黄猄蚁对橡胶盔蚧种群消长的影响

调查西双版纳地区黄猄蚁OecophyllasmaragdinaFabricius对橡胶盔蚧Parasaissetianigra(Nietner)种群数量和寄生蜂的影响。结果表明:黄猄蚁对橡胶盔蚧种群消长及寄生蜂均有影响。"有蚂蚁"枝条上介壳虫种群数量显著高于"无蚂蚁"枝条。"有蚂蚁"枝条介壳虫死亡率和寄生蜂都显著低于"无蚂蚁"枝条。说明黄猄蚁的存在影响了橡胶树介壳虫的种群繁殖率和死亡率。建议在今后综合防治中,充分利用蚂蚁与橡胶树介壳虫关系。通过驱逐橡胶树上的蚂蚁来有效遏制介壳虫的发生。     

福建省为害柑桔的四种粉介壳虫

福建省为害柑桔的粉介壳虫,经作者自1956年以来在福州、闽侯、长乐等地调查,共发现四种,经上海昆虫研究所鉴定为: 1.柑桔小粉介壳虫(Pseudococcus citriculus Green.) 2.柑桔粉介壳虫(Planococcus citriculus Green.) 3.堆蜡粉介壳虫(Nipaecoccus vastator Mask.) 4. 藤氏粉介壳虫(Pseudococcus kraunniae Kuw.) 柑桔小粉介壳虫是为害柑桔的主要一种,无论在鲜果或果树上都有发生。 堆蜡粉介壳虫多为害柑桔幼苗,有些地区龙眼及     

苏联防治虫害的生物学方法

苏联用生物中的代理人(指食虫昆虫——译注)防止害虫,在十月革命之後得到经济上极重要的初步实效。这事情在全苏植物保护研究所1931年的工作中奠定了基础,输入抑制吹绵介壳虫有效的肉食性甲虫Rodolia cardinalis Muls.和抑制血色蚜虫中的苹果绵虫的寄生蜂Aphelinus mali Hald.并且使它们     

滇川桂3省暗褐网柄牛肝菌菌腔虫瘿的寄主植物与介壳虫种类调查

暗褐网柄牛肝菌Phlebopus portentosus与介壳虫形成的菌腔虫瘿是该菌营养机制研究的关键环节。本研究先后在云南、四川和广西3省区暗褐网柄牛肝菌产区的16个地点,对菌腔虫瘿的生态和生物学进行了大量的野外调查。发现根部着生菌腔虫瘿的寄主植物有31种,涉及16个科的28个属。与暗褐网柄牛肝菌形成菌腔虫瘿的介壳虫种类有12种,其中10种隶属粉蚧科Pseudococcidae、绵蚧科Monophlebidae、蚧科Coccidae各1种。在不同的寄主植物上菌腔虫瘿的寄生位置和形状会有所不同,与暗褐网柄牛肝菌菌丝形成菌腔虫瘿的寄主植物和介壳虫之间不存在专一性。上述研究结果为暗褐网柄牛肝菌的仿生栽培奠定了基础。     

两种赣产甘蔗介壳虫的初步调查

甘蔗是江西重要的经济作物之一。特别是赣南区,地处江西南陲,甘蔗栽培面积及数量更居全省各专区之冠。 以往江西有关甘蔗病虫害的资料极端贫乏,1956—1958年,作者曾协同有关各专区的植保值检部门,前往省内各甘蔗产区进行病虫害的调查。三年来,共发现甘蔗害虫49种,其中介壳虫方面,已发现粉介壳虫科(Pseudococcidae)与盾介壳虫科(Diaspididae)各一种。兹将其分布、形态与为害情况等介绍于下,供有关部门参考。 一、蔗节粉介壳虫Dysmicoccas boninsis(Kuwana),     

