鞭角华扁叶蜂幼虫期的呼吸代谢

报道了鞭角华扁叶蜂Chinolyda flagellicornis幼虫不同发育时期的耗氧量.试验表明,鞭角华扁叶蜂的耗氧量随着幼虫的生长发育而增加,在同一龄期内,耗氧量与虫体鲜重呈2次曲线相关;在不同的龄期之间,耗氧量则与虫体鲜重的0.8299次方成正比.在同一龄期内,幼虫的代谢速率呈抛物线状;在整个幼虫期随着龄期的增加而呈下降趋势.     

棉铃虫的呼吸代谢

棉铃虫的耗氧量随着幼虫的生长发育而增加。当发育状态基本相同时,在同一龄期内,幼虫耗氧量与虫体鲜重呈直线相关;在不同龄期之间,耗氧量则与虫体鲜重的0.97次方成正比。幼虫的代谢速率随着龄期的增加而稳定地降低。在20—35℃范围内,温度每升高10℃,幼虫的代谢速率约增加一倍。蛹期的代谢速率呈典型的“U”形曲线变化。从卵期及幼虫期到蛹期的呼吸商变动在0.75—0.96之间。     

鞭角华扁叶蜂蜕皮甾类激素滴度的变化

用放射免疫分析法测定了鞭角华扁叶蜂Chinolyda flagellicornis末龄幼虫及滞育预蛹血淋巴中蜕皮甾类激素滴度。结果表明,末龄幼虫血淋巴中蜕皮甾类激素滴度在第2和4天各有一高峰;滞育预蛹血淋巴中保持一定滴度的蜕皮甾类激素,并随发育时期的不同有所波动;预蛹化蛹前一周血淋巴中蜕皮甾类激素滴度存在两个与变态相对应的峰值。表明鞭角华扁叶蜂的滞育与蜕皮甾类激素相关。     

鞭角华扁叶蜂自然种群生命表

鞭角华扁叶蜂Chinolydaflagellicornis（F．Smith）是危害柏木的主要害虫,近年来在长江沿岸柏木防护林区发生严重,造成灾害。为了解该虫的种群动态规律及影响虫口数量变动的致死原因,并为该虫的预测预报提供资料,笔者于1995～1996年在忠县、云阳两县对鞭角华扁叶蜂自然种群进行了观察,现将结果整理于后。1生命表的研制过程1．1生命表观察虫期的划分[1]：根据鞭角华扁鞭角华扁叶蜂平均生命表叶蜂的发育进度和生活习性,将整个世代划分为卵期,1、2、3、4～6龄幼虫期,预蛹期,蛹期和成虫期共8个发育阶段。l．2观察方法。于1995—1996…     

云杉阿扁叶蜂幼虫龄期与取食量观测

云杉阿扁叶蜂AcantholydapiceacolaXiaoetZhou的幼虫隐藏于虫粪结成的虫巢内，在取食针叶时将头、胸伸出虫巢，停息或受惊扰时即缩回。由于虫巢质地紧密、不易拉开，因此确定该虫龄期及发育进度很困难。曾有报道云杉阿扁叶蜂幼虫龄期为5龄[1]，而各龄期幼虫取食量及虫体大小未见详细报道。为了确定此虫的最佳防治时期和防治阈值，获得可靠预测预报资料，我们于1995年在甘肃省山丹县大黄山林场对云杉阿扁叶蜂幼虫头宽、体长、龄期及取食量作了详细观测，现将结果整理如下。更方法（1）林间选择大小均匀的二年生青海云杉枝条，将刚孵化的幼…     

鞭角华扁叶蜂幼虫的营养成分分析

采用现代分析技术手段对鞭角华扁叶蜂Chinolydaflagellicornis(F.Smith)幼虫的主要营养成分进行分析,结果表明其鲜虫浆的蛋白质、氨基酸、粗脂肪、糖类及灰分含量分别为17.1%,13.5%,6.7%,1.0%和1.5%,胆固醇含量为0.3mg/g;含有7种人体必需氨基酸,其必需氨基酸占总氨基酸含量的43.0%,必需氨基酸与非必需氨基酸含量的比值为75.3%,第一限制性氨基酸为含硫氨基酸,即蛋氨酸和胱氨酸;同时,其不饱和脂肪酸与必需脂肪酸分别占总脂肪的61.3%和24.3%,特别是油酸和亚麻酸含量较高,分别达37.0%和18.4%;此外,还含有K,Ca,Mg,Fe,Zn,Cu,Mn等多种矿物质和微量元素。最后在分析其营养价值的基础上,对鞭角华扁叶蜂幼虫的开发利用价值进行了评价。     

