新一代生物防治及其在天敌瓢虫中的研究进展

生物防治是一种利用自然天敌控制有害生物的手段.当前生物防治的发展面临着使用成本高和效果不稳定的两大难题.这要求我们更精准地选育和释放天敌.随着测序技术的进步,学界提出了新一代生物防治(Next Generation Biological Control),旨在利用遗传学和基因组学来认识天敌昆虫种下水平的多样性和变异规律...     

数量遗传学在害虫种群抗性进化研究中的应用

自1908年Melander[1]首次发现美国的梨园蚧AspidiotusperniciosusComstock对石硫合剂有抗药性以来,已有500多种害虫和害螨对一种或多种不同类群的杀虫剂产生了抗药性[2]。Dobzhansky[3]认为,杀虫剂抗性是一种进化现象,是害虫种群内部遗传结构在杀虫剂选择作用下持续变化的外在表现。目前,害虫抗性种群内部遗传结构在杀虫剂选择作用下动态变化的研究主要集中在抗性等位基因频率和抗性遗传力两个方面。遗传力估计是数量遗传学中研究生物群体遗传结构变化趋势的基本方法之一,由于这种方法不需对控制性状的基因数作任何假设,因此在不清…     

棉蚜与其天敌种群分布格局的关系

对棉蚜与其多种天敌在数、时、空方面关系的研究表明,龟纹瓢虫与棉蚜种群数量极相关,两者发生数量高峰期和低谷期均是同步的,龟纹瓢虫对棉蚜种群有明显的控制作用,龟纹瓢虫、草间小黑株及棉蚜种群的三维空间格乙为聚集型,棉蚜和草间小黑蚜个体间互相吸引,龟纹瓢虫个体间互相排斥。     

红基盘瓢虫和红星盘瓢虫实验种群生命表的初步研究

本文组建了红基盘瓢虫和红星盘瓢虫的实验种群生命表,并应用Ｍｏｒｒｉｓ模式探讨影响种群数量变动的主要因子;计算了两瓢虫的内禀增长率（ｒ＿ｍ）及其它有关的生态学统计量。在实验室条件（平均温度２９．５±１．５℃和相对湿度７０．０±４．９％）下,红基盘瓢虫和红基盘瓢虫的内禀增长率（ｒ＿ｍ）、周限增长率（γ）均相近,而两者的种群趋势指数（Ｉ）、净繁殖率（Ｒ＿０）和世代平均历期（Ｔ）差异较大。红基盘瓢虫的内禀增长率ｒ＿ｍ＝０．０８４１,种群数量以每８．２天增长一倍的速率发展;红星盘瓢虫的内禀增长率ｒ＿ｍ＝０．０８８７,种群以每７．８天增长一倍的速率发展。生殖力减退是影响两瓢虫实验种群数量变动的主要因子。在盛夏进行两瓢虫的大量繁殖并应用于橄榄星室木虱的防治是可行的。     

三种珠蚧及其天敌瓢虫的考查

福州城南木麻黄上发生珠蚧 (硕蚧 )科的草履蚧、吹绵蚧和银毛吹绵蚧 ,草履蚧发生极其严重 ,吹绵蚧于 5月间也一度猖獗 ,银毛吹绵蚧其次。总受害株达 99% ,受害梢率达 6 0 %以上 ,造成木麻黄生长衰弱甚至枯死。笔者在一年多的时间中 ,对此三种珠蚧及天敌田间种群消长进行了初步的考查。( 1 )草履蚧在福州一年发生 1代 ,以成虫和少数三龄若虫在木麻黄主枝和主干上越冬 ,冬季天气温暖时还见有爬动 ,翌年 3月下旬成虫爬至树头基部松土层 3- 5cm内或树干的裂缝等处 ,分泌绵絮状蜡质的卵囊产卵其中。室内观察一头雌成虫可连续产卵 3天 ,第一天产下…     

