们的传播扩散是十分必要的,章讨论了其它有关问题,所有标本均存放于上海农学院园环系农螨研究室。     

关于区分朱砂叶螨和二斑叶螨两个近似种的研究

朱砂叶螨Tetranychus cinnabarinus(Boisduval)和二斑叶螨T. urticae Koch存在完全的生殖隔离,属于两个不同的种;二斑叶螨的北京地理种群和英国地理种群经过杂交能产生正常的F₁代,不表现生殖隔离,应属同一种.这两个种的幼、若螨体色均为黄绿色,体背两侧具有褐斑,但发育到成螨(非越冬型)时,朱砂叶螨变为锈红或红褐色,而二斑仍为黄绿色.朱砂叶螨的足Ⅰ胫节刚毛数有变异,分别为10、12或13根,它们的变异概率分别为70%、15%和15%;二斑叶螨为10根,个体间无变异.朱砂叶螨的阳茎端锤大,钩部较宽,端锤的近侧突起钝圆,远侧突起尖锐,端锤背组隆起点靠近远侧突起;二斑叶螨的阳茎端锤小,钩部较窄,端锤的近侧突起和远侧突起均尖锐,端锤背缘隆起点近中部.朱砂叶螨和二斑叶螨雌成螨第二、三对背中毛之间的肤纹突起密度存在显著差异,前者平均为7.00±0.39个/10微米,后者平均为5.80±0.24个/10微米.我们用聚丙烯酿酰胺凝胶电泳方法测定了非越冬型群体的几种同工酶,结果这两个种的苹果酸酶同工酶及MDH₂、MDH₃同工酶(苹果酸脱氢酶)的基因型不同.还测定了这两个种的非越冬型雌成螨的过冷却点,结果二斑叶螨远比朱砂叶螨低     

不同葫芦科作物对二斑叶螨的抗性评价

【目的】二斑叶螨Tetranychus urticae Koch是世界性重大农业害螨,葫芦科作物是其重要寄主植物。为明确不同葫芦科作物对二斑叶螨生长发育的抗性/适合性,开展了二斑叶螨在葫芦科作物上的产卵和取食选择性研究。【方法】选择苦瓜、葫芦、南瓜、丝瓜、西瓜、甜瓜和黄瓜作为供试寄主植物,室内采用离体叶片和室外采用活体植株比较了二斑叶螨对7种作物的取食选择性及其种群生存与繁殖动态。【结果】供试7种葫芦科作物中,二斑叶螨对黄瓜的选择率最高,为35.49%,其次为甜瓜和西瓜;二斑叶螨在南瓜和黄瓜叶碟上的生存率和繁殖率高,12 h单雌产卵数分别为9.72粒和7.83粒;在葫芦和苦瓜叶碟上,二斑叶螨48 h螨口减退率达47.5%和32.5%,表现为较低的取食和生存适合度,同时葫芦和苦瓜活体植株上二斑叶螨繁殖率显著低于其他5种葫芦科作物。【结论】二斑叶螨在黄瓜、西瓜和甜瓜上的种群发育适合度高,在葫芦和苦瓜上适合度低。这一结果可为田间防控二斑叶螨生态措施的制定及开展葫芦科作物抗螨性机理和抗螨育种提供科学依据。     

二斑叶螨与山楂叶螨种间竞争的研究

作于1994-1995年对苹果树上的二斑叶螨(Teiranychus urticae (Koch))和山楂叶螨(T．veinnensis Zacher)的种间竞争进行了研究。结果表明,在食物资源上,二斑叶螨对山楂叶螨的生态位重叠度指数是1．05,而山楂叶螨对二斑叶螨则为0.95;在生存空间资源上,二斑叶螨相应为1．11,山楂叶螨相应为0．89。在1994和1995年,两种害螨的内禀增长力(rm)在单种种群中,二斑叶螨分别是0．13036和0．0759,山楂叶螨分别是0．1028和0．0585;在混合种群中,二斑叶螨分别是0．118和0．0822,山楂叶螨分别是0．06056和0．052,二斑叶螨均明显高于山楂叶螨。在达到种群年中高峰时,二斑叶螨在混台种群中所占比率,1994年为97．2％ 1995年为86．2％。达到高峰后,两种叶螨种群数量均急剧下降,但二斑叶螨下降的速度更快。20天后,二斑叶螨在混合种群中的比率分别降至20%和19％。因此,二斑叶螨较山楂叶螨具有更强的竞争能力。但由于二的生态位并不完全重叠,因而山楂叶螨不会绝灭。     

