ELECTROANTENNOGRAM RESPONSES OF LYSIPHLEBIA JAPONICA ASHMEAD (HYMENOPTERA: APHIDIIDAE) TO SOME COTTON PLANT VOLATILES AND COTTON APHID PHEROMONES

Abstract Electroantennogram responses (EAGs) of Lysiphlebia japonica (Ashmead) (Hymenoptera: Aphidiidae) to cotton plant volatiles and cotton aphid pheromones were measured with EAG recording techniques. No sexual difference of EAG responses was found to all test samples under concentration of 10 μl/ml. The most effective chemicals were 1-heptanol, hexanal, heptanal, saturated primary-alcohols with six-carbon to nine-carbon chain and benzaldehyde. Both male and female showed the highest EAGs to green leaf volatiles (GLVs) and moderate EAGs to terpenoids among which geraniol was the most active. Cotton aphid pheromones elicited relative high EAGs. Among the four plant extracts, cotton leaf extract was the most effective. Dose curves were constructed from six female wasps' EAGs to four chosen chemicals, in which GLVs showed lower thresholds than terpenoids. According to the results above, we may draw the following conclusions: GLVs could be more important in longer distance orientation, while terpenoids may be more important in shorter ranges. Aphid pheromones may be effective attractants to parasitoids. Preadult experience can influence the antenna1 sensitivity of the parasitoid.     

Dropping of pea aphids from feeding site: a consequence of parasitism by the wasp, Monoctonus paulensis

We examined the dropping behaviour of the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum (Harris), feeding on broad-bean plants in the laboratory. Aphid responses to foraging and oviposition by females of Monoctonus paulensis (Ashmead) were instar-specific and included kicking with the hind legs, walking away and dropping from the feeding site. Fourth nymphal instars were most likely to drop, followed by second, third, and first instars, in that order. Compared with first instars, the odds that a fourth-instar aphid will drop were 6-times higher independent of the stimulus, and 16-times higher after parasitoid attack. Dropping from the feeding site increases an aphid's mortality risk. If parasitoid offspring are more likely to survive in small pea aphids, it may be adaptive for M. paulensis to choose smaller hosts, regardless of possible fitness gains due to increased body size from development in larger aphids.     

棉株内含物和外源JH对棉蚜成蚜有翅率及种群消长的影响

通过系统研究得出 ,棉花植株中油酸、缬氨酸和脯氨酸对棉蚜种群消长有影响 ,油酸、天门冬氨酸和丝氨酸对棉蚜成蚜有翅率有影响 ;外源保幼激素类似物对棉蚜种群消长和成蚜有翅率均有重要影响 .     

影响两种麦蚜成蚜有翅率的因子分析

对影响 2种麦蚜有翅率的因子分析表明 ,供试的 3种小麦品种 (系 )麦长管蚜成蚜有翅率间F值为 0 .31 82 ,F 相似文献   

New Potential for Classical Biological Control ofEucallipterus tiliae(Homoptera: Drepanosiphidae)

Biological control efforts in California directed against the linden aphid (Eucallipterus tiliae) have been predicated on the basis that the aphid is native to Europe. Although several European parasitoids have become established and attackE. tiliaein California, complete control has not been achieved; the aphid is a problem in Europe as well. New records ofE. tiliaefrom eastern Asia suggest that the aphid may be native there. This area has the greatest species diversity of both the host genus (Tilia) and the other linden-feeding drepanosiphid aphids. It is recommended that any further efforts for locating importable natural enemies be focused in this region.     