中国柑橘植物上的粉虱

在国内外的柑橘植物检疫工作中,以数量和为害性来说,介壳虫和粉虱是二个主要大类。关於介壳虫方面,近几年来检疫人员经过一些专业训练,大致已能辨识一些主要的检疫对象。至於粉虱类害虫别一般认识还不足。应该重视,粉虱科昆虫在柑橘生产上同样是很重要的害虫,作者几年来从事柑橘介壳虫调查的     

伊朗八种跳小蜂及一新种记述（膜翅目：小蜂总科）

报道由伊朗设拉子大学农学院采集饲出的与林木害虫有关的７属８种寄生蜂,它们均属膜翅目小蜂总科、跳小蜂科,扬与林木介壳虫有关的Ａｎａｇｙｒｕｓ ｐｓｅｕｄｏｃｏｃｃｉ,Ｃｈｅｉｌｏｎｅｒｒｕｓ ｃｅｒｏｐｌａｓｉｔｓ,Ｄｕｓｍｅｔｉａ ｆａｓｃｉｐｅｎｎｉｓ,Ｈｏｍａｌｏｔｙｌｕｓ ｅｐｈｉｐｐｉｕｍ,与草蛉有关的Ｉｓｏｄｒｏｍｕｓ ａｔｒｉｖｅｎｔｒｉｓ,Ｉｓｏｄｒｍｕｓ ｃｏｌｌｉｍａｃｕｌａｔｕ     

柑橘重要害虫寄生性天敌的研究与利用进展

柑橘是我国重要的岭南特色水果,种植面积广,产量大。在生产过程中,柑橘容易受到各类病虫害的危害。因为害虫抗药性的产生以及化学农药使用带来的负面影响,害虫生物防治成为今后柑橘害虫可持续防控的重要策略。本文以桔小实蝇、柑橘木虱、介壳虫以及柑橘潜叶蛾、柑橘卷叶蛾、柑橘凤蝶等柑橘重要害虫及其寄生蜂为研究对象,对近年来国内外在柑橘害虫生物防治领域,尤其是寄生蜂的研究与利用等方面取得的最新进展进行了综述,以期不断推进我国柑橘害虫生物防治技术的研究与应用,保障我国柑橘产业的健康发展。     

氰酸气熏蒸防治黑点介壳虫 Parlatoria zizyphus (Lucas)的初步试验

黑点介壳虫Parlatoria zizyphus(Lucas)系福建省柑桔类介壳虫中发生较严重者。目前以及今後对於这种介壳虫及其他介壳虫的防治,无论在柑桔外销或增产上,都有极重大的意义。氰酸气天幕熏蒸是防治介壳虫重要方法之一,植物检验部门曾要     

中国脉线蛉属记述(脉翅目:褐蛉科)

褐蛉(Hemerobiidae)是脉翅目(Neuroptera)中重要的一个科,因成虫和幼虫均捕食蚜虫、介壳虫等而有益于农林、果树。脉线蛉属(Neuronema)为亚洲特有的一类褐蛉,南至印度,北达西伯利亚,但以我国种类最多。此属是1869年McLachlan以一种印度褐蛉(Hemerobius decisus Walker)为模式种而设立的,1913年Banks以脉序为依据作了描述;     

Seasonal infectivity of Cacopsylla pruni, vector of European stone fruit yellows phytoplasma

Epidemiology of European stone fruit yellows was studied by focussing on the life cycle and transmission characteristics of the vector Cacopsyllapruni. The proportion of both phytoplasma positive and inoculative insects was determined for the first C. pruni adults back colonising the stone fruit trees in spring and for the new generations of the vector, hatched at the beginning of summer. We showed that in spring, as soon as the insects moved to stone fruit trees from shelter plants, they were infective. After the vector fed on infected stone fruit trees, the proportion of phytoplasma positive insects increased. The new generation colonising Prunus species also acquired the phytoplasma from their hosts although several of these insects completed the latency period on secondary hosts. Results showed that the risk of natural transmission of European stone fruit yellows-phytoplasma by C. pruni within orchards is high when the vector is present. These results have implications for the control of European stone fruit yellows.     