柑橘全爪螨空间格局与抽样技术的研究

本应用空间分布型统计参数IwaoM-X模型中α,β及6个聚集指标分析了柑橘全爪螨的空间格局,并对抽样技术进行了探讨。结果表明,柑橘全爪螨的空间格局为聚集型;田间的抽样部位是上、中、下三部的叶片。提出了估算柑橘全爪螨在不同虫口密度下的理论抽样数。     

矿物油乳剂与巴氏新小绥螨对柑橘全爪螨的协同控制研究

利用捕食螨防治柑橘全爪螨Panonychus citri已有大面积应用,但捕食螨田间防治效果常受到果园使用化学农药的影响,相应配套技术是捕食螨应用的瓶颈问题。2010年6～10月,在广东省四会市罗源镇柑橘园,分别采用五种处理方式(常规化学农药;化学农药加巴氏新小绥螨Neoseiulus barkeri;单独使用矿物油乳剂;单独使用巴氏新小绥螨;矿物油乳剂加巴氏新小绥螨)防治柑橘全爪螨,设不采取任何防治措施的样地为对照。试验结果显示,各处理的种群干扰控制指数分别是3.7195、1.4942、0.2439、0.2053、0.0488,校正虫口减退率分别是-271.95%、-49.42%、75.61%、79.47%、95.12%。化学农药防治对柑橘全爪螨的控制作用不理想,影响了巴氏新小绥螨的持续控制作用;巴氏新小绥螨能较好地发挥对柑橘全爪螨的控制作用,矿物油乳剂表现出较好的长期控制效果,矿物油乳剂配合巴氏新小绥螨对柑橘全爪螨有较好的协同控制作用。     

山楂叶螨种群空间格局及其应用的研究Ⅱ．成螨种群密度综合估计及其抽样技术

本文结合Ｉｗａｏ零频率法和Ｇｅｒｒａｒｄ阈限密度法,提出一种改进的种群密度估计方法──“综合阈限密度估计法”,并由此探讨了苹果树上山楂叶螨成螨的密度估计及其抽样技术．采用零样频率来估计成螨的平均密度,并得到用概率保证的理论抽样数模型．比较结果表明,零频率法所需的理论抽样数少于直接计数法．综合阈限密度估计法的拟合效果更为显著．     

西花蓟马、二斑叶螨与黄瓜新小绥螨的相互关系研究

西花蓟马Frankliniella occidentalis（Pergande）和二斑叶螨Tetranychus urticae Koch是温室花卉与蔬菜上的重要害虫（螨）。植物常被两者同时危害。黄瓜新小绥螨Amblyseius cucumeris（Oudemans）是世界上广泛应用的温室蓟马的生物防治物,有时也被用来防治二斑叶螨。本研究中,在人工气候室盆栽条件下利用黄瓜新小绥螨防治西花蓟马和/或二斑叶螨。结果显示,当每豆株上接入10或20头二斑叶螨时,按照1∶4的益害比释放黄瓜新小绥螨可有效控制二斑叶螨。同样密度比的情况下,5和10头黄瓜新小绥螨的释放量可显著控制西花蓟马的接入量。二斑叶螨密度的增加没有显著影响到黄瓜新小绥螨对西花蓟马的控制作用。西花蓟马可捕食黄瓜新小绥螨的卵,日捕食量达1.2粒。本文对利用黄瓜新小绥螨防治温室中西花蓟马进行了讨论。     

山楂叶螨、苹果全爪螨及其捕食性天敌生态位的研究Ⅰ——时间与空间生态位

统计分析表明两种叶螨间生态位重叠值较大、各自生态位宽度较大。两种叶螨的时动空间生态位与各自种群消长曲线相一致,显示了它们对资源有相似要求以及“逐步扩散整树危害”的取食危害方式。它们的生态位分离表现在叶片正、反面及叶片反面的某些小“领域”上。苹果全爪螨更喜欢分布在树冠上层和外层。统计和模糊分析都表明草蛉和小花螨与两种叶螨的时间同步和空间同域性较强,捕食螨与叶螨的时间生态位重叠较小,而空间生态位重叠较大。天敌与叶螨间的时空生态位重叠以及天敌食谱生态位宽度结合分析有助于合理评价天敌的控制作用。     

