河南角姬蜂属二新种 （膜翅目：姬蜂科）

 报道了采自河南的角姬蜂属Cosmoconus Foerster 二新种：西峡角姬蜂 C. xixiaens is Sheng, sp.nov. 和斑角姬蜂C. maculiventris Sheng, sp.nov.,并指出了与近 似种的主要区别特征。     

中国东北地区凿姬蜂属(齿凿姬蜂亚属)的研究(膜翅目:姬蜂科)(英文)

凿姬蜂属齿凿姬蜂亚属在我国已知2种：无斑齿凿姬峰Xorides（Moerophora）immaculatus（Cushman1933）,分布于台湾、西藏;缝齿凿姬峰X.（M.）hiatusWangetGupta1995,分布于四川、西藏。本文报道在我国东北地区发现的种类,共2种,其中1新种：图强齿凿姬蜂Xorides（Moerophora）tuqiangensisShengnov．sp．采自黑龙江省图强;1中国新记录种：加齿凿姬蜂X.（M.）jakovlevi（Kokujcv1903）采自辽宁省千山。编制了中国已知种检索表。标本保存在林业部森林病虫害防治总站。     

寄生柳丝叶蜂的卷唇姬蜂属一新种（膜翅目：姬蜂科）

报道寄生天水柳丝叶蜂Nematus sp．的姬蜂科1新种：突角卷唇姬蜂Aptesis corniculata Sheng,sp．nov.,模式标本存国家林业局森林病虫害防治总站。     

西藏洛姬蜂属(膜翅目:姬蜂科)一新种记述(英文)

洛姬蜂属RothneyiaCameron ,1 897是个小属 ,全世界目前仅知 6种 ,均分布于东洋区 ,在我国已记录2种。寄主目前仅知光侧洛姬蜂R .glabripleuralisHe从棉红铃虫Pectinophoragossypiella(Saunders)中育出。本文报道一新种 :西藏洛姬蜂R .tibetensis,并列有世界洛姬蜂属分种检索表。西藏洛姬蜂R .ti betensissp .nov . ,本种与光侧洛姬蜂R .glabripleuralisHe接近 ,区别见检索表。标本记录 :正模 :♂ :西藏日喀则 ,1 979-Ⅳ - 2 7,胡胜昌 ,No .80 0 978。     

中国汤姬蜂属一新种记述(膜翅目,姬蜂科)

记述我国汤姬蜂属Townesia Ozols1新种,陈氏汤姬蜂Townesia cheni sp.nov.,提供了新种的成虫形态描述、特征图和分布记录,并编制了汤姬蜂属已知种检索表。模式标本保存在浙江大学昆虫科学研究所寄生蜂标本室(ZJU)。     

扇脊姬蜂属及一新种记述（膜翅目：姬蜂科）

扇脊姬蜂属分布于古北区和东洋区的北缘。迄今为止,已定名的有３种：白颈扇脊姬蜂Ａ．ａｌｂｉｃｅｒｕｉｃａｌｉｓ Ｓｈｅｎｇ ｅｔ Ｆａｎ １９９５、尼扇脊姬蜂Ａ．ｎｉｋｋｏｅｎｓｉｓ（Ｕｃｈｉｄａ,１９３０）和黄扇脊姬蜂Ａ．ｆｌａｖｉｐｅｓ（Ｇｒａｖｅｎｈｏｒｓｔ,１８２９）,第１种分布于中国（沈阳）,第２种分布于中国（福建）和日本,第３种分布于德国。本文记述发现于中国贵州的１个新种：等扇脊姬蜂Ａｌ     

北京瘤角姬蜂属Pleolophus二新种：膜翅目：姬蜂科：沟姬蜂亚科

本文记述从北京昌平县泰陵乡采到的瘤角姬蜂属２新种：核桃黑瘤角姬蜂Ｐｌｅｏｌｏｐｈｕｓ ｈｅｔａｏｈｅｉ和北京瘤角姬蜂Ｐｌｅｏｌｏｐｈｕｓ ｂｅｉｊｉｎｅｎｓｉｓ。寄主均为核桃举肢蛾Ａｔｒｉｊｕｇｌａｎｓ ｈｅｔａｏｈｅｉ Ｙａｎｇ的蛹。模式标本保存于北京农业大学昆虫标本室。     

中国伪瘤姬蜂属二新种记述(膜翅目:姬蜂科)