释放天敌瓢虫和施用化学农药吡虫啉对麦田蚜虫的控制效果评价

以常规防治农药甲胺磷做对照,比较高效低毒化学农药吡虫啉和天敌昆虫瓢虫对田间麦蚜的防治效果。结果表明,施用10%吡虫啉可湿性粉剂300ghm2药后5d和10d的防效分别为15.1%和31.1%,对麦蚜防效理想。释放天敌昆虫瓢虫后5d和10d的防效分别为-347.6%和-171.7%,防效差,这是由于释放天敌后的强降雨所致。     

多异瓢虫种群动态及捕食功能的研究

采用田间调查和室内实验。研究了多异瓢虫的种群消长规律和捕食功能，表明该虫在棉田发生量大，发生时间长、幼虫、成虫对棉蚜的功能反应为Ｈｏｌｌｉｎｇ－Ⅱ型，并随着幼虫的生长其捕食量逐渐增大。     

微卫星遗传标记及其在昆虫种群遗传学中的应用

微卫星是一类短串联重复的寡核苷酸序列,广泛地分散于各类真核生物基因组中,它具有多态性高、检测结果稳定可靠等特点,是目前较为理想的群体遗传研究的分子标记之一。该文阐述了微卫星DNA构成及特点,多态性形成机制、位点获得途径,列举了微卫星遗传标记在昆虫种群遗传学研究中的应用实例,并展望了该技术的应用前景。     

蜜粉源植物对天敌昆虫的作用及其在生物防治中的应用

寄生性和捕食性天敌昆虫成虫普遍存在通过取食蜜粉源植物补充营养的行为,这可不同程度地促进天敌昆虫性成熟、延长其寿命、提高其生殖力或寄生率,以及搜寻寄主效率和子代雌性比率,从而显著提高天敌昆虫在生物防治中的控害能力和效果。蜜粉源植物花的结构及植物对天敌昆虫产生的嗅觉、视觉信号和花蜜花粉对天敌昆虫产生的味觉信号又显著影响天敌昆虫选择蜜粉源植物的行为和结果。但是,蜜粉源植物也可成为害虫的补充营养植物,从而提高害虫的为害能力。因此,需深入研究不同蜜粉源植物对天敌昆虫及害虫的作用,趋利避害,才可能应用蜜粉源植物成功调控天敌与害虫的益害比,实现害虫的可持续控制。     

食螨瓢虫自然种群基地建立的研究

腹管食螨瓢虫Stethorus siphonulus Kapur是福建省柑桔全爪蠕(红蜘蛛)Panonychus eitri MeGregor的优势种天敌,控制作用显．已在我省柑桔产区大面积应用成功。为了使柑桔全爪蠕生物防治持续发展,古螨瓢虫自然种群基地的建立至关重要．本将多年来在闽清白中柑桔场、福建农业大学金山柑桔园、福州北郊峙头柑桔场、长泰柑桔园等地进行食螨瓢虫自然种群基地建立的研究,进行总结报道。     

Evolution of slow and fast development in predatory ladybirds

The frequency distribution of the durations of development of 516 larvae of Adalia bipunctata is unimodal, and the fast‐ and slow‐developing larvae can be identified at the beginning of the fourth (=last) instar. To determine the advantages of fast and slow development, the survival, duration of development, growth and number of aphids consumed by fast‐ and slow‐developing fourth instar larvae fed different numbers aphids were recorded. The percentages of fast‐ and slow‐developing fourth instar larvae that survived when fed 0.5, 1 or an excess of aphids per day, surprisingly, did not differ. The slow‐developing larvae of both sexes took longer to complete their development than the fast‐developing larvae when fed 1 or an excess of aphids per day, and although the weights of the fast‐ and slow‐developing fourth instar larvae differed at the beginning of the instar, they did not differ at the end of this instar when fed 1 aphid per day. However, when reared on an excess of aphids per day, the adult weights of the fast‐developing individuals was greater than that of slow‐developing individuals. The average durations for which the larvae in the two groups survived when fed 0.5 aphids/day differed with the larvae of the fast‐developing individuals surviving for 9.8 ± 0.5 days and slow‐developing individuals 17 ± 1.3 days. Assuming that it is the rate of predator biomass increase, which is maximized by evolution, a model of the relationship between the rate of development/growth of a predator and that of its prey indicates that the optimum growth rate of a predator is positively associated with that of its prey. The evolutionary implications of these results are discussed.     

