黄地老虎飞行能力研究

黄地老虎Agrotis segetum是一种重要的农业迁飞性害虫,研究飞行生物学对明确其迁飞机理有重要意义。本项研究利用昆虫飞行磨系统对黄地老虎的飞行能力进行了测定。对实验室种群飞行能力的测定结果表明:1日龄成虫的飞行能力最弱;3日龄飞行能力最强,其24 h平均飞行时间、平均飞行距离和平均飞行速率分别达到12.16±0.74 h、48.94±3.40 km和3.76±0.12 km/h。雌蛾与雄蛾间的各项飞行参数均无显著差异,但处女成虫平均飞行距离和平均飞行速率均显著高于已交配个体。对渤海湾野外迁飞种群飞行能力的测定显示,早季节北迁个体和晚季节回迁个体的平均飞行时间和平均飞行距离无显著差异,但皆显著低于实验室种群。黄地老虎具有较强的飞行能力,日龄和交配是影响其飞行能力的关键因素。     

金纹细蛾飞行能力测定

【目的】明确金纹细蛾Lithocolletis ringoniella自身生理状态下的飞行能力,了解其飞行生物学的基础参数。【方法】利用昆虫飞行磨系统,室内测定了金纹细蛾雌雄成虫不同日龄和性别以及5日龄雌雄成虫补充营养(5%蜂蜜水)与交配状态下的飞行距离、飞行时间、飞行速度等参数。【结果】连续吊飞12 h的结果显示,金纹细蛾3-6日龄成虫飞行能力较强,5日龄成虫飞行能力最强; 5日龄雌成虫的平均 飞行距离、飞行时间和飞行速度分别为2.293±0.254 km, 5.341±0.617 h和0.711±0.126 km/h, 5日龄雄成虫的平均飞行距离、飞行时间和飞行速度分别为2.142±0.276 km, 5.132±0.628 h和0.620±0.132 km/h, 说明雌雄成虫间飞行能力差异不显著。金纹细蛾5日龄雌雄成虫取食5%蜂蜜水后其飞行能力较对照显著提高,取食5%蜂蜜水后5日龄雌成虫的飞行距离、飞行时间和飞行速度较对照(取食清水)的分别提高46.945%, 15.430%和15.978%;5日龄雄成虫的飞行距离、飞行时间和飞行速度较对照分别提高42.610%, 13.590%和6.529%。交配后5日龄雌成虫的飞行距离、飞行时间和飞行速度较未交配雌成虫的分别提高41.628%, 7.152%和39.925%,而5日龄雄成虫交配后飞行能力则较未交配雄成虫的分别降低35.823%, 17.888%和46.129%。【结论】金纹细蛾成虫具有一定的飞行能力,补充营养和雌雄交配状态对飞行能力有重要影响。     

温度对甜菜夜蛾飞行能力的影响

温度对甜菜夜蛾飞行能力有显著的影响（P<0.05）。在16～32℃内,成虫均能进行正常的飞行活动。24℃下的成虫飞行能力最强,在15 h的吊飞飞行中,成虫飞行距离最远（37.14 km）、飞行速度最快（0.87 m/s）、飞行时间最长（11.73 h）。温度低于２０℃或高于２８℃时,其飞行能力均显著降低。甜菜夜蛾在不同温度下飞行时对主要能源物质（甘油三酯）的利用效率不同。在较适宜的温度下,尽管成虫飞行消耗的甘油三酯较多,但单位飞行距离所消耗的甘油三酯却较少,即利用效率较高,表明成虫飞行能源物质利用效率的不同是导致其在不同温度下飞行能力产生差异的主要原因之一。     