鞭角华扁叶蜂虫卵数模型研究

该研究在野外获得了鞭角华扁叶蜂虫卵数与生境因子海拔、胸径、树高、海拔、冠幅坡向的数据;内业利用Matlab7软件分别建立了鞭角华扁叶蜂虫卵数的全变量模型、逐步回归模型和主成分模型,三模型的复相关系数R~2分别为0.9204,0.91841和0.9289,均方误差RMSE分别为322.4069,331.7300和310.9550,从两个系数看,得出一致结论以主成分法拟合最佳.逐步回归模型只采用了两个因子即树高和冠幅,主成分法采用了前三个主成分量,其信息量达93.6359%,可代表原特征变量的大部分信息.     

越冬滞育前后松阿扁叶蜂幼虫体壁防御体系的变化

【目的】食叶害虫松阿扁叶蜂Acantholyda posticalis Matsumura以老熟幼虫在地下越冬,越冬期间体壁保护其不受外来物的侵害。研究松阿扁叶蜂幼虫体壁对生态的适应性,对于其管理和防治具有重要意义。【方法】采用石油醚溶解脂肪、饱和KOH消化几丁质和考马斯亮蓝结合法测定松阿扁叶蜂不同龄期幼虫蛋白质质量和含量;采用FB 28和HE染色法研究幼虫体壁几丁质和脂肪发育的动态变化;采用紫外分光光度计比色法测定体壁多酚氧化酶的蛋白含量和活性变化。【结果】（1）松阿扁叶蜂幼虫体壁几丁质、总蛋白质、总脂肪含量均随着幼虫发育阶段的变化而增加：蛹前滞育>入土滞育>5龄>4龄,且在5龄至入土前迅速增长。（2）松阿扁叶蜂幼虫体壁的几丁质和脂肪厚度随幼虫发育阶段变化趋势为：入土滞育>蛹前滞育>5龄>4龄,且在5龄至入土前迅速增长。（3）随着幼虫发育,松阿扁叶蜂幼虫总脂肪含量变化平缓,几丁质含量呈现下降-升高-下降趋势,总蛋白质含量呈现升高-降低-升高趋势。（4）随着幼虫的发育,松阿扁叶蜂幼虫体壁多酚氧化酶含量呈现先升高后持续降低的趋势,而活力正好相反,变化波...     

鞭角华扁叶蜂对自然生境柏木挥发物释放的影响

植物挥发物（Volatile organic compounds;VOCs）在植物抵御害虫侵袭的过程中具有重要作用。本研究以重庆市云阳县长江林场人工林中健康和受害柏木为研究对象,通过VOCs测定分析发现鞭角华扁叶蜂虫害发生之前,两种柏木共计有37种VOCs成分,主要为萜类化合物,其次为醇、酯、醛、烷烃等类化合物;其中健康柏木特有驱赶作用的2-莰醇（龙脑）,受害柏木特有吸引作用的顺式-2-癸烯醛,其余35种为共有成分;各成分浓度在两种柏木中存在较大差异。虫害发生之后,两种柏木共计有32种VOCs成分,而2-莰醇、顺式-2-癸烯醛、薄荷醇、臭樟脑和α-石竹烯等5种成分消失;许多成分的浓度变化趋势与虫害发生前的相反。结果表明健康与受害柏木VOCs释放的差异可能是柏木能否抵御鞭角华扁叶蜂侵害的主要防御机制之一,这将为优良抗虫柏木选育提供理论依据和参考指标。     

扁角豆芫菁幼虫取食与生长发育关系研究

为探明扁角豆芫菁Epicauta impressicornis Pic幼虫取食与生长发育关系,在室内人工气候箱内,恒温条件下,采用杯养法,对扁角豆芫菁幼虫的取食习性进行试验观察。结果表明:1龄幼虫寻食期长短与蝗虫卵块埋藏深度有关,与蝗卵量多少无关。幼虫取食多少与羽化后成虫个体大小、体重有明显的关系,取食1/2块蝗卵的幼虫提前入土化蛹,继续发育为成虫,但成虫体形瘦小;而取食1块蝗卵的幼虫正常发育,成虫体形肥大。幼虫无再取食习性。建议在扁角豆芫菁饲养中,供给卵量为1块完整的蝗卵,鲜重约为0.6 g最合适。     