二斑叶螨对联苯菊酯抗药性的PASA快速检测技术建立与应用

【目的】二斑叶螨Tetranychus urticae Koch是世界性的重要农业害螨,其抗药性发展严重阻碍了对该螨的科学防控。为了实现田间二斑叶螨对菊酯类杀虫剂抗药性的早期快速检测,本研究拟建立二斑叶螨对联苯菊酯的特异性等位基因PCR(PCR amplification of specific alleles,PASA)检测技术。【方法】玻片浸渍法测定了联苯菊酯对二斑叶螨不同种群的毒力,克隆了二斑叶螨钠离子通道结构域IIIS6的DNA片段,基于该片段中包含的抗性和敏感种群中的点突变,建立了PASA检测技术,并应用于二斑叶螨不同种群中抗性基因F1538I点突变频率的检测。【结果】与室内相对敏感种群相比,二斑叶螨北京通县和海南三亚种群均对联苯菊酯产生了抗药性,LC50分别为1 982.6 mg/L和2 767.4 mg/L,抗性倍数分别为6.0倍和8.4倍;PASA检测结果表明二斑叶螨室内相对敏感种群中存在杂合子个体,F1538I点突变频率为10.0%,而北京通县和海南三亚种群中该突变频率则分别达50.0%和53.3%。【结论】建立的PASA技术可以快速检测二斑叶螨田间种群是否存在与击倒抗性相关的基因点突变,从而判断其对菊酯类杀虫剂的抗药性发展。     

捕食螨在我国农林害螨生物防治中的应用

捕食螨是农林生产中极具价值的生防作用物。文章对捕食螨在我国农林害螨生物防治中的应用作一综述,内容包括:与释放应用相关的研究(引进与风险评估,饲养、贮存与运输,食性与释放,捕食与繁殖,定殖与扩散,外界影响因子)、几种主要捕食螨(智利小植绥螨Phytoseiulus persimilis、西方盲走螨Typhlodromus occidentalis、伪钝绥螨Amblyseius fallacis、胡瓜钝绥螨A.cucumeris)的应用、释放应用前景与展望等,旨在提高我国的捕食螨研究与应用水平。     

一种新型叶螨饲养器的设计与制作

分析了现有的叶螨个体饲养或定量饲养的方法或器具的缺陷。根据酢浆草如叶螨Tetranychina harti(Ewing)及其寄主植物红花酢浆草(Oxalis corymbosa DC)的特点,设计、制作了一种新型饲养器,解决了常用的离体湿基叶片法中叶片表面温湿度与设定的环境条件不一致、叶螨生活状态不自然和活体叶片法中镜检观察不方便的问题,取得了较好的效果。本设计在其他叶螨或微小昆虫的饲养中也可以作为借鉴。     

Evaluation of predatory mites and Acramite for control of twospotted spider mites in strawberries in north central Florida

Greenhouse and field experiments were conducted from 2003 to 2005 to determine the effectiveness of two predatory mite species, Phytoseiulus persimilis Athias-Henriot and Neoseiulus californicus (McGregor), and a reduced-risk miticide, Acramite 50 WP (bifenazate), for control of twospotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae Koch, in strawberries (Fragaria x ananassa Duchesne). In greenhouse tests, three treatments consisting of releases of P. persimilis, N. californicus, and an untreated control were evaluated. Both species of predatory mites significantly reduced twospotted spider mite numbers below those found in the control during the first 3 wk of evaluation. However, during week 4, twospotted spider mite numbers on the plants treated with P. persimilis increased and did not differ significantly from the control. Field studies used releases of P. persimilis and N. californicus, applications of Acramite, and untreated control plots. Both N. californicus and P. persimilis significantly reduced populations of twospotted spider mite below numbers recorded in the control plots. During the 2003-2004 field season P. persimilis took longer than N. californicus to bring the twospotted spider mite population under control (< 10 mites per leaflet). Acramite was effective in reducing twospotted spider mite populations below 10 mites per leaflet during the 2003-2004 field season but not during the 2004-2005 field season, possibly because of a late application. These findings indicate that N. californicus releases and properly timed Acramite applications are promising options for twospotted spider mite control in strawberries for growers in north Florida and other areas of the southeast.     