甜菜夜蛾交配行为和能力

在(27±1)℃,光周期L14∶D10的条件下对甜菜夜蛾I>Spodoptera exigua的交配行为及能力进行了研究。结果表明：成虫在羽化当晚即可进行交配,交配率以羽化后头三个晚上的较高(>82%),但从第4天起则显著下降。成虫一天中的交配时间出现于23:30～05:30之间,交配高峰出现在01:30～02:30和03:00～04:00 之间, 其中以第1高峰的发生频率较高。成虫交配持续时间从22～191 min不等,但以30～60 min的为多(40.8%, n=97), 60～90 min的次之(19.4%),超过180 min的较少(10.2 %)。另外,交配持续时间与蛾龄紧密相关。蛾龄越大,交配持续的时间越长,且差异显著。雄蛾一生的交配能力由1～11次不等,但受性比的影响显著：在性比为1∶1的条件下,雄蛾平均交配次数仅为3.0 次,而在2♀∶1♂至5♀∶1♂时,则增加到5.1～6.0 次。雌蛾交配比例及次数受性比的影响也很大：没有交配的雌蛾比例从1∶1时的8.3%增加到5♀∶1♂时的32%,仅交配一次的比例从16.7%增加到38.7%,而交配≥5 次的比例则从 25%下降到0。最后,对这些结果在甜菜夜蛾防治中应用的可能性进行了讨论。     

双委夜蛾成虫主要活动节律和卵孵化节律

[目的]双委夜蛾Athetis dissimilis是近年来在我国农田新发现为害的一种害虫,明确其成虫活动节律和卵的孵化节律,可为其预测预报和防治提供依据.[方法]在温度(25±1)℃、相对湿度70％±5％.光周期14 L:10 D环境条件下,观察双委夜蛾的羽化、取食、交配、产卵等行为.[结果]双委夜蛾雌虫、雄虫羽化主要发生在化蛹后第12天的光期,羽化高峰分别在13:00-17:00和13:00-15:00.取食行为主要发生在羽化后前2d,且在暗期取食的个体数(47.08％)显著多于在光期取食的个体数(26.39％).成虫的交配高峰在羽化后第3天,交配主要在暗期03:00-07:00进行,交配持续时间15-90 min,平均47.33min,以持续30-45 min的个体占比最高,达34.44％.羽化后第5天出现产卵高峰,产卵率达96.67％,产卵主要发生在暗期01:00-05:00.卯产出后第5天集中孵化,孵化率达92.04％,孵化高峰期在17:00-23:00,该时段累计孵化率64.99％.成虫羽化后第2天和第7天移动个体的比率较高,分别为9.72％和10.16％,每天进入暗期后移动率逐渐升高,进入光期后逐渐降低.不同日龄成虫在光期和暗期均出现较高比例的静息个体,前者平均为83.67％,后者平均为64.94％.[结论]双委夜蛾成虫羽化、补充营养、交配、产卵、移动、静息等活动行为的昼夜节律明显,可作为其预测预报及防治的依据.     

从甘蓝夜蛾分离的一种微孢子虫生物学特性研究

从广州市郊菜地捕捉的甘蓝夜蛾(\%Barathra brassicae L.\%)幼虫体中分离到一种微孢子虫(简称BabM)。孢子呈长卵圆形,大小为：402±036μm×199±036μm;孢子表面抗原与家蚕传统微粒子孢子(\%Nosema bombycis,简称N.b.\%)具共同抗原性;BabM微孢子虫孢子的内部结构、发育的特征与\%N.b.\%孢子相类似。BabM微孢子虫对三龄起蚕感染中量(IC５０)为６０3×１０４粒孢子;经卵传染频率较高。初步阐明了从甘蓝夜蛾分离的这种微孢子虫与家蚕\%N.b.\%同为\%Nosema bombycis\%种,但存在着变异现象。     

