Influence of pesticide applications on pest and predatory arthropods associated with transgenic<Emphasis Type="Italic">Bt</Emphasis> cotton and nontransgenic cotton plants

The effects of pesticide applications on pests (aphids and acarid mites) and predators (ladybeetles and spiders) were investigated in transgenicBt cotton and nontransgenic cotton agroecosystems in 1999, 2000 and 2001. Transgenic cotton did not cause changes in populations of acarids and did not reduce numbers of predators considerably; its effects on aphids were inconsistent. Although insecticides were not applied against the main pest — cotton bollworm — on transgenic cotton, the total number of insecticide applications in 3 years was no less than the total applied on nontransgenic cotton, because additional applications were required against sucking pests on transgenicBt cotton. Pesticide applications decreased numbers of aphids, acarids and predatory spiders significantly on both transgenic and nontransgenic cottons. The results suggest that the use ofBt cotton should be evaluated carefully in China. http://www.phytoparasitica.org posting April 30, 2004.     

Biochemical and physiological changes on Bacillus thuringiensis cotton after imidacloprid foliar spray

Bacillus thuringiensis cotton is a variety of cotton genetically modified to contain a gene derived from B. thuringiensis bacteria; which results in expression of toxin protein that confers resistance to bollworm complex (the most destructive pest of cotton). Introduction of Bt cotton lowered the need of insecticides, but still a number of insecticides are used for other insects like jassids, whitefly, aphids and tobacco caterpillar to which Bt gene does not provide effective control. Imidacloprid (tradename Imidacel 17.8 SL) is an insecticide designed for control of these major sucking/piercing insects that affect cotton. So in the present work we studied the post effect of imidacloprid insecticide on plant health of three Bt cotton hybrids (RCH-134, JKCH-1947, NCEH-6R) as there are reports of this insecticide causing growth and yield enhancements in absence of insect pests. Imidacloprid was first sprayed at recommended concentration (40 ml/acre) on 3 months old plants sown in randomly designed plots with three replications of each hybrid. The spray was repeated three times at 10 days interval. The level of B. thuringiensis gene expression, peroxidase activity and total phenols was measured on third day after every spray in leaves along with growth and yield of plants. The insecticide has shown to increase the level of B. thuringiensis protein, peroxidase enzyme activity, total phenols, height, number of bolls retained on plants and yield. These observations suggested that the imidacloprid treated plants showed better growth and development, thereby imidacloprid has growth enhancing effect on Bt cotton plants in addition to its insecticidal properties.     

Insecticide resistance profiles can be misleading in predicting the survival of Myzus persicae genotypes on potato crops following the application of different insecticide classes

BACKGROUND: The accuracy of predicting the survival of insecticide‐resistant aphids following the application of commonly used insecticides from the carbamate, the pyrethroid, a mix of the two or the neonicotinoid chemical classes was evaluated in a potato field in Scotland. Equal proportions of five genotypes of the peach‐potato aphid, Myzus persicae (Sulzer), with none, resistance to dimethyl‐carbamates, resistance to pyrethroids or combinations conferring resistance to both chemical classes were released into potato field plots. The insecticides were sprayed separately onto these plots, the aphid populations were analysed after 6–8 days and the process repeated. RESULTS: For each assessment after the three separate spray events, plots treated with the carbamate had 48, 147 and 28%, those treated with pyrethroid 53, 210 and 89%, those treated with carbamate/pyrethroid 28, 108 and 64% and those treated with neonicotinoid 43, 55 and 11% of the numbers of M. persicae by comparison with untreated controls. Only the proportions of surviving aphids from the genotype containing no insecticide resistance traits and the genotype containing elevated carboxylesterases matched ratios predicted from the selective advantage afforded by the resistance traits alone. Survival of aphids from the other three genotypes that carried 1–3 of the insecticide resistance traits differed from expectations in all cases, possibly owing to physiological differences, including their vulnerability to predators and hymenopterous parasitoids present at the site and/or their carrying unknown insecticide resistance mechanisms. CONCLUSION: Control strategies based on knowledge of the genetically determined insecticide resistance profile of an M. persicae population alone are insufficient. Hence, other important factors contributing to aphid survival under insecticide pressure need to be considered. Copyright © 2012 Society of Chemical Industry     

不同作物上棉蚜及其主要天敌的发生规律

随着化学农药的大面积推广使用,棉蚜的抗药性问题变得越来越突出,结合使用生物防治法来延缓或治理棉蚜抗药性问题已迫在眉睫。本研究在常规管理棉田条件下,对不同作物混栽区苗期6种作物上棉蚜及其主要天敌的种群动态进行了调查。结果表明,西葫芦上的棉蚜种群数量最大（峰值,11016.7头/百株）,其次是四季豆（峰值,6323.3头/百株）,棉花、黄瓜、豇豆和甜瓜上的棉蚜则相对较少,且其种群动态发生具有一致性。6种作物上的主要天敌的种群发生都滞后于棉蚜的发生,并以寄生蜂的种群密度最大,且具有指数增长效应。在本试验条件下,西葫芦上棉蚜数量多,僵蚜基数大,是室内饲养寄生蜂的良好寄主。     