Ectogenesis and the case against the right to the death of the foetus

Ectogenesis, or the use of an artificial womb to allow a foetus to develop, will likely become a reality within a few decades, and could significantly affect the abortion debate. We first examine the implications for Judith Jarvis Thomson’s violinist analogy, which argues for a woman’s right to withdraw life support from the foetus and so terminate her pregnancy, even if the foetus is granted full moral status. We show that on Thomson’s reasoning, there is no right to the death of the foetus, and abortion is not permissible if ectogenesis is available, provided it is safe and inexpensive. This raises the question of whether there are persuasive reasons for the right to the death of the foetus that could be exercised in the context of ectogenesis. Eric Mathison and Jeremy Davis have examined several arguments for this right, doubting that it exists, while Joona Räsänen has recently criticized their reasoning. We respond to Räsänen’s analysis, concluding that his arguments are unsuccessful, and that there is no right to the death of the foetus in these circumstances.     

On the diversity of the Cladocera in the tropics

The mythical concept of an impoverished tropical cladoceran fauna is refuted. On a planetary scale, around half of the cladoceran species presently known occur exclusively in the tropics-subtropics, often with considerable restriction to particular geographical subzones. On a regional (political) scale, the situation is often unclear because of the continued fragmentary nature of studies, and because political units are not a good basis for biogeographical comparisons. At the finest level of resolution (lake-perlake comparisons), there appears to be an upper limit of c. 50 cladoceran species per individual lake. No significant difference between lakes in the temperate zone and in the tropics could be established here. Daphnia is largely absent from the tropics, but is replaced by more Sidids, Moinids, and Bosminids, such that the average cladoceran community in the limnetic zone of a tropical lake is not characterized by less species but rather by lower population densities. This, in turn, is considered a consequence of higher prevalent predation levels in the tropics.     

Tubular networks in the terminal endings of the visual receptor cells in the human,the monkey,the cat and the dog

Summary A tubular network was found in the terminal endings of the visual receptor cells in the human, the monkey (Macaca mulatta), the cat and the dog. These tubules are arranged in close groups in the vicinity of the synaptic lamellae and the invaginated dendrites. According to the form, diameter, density of the tubules and to the consistence of the network formed by them one can distinguish at these places an initial type (type I), a transitory (type II) and a vesicular one (type III). In the the type III branching, bizarre forms are frequent. The diameter of all the tubules reaches 500–600 Å, their density and walls being the same as in the synaptic vesicles.Similar networks also occur in the axons of the visual receptor cells of the monkey.

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Zusammenfassung In den Endigungen der Photorezeptorzellen von Mensch, Affe (Macaca mulatta), Katze und Hund kommen aus Tubuli bestehende Komplexe vor. Organellenartig in geschlossenen Gruppen angeordnet, liegen sie in Nähe der synaptischen Lamellen und der invaginierten Dendriten. An diesen Stellen kann man nach Form, Durchmesser, Dichte und Konsistenz der von den Tubuli gebildeten Komplexe drei Typen unterscheiden: 1. einen initialen (Typus I), 2. einen Übergangstypus (Typus II) und 3. einen vesiculären Typus (Typus III). In letzterem kommen häufig verzweigte, bizarre Formen vor. Der Durchmesser sämtlicher Tubuli erreicht 500–600 Å. Ihre Dichte und ihre Wand gleicht denen der synaptischen Vesikel.Ähnliche Komplexe fanden wir auch in den Axonen der Photorezeptorzellen vom Affen.