二点委夜蛾飞行行为特征

【目的】本研究旨在阐明二点委夜蛾的飞行行为特征,丰富二点委夜蛾飞行生物学理论,提高其预测预报水平。【方法】利用昆虫飞行磨被动吊飞系统和主动飞行监测系统,系统研究了二点委夜蛾Athdtis lepigone(M(o|¨)schler)被动飞行能力和主动飞行意愿。【结果】成虫具有较强的被动飞行潜力。室内连续吊飞80 h,雌雄蛾最远飞行距离分别达106.71 km和148.32 km,最长飞行时间分别达43.05 h和40.01h,最快飞行速度分别达7.60 km/h和8.14 km/h。雄蛾飞行潜力显著强于雌蛾,体现在飞行距离和飞行时间显著高于雌蛾,但飞行速度差异不显著。成虫蛾龄显著影响成虫飞行能力。对不同蛾龄成虫吊飞12 h的结果表明,1日龄即具备一定的飞行能力,之后逐渐增强,3日龄时飞行能力最强,雌雄蛾平均飞行距离分别为29.61 km和27.55 km,飞行时间分别为10.04 h和9.46 h,平均飞行速度分别达2.76 kn/h和2.46km/h,4日龄成虫飞行能力开始下降,但不同性别间成虫飞行能力差异不显著。蛾龄间飞行能力差异主要是由于不同蛾龄成虫的强、弱飞行个体比例不同。二点委夜蛾主动飞行呈现明显的节律行为,飞行活动主要集中在暗期(19:00—次日5:00),在光期(5:00—19:00)基本不飞行。成虫初羽化(1日龄)主动飞行意愿增强,之后飞行活动减少,但产卵开始时主动飞行活动又开始增强,到7日龄达到峰值。【结论】二点委夜蛾成虫具有较强的飞行能力,其飞行能力受蛾龄,雌雄等因素影响;飞行具有明显的节律性。     

取食和交配对苹小吉丁飞行能力的影响

【目的】苹小吉丁Agrilus mali是一种严重危害苹果树的钻蛀性害虫。本研究旨在明确苹小吉丁的飞行扩散能力及对其飞行能力产生影响的关键因子。【方法】以SUN-FL型智能飞行磨系统对苹小吉丁不同日龄雌雄成虫的飞行能力进行了测定,同时评价了取食和交配情况对其飞行能力的影响。【结果】苹小吉丁飞行能力均随日龄的增加先增强后逐渐降低,初羽化的成虫飞行能力最低,11日龄成虫的飞行能力最强。雌成虫飞行能力强于雄成虫。在24 h内雌雄成虫的最长飞行距离分别为0.4165和0.3559 km;最长飞行时间分别为0.4582和0.4873 h;最大飞行速度分别为2.4639和1.8561 km/h。取食的3日龄雌成虫的平均飞行距离和平均飞行时间分别为0.047 km和0.048 h,雄成虫的分别为0.044 km和0.042 h;而未取食的雌成虫平均飞行距离和平均飞行时间仅分别为0.016 km和0.013 h,雄成虫的仅分别为0.013 km和0.012 h。交配对飞行能力的影响存在性别差异,已交配雌成虫的飞行能力要强于未交配雌成虫的,而已交配雄成虫的飞行能力却低于未交配雄成虫的。【结论】日龄对苹小...     

香梨优斑螟飞行能力的研究

香梨优斑螟 Euzophera pyriella Yang是新疆果树重要的蛀果蛀干害虫,严重制约着香梨产业的发展。本研究通过昆虫飞行磨系统测定了香梨优斑螟成虫的飞行能力,结果表明2~5日龄香梨优斑螟飞行能力较强,4日龄飞行能力最强;吊飞14 h,平均飞行距离14.37±1.35 km,平均飞行时间9.40±0.55 h,平均飞行速度1.59± 0.08 km/h 。雄成虫飞行距离显著远于雌成虫,但飞行时间和速度差异不显著。雌雄成虫取食补充营养后飞行能力均有提高,但飞行距离和速度差异不显著。不同交配状态的香梨优斑螟飞行能力测定结果显示,未交配成虫飞行速度和飞行距离均高于已交配成虫,但飞行时间差异不明显。研究结果可为深入阐明香梨优斑螟飞行生物学和扩散机制提供科学依据。     

甘蓝夜蛾核型多角体病毒感染小白鼠的试验

甘蓝夜蛾核型多角体病毒(Mamestre brassicae nuclear polyhedrosis cirus简称MbNPV)经口感染小白鼠,通过组织病理学观察、免疫酶标染色、免疫荧光技术、125I示踪,以及感染鼠脏器匀浆回接甘蓝夜蛾幼虫等方法,观察到病毒包涵体经由血液循环进入内脏,在肝、脾、胰等处细胞质内滞留长达45天,经口感染90天的肠系淋巴结匀浆回接甘蓝夜蛾,可致典型NPV病,死亡率为9.1％。经腹腔注射感染的小鼠,除有多角体在脏器滞留外,还可见细胞有非特异性反应。     