Population genetic structure of the biological control agent Macrolophus pygmaeus in Mediterranean agroecosystems

Biological control of agricultural pests relies on knowledge of agroecosystem functionality, particularly when affected by the use of mass‐produced biological agents. Incorporating pre‐ and/or post‐release information such as genetic diversity and structure on these agents using molecular‐based approaches could advance our knowledge of how they perform in agroecosystems. We evaluated the population genetics of Macrolophus pygmaeus, the most widely used predatory mirid against many arthropod pests of greenhouse crops in the Mediterranean region, using the mitochondrial Cytb sequence and microsatellite data, and population genetics and phylogeny approaches. We investigated commercially mass‐produced insects (i.e., commercial insects either mass‐reared in the laboratory for many generations, or purchased by farmers and released in the greenhouses) and “wild” insects (i.e., that occur naturally outside or are collected in nature for release in the greenhouses). The mirids were mainly collected in agroecosystems in which solanaceous plants are grown in northern Spain, southern France and Greece. Both molecular markers and approaches distinguished 2 genetically differentiated populations. The less genetically diverse population, hereafter named the “commercial” strain included all individuals from laboratory mass‐rearings and most releases of commercially bred individuals. The most genetically diverse population mainly comprised individuals originating from noncultivated environments, or from releases of “wild” individuals. Rare examples of hybridization between M. pygmaeus from the 2 populations were observed and asymmetric gene flow was revealed. These findings provide new insights into what happens to M. pygmaeus released in the agroecosystems we studied, and show that it is possible to monitor some commercial strains.     

Population genetics reveals origin and number of founders in a biological invasion

Propagule pressure is considered the main determinant of success of biological invasions: when a large number of individuals are introduced into an area, the species is more likely to establish and become invasive. Nevertheless, precise data on propagule pressure exist only for a small sample of invasive species, usually voluntarily introduced. We studied the invasion of the American bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana, into Europe, a species that is considered a major cause of decline for native amphibians. For this major invader with scarce historical data, we used population genetics data (a partial sequence of the mitochondrial cytochrome b gene) to infer the invasion history and to estimate the number of founders of non-native populations. Based on differences between populations, at least six independent introductions from the native range occurred in Europe, followed by secondary translocations. Genetic diversity was strongly reduced in non-native populations, indicating a very strong bottleneck during colonization. We used simulations to estimate the precise number of founders and found that most non-native populations derive from less than six females. This capability of invasion from a very small number of propagules challenges usual management strategies; species with such ability should be identified at an early stage of introduction.     

Population genetics and symbiont assemblages support opposing invasion scenarios for the red turpentine beetle (Dendroctonus valens)

Exotic forest insects and their symbionts pose an increasing threat to forest health. This is apparently true for the red turpentine beetle (Dendroctonus valens), which was unintentionally introduced to China, where the beetle has killed millions of healthy native pine trees. Previous population genetics studies that used cytochrome oxidase I as a marker concluded that the source of D. valens in China was western North America. In contrast, surveys of fungi associated with D. valens demonstrated that more fungal species are shared between China and eastern North America than between China and western North America, suggesting that the source population of D. valens could be eastern North America. In this study, we used microsatellite markers to determine population structure of D. valens in North America as well as the source population of the beetle in China. The analyses revealed that four genetically distinct populations (herein named the West, Central, Northeast and Mexico) represent the native range of D. valens. Clustering analyses and a simulation‐based approximate Bayesian computation (ABC) approach supported the hypothesis that western North America is the source of the invasive D. valens population. This study provides a demonstration of non‐congruence between patterns inferred by studies on population genetics and symbiont assemblages in an invasive bark beetle.     

