FAO/WHO微生物农药标准概述

本文概述了《粮农组织和世卫组织农药标准制订和使用手册》中第9章关于微生物农药标准的基本内容,包括微生物农药标准的说明、基本内容、不同剂型标准的异同等。作者认为《粮农组织和世卫组织农药标准制订和使用手册》中文版的出版发行,将有利于改善目前我国生物农药缺乏国家标准的状况,为我国生物农药标准的制订提供重要参考。     

美国农药生态风险评价技术

美国已建立较为完善的生态风险评价技术,包括农药对地表水水生生物、对陆生生物以及地下水的风险评价。综述了美国的农药水生生态风险评价及陆生生态风险评价技术,旨在为我国农药生态风险评价技术的完善和农药风险管理提供借鉴。     

农药生态风险评价述评

风险一般指遭受损失、损伤或毁坏的可能性。生态风险是生态系统及其组分所承受的风险。生态风险评价是对产生不利的生态效应的可能性进行评价的过程。农药生态风险评价是采用生态风险评价技术评价农药给整个生态环境带来的风险。本文就农药生态风险评价的基本概念、过程和模型、内容和方法以及农药生态风险的评价研究现状进行了述评。     

美国农药水生生态风险评价研究进展

介绍了美国农药水生生态风险评价从商值法到概率风险评价再到多层次生态风险评价的发展过程,重点阐述了当前在美国被广泛采用的多层次生态风险评价系统。对水生生态风险评价中常用的暴露评价模型GENEEC、PRZM 和EXAMS进行了比较分析。介绍了美国已开展的农药水生生态风险评价工作情况,旨在为我国今后的农药水生生态风险评价研究提供有益的借鉴。     

国内外水果农药残留管理概况

总结和分析了我国主要水果贸易国在水果农药残留方面的标准情况概况。相对欧美、日本、加拿大等国家在水果上设立越来越苛刻的农药残留限量,我国的水果农药残留限量标准的制订和研究还比较缺乏,迫切需要根据国际食品法典要求和我国及其主要水果贸易伙伴国的水果生产和农药管理实际,制订或修订我国水果农药残留标准。     

IPPC及南美国家植物检疫风险分级管理介绍

植物检疫风险分级是根据产品所感染和传播有害生物的不同,按照一定原则将其进行分级.本文介绍了IPPC(国际植物保护公约组织)及南美国家植物检疫风险分级管理情况,拟制定我国的植物检疫风险分级标准.     

农药致癌性分级与评估方法分析

致癌性评价是农药风险评估的重要领域，然而，各国对于致癌物的分类方法及依据却存在差异。文章介绍了国际癌症研究机构 (IARC)、美国环保署 (EPA) 和欧盟关于农药致癌物的分级标准和原则，分析了几种分级与评估方法的特点和差异。其中，IARC分级以危害为基础，不审查其他机构考虑的定量风险特征。致癌机制是分级的重要证据之一，但各机构采用的评估方法还普遍处于探索和完善当中。文章以草甘膦为例，阐述了因致癌性分级和评估方法的不同，以及证据收集与分析的差异而导致的致癌评估的复杂性，旨在为中国建立和完善农药致癌性评价体系，开展相关国际交流提供参考。     

国际食品法典农药残留标准介绍

本文简要介绍了国际食品法典农药残留委员会(CCPR)制订的食品和国际贸易中饲料上农药最大残留限量标准,以及与农药残留有关的标准,包括风险分析原则、分析和采样方法、残留评估FAO手册等技术规范、标准和准则.     

农药对两栖动物的生态风险评估研究进展

农药的环境污染问题一直备受关注。两栖动物在农业区域及附近的水体中活动和繁殖,其个体发育和种群生存易受到农药的威胁,因此评估农药对两栖动物的生态风险显得尤为重要。本文主要综述了近几年来不同国家和组织关于农药对两栖动物的暴露评估、效应评估以及风险表征领域的研究进展。其中,美国和欧盟的两栖动物农药风险评估方法体系相对较为完善,在暴露模型研发及毒性 效应测试等方面更加科学化,评价工具更为模型化,评估方法为定性和定量相结合,并且已进入到大尺度空间的区域生态风险评估阶段。我国的两栖动物生态风险评估还处于初级阶段,慢性评估基础数据资料匮乏,评估方法尚不完善,定量评估模型研发还有待加强。因此,我国应积极完善两栖动物生态风险评估体系,以满足未来生态风险评估的发展趋势,为保护两栖动物种群的健康发展以及农药的合理应用和有效管理提供参考方案。     

国际食品法典农药残留限量标准最新进展

本文简要介绍了国际食品法典农药残留委员会(CCPR)、CCPR制订食品和国际贸易中饲料上农药最大残留限量标准的程序以及目前国际食品法典农药残留限量标准现状.     