伪瘤姬蜂属Pseudopimpla Habermehl,1917隶于瘤姬蜂亚科Pimplinae(=长尾姬蜂亚科Ephialtinae)瘤姬蜂族Pimplini,主要特征是产卵管强度侧扁,直或稍向下弯;背瓣端部背缘有锯齿状齿,腹瓣端部扩大,包围背瓣;腹瓣末端有许多近于垂直的小波纹状细脊;产卵管鞘长约为前翅长的0.24～0.30倍。迄今为止,本属尚无寄主记录。但我们最近在河北槲梢螟幼虫和辽宁槲茎蜂幼虫(学名均不知)中育出了一些伪瘤姬蜂。伪瘤姬蜂属是个小属,全世界已知仅3种,1种分布于阿尔及利亚,另2种分布于南欧。本文报道我国2新种:光腰伪瘤姬蜂P.glabri propodeum sp.nov.和全脊伪瘤姬蜂P.carinata sp.nov.。模式标本除注明者外均存于浙江农业大学生物防治研究室。     

窄柄姬蜂属(膜翅目,姬蜂科)在中国首次发现

报道在中国首次发现的窄柄姬蜂属Calaminus Townes,1965并1新纪录种:北海道窄柄姬蜂Calaminus hokkaidensis(Uchida,1930).     

依姬蜂属(膜翅目,姬蜂科)一新种记述

介绍了世界依姬蜂属已知的种类及其分布,记述了采自江西全南的依姬蜂属1新种,斑依姬蜂Ishigakia maculata sp.nov,.模式标本保存在国家林业局森林病虫害防治总站.     

Relationships Between Climate and Flowering of Eight Herbs in a Swedish Deciduous Forest

Effects of annual variation in rainfall, temperature and humidityon flowering abundance of eight temperate woodland plants (Anemonenemorosa, Cardamine bulbifera, Lamiastrum galeobdolon,Oxalisacetosella , Ranunculus ficaria, Stellaria holostea, Viola reichenbachianaand Viola riviniana) were studied during 12 consecutive years(1989–2000) in a hornbeam (Carpinus betulus) forest insoutheast Sweden. Above-average rainfall/humidity in late summerto early autumn of the preceding year increased flowering abundancein L. galeobdolon, O. acetosella, V. reichenbachiana, V. rivinianaand, especially, in R. ficaria, but not in S. holostea and A.nemorosa. Moreover, flowering of R. ficaria and O. acetosellawas positively related to rainfall/humidity during several partsof, or the entire, preceding year. On the contrary, floweringof S. holostea and A. nemorosa was closely related to low valuesof rainfall/humidity in autumn and/or winter of the precedingyear and also to low humidity in the current year in A. nemorosa.Two long periods (3–4 years) of increasing rainfall deficitcoincided with decreasing flowering abundance in most of thespecies, but not with decreasing vegetative development. Temperaturevariability was less consistently related to flowering. A coolperiod during the preceding summer or autumn seemed importantfor flowering in L. galeobdolon, O. acetosella and the Violaspecies, although these relations were, at least partly, causedby interactions with rainfall/humidity. No significant (P <0.05) correlations were found between flowering and the conditionsprevailing in April to May—the main flowering season—ofthe current year. Copyright 2001 Annals of Botany Company Climate, flowering, rainfall, temperature, Anemone nemorosa, Cardamine bulbifera, Lamiastrum galeobdolon, Oxalis acetosella, Ranunculus ficaria, Stellaria holostea, Viola reichenbachiana, Viola riviniana     

Electrophoretic Variation in Esterases, Peroxidases and Acid Phosphatases in Some Native Greek Taxa of the Genera Hordeum and Taeniatherum

Horizontal starch gel electrophoresis has been applied to thestudy of esterase, peroxidase and acid phosphatase patternsin seven taxa, namely Hordeum diploids (2n=14) (H. marinum,H. marinum I and H. hystrix), tetraploids (2n=28) (H. bulbosumand H. murinum subsp. leporinum) and Taeniatherum (2n=14) (T.caput-medusae and T. caput-medusae I) in order to elucidatetheir phylogenetic relationships. On the basis of our experimentalresults the seven taxa may be placed in the following threegroups; (1) diploid Hordeum (H. marinum, H. marinum I, H. hystrix);(2) tetraploid Hordeum (H. bulbosum, H. murinum subsp. leporinum);(3) Taeniatherum (T. caput-medusae, T. caput-medusae I). Esterase, peroxidase and acid phosphatase patterns of the twoHordeum diploid taxa (H. marinum and H. marinum I) are verysimilar suggesting their close phylogenetic relationship; thesame is true for both the taxa of the genus Taeniatherum (T.caput-medusae and T. caput-medusae I). The taxa of the Taeniatherumgroup compared with the diploid Hordeum (H. marinum, H. marinumI, H. hystrix) and the tetraploid Hordeum (H. bulbosum, H. murinumsubsp. leporinum) show a lower degree of phylogenetic relationshipand seem to be equally distant from them. The tetraploid Hordeumgroup shows a higher phylogenetic relationship with diploidHordeum group than with the Taeniatherum group. These results confirm that the genus Taeniatherum, previouslyconsidered as part of the genus Hordeum, should be regardedas a separate genus. Gramineae (Poaceae), Hordeum L., Taeniatherum Nevski., esterase, peroxidase and acid phosphatase patterns, phylogenetic relationships     

