光肩星天牛体内纤维素酶活性及其与寄主选择的关系（英文）

为了揭示光肩星天牛Anoplophora glabripennis Motschulsky纤维素酶与寄主选择的关系, 以4种不同寄主树种（新疆杨Populus alba var. pyramidalis Bunge、箭杆杨Populus nigra var. thevestina (Dode) Bean、合作杨Populus simonii × Populus pyramidalis cv. opera Hsu和漳河柳Salix matsudana f. lobato-glandulosa Faug et Liu来源的光肩星天牛幼虫, 和以取食5种不同树种（臭椿Ailanthus altissima、毛白杨Populus tomentosa、合作杨、旱柳Salix matsudana Koidz.和复叶槭Acer negundo Linn.）的光肩星天牛成虫为实验对象, 测定其纤维素酶活性。结果表明: 不同寄主来源的光肩星天牛幼虫内切-β-1,4-葡聚糖酶活性在1.36~2.71 μmol葡萄糖/ (g FW·h)之间, β-葡萄糖苷酶活性在2.57~4.86 μmol葡萄糖/(g FW·h)之间;取食不同树种的光肩星天牛成虫内切-β-1,4-葡聚糖酶活性在4.08~9.27 μmol葡萄糖/(g FW·h)之间, β-葡萄糖苷酶活性在2.87~6.08 μmol葡萄糖/ (g FW·h)之间。不同寄主树种来源的光肩星天牛幼虫体内纤维素酶活性无显著性差异, 取食与否以及取食树种的不同对光肩星天牛成虫纤维素酶活有较大影响。     

光肩星天牛种群间及其近缘种遗传关系的RAPD研究

利用RAPD技术对采自中国和美国的星天牛属Anoplophora 5个种及8个光肩星天牛Anoplophora glabripennis (Motschulsky)地理种群共13个样品进行了遗传相似性分析。选用了Operon公司生产的引物H系列20个,L系列20个,Q系列11个共51个引物,最后从40个引物中筛选出26个具有多态性的引物作为第一组用于星天牛属种间和光肩星天牛种群间分析,从31个引物中筛选出19个具有多态性的引物作为第二组单独用于光肩星天牛种群分析。根据第一组引物实验获得的RAPD聚类图及遗传距离表明,各个地理种群的光肩星天牛和黄斑星天牛A. nobilis都聚在一起,形成一个大的分枝,而四川星天牛A. freyi、楝星天牛A. horsfieldi和星天牛A. chinensis均在此分枝之外。来自美国纽约和芝加哥的光肩星天牛种群聚于中国光肩星天牛种群之外的另一个独立的分枝上。分布在我国宁夏、内蒙古和河北的光肩星天牛以及宁夏黄斑星天牛和山东、陕西的光肩星天牛分别聚在一起,而甘肃的光肩星天牛与甘肃的黄斑星天牛则聚于另一枝,且它们之间的遗传距离很近,仅为0.1324,说明这两者之间有着极其相近的亲缘关系,由此推断光肩星天牛和黄斑星天牛的差异很小,遗传关系难以区分,进一步证实了它们很可能是同一个种下的两个不同的型。第二组引物实验得到了相似的结果,来自中国的6个光肩星天牛种群全部聚于同一枝中并分成两小枝： 分布于我国宁夏、河北、山东、甘肃的光肩星天牛聚在一起,内蒙古和陕西的光肩星天牛则成另一枝,而分布于美国纽约和芝加哥的光肩星天牛仍聚于中国光肩星天牛种群之外的一个单独的分枝上。但是美国光肩星天牛与中国光肩星天牛之间的遗传距离最近的为0.4578, 最远的为0.5960。由此认为,本研究中采自美国的两个光肩星天牛种群的样本和采自中国的光肩星天牛种群的样本之间存在显著差异,遗传关系较远。有必要从中国和世界其他天牛分布地采集更多样本做进一步DNA 分析。     