Richtlinien der Verbände des ökologischen Landbaus zum Vorratsschutz

Zusammenfassung Verbände des ökologischen Landbaus wie z. B. Bioland, Gäa, Demeter; Naturland, Ernte für das Leben oder Bio Suisse beschränken ihre Mitglieder bei der Wahl von Vorratsschutzmaßnahmen. Vorrang besitzen Maßnahmen zur Vermeidung von Schädlingen gegenüber Bekämpfungsmaßnahmen. Fallen müssen zur Befallsüberwachung eingesetzt werden, um einen Befall durch Vorratsschädlinge frühzeitig zu erkennen. Diese Maßnahmen sollen den weitgehenden Verzicht auf chemisch-synthetische Mittel ermöglichen. In diesem Beitrag werden die Empfehlungen der Verbände mit den derzeit verfügbaren chemischen Mitteln für den Vorratsschutz abgeglichen. Erfahrung in der praktischen Umsetzung von physikalischen und biologischen Verfahren werden diskutiert und Defizite bei der Befallsüberwachung und Bekämpfung beschrieben.     

Hymenopteran Parasitoids on Fruit-infesting Tephritidae (Diptera) in Latin America and the Southern United States: Diversity, Distribution, Taxonomic Status and their use in Fruit Fly Biological Control

We first discuss the diversity of fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) parasitoids (Hymenoptera) of the Neotropics. Even though the emphasis is on Anastrepha parasitoids, we also review all the information available on parasitoids attacking flies in the genera Ceratitis, Rhagoletis, Rhagoletotrypeta, Toxotrypana and Zonosemata. We center our analysis in parasitoid guilds, parasitoid assemblage size and fly host profiles. We also discuss distribution patterns and the taxonomic status of all known Anastrepha parasitoids. We follow by providing a historical overview of biological control of pestiferous tephritids in Latin American and Florida (U.S.A.) and by analyzing the success or failure of classical and augmentative biological control programs implemented to date in these regions. We also discuss the lack of success of introductions of exotic fruit fly parasitoids in various Latin American countries. We finish by discussing the most pressing needs related to fruit fly biological control (classical, augmentative, and conservation modalities) in areas of the Neotropics where fruit fly populations severely restrict the development of commercial fruit growing. We also address the need for much more intensive research on the bioecology of native fruit fly parasitoids.     

Development of protocols for detection of Colletotrichum acutatum and monitoring of strawberry anthracnose using real-time PCR

Real-time PCR (TaqMan®) assays were developed for the specific detection and discrimination of Colletotrichum spp., C. acutatum and C. gloeosporioides causing anthracnose in strawberry using the most divergent area of the internal transcribed spacers (ITS1 and ITS2) and 5·8S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene region. The specificity of the new assays was tested using DNA from six species of Colletotrichum and nine fungal species commonly found associated with strawberry material, and additionally by comparing the sequences with those from databases using a blast search. The sequences only showed identity with homologous sequences from the desired target organisms. The new assays were 10–100 times more sensitive than conventional PCR methods previously published for the diagnosis of strawberry anthracnose. When real-time PCR was compared with ELISA methods, PCR improved the sensitivity of the identification by obtaining positive results for samples of strawberry plant material that tested negative with ELISA. The development of C. acutatum was monitored using artificially infected strawberry crowns from two strawberry cultivars (Camarosa and Ventana) and a real-time PCR assay specific for this species between January and June 2006. The amount of C. acutatum detected using real-time PCR varied significantly by month ( P  < 0·001), but not by cultivar ( P  = 0·394). The new assays were shown to be useful tools for rapid detection and identification of these pathogens and to allow rapid and accurate assessment of the casual agents of anthracnose in strawberry.     