The Regulatory Functions of the rolB and rolC Genes of Agrobacterium rhizogenes are Conserved in the Homologous Genes (Ngrol) of Nicotiana glauca in Tobacco Genetic Tumors

To compare patterns of expression between the Ngrol genes ofN. glauca and the Rirol genes of Agrobacterium rhizogenes, weperformed fluorometric and histochemical analysis of transgenicgenetic tumors on the hybrid of Nicotiana glauca x N. langsdorffü(Fl) that harbored a rß- glucuronidase (GUS) reportergene fused to the promoter of NgrolB, NgrolC, RirolB or RirolC The promoters of NgrolB and NgrolCNgrolC had 2- to 3-fold loweractivity than those of RirolB and RirolC However, the changesin patterns of GUS activity caused by deletion of NgrolB andNgrolCpromoters were similar to those of RirolB and RirolC promoters.This result suggests that the cis-acting sequences that regulatethe level of expression of RirolB and RirolC are conserved inthe NgrolB and NgrolC promoters. Furthermore, an auxin dependent(NAA-dependent) increase in GUS activity was observed in thecase of NgrolB-GUS and RirolB-GUS. Histochemical analysis showedGUS activity encoded by both NgrolB-GUS and RirolB-GUS in normal-typeFl transgenic plants was located in meristematic zones, whilethat encoded by NgrolC-GUS and RirolC-GUS was detected mainlyin vascular systems of various organs. Thus, the patterns ofexpression of the Ngrol genes were the same as those of theRirol genes in terms of promotion by auxin and tissue-specificity,indicating that regulatory mechanisms for both sets of geneshave been conserved during the evolution of the genus Nicotianaafter transfer from a progenitor of Agrobacterium to that ofNicotiana. (Received May 2, 1995; Accepted June 13, 1995)     

Estimating the capacity for improvement in risk prediction with a marker

Consider a set of baseline predictors X to predict a binaryoutcome D and let Y be a novel marker or predictor. This paperis concerned with evaluating the performance of the augmentedrisk model P(D = 1|Y,X) compared with the baseline model P(D= 1|X). The diagnostic likelihood ratio, DLR_X(y), quantifiesthe change in risk obtained with knowledge of Y = y for a subjectwith baseline risk factors X. The notion is commonly used inclinical medicine to quantify the increment in risk predictiondue to Y. It is contrasted here with the notion of covariate-adjustedeffect of Y in the augmented risk model. We also propose methodsfor making inference about DLR_X(y). Case–control studydesigns are accommodated. The methods provide a mechanism toinvestigate if the predictive information in Y varies with baselinecovariates. In addition, we show that when combined with a baselinerisk model and information about the population distributionof Y given X, covariate-specific predictiveness curves can beestimated. These curves are useful to an individual in decidingif ascertainment of Y is likely to be informative or not forhim. We illustrate with data from 2 studies: one is a studyof the performance of hearing screening tests for infants, andthe other concerns the value of serum creatinine in diagnosingrenal artery stenosis.     

Reproductive Isolation in a Native Population of Petunia sensu Jussieu (Solanaceae)

Reproductive isolation was studied in four syntopic speciesof Petunia sensu Jussieu (Solanaceae) at a site in Rio Grandedo Sul State, Brazil. Reciprocal artificial crossing experimentsconfirmed that a genetic barrier exists between Petunia(P. axillarisand P. integrifolia) andCalibrachoa (C. parviflora and C. heterophylla),and also between C. parviflora andC. heterophylla . Petuniaaxillaris(white, nocturnally scented flower) is geneticallycompatible with the syntopic and allotopic P. integrifolia(coloured,unscented flower). Reproductive isolation appears to be maintainedby the two species having different pollinators: nocturnallyactive hawkmoths (Manduca contracta andM. diffissa subsp. petuniae)pollinate P. axillaris while a diurnally active bee (Hexanthedasp.) pollinates P. integrifolia. Flowers of P. integrifoliaexhibit diurnal opening and closing movements synchronous withthe activity period of the bee. Other than a probable nectarrobber (a carpenter bee, Xylocopa augusti), no insect visitedflowers of P. axillaris in the day. Amounts of floral nectarin P. axillaris and P. integrifolia were within the range ofhawkmoth- and bee-pollinated flowers, respectively. Reproductiveisolating mechanisms in the genus Petunia sensu Jussieu arediscussed. Copyright 2001 Annals of Botany Company Calibrachoa, hawkmoth, Petunia, Petunia axillaris, Petunia integrifolia, pollinator, reproductive isolation, Solanaceae     