利用管氏肿腿蜂防治光肩星天牛技术研究

光肩星天牛Anoplophora glabripennis是我国重大的森林害虫,对我国造林绿化和林业生态工程建设造成了严重危害。由于其为蛀干害虫,隐蔽性生活,难以防治。利用天敌开展生物防治是控制天牛的重要措施,作者研究探讨了利用管氏肿腿蜂Sclerodermus guani防治光肩星天牛技术。测定了管氏肿腿蜂对光肩星天牛1～3龄幼虫的室内控制作用,研究了林间防治防治技术。结果表明,在室内试验条件下,管氏肿腿蜂由于是抑性外寄生性,其产卵之前的刺蛰可造成天牛幼虫直接死亡,对1、2、3龄幼虫的平均致死率分别为100％、92．10％和87．29％;可寄生3龄天牛幼虫。在管氏肿腿蜂防治光肩星天牛小幼虫的林间试验中,管氏肿腿蜂对光肩星天牛小幼虫的致死率为27．79％-37．87％,平均为32．51％,放蜂比例以蜂虫比8-10：1的寄生率最高。     

光肩星天牛两型种群表型多样性分析

【目的】光肩星天牛Anoplophora glabripennis(Motschulsky)是国内最重要的林木蛀干害虫之一,在中国分布范围较广。近年来,形态学以及分子生物学的研究表明,光肩星天牛与黄斑星天牛A.nobilis(Ganglbauer)很可能是同一种的不同型。定量研究光肩星天牛两型的差异与表型多样性。【方法】作者以光肩星天牛的20个地理种群的光肩星天牛分布区为研究对象,采用巢式方差分析和聚类分析对其头长、头后缘宽、前胸后缘宽等13个表型性状进行多样性分析。【结果】表型特征在群体间与群体内均存在着广泛的变异,13个性状的平均表型分化系数为11.78%,群体内变异是其表型性状变异的主要来源;后翅长度与经度呈极显著负相关,与海拔极显著正相关以及与年降水量呈显著负相关。体长与鞘翅斑纹颜色与海拔高度分别呈显著正相关和负相关关系;在不同地理种群中,鞘翅斑纹颜色的分化系数达到最大,为50.53%;而以鞘翅斑纹颜色分类的两型差异显示各性状的表型分化系数均大幅度降低。【结论】本研究首次将鞘翅斑纹的颜色进行数字化处理,并进行分类,结果显示各个颜色类群的分化系数均大幅度减小,说明颜色类群之间的分化要小于地理隔离所造成的差异,进一步验证了光肩星天牛与黄斑星天牛为同一种的不同型。     

光肩星天牛与星天牛种间竞争行为研究

光肩星天牛Anoplophora glabripennis和星天牛Anoplophora chinensis是我国两种重要的林业蛀干害虫,存在很多共同的寄主植物。为了阐明两种星天牛之间的物种竞争关系,本文采用行为观察试验,研究两种星天牛寄主危害部位、异种危害寄主识别和种间争斗行为等试验。结果显示,光肩星天牛和星天牛在寄主植物上的取食危害部位有很大差异,光肩星天牛主要取食寄主植物的枝条上部,取食面积为2 390.0 mm^2,占整个寄主植物取食面积的69.3%,星天牛主要取食寄主植物的树干上部,取食面积为3 140.0 mm^2,占整个寄主植物的96.6%;两种星天牛都能识别异种天牛危害过的寄主,对其具有显著的回避性,其中光肩星天牛对星天牛危害过的寄主取食量平均值为420.8 mm^2,显著低于健康寄主取食量平均值2 518.8 mm^2,同样,星天牛对光肩星天牛危害过的寄主取食量平均值为436.8 mm^2,显著低于健康寄主取食量平均值1 803.5 mm^2,而对同种天牛危害过的寄主没有显著的选择性;两种星天牛之间争斗共发生34次,其中星天牛获胜30次,表现出更强的竞争力。两种星天牛之间存在显著的种间竞争关系,并且能够识别对方物种的存在,其对寄主的感受机制和植物免疫反应机制需要进一步的试验研究。     