Evidence from the domestication of apple for the maintenance of autumn colours by coevolution

The adaptive value of autumn colours is still a puzzle for evolutionary biology. It has been suggested that autumn colours are a warning signal to insects that use the trees as a host. I show that aphids (Dysaphis plantaginea) avoid apple trees (Malus pumila) with red leaves in autumn and that their fitness in spring is lower on these trees, which suggests that red leaves are an honest signal of the quality of the tree as a host. Autumn colours are common in wild populations but not among cultivated apple varieties, which are no longer under natural selection against insects. I show that autumn colours remain only in the varieties that are very susceptible to the effects of a common insect-borne disease, fire blight, and therefore are more in need of avoiding insects. Moreover, varieties with red leaves have smaller fruits, which shows that they have been under less effective artificial selection. This suggests a possible trade off between fruit size, leaf colour and resistance to parasites. These results are consistent with the hypothesis that autumn colours are a warning signal to insects, but not with other hypotheses.     

柿广蜡蝉生物学特性及防治初报

柿广翅蜡蝉近十年来已成为湖北省主要果树害虫,寄主范围与为害程度有逐年扩大的趋势。成、若虫均吸法为害多种果树;一年二代,以卵在寄主的枝条皮下越冬。在1－3龄若虫期用药剂防治,能有效控制柿广翅蜡蝉。     

基于部分18S rDNA, 28S rDNA和COI基因序列的索科线虫亲缘关系

通过PCR扩增获得我国常见昆虫病原索科线虫6属10种18S rDNA、28S rDNA(D3区)和COI基因序列,结合来自GenBank中6属10种索科线虫的18S rDNA同源序列,用邻接法和最大简约法构建系统进化树。结果显示:12属索科线虫分为三大类群,第一大类群是三种罗索属线虫(Romanomermis)先聚在一起,再与两索属(Amphimermis)和蛛索属(Aranimermis)线虫聚为一支;在第二大类群中,六索属(Hexamermis)、卵索属线虫(Ovomermis)和多索属(Agamermis)亲缘关系最近,先聚在一起,再与八腱索属(Octomyomermis)和Thaumamermis线虫聚为一支。第三大类群由索属(Mermis)和异索属(Allomermis)线虫以显著水平的置信度先聚在一起,再与蠓索属(Heleidomermis)和施特克尔霍夫索属(Strelkovimermis)线虫聚为一支。从遗传距离看,基于3个基因的数据集均显示索科线虫属内种间差异明显小于属间差异,武昌罗索线虫(R.wuchangensis)和食蚊罗索线虫(R.culicivorax)同属蚊幼寄生罗索属线虫,其种间的遗传距离最小。     

Pollination biology of Prunus mahaleb L.: deferred consequences of gender variation for fecundity and seed size

This study describes the reproductive biology of Prunus mahaleb, a rosaceous treelet, in a southeastern Spanish population. The species is gynodioecious with 55.4% of the plants being male-fertile and 44.6% presenting non-functional, shrunken anthers with no pollen, and behaving as functional females. Individual trees produced the same flower morph in four consecutive study years. Fruit set in bagged inflorescences was absent in male-sterile trees and was very reduced in male-fertiles. Open-pollinated flowers of male-fertiles showed greater fruit set (x?= 29.1%) than male-steriles (x?= 25.3%). Average fruit set in three experimental treatments (control, selfed, and crossed) were 29.05%, 41.9% and 38.6%, respectively, for male-fertile trees; those for male-steriles were 25.3%, 0% and 39.2%, respectively. Seeds from male-sterile plants were heavier (71.33 mg) than those of male-fertile plants (66.05 mg) but did not differ in germination ability. Male-fertile and male-sterile trees differ significantly in average nectar concentration (73.5% and 55.9%, respectively) and nectar volume secreted/flower and day (0.142 μl and 0.171 μl, respectively). A total of 41 species of insect flower visitors were recorded. Calliphorid and tachinid flies (41.97% of total visits), and andrenid bees (30.30%), were the most frequent visitors. The diversity of insect visitors was greater in male-fertile trees. Bees and flies accounted for 50.5% and 49.5%, respectively of total visits to male-fertile trees. Flies were far more frequent than bees at male-sterile flowers (76.9% and 23.1%, respectively). Male-sterile trees received higher average visitation (47 insects/census) than male-fertile trees (32 insects/census). Individual trees. showed a relative constancy of the fecundity rankings between years. Fruit production was significantly higher in male-sterile trees, with a four-year average of 6558 fruits, in contrast with male-fertile trees which yielded 4670 fruits. This 1.77-fold difference in favour of male-sterile trees over malefertiles was not compensated by the greater fruit set of the latter. This is attributable to the lower outcrossing rate of male-fertiles, estimated as 52.68% from seed mass data. In addition, greater seed mass of female progeny, and higher visitation rate by insects might explain the maintenance of this polymorphism. These results have far-reaching implications for the demography and seed-dispersal ecology of this endozoochorus species.     