Endocrine changes during diapause development in the cabbage army moth Mamestra brassicae

Many insects undergo diapause to survive adverse seasons. Although the mechanism of diapause induction is the subject of extensive study, that of diapause termination remains poorly understood. In the present study, we show the endocrine processes leading to the termination of pupal diapause in Mamestra brassicae. Diapause of this insect is terminated if the pupae are exposed to a low temperature for several weeks. During this period, the prothoracic glands (PGs) of pupae acquire the potential to secrete sufficient ecdysteroids necessary for inducing adult development. The main endocrine changes observed under the low temperature conditions are: (i) the increase in activity of the PGs in two steps; (ii) the increase in responsiveness of the glands to prothoracicotropic hormone (PTTH); and (iii) two‐step increase in PTTH gene expression in the brain. The timing of the first and second increases in PG activity roughly coincides with that of the two steps of increase in PTTH gene expression, and the timing of the increase in the responsiveness of the PGs to PTTH coincides with the second, larger increase in PTTH gene expression. The ablation of the PGs prior to cooling pupae does not affect the increase in PTTH gene expression, whereas brain removal results in a failure to increase PG activity, strongly suggesting that PTTH is the master regulator of diapause development and termination.     

Hourglass and oscillator expressions of photoperiodic diapause response in the cabbage moth Mamestra brassicae

Abstract. Both oscillator and hourglass features are found in the photoperiodic response that controls the pupal winter diapause of Mamestra brassicae. The expression of oscillatory response to extended long-night cycles is temperature dependent, i.e. circadian resonance appears at 23 and 25^oC but not at 20 and 28^oC. At 20^oC, scanning of extended scotophases by a short light pulse does not reveal any clear circadian rhythmicity. However, a circadian feature of the photoperiodic response is indicated even at 20^oC by a bistability phenomenon, i.e. either one of the two dark periods in symmetrical skeleton photoperiods determines the diapause response depending on the phase angle with the preceding (entraining) light-dark cycles. At 20 and 25^oC, the incidence of diapause increases as a function of the number of light–dark cycles regardless of the cycle length (T) , if T is 24 h or 2 X 24h (with a 12 h light period). A non-diel cycle (r=36h) is less effective, suggesting that disturbance of the circadian organization partly impairs the diapause-inducing function. The inductive effect of a long night is largely affected by temperature, and becomes saturated with eight cycles at 20^oC and 14 cycles at 25^oC. Presumably, an hourglass mechanism measures the dark time, and a circadian component involved in some later sequence of the photoperiodic response may or may not be expressed depending on the mode of interaction between them.     

Mortality of eggs, larvae and pupae and larval dispersal of the cabbage moth, Mamestra brassicae, in white cabbage in south-eastern Norway

The mortality of eggs, larvae and pupae and larval dispersal of the cabbage moth, Mamestra brassicae (L.) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) was investigated in a series of small-scale field experiments in white cabbage, Brassicae oleracea var. capitata (L.), and in the laboratory during 1990–1992 in south–eastern Norway. The highest mortality was found in young larvae and in hibernating pupae. In 1990, larval mortality in the first instar was 80% (range 9–97% for the individual cohorts). Most larvae died within the first 1–3 days after hatching. The dispersal activity during these days was high, and failure to establish feeding sites and predation were probably the main mortality causes. Pupal mortality during winter was 90% on average for 1990–1993 (range 81–100%). The main mortality factor was probably unfavourable weather conditions, and indications of cold stress were found. The impact from parasitoids and diseases was generally low. Trichogramma semblidis (Aurivillius) (Trichogrammatidae) was reared from M. brassicae eggs in very low numbers in 1991. Larval parasitism increased from < 1% in 1990 to almost 24% in 1992, and was almost totally caused by the braconids Microplitis mediator (Haliday) and Aleiodes (Aleiodes) sp. Predation of frozen larvae on the soil surface was 75% on average (range 63–96%) during 1990–1992 in first instar larvae and decreased gradually with larval age. The consumption rates of Philonthus atratus (Gravenhorst) (Staphylinidae) and the carabids Bembidion tetracolum (Say), Pterostichus melanarius (Illiger) and Harpalus rufipes (Degeer) on M. brassicae eggs and larvae were investigated in non-choice experiments in the laboratory. A preliminary survival model based on estimates of the mortality factors identified in this study is presented.     