转新型双价抗虫基因杨树对光肩星天牛及美国白蛾的抗性鉴定

为明确双价基因chitinase-BmkIT对鞘翅目害虫光肩星天牛及鳞翅目害虫美国白蛾的抗虫效果, 分别以转该双价基因的杨树茎干和叶片为材料,采用室内茎干接虫和叶片接虫方法鉴定其对光肩星天牛Anoplophora glabripennis和美国白蛾Hyphantria cunea幼虫的抗性。结果表明：转基因株系132-2,144-1,123-1对美国白蛾幼虫的致死作用和生长发育影响显著高于取食未转化叶片的处理（P＜0.05）,且对其后代产生了影响,表现为幼虫不能化蛹或化蛹后不能羽化或羽化不正常;但供试的8个转基因株系对光肩星天牛幼虫无明显的致死和生长抑制作用,表现为幼虫死亡率和体重均与取食非转化茎干幼虫无显著差异（P＞0.05）。结果提示,双价基因chitinase-BmkIT可作为杨树鳞翅目害虫的抗虫基因源,并且对延缓害虫抗性的产生具有一定的意义。     

花绒寄甲辨别光肩星天牛蛀食不同树木所产生虫粪的挥发性化学信号

光肩星天牛(Anoplophora glabripennis)危害多种阔叶树种,曾对"三北"防护林造成重大灾害。花绒寄甲(Dastarcus helophoroides)对光肩星天牛取食不同寄主树如杨树、柳树、榆树和槭树后排出的虫粪表现出不同的趋向性,但对槭树的虫粪未表现出趋向性。为了阐明花绒寄甲成虫差异性趋向选择机制,我们采用动态顶空吸附技术收集不同寄主树的虫粪挥发物,利用气相色谱、固相微萃取-气相色谱-质联仪对虫粪中单萜、倍半萜进行定性定量分析。结果表明,萜烯类是虫粪挥发物的主要成分,且源自不同寄主树木虫粪的萜烯释放量相差显著。检测到的所有化合物中,只有α-古巴烯在源于复叶槭的光肩星天牛虫粪中含量极微,而在源于其他5种寄主树的虫粪中含量均较大。在进一步的Y型嗅觉仪生测实验中,α-古巴烯能够显著地吸引花绒寄甲。α-古巴烯可能是花绒寄甲辨别取食不同寄主树的光肩星天牛虫粪的重要信号化合物。     

树皮内含物对光肩星天牛取食与刻槽产卵量的影响

为了明确光肩星天牛补充营养阶段寄主植物树皮内含物对其取食和产卵量的影响,观察并记录室内光肩星天牛在不同寄主植物上的取食面积、尝试刻槽数、产卵数,并对5种寄主植物中几种树皮内含物进行提取测定。结果表明:光肩星天牛在不同寄主植物上的取食面积为苦楝Melia azedarach Linn.意大利杨树Populus euramevicana cv.‘I-214'垂柳Salix babylonica Linn.木麻黄Casuarina equisetifolia L.白蜡Fraxinus chinensis Roxb.,尝试刻槽数为垂柳木麻黄苦楝意大利杨树白蜡,而成功产卵数则为垂柳意大利杨树苦楝木麻黄白蜡,其中苦楝、木麻黄、白蜡上的尝试刻槽数与成功产卵数差异极显著(P0.01),在垂柳上差异显著(0.01P0.05)。相关性实验测定结果表明:影响光肩星天牛的取食面积和尝试刻槽数的内含物因子包括可溶性糖、碳氮比、总必需氨基酸和总氨基酸,光肩星天牛的取食面积和尝试刻槽数与它们呈显著相关而与单宁、总酚、可溶性蛋白均无关。而成功产卵数则与所测内含物因子均无显著相关。推测适宜的碳氮比和可溶性糖含量加上高的总必需氨基酸和总氨基酸量是光肩星天牛取食产卵选择的标准。     

新疆主要造林树种对光肩星天牛的抗性

利用网室接种和树干套笼接种光肩星天牛Anoplophora glabripennis(Motschulsky)成虫的方法,于2005年～2006年在新疆光肩星天牛的发生疫区,进行10种主要造林树种对其抗性的测定试验。结果显示:2种接种试验结果基本一致,各试验树种都不同程度地受到光肩星天牛的危害,表现出不同的抗虫性。根据孵化幼虫数综合分析,判断出试验树种的抗性高低的顺序为:桑树、沙枣>胡杨、圆冠榆、新疆杨、白榆、箭杆杨>复叶槭、旱柳、馒头柳。另外根据网室内试验树种上出现的羽化孔判断,光肩星天牛在新疆巴音郭楞蒙古自治州1年发生1代。     