The GUS reporter-aided analysis of the promoter activities of Arabidopsis ACC synthase genes AtACS4, AtACS5, and AtACS7 induced by hormones and stresses

Ethylene biosynthesis in higher plants is regulated developmentallyand environmentally. To investigate the regulation of ACC synthasegene expression, the promoters of Arabidopsis ACS genes, AtACS4,AtACS5, and AtACS7, were fused to a GUS reporter gene, and therecombinant transgenes were introduced into Arabidopsis to producethree groups of AtACS::GUS transgenic plants. Histochemic andfluorometric study of these transgenic plants revealed thatpromoters of AtACS4, AtACS, and AtACS7 are all active in dark-germinatedseedlings. AtACS5 has the highest promoter activity in leavesof 2-week-old light-grown seedlings among the three AtACS genesstudied. In the mature leaves, AtACS4 and AtACS7 genes are expressedin both veins and areoles, whereas AtACS5 is expressed at ahigher level in the areoles and epidermal cells surroundingtrichomes. The promoter activities of all these AtACS genesare found in the reproductive organs. AtACS5 and AtACS7 arehighly expressed in petals, sepals, carpels, stamens, caulineleaves, inflorescence stems, and siliques, while AtACS4 expressionis undetectable in the petals of open flowers. All three AtACSgenes are expressed in root tissue. In the 2-week-old light-grownArabidopsis, the AtACS4 promoter is responsive to the planthormones IAA, ethylene, and ABA, and to darkness and wounding;the AtACS5 promoter to IAA, ABA, salt, high temperature, andwounding; and the AtACS7 promoter to GA₃, ethylene, and ABA,and to darkness and salt. Low-temperature treatment abolishesthe darkness-induced AtACS7 gene expression, but not that ofAtACS4. Each AtACS gene has a unique expression profile duringgrowth and development. It appears that at any developmentalstage or any growth period of Arabidopsis, there is always amember of AtACS multigene family that is actively expressed. Key words: ACC synthase, Arabidopsis, ethylene, gene expression, GUS histochemical staining, reporter, stress treatments     

Structure and Histochemistry of Stomata and Epidermal Cells in Five Species of Polypodiaceae

The epidermal structure of the five species of ferns, Arthromeriswallichiana (Spr.) Ching., Drymoglossum piloselloides (Prest.),Drynaria quercifolia (L.) J. Smith, Lepisorus nudus (Hook.)Ching. and Pyrrosia nuda (Gies.) Ching., has been investigated.Fifteen types of stomatal structures have been identified ofwhich copolo-desmocytic and coperi-desmocytic are new types.Four more possible stomatal structures: ccpolo-peri-, codesmo-polo-,codesmo-peri- and duplodesmocytic, are suggested. Localizationof starch, insoluble polysaccharides, protein and lipids hasbeen examined histochemically in the guard cells, subsidiarycells and epidermal cells. In Drynaria starch plastids and plastidscontaining both starch and protein are present in guard cells.Starch plastids are present in the subsidiary cells of all speciesexcept in Arthromeris, whereas, they are present in epidermalcells of only Drymoglossum and Lepisorus. Granular or amorphousinsoluble polysaccharides (other than starch) are present inguard cells of all the species, in the subsidiary cells of Arthromeris,Drynaria and Pyrrosia, and in the epidermal cells of Pyrrosia.Except in Pyrrosia lipids are present in the guard cells. Subsidiarycells of Drynaria and the epidermal cells of Arthromeris andDrynaria show lipid bodies. The presence of plasmodesmata andectodesmata is demonstrated in the epidermal cells of Drymoglossum.     

Efficacy of Fungicides for Control of Phytophthora Leaf Blight of Taro

Six fungicides were evaluated under greenhouse, laboratory,and dryland field conditions for control of Phytophthora leafblight of taro incited by P. colocasiae. Five separate criteriawere utilized to evaluate these fungicides: fungicidal activityin vitro; and fungicidal activity in vivo under conditions ofsimulated dew, simulated rainfall, greenhouse, and dryland fieldenvironments. In in vitro tests zoospores were killed at thefollowing concentrations: Dithane M-45, 5 ppm; Difolatan, 9ppm; Polyram, 65 ppm; Tribasic Copper Sulphate, 145 ppm; Benlate,210 ppm; and Dyrene, 260 ppm. Excellent control was obtainedwith Difolatan; good control with Dithane M-45 and Polyram;and poor control with Benlate, Tribasic Copper Sulphate, andDyrene. Results of in vivo tests correlated with those of thein vitro tests. Difolatan, Benlate, and Dyrene were the mostphytotoxic while Tribasic Copper Sulphate, Polyram, and DithaneM-45 were the least phytotoxic.