Development of spermiduct and seminal vesicle during pharate adult of the cabbage armyworm,Mamestra brassicae, (Lepidoptera; Noctuidae)

Summary

Development of the upper vas deferens and seminal vesicle, and the ecdysteroid titers of the cabbage armyworm (Mamestra brassicae) during pharate adult stage were investigated to provide evidence of endogenous control of the sperm movement through the reproductive tract. Apparently, development of the upper vas deferens is initiated when ecdysteroid titers increase after pupation and continues until eclosion. Sperm movement correlates with the decrease of ecdysteroid titers. When ecdysteroid titers remained at low levels, sperm release from the testis was observed one day before eclosion.     

Discrimination between enantiomers of linalool by olfactory receptor neurons in the cabbage moth Mamestra brassicae (L.)

Plants emit complex blends of volatiles, including chiral compounds that might be detected by vertebrates and invertebrates. Insects are ideal model organisms for studying the underlying receptor neuron mechanisms involved in olfactory discrimination of enantiomers. In the present study, we have employed two-column gas chromatography linked to recordings from single olfactory receptor neurons of Mamestra brassicae, in which separation of volatiles in a polar and a chiral column was performed. We here present the response properties of olfactory receptor neurons tuned to linalool. The narrow tuning of these receptor neurons was demonstrated by their strong responses to (R)-(-)-linalool, the weaker responses to the (+)-enantiomer as well as a few structurally related compounds, and no responses to the other numerous plant released volatiles. The enantioselectivity was verified by parallel dose-response curves, that of (R)-(-)-linalool shifted 1 log unit to the left of the (S)-(+)-linalool curve. A complete overlap of the temporal response pattern was found when comparing the responses of the same strength. Analysis of the spike amplitude and waveform indicated that the responses to the two enantiomers originated from the same neuron.     

Molecular cloning and functional expression of chitinase-encoding cDNA from the cabbage moth, Mamestra brassicae

Chitinase is a rate-limiting and endo-splitting enzyme involved in the bio-degradation of chitin, an important component of the cuticular exoskeleton and peritrophic matrix in insects. We isolated a cDNA-encoding chitinase from the last larval integument of the cabbage moth, Mamestra brassicae (Lepidoptera; Noctuidae), cloned the ORF cDNA into E. coli to confirm its functionality, and analyzed the deduced amino acid sequence in comparison with previously described lepidopteran chitinases. M. brassicae chitinase expressed in the transformed E. coli cells with the chitinase-encoding cDNA enhanced cell proliferation to about 1.6 times of the untransformed wild type strain in a colloidal chitin-including medium with only a very limited amount of other nutrients. Compared with the wild type strain, the intracellular levels of chitin degradation derivatives, glucosamine and N-acetylglucosamine were about 7.2 and 2.3 times higher, respectively, while the extracellular chitinase activity was about 2.2 times higher in the transformed strain. The ORF of M. brassicae chitinaseencoding cDNA consisted of 1686 nucleotides (562 amino acid residues) except for the stop codon, and its deduced amino acid composition revealed a calculated molecular weight of 62.7 and theoretical pI of 5.3. The ORF was composed of N-terminal leading signal peptide (AA 1-20), catalytic domain (AA 21-392), linker region (AA 393-498), and C-terminal chitin-binding domain (AA 499-562) showing its characteristic structure as a molting fluid chitinase. In phylogenetic analysis, the enzymes from 6 noctuid species were grouped together, separately from a group of 3 bombycid and 1 tortricid enzymes, corresponding to their taxonomic relationships at both the family and genus levels.