松褐天牛肿腿蜂对悬铃木上天牛的控制效果

释放肿腿蜂是控制天牛的环境友好型生物防治方法之一。为评价松褐天牛肿腿蜂Sclerodermus sp.对悬铃木上天牛的防治效果,首先调查明确了荆州城区危害悬铃木的天牛种类主要为光肩星天牛,其幼虫和成虫数量分别占天牛总数量93.78%和95.45%;室内测定结果显示蜂虫比2∶1、1∶1、1∶2时光肩星天牛3个龄期幼虫寄生死亡率分别为86.67%、76.30%、33.34%;野外释放寄生蜂60 d后释放点天牛虫口减退率为52.79%-81.85%。研究结果表明,人工释放松褐天牛肿腿蜂能够有效控制悬铃木上天牛种群。     

双钩异翅长蠹幼虫声学特征初探

害虫声音探测技术作为一门新兴的技术方法,在植物检疫领域具有独特的应用优势。为了此技术在口岸植物检疫推广应用积累经验、提供思路,本文利用声音探测技术对口岸经常截获的检疫性有害生物双钩异翅长蠹幼虫的取食和爬行声信号进行了研究。双钩异翅长蠹幼虫取食和爬行声信号差异显著:其取食声信号脉冲持续时间主要分布于32-41 ms区间,主频小于2.5 KHz,信号频率主要分布于334.10-813.50 Hz;其爬行声信号时域特征无明显规律,主频大约为0.2 KHz,频率主要分布于140.60-382.20 Hz。     

Localization of a sum of acoustic signals in air by the northern fur seal]

The localization of a sum of acoustic signals by two northern fur seals in air depending on sound parameters was investigated using the method of instrumental conditioned reflexes with food reinforcement. It was found that sound perception of northern fur seal proceeds by the binaural mechanism. The time/intensity interchange coefficient was 570 microseconds/dB for series of clicks (with amplitude maximum at 1 kHz) and 250 microseconds/dB for tonal impulses with a frequency of 1 kHz. With click amplitudes being equal, the number of approaches of the animal to the source of the first signal reached a 75% level at a delay of the second signal 0.07 ms (the minimum delay); with a delay of 6 ms (the maximum delay) and more, the fur seal, probably hears two separate signals. The minimum delay depended little on the duration of tonal impulses (with a frequency of 1 kHz) and was 0.3-0.7 ms; the maximum delay was 9-11 ms for tonal impulses with a duration of 3 ms and 37-40 ms with impulse duration 20 ms. The precedence effect became apparent at a greater delay for smooth fronts of impulses than for rectangular fronts.     

Variations in the loudness of a brief sound compared to another brief sound as a function of the duration of both sounds]

Loudness equalizations between two short 2500 Hz tones (15 to 120 ms, about 50 dB SPL) were made. One tone, either the first or the second one, was twice as long as the other. The intensity level differences between tones of the same loudness were calculated. Results show that the relations between duration and loudness of the tones differ for different subjects. Nevertheless the calculated differences diminished with subject experience. Subject evaluations in accordance with the intensity levels of tones, i.e. independently of the duration, were quite often obtained even for the pairs 15 ms-30 ms.     

Detection of sonar signals in the presence of pulses of masking noise by the echolocating bat,Eptesicus fuscus

Summary Two big brown bats (Eptesicus fuscus) were trained to report the presence or absence of a virtual sonar target. The bats' sensitivity to transient masking was investigated by adding 5 ms pulses of white noise delayed from 0 to 16 ms relative to the target echo. When signal and masker occurred simultaneously, the bats required a signal energy to noise spectrum level ratio of 35 dB for 50% probability of detection. When the masker was delayed by 2 ms or more there was no significant masking and echo energy could be reduced by 30 dB for the same probability of detection. The average duration of the most energetic sonar signal of each trial was measured to be 1.7 ms and 2.4 ms for the two bats, but a simple relation between detection performance and pulse duration was not found.In a different experiment the masking noise pulses coincided with the echo, and the duration of the masker was varied from 2 to 37.5 ms. The duration of the masker had little or no effect on the probability of detection.The findings are consistent with an aural integration time constant of about 2 ms, which is comparable to the duration of the cries. This is an order of magnitude less than found in backward masking experiments with humans and may be an adaptation to the special constraints of echolocation. The short time of sensitivity to masking may indicate that the broad band clicks of arctiid moths produced as a countermeasure to bat predation are unlikely to function by masking the echo of the moth.Abbreviations SPL sound pressure level - SD standard deviation - SE standard error - BW bandwidth     