Brief Guide for Authors

正Journal of Arid Land(JAL)is an international journal(ISSN 1674-6767;CN 65-1278/K)for the natural sciences,sponsored by the Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography,Chinese Academy of Sciences and Science Press.It is published by Science Press and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg bimonthly.JAL publishes original,innovative,and integrative research from arid and semiarid regions,ad     

The parasitoid complex ofLiriomyza cicerina on chickpea (Cicer arietinum)

Liriomyza cicerina (Diptera: Agromyzidae) is an important pest on chickpea in Turkey. The objective of this study was to determine the parasitoids and rates of parasitism ofL. cicerina on chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) during the 2005 and 2006 seasons in ?anl?urfa province, Turkey. Leaves with mines were sampled weekly and kept in the laboratory to observe and count emerging leafminer and parasitoid adults. Eight parasitoid species were collected: the braconidsOpius monilicornis Fischer andOpius tersus Foerster and the eulophidsDiaulinopsis arenaria (Erdös) andNeochrysocharis formosa (Westwood), which occurred in both the winter and summer seasons;Diglyphus crassinervis Erdös,Neochrysocharis ambitiosa Hansson,Neochrysocharis sericea (Erdös) andPediobius metallicus (Nees), which occurred only in the summer growing areas.Diaulinopsis arenaria was the predominant parasitoid with 4–7.7% parasitism rate whileN. ambitiosa andO. monilicornis were the second and third most predominant species. The results of these trials show that sinceDia. arenaria occurred throughout every season, it could potentially be used for control of the leafminerL. cicerina.     

Plant–herbivore asynchrony necessitates augmentative releases of the exotic beetle,Zygogramma bicolorata,to enhance the biological control of P arthenium hysterophorus

Systematic information on the quantitative impact of Z ygogramma bicolorata on the biology of P arthenium hysterophorus is crucial as the seeds of this weed continue to germinate from the accumulated soil seed bank throughout the year in the form of different germinating flushes, while the activity of the beetle ceases during winter as it enters diapause. Therefore, plant–herbivore interactions need to be explored to develop predictions of the overall impact of the introduced beetle on the weed. The findings revealed that defoliation by Z . bicolorata had a significant impact on the plant height, density and flower production in flushes F ₃, F ₄ and F ₅, but not in F ₁ and F ₂ that exhibited longer periodicity, profuse branching, a longer flowering period and maximum flower production and contributed mostly to the existing seed soil bank. Therefore, total depletion of the existing soil seed bank was not possible. Consequently, the effect of augmentative field releases of laboratory‐reared beetles was explored on F ₁ and F ₂ in February for three consecutive years (2011–2013). Before initiating the trial, random soil samples were taken from the plots that were assigned to the paired treatments (i.e. with the beetle and without the beetle [insecticide‐treated]) and it was found that the seed bank in those samples did not differ. The single release of Z . bicolorata adults at five per plant at the six‐leaf stage significantly reduced the soil seed bank, compared to without the biocontrol agent, irrespective of the flushes at the end of the season.     

Effects of the saprophytic leaf mycoflora on growth and productivity of winter wheat

The effects of the saprophytic mycoflora and its interference with cereal aphids on growth and yield of winter and spring wheat was studied in field experiments in 1980, 1981 and 1982.Yields varied between 5000 and 8000 kg dry matter of kernels per ha. The effect of the saprophytic mycoflora on yield was determined in different treatments: A) no control measures against cereal aphids and saprophytic and necrotrophic fungi, B) no control of cereal aphids, control of saprophytic and necrotrophic fungi, C) control of cereal aphids and control of saprophytic and necrotrophic fungi, D) control of cereal aphids and stimulation of saprophytic mycoflora and E) control of cereal aphids, no control of saprophytic and necrotrophic fungi nor stimulation of saprophytic mycoflora.Considerable differences in top densities of saprophytic mycoflora (10 times as large in A and D as in B and C) were determined. The consequences of these differences for the growth and productivity of wheat were minor. A negative effect of saprophytic mycoflora on the yield could not be detected in 1981 and 1982, whereas a small positive significant effect was found in 1980. This stimulation may have been due to competition between necrotrophic fungal pathogens and saprophytic mycoflora. As a result of favourable weather conditions necrotrophic fungal pathogens were very numerous in 1980 and could form an important yield reducing factor. Yield levels may effect the importance of the necrotrophic and saprophytic mycoflora as yield reducing factors. Additionally, in the presence of aphid honeydew captafol was found to be relatively ineffective against saprophytic fungi.