Studies on host preference and its biological effects on the red palm weevil,Rhynchophorus ferrugineus Olivier in Egypt The fruit trees

A comparative bioassay (choice or non-choice) was developed to evaluate the efficacy of different species of fruit trees as alternative host plants on the morphological and biological aspects of the red palm weevil, Rhynchophorus ferrugineus and also the latent effect of feeding the larvae on pupal and adult stages. Highly significant differences exist between averages of larval body weight of R. ferrugineus larvae fed on fruit trees. The lowest average of larval weight occurred in the larvae fed on the pieces of sour orange, mandarin followed by olive and lime trees. A small increase in body weight appeared in larvae fed on mango, fig and guava in comparison with those fed on date palm trees (control). The larval mortality reached the highest percentages (100%) by obligatory feeding of R. ferrugineus insects on olive, lime, sour orange and mandarin followed by mango (97%) and guava (96%) compared with control (0%), respectively. The latent effect of obligatory feeding on the larvae of R. ferrugineus was highly decreased during pupation (4%, 4% and 8%) when the insect fed on mango, guava and fig, compared with 100% pupation in the case of larvae fed on ornamental palm or date palm, respectively. Most pupae resulting from the treated larvae by R. ferrugineus failed in adult emergence especially those insects fed on olive, lime, sour orange and mandarin trees compared to untreated insects (95.6–96.2%), respectively. Data also proved that if an insect is forced to feed on a non-preferred host plant, this results in death of the insect often during the larval stage, a decrease of pupation or failure of adult emergence. These results led to the conclusion that mango, fig, and guava trees are believed to be vulnerable hosts for red weevil attack. The lowest percentage of food consumption appeared in those larvae fed on mandarin, sour orange, lime and olive trees compared with those fed on palm. The present results emphasise the need to test the efficiency of the compounds extracted from these host plants if it is considered as an insecticide or an alternative host protectant for management of the red palm weevil R. ferrugineus.     

Ecosystems effects 25 years after Chernobyl: pollinators, fruit set and recruitment

Animals are assumed to play a key role in ecosystem functioning through their effects on seed set, seed consumption, seed dispersal, and maintenance of plant communities. However, there are no studies investigating the consequences of animal scarcity on seed set, seed consumption and seed dispersal at large geographical scales. We exploited the unprecedented scarcity of pollinating bumblebees and butterflies in the vicinity of Chernobyl, Ukraine, linked to the effects of radiation on pollinator abundance, to test for effects of pollinator abundance on the ecosystem. There were considerably fewer pollinating insects in areas with high levels of radiation. Fruit trees and bushes (apple Malus domestica, pear Pyrus communis, rowan Sorbus aucuparia, wild rose Rosa rugosa, twistingwood Viburnum lantana, and European cranberry bush Viburnum opulus) that are all pollinated by insects produced fewer fruit in highly radioactively contaminated areas, partly linked to the local reduction in abundance of pollinators. This was the case even when controlling for the fact that fruit trees were generally smaller in more contaminated areas. Fruit-eating birds like thrushes and warblers that are known seed dispersers were less numerous in areas with lower fruit abundance, even after controlling for the effects of radiation, providing a direct link between radiation, pollinator abundance, fruit abundance and abundance of frugivores. Given that the Chernobyl disaster happened 25 years ago, one would predict reduced local recruitment of fruit trees if fruit set has been persistently depressed during that period; indeed, local recruitment was negatively related to the level of radiation and positively to the local level of fruit set. The patterns at the level of trees were replicated at the level of villages across the study site. This study provides the first large-scale study of the effects of a suppressed pollinator community on ecosystem functioning.     