Cooperative phenomena in the activity of single ion channels

Using the patch-voltage-clamp method kinetics of the fast potential-dependent K+-channels in molluscan neurones was investigated. It was found that under given experimental conditions the amplitudes of single current impulses have a wide spectrum. The amplitudes are proportional to a number of the current substates involved. Averaged fronts of the current impulses are S-shaped, and have duration greater than 1 ms. Averaged duration of the current impulses increases (from 0.25 to 30-40 ms) with the impulse amplitude (or with the number of the substates involved). There is a sharp bend of the dependence at the impulse amplitude 0.6-0.7 of maximal value. The phenomena investigated reflect, probably, cooperativity of the channel transitions between the substates. The degree of the cooperativity depends on the membrane potential value.     

Detection of Anoplophora glabripennis (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) larvae in different host trees and tissues by automated analyses of sound-impulse frequency and temporal patterns

Anoplophora glabripennis (Motschulsky) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), an invasive pest quarantined in the United States, is difficult to detect because the larvae feed unseen inside trees. Acoustic technology has potential for reducing costs and hazards of tree inspection, but development of practical methods for acoustic detection requires the solution of technical problems involving transmission of resonant frequencies in wood and high background noise levels in the urban environments where most infestations have occurred. A study was conducted to characterize sounds from larvae of different ages in cambium, sapwood, and heartwood of bolts from three host tree species. Larval sounds in all of the tested trees and tissues consisted primarily of trains of brief, 3-10-ms impulses. There were no major differences in the spectral or temporal pattern characteristics of signals produced by larvae of different ages in each tissue, but larval sounds in sapwood often had fewer spectral peaks than sounds in cambium and heartwood. A large fraction, but not all background sounds could be discriminated from larval sounds by automated spectral analyses. In 3-min recordings from infested bolts, trains containing impulses in patterns called bursts occurred frequently, featuring 7-49 impulses separated by small intervals. Bursts were rarely detected in uninfested bolts. The occurrence of bursts was found to predict infestations more accurately than previously used automated spectral analyses alone. Bursts and other features of sounds that are identifiable by automated techniques may ultimately lead to improved pest detection applications and new insight into pest behavior.     

Force and surface mechanomyogram frequency responses in cat gastrocnemius

Muscle surface displacement is a mechanical event taking place simultaneously with the tension generation at the tendon. The two phenomena can be studied by the surface mechanomyogram signal (MMG) (produced by a laser distance sensor) and the force signal (from a load cell). The aim of this paper was to provide data on the reliability of the laser detected MMG in muscle mechanics research. To this purpose it was verified if the laser detected MMG was suitable to estimate a frequency response in the cat medial gastrocnemius and its frequency response was compared with the one retrieved by the force signal at the tendon level. The force and MMG from the exposed medial gastrocnemius of four cats were analysed. The frequency response was investigated by sinusoidally changing the number of orderly recruited motor units, in different trials, in the 0.4-6 Hz range. It resulted that it was possible to model the force and MMG frequency response by a critically damped second-order system with two real double poles and a pure time delay. On the average, the poles were at 1.83 Hz (with 22.6 ms delay) and at 2.75 Hz (with 38 ms delay) for force and MMG, respectively. It can be concluded that MMG appears to be a reliable tool to investigate the muscle frequency response during stimulated isometric contraction. Even though not statistically significant. the differences in the second-order system parameters suggest that different components of the muscle mechanical model may specifically affect the force or MMG.     