禾谷类三种主要病毒病的电镜观察

在调查陕西、甘肃两省禾谷类三种病毒病：小麦线条花叶病毒病、小麦丛矮病毒病和玉米粗病毒病的发生危害基础上,采用超薄切片和电镜技术对发生在上述两省内的三种病毒进行了病毒粒子的直接观察。     

Influence of Experience on the Response of Bathyplectes curculionis (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), a Nonaphidophagous Parasitoid, to Aphid Odor

Bathyplectes curculionis (Thomson) is an introduced natural enemy of the alfalfa weevil in North America. The wasp requires carbohydrate foods as an adult. Adult wasps have increased longevity and fecundity when provided access to pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum (Harris), honeydew in the laboratory, and adults respond positively to the presence of pea aphids in alfalfa fields. However, it is unknown how these wasps find aphid honeydew in the field. In a series of Y-tube olfactometer experiments, we evaluated the response of naïve and experienced adult female B. curculionis to odors from pea aphids, alfalfa, and pea aphids on alfalfa. Naïve adult females did not respond positively to pea aphid odor even when hungry. But adult females were able to learn aphid odor, and the mechanism of learning appears to be associative rather than by sensitization. Naïve females also showed no preference for alfalfa odor but learned alfalfa odor through sensitization. The wasps did not distinguish between alfalfa with aphids and alfalfa without aphids, even after exposure to aphids or alfalfa with aphids. However, they preferred pea aphid odor to alfalfa odor after a feeding experience in the presence of pea aphid odors. But after exposure to mixed odors of aphids and alfalfa while feeding, B. curculionis females preferred the odor of alfalfa to the odor of pea aphids. These results suggest that alfalfa odors mask or override aphid odors when aphids are associated with alfalfa (as happens naturally), thus interfering with the wasp's ability to respond to learned aphid odors. Therefore, although the wasps are capable of learning to find pea aphids and their honeydew in a simplified laboratory setting, it appears unlikely that they do so in the field.     

Soil community composition drives aboveground plant–herbivore–parasitoid interactions

Soil organisms can influence higher trophic level aboveground organisms, but only very few studies have considered such effects. We manipulated soil community composition of model grassland ecosystems by introducing nematode communities, microorganisms, neither or both groups. Above ground, aphids ( Rhopalosiphum padi ) and parasitoids ( Aphidius colemani ) were introduced, and we measured individual performance and population dynamics of plants, aphids and parasitoids. In microcosms with nematode inoculations either with or without microorganism inoculation, aphids offspring production was significantly reduced by 31%. Aphid populations on both host plants Agrostis capillaris and Anthoxanthum odoratum were lowest in microcosms with combined nematode and microorganism inoculations. Opposite results were found for parasitoids. While the number of emerged parasitoids did not differ between treatments, parasitoid mortality and the proportion of males were significantly lower in microcosms with nematode and microorganism inoculations. Parasitized aphids were significantly larger in microcosms with nematodes inoculated. Plant biomass did not differ, but in the preferred host plant A. odoratum , foliar phenolic content was reduced in the presence of nematodes, and also the concentration of amino acids in the phloem. This study shows that the composition of the soil community matters for aboveground multitrophic interactions.     

Flight activity of the damson–hop aphid, Phorodon humuli.

Flight activity of Phorodon humuli was monitored using suction traps, laboratory studies and mark and recapture experiments. Emigrants were trapped as they flew from a Myrobalan (Prunus cerasifera) hedge and among dwarf hops (Humulus lupulus). Daily flight curves were bimodal with 69% and 38% of emigrants caught in the morning peak near Myrobalan and among hops, respectively. The median period of flight activity was from 2 h after sunrise until 30 min before sunset. The lower temperature for flight was 13.5°C in the field and 14.9°C for take off in the laboratory. Variations in wind speed had little effect on flight activity explaining <2.5% of the total variance among insect counts. The percentage of emigrants on hop declined exponentially with time. The relationship, y= 10.9(±2.0) + 64.3(±2.3) × 0.92(±0.01)^t where t = daylight hours (standard error in parentheses), explained 98.3% of the variance. Hence, 62% of new arrivals flew within 1 day of arrival and 79% within 2 days. Similar numbers arrived as departed at 08:30, 10:30 and 12:30 h, but at 14:30 h twice as many arrived than departed and at 16:30 h, the accumulation was threefold. Daily flight curves of return migrants and males leaving hop were bimodal with 70% and 80%, respectively, trapped in the earlier peak. In the field, the median lower temperature for flight was 13.2°C for return migrants and a nonsignificantly different 12.8°C for males. The mean temperature for take off by return migrants was 15.7°C in the laboratory.