     

Assessing the Physiological State of the Fucoids from the Barents Sea Littoral by the End of the Polar Night

Methods of amperometry and potentiometric titration were used to follow dark respiration (DR) and apparent photosynthesis (AP) in the fucoids Ascophyllum nodosum (L.) Le Jol, Fucus vesiculosus L., and F. serratus L. from the Barents Sea littoral by the end of the 40-day-long polar night. The macroalgae were shown to manifest species-specific low rates of photosynthesis and respiration. However, in spite of their low photosynthetic status due to the effects of subzero temperature and prolonged low or zero illumination, the macroalgae have been able to restore DR and AP to the initial level already by the day 9; the ability to restore AP depended on the level of illumination. The study of the changes in the carbonate–bicarbonate system in the light and darkness demonstrated that the macroalgae grown in darkness, in contrast to those grown in twilight, could absorb bicarbonate in darkness; however, they lost this capacity after two-day-long illumination at an irradiance of 7 mol/(m² s). Bicarbonate uptake in darkness and the capacity to restore the systems of photosynthesis and respiration in fucoid cells are discussed in the context of algal energy metabolism under the polar night conditions.     

Arranging the elements of the potassium channel: the T1 domain occludes the cytoplasmic face of the channel

The voltage-gated potassium channel is currently one of the few membrane proteins where functional roles have been mapped onto specific segments of sequence. Although high-resolution structures of the transmembrane portions of three bacterial potassium channels, the tetramerization domain and the cytoplasmic ball are available, their relative spatial arrangement in mammalian channels remains a matter of ongoing debate. Cryo-electron microscopic images of the six transmembrane voltage-gated Kv channel have been reconstructed at up to 18 Å resolution, revealing that the T1 domain tetramerizes and is suspended below the transmembrane segments. However, the resolution of these images is insufficient to reveal the location of the third piece of the puzzle, the inactivating ball domain. We have used the aberrant interactions observed in a series of chimæric channels to establish that an assembled T1 domain restricts access to the cytoplasmic face of the channel, suggesting that the N-terminal ball and chain may be confined in the space between the T1 domain and the transmembrane portion of the channel.     

Feeding the vertebrate retina from the Cambrian to the Tertiary

The retina of the vertebrate eye is metabolically active and requires nutritive support. During the last 540 million years it has evolved into forms as complicated and nutritionally demanding as those found in avian or primate eyes. Diffusion from the choroid is generally able to supply the metabolic needs of thin retinae. However, when the thickness exceeds the limits of diffusion, structures are needed to supplement the vascular supply from the choroid. These supplemental nutritive devices include the choroidal gland, the falciform process and preretinal vascular plexus of fish, the conus papillaris of lizards, the pecten oculi of birds, the intraretinal vessels of mammals and a few novel systems that remain difficult to classify. These vascular systems are among the most variable features of the vertebrate eye. Here, we review classical and recent findings regarding such retinal nutrition systems, propose a three category classification for them based on histologic origins and speculate on the evolutionary forces which drove their development.     

Observations on the permeability of the choriocapillaris of the eye

Summary The choriocapillaris is a fenestrated capillary bed located posterior to the retinal pigment epithelium. It serves as the main source of supply to the photoreceptors, retinal pigment epithelium, and other cells of the outer retina. The permeability of these capillaries to intravenously injected ferritin (MW — approx. 480,000; mol. diam. 11 nm) was examined in the mouse, rabbit, and guinea pig, each of which is characterized by a different type of retinal vascularization. In all three species, the bulk of the ferritin remained in the capillary lumina, where it appeared to be blocked at the level of the diaphragmed fenestrae. Some ferritin was present in endothelial cell vacuoles. The results confirm previous work on the rat choriocapillaris and indicate that the barrier function of the choriocapillary endothelium is present even among species in which the retinal circulation differs significantly.Supported by NIH grant EY03418     

Separation of the pineal vesicle from the wall of the third ventricle during the post-hatching development of the chicken

Summary According to light- and electron-microscopic observations the pineal organ of the 3-day-old chicken consists of a prominent end vesicle and a tapering parenchymal stalk. During this stage the pineal lumen is in open communication with the third ventricle. However, in the 40-day-old chicken, which still possesses a well-developed end vesicle, the proximal portion of the pineal stalk displays regressive changes leading to local fragmentation. At this stage the pineal stalk is reduced, and the pineal lumen is missing. In 1-year-old chickens the parenchyma of the proximal portion of the stalk is further diminished, and in 3-year-old domestic fowl is completely displaced by bundles of collagenous fibers, only some nerve fibers being present. This post-hatching pineal development may reflect the sequence of changes leading from pineal sense organs to pineal glands.This work was supported by a grant-in-aid for Scientific Research from the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture of Japan