Physiological mechanism governing slow and fast development in predatory ladybirds

Aphidophagous and coccidophagous ladybirds, similar to their prey, show marked differences in their pace of life (Dixon, 2000), in particular in their rate of development, with all stages of aphidophagous species developing much faster than those of coccidophagous species. Two hypotheses are proposed to account for the large difference in the pace of life of these two groups. These are that differences in the rate of development are a result of differences in lower temperature thresholds for development or the quality of their respective prey as food (Dixon et al., 2011). Analysis of published results on the rates of development of the eggs of ladybirds indicates that the inverse relationships between the number of day‐degrees required for development (K) and the lower temperature threshold for development (td_min) of these two groups are significantly different. In particular, the respective td_min overlap and K of the aphidophagous and coccidophagous species with a similar td_min are, on average, 38 and 117 day‐degrees (D^o). The relationship between the rate of development (R) and temperature (T) for aphids reared on poor‐ or high‐quality foods indicates that, although the value of td_min of a species depends on food quality, K does not, showing that it is unlikely that K is governed by food quality. Thus, there is little support for differences in either the td_min or food quality governing the difference in the pace of life of these two groups of ladybirds. The results indicate that the physiological mechanism that may govern the difference in the pace of life between these two groups is the number of day‐degrees (K) needed to complete their development. The possible evolutionary reason for this is discussed.     

Exotic ladybirds for biological control of herbivorous insects – a review

Since the late 19th century, exotic ladybirds (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) have been used extensively for suppressing herbivorous insects of economic importance. In recent decades, the introduction of non‐native biological control (BC) agents has been greatly limited due to the awareness of the potential non‐target effects of introductions. Nonetheless, recent episodes of biological invasions of economically important pests have raised the need to carefully consider whether the expected benefits of pest control go beyond the possible environmental risks of introduction. To better understand the factors that contributed to successful BC programs, here we review the literature behind classical and augmentative BC using exotic ladybirds. Additionally, by means of case studies, we discuss the BC efficacy of selected exotic species, e.g., Coccinella septempunctata L., Harmonia axyridis (Pallas), and Hippodamia variegata (Goeze), and their position within the communities of predators in the introduced areas of USA, Canada, and Chile. In Europe, much of the research on exotic ladybirds has been conducted on the undesired impact of H. axyridis. Therefore, we summarize the risk assessment data for this species and review the field research investigating the ecological impact on European aphidophagous predators. According to the BIOCAT database of classical BC programs, 212 ladybird species belonging to 68 genera have been released in about 130 years of BC activity, with 14.6% of introductions having resulted in partial, substantial, or complete control of the target pest. However, because post‐release evaluation of establishment and BC success has not always been conducted, this rate could underestimate the successful cases. Among other factors, ladybird establishment and pest suppression mostly depend on (1) intrinsic factors, i.e., high voracity, synchronized predator‐prey life cycle, and high dispersal ability, and (2) extrinsic factors, i.e., adaptability to the new environment and landscape composition. This review contributes to improved understanding of ladybirds as exotic BC agents.     

居群遗传学原理及其在珍稀濒危植物保护中的应用

居群遗传学在珍稀濒危植物保护研究中有着重要的应用价值。本文首先介绍了居群遗传学中的几个重要概念——有效居群大小、近交繁殖、遗传漂变和基因流,然后详细叙述了居群遗传学原理在珍稀濒危植物保护中的应用途径和前景。     

The Hardy-Weinberg principle and its applications in modern population genetics

The discovery of the Hardy-Weinberg principle marked the beginning of the field of population genetics. Over the past hundred years, it has provided a starting point for many population genetic investigations. In this review, the Hardy-Weinberg principle, its statistical testing, and several of its applications in various modern population genetic research areas, including allelic variability and selection in the human leukocyte antigen region, microsatellite genotyping error detection, and accuracy of haplotype estimation, are discussed.