Photoperiodic time measurement in spider mites

Summary A model has been developed which describes in mathematical terms the incidence of diapause in the spider miteTetranychus urticae under different photoperiodic regimens. The model has been derived from Beck's (1974a, b, 1975, 1976a) Dual System Theory of photoperiodic time measurement, by means of a number of essential alterations and modifications. The spider mite's model is composed of two hour-glass timers, one of which starts at lights-off and measures the length of the night, whereas the other is initiated both by the onset of the first hour-glass timer and by lights-on. This second hour-glass defines the time at which the first hour-glass is read off, the state of the first hour-glass at this particular time being decisive for the developmental alternative (diapause or nondiapause) to be determined. The model may be classified as a form of internal coincidence according to the terminology of Pittendrigh (1972), since it is based on the interaction of two internal systems rather than on the coincidence of light with a particular light-sensitive phase of the timing mechanism, as in the case of external coincidence (cf. Saunders, 1978). Good agreement is attained between diapause incidences predicted by this model and incidences observed in spider mites, both in the diapause induction response curve and in asymmetrical skeleton photoperiods.The authors are grateful to Dr. S.D. Beck for the program printout of the Dual System Theory put at their disposal. It is also a pleasure to thank Miss C. van Ruth and Mr. G. van de Berg for technical assistance, and Mr. H. Bos for drawing the figures. The investigations were supported by a grant to the first author from the Netherlands Organization for the Advancement of Pure Research (ZWO).     

Coincidental intraguild predation by caterpillars on spider mites

Intraguild predation (IGP) is defined as the killing and eating of prey species by a predator that also can utilize the resources of the prey. It is mainly reported among carnivores that share common herbivorous prey. However, a large chewing herbivore could prey upon sedentary and/or micro herbivores in addition to utilizing a host plant. To investigate such coincidental IGP, we observed the behavioral responses of the polyphagous mite Tetranychus kanzawai Kishida (Acari: Tetranychidae) when its host plant Cayratia japonica (Thunb.) Gagnep. (Vitaceae) was attacked by hornworms, Theretra japonica Boisduval (Sphingidae) and T. oldenlandiae Fabricius (Sphingidae). We also examined an interaction between the oligophagous mite Panonychus citri McGregor (Acari: Tetranychidae) and caterpillars of the swallowtail Papilio xuthus L. (Papilionidae) that share citrus plants as their main food source. Although all T. kanzawai and some active stage P. citri tried to escape from the coincidental IGP, some were consumed together with eggs, quiescent mites, and host plant leaves, suggesting that coincidental IGP occurs on spider mites in the wild. Moreover, neither hornworms nor swallowtail caterpillars distinguished between spider mite-infested and uninfested leaves, suggesting that the mite-infested leaves do not discourage caterpillar feeding. The reasons that the mites have no effective defense against coincidental IGP other than escaping are discussed.     

Web-mediated interspecific competition among spider mites

Some spider mites, such as Tetranychus spp. and Amphitetranychus spp., create complicated webs (CWs), whereas others, such as Panonychus spp., produce little webs (LWs). We verified whether interspecific competition occurred between CW and LW mites via habitat arrangement under laboratory conditions. The complicated webs produced by CW mites clearly inhibited juvenile development in LW mites, whereas there was no effect of LW mites on CW mites. In oviposition site choice tests, both CW and LW females preferred the lower surface of leaves to the upper surface. The preference of LW mites for the lower leaf surface, even in the presence of CW mite webs, suggests that the costs of amensalism are outweighed by the possible benefits, such as avoiding rain. These findings show that the shift in mite species composition from LW to CW mites can occur as a consequence of the interspecific association between spider mites via their webs, without pesticide applications or the presence of natural enemies.     

Sex allocation: size matters for red spider mites

Many animals can adjust the sex ratio of their offspring according to their parental ability to invest. In spider mites, larger eggs are likely to be fertilized?and produce diploid females, whereas smaller eggs produce haploid?males.