Effects of varying impulse number on cotransmitter contributions to sympathetic vasoconstriction in rat tail artery

We examined the contributions of the cotransmitters norepinephrine (NE), ATP, and neuropeptide Y (NPY) to sympathetically evoked vasoconstriction in the rat tail artery in isolated vascular rings by using 1-100 stimulation impulses at 20 Hz. Phentolamine (2 microM), the alpha-adrenoceptor antagonist, markedly reduced responses to all stimuli, although responses to lower impulse numbers were reduced less than responses to longer trains. The purinergic receptor antagonist suramin (100 microM) reduced all responses, but to a much greater extent with few impulse trains. Responses were further reduced or abolished by addition of the second antagonist. Any remaining responses were abolished by the NPY-Y(1) receptor antagonist BIBP-3226 (75 nM). NPY had a direct agonist action and potentiated sympathetically mediated responses. NPY (75 nM) potentiated responses and BIBP-3226 decreased responses to 2- and 20-impulse trains. Both affected responses from 2 impulses to >20 impulses, but there was no preferential effect on purinergic contributions to responses because neurally released NPY potentiated both "pure" NE and ATP responses equally. We conclude that all three cotransmitters contribute significantly to vascular responses and their contribution varies markedly with impulse numbers. There is considerable synergy between cotransmitters, especially with lower impulse numbers where NPY contributions are greater than expected.     

Acoustic indicators for targeted detection of stored product and urban insect pests by inexpensive infrared, acoustic, and vibrational detection of movement

Crawling and scraping activity of three stored-product pests, Sitophilus oryzae (L.) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae), and Stegobium paniceum (L.) (Coleoptera: Anobiidae), and two urban pests, Blattella germanica (L.) (Blattodea: Blattellidae) and Cimex lectularius L. (Hemiptera: Cimicidae), were monitored individually by infrared sensors, microphones, and a piezoelectric sensor in a small arena to evaluate effects of insect locomotory behavior and size on the ability of an inexpensively constructed instrument to detect insects and distinguish among different species. Adults of all species could be detected when crawling or scraping. The smallest insects in the study, first-fourth-instar C. lectularius nymphs, could not be detected easily when crawling, but could be detected when scraping. Sound and vibration sensors detected brief, 3-10-ms impulses from all tested species, often grouped in distinctive trains (bursts), typical of impulses in previous acoustic detection experiments. To consider the potential for targeting or focusing detection on particular species of interest, indicators were developed to assess the likelihood of detection of C. lectularius. Statistically significant differences were found between C. lectularius and other species in distributions of three measured variables: infrared signal durations, sound impulse-burst durations, and sound pressure levels (energy) of impulses that best matched an averaged spectrum (profile) of scraping behavior. Thus, there is potential that signals collected by an inexpensive, polymodal-sensor instrument could be used in automated trapping systems to detect a targeted species, 0.1 mg or larger, in environments where servicing of traps is difficult or when timeliness of trapping information is important.     

DURATION DISCRIMINATION IN NORTHERN BOBWHITE QUAIL

ABSTRACT

We examined the ability of northern bobwhite quail Colinus virginianus to discriminate along the duration dimension because of its suspected importance in their ability to identify individual covey members. If quail are using variability along this dimension to identify individuals we would expect their auditory resolving powers to be sufficiently refined in that dimension to make appropriate discriminations. Three 2-year old male bobwhite quail were trained using a positive reinforcement technique to discriminate between a 1000 Hz standard (correct) tone 600 ms in duration (100 ms rise/fall time) and a 1000 Hz comparison tone 300 ms in duration (also 10 ms rise/fall time). Quail were then required to discriminate between pairs of tones in which the duration of the comparison tone was progressively increased from 400 ms to 590 ms. Because of the categorical nature of the analysis we concluded that the two tones must differ in duration by 20 ms or more if they are to be discriminated correctly. Our study has shown that bobwhites are able to detect a 3% difference in duration around a standard tone 600 ms in duration, which compares favourably with results obtained from earlier studies with parakeets Melopsittacus undulatus and pigeons Columbia livia. Such a finely tuned duration discrimination ability also suggests that it is possible bobwhites may be using individual variability along the duration dimension of the separation call to identify individual covey members.