Responses of Tylenchulus semipenetrans to Citrus Fruit Removal: Implications for Carbohydrate Competition

Sixteen mature Valencia orange trees on rough lemon rootstock were selected on the basis of approximately equal, naturally occurring populations of Tylenchulus semipenetrans in soil. In March, fruit 1 cm in diameter or less were removed from eight of the trees, which were kept free of fruit for 15 months. In July, 4 months after fruit removal, fibrous root (<2 mm d) mass density of defruited trees was 51% greater and insoluble starch in fibrous roots was 24% less than on control trees with fruit. Female T. semipenetrans per gram of root were 64% more numerous on roots of control trees than on defruited trees at this time. Numbers of female nematodes per tree and of juveniles and males in soil did not differ between treatments 4 months after fruit removal. Root mass density remained higher on defruited than control trees for the remaining 13 months that the trees were studied, while nematode density in soil beneath defruited trees rapidly increased to levels proportionate to the additional root mass density. Nine months after fruit removal (December), starch concentration was 84% higher in roots of defruited trees compared to controls and remained 28% higher than in controls 15 months (May) following fruit removal. Between months 9 and 15 following fruit removal, nematode density in soil beneath defruited trees increased at a rate five times that of nematode density beneath control trees. In May, female fecundity (eggs/female) on defruited trees was 41% greater than on control trees. The data were consistent with the hypothesis that carbohydrate competition between developing citrus fruit and T. semipenetrans influences seasonal fluctuations in nematode population densities.     

Rapid induced resistance of silver birch affects both innate immunity and performance of gypsy moths: the role of plant chemical defenses

In this study we tested the effects of rapid induced resistance of the silver birch, Betula pendula, on the performance and immune defense of the gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar. We also measured the effects of defoliation on the concentrations of plant secondary metabolites, particularly on phenolics and terpenoids. It was found that severe natural defoliation (by moth larvae) of silver birch led to an increase in lipophilic flavonoids on the leaf surface. The concentration of some simple phenolics and monoterpenes (linalool and geraniol) also increased, while that of several glycosides of quercetin decreased. The female pupal weights and survival rates of moths decreased, and larval development time increased, when the insects fed on defoliated trees. However, the feeding of caterpillars with the leaves of defoliated trees led to an increase in lysozyme-like activity in their hemolymph, with an increase in their ability to encapsulate potential parasites. Our data show that the silver birch deploys a rapid chemical defense against gypsy moth larvae. We suggest that lipophilic flavonoids are important compounds in the direct silver birch defense against L. dispar caterpillars. The increased strength of immune defense of insects exposed to trees that had deployed a rapid induced resistance may be an adaptation of the herbivores to resist the rising density of parasites when host population density is high.     

Microhabitat specialization and similarity of scale-insect assemblages on different fruit trees and in different countries

Abstract. 1. Assemblages of scale-insects on deciduous fruit trees were compared in a wide geographic range of Palaearctic subregions.
2. The parts of all host plant species in the whole geographic region were unsaturated with scale species. There was no clear niche expansion, nor any niche segregation between scale-insect species.
3. These results show that even plants such as deciduous trees, rich in coccoid species, are not fully utilized by scale insects.
4. The similarity of the scale-insect faunas on different plant species could be explained partly by the distribution patterns of the insects, and partly by phylogenetic connection between host plants.