利用当地天敌综合治理棉蚜的试验研究

棉蚜是朝阳棉区的重要害虫,由于单纯依靠化学杀虫剂防治,结果虫害越来越重。朝阳县十二台公社自1975～1981年以来,采取了利用和保护当地天敌,积极开展综合防治棉蚜,几年来收到了明显的效果。1980年全公社9249亩棉田中7817亩棉田完全未用杀虫剂,1107亩棉田基本没有使用化学杀虫剂,仅点片阶段点涂1～2次,就是在棉蚜特大发生的1981年,全社12240亩棉田中5225亩棉田完全未用杀虫剂,5220亩棉田也仅仅点涂1～2次,这两年都有效地控制了棉蚜的危害。几年来防治费用大大降低,仅十二台公社3年就节省用药资金十万多元。皮棉单产接近或略高于同类地块的纯化防棉田。实践证明这种方法是可行的。     

苏云金杆菌乳剂防治二代棉铃虫保护天敌控制伏蚜的研究

在二代棉铃虫Heliothis armigera卵高峰期,一般年份用200倍,大发生年份用100倍苏云金杆菌(B.t.)乳剂喷雾防治效果达75%以上,可将虫口密度压低到经济损失允许水平以下。防治后调查生防田主要捕食性昆虫天敌比化防田高3倍左右,对伏蚜有较好的控制作用。伏蚜高峰期主要捕食性天敌与伏蚜之比,维持在1:200以上水平,可将防治伏蚜时间推迟10—15天,减少防治1—2次。     

寄主植物对棉蚜乙酰胆碱酯酶的影响

通过生物测定和生化分析研究了5种不同寄主植物上的棉蚜种群对灭多威的敏感性，乙酰胆碱酯酶（AChE)活性及灭多威对AChE的抑制作用，结果发现，取食石榴和花椒的棉蚜AChE活性最高，是冬青上棉蚜（最低）的2．00倍和3．33倍，说明寄主植物可以影响棉蚜AChE的活性，灭多威对不同寄主植物上的棉蚜个体的AChE进行抑制后，发现棉花和冬青上的棉蚜种群中AChE对灭多威不敏感的棉蚜个体多于花椒，木槿和石榴上的棉蚜种群，这与棉花及冬青上的棉蚜对灭多威耐药性较其它三种强的趋势近似，表明AChE敏感度的降低是棉蚜对灭多威产生抗药性的原因之一。     

Development of an integrated pest management programme for cotton. Part 2: Integration of a lucerne/cotton interplant system,food supplement sprays with biological and synthetic insecticides

Part 1 of the paper showed that the integration of a lucerne/ cotton interplant system with supplementary food sprays retained and increased populations of predatory insects in the cotton crop. The strategic use of biopesticides (Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt), nuclear polyhedrosis virus (NPV)) reduced the use of synthetic insecticides by 50% without sacrificing cotton yield and profitability. In economic terms, the average gross margin for the IPM plot was A$3255 compared with A$3020 and A$3218 for the plots treated with (1) conventional insecticides on transgenic (Ingard®) cotton and (2) conventional insecticides on non-transgenic cotton. The use of transgenic cotton affected a 25% saving on synthetic insecticide usage. The results clearly indicate that a refined IPM approach could have a distinctive advantages in terms of economic and environmental impacts on cotton production. The success of such an approach lies in a strict adherence to its methodology.     

棉花生境面积及其破碎化对棉蚜数量的影响

为探讨农作物面积减少及其破碎化对害虫种群的影响,采用微景观试验模型系统连续2年研究5个梯度棉花生境面积(棉花种植比例分别为20%、40%、60%、80%和100%,其余均种植玉米)及2种破碎化(完全连通与完全破碎)对棉蚜Aphis gossypii数量的影响。结果表明,棉花生境面积较小(棉花种植比例为20%)时破碎化程度越高,棉蚜数量越多,而生境面积较大(棉花种植比例为40%)时棉蚜的响应正好相反;生境面积中等(棉花种植比例为60%)时,破碎化程度对棉蚜数量影响不大;生境面积大(棉花种植比例为80%)时,破碎化对棉蚜数量的影响存在年度效应,2014年破碎化程度越大,棉蚜数量越少,2015年则无影响。棉花生境面积、破碎化及两者之间的互作对棉蚜数量无显著影响,棉花生境面积、破碎化与调查时间的互作也不影响棉蚜数量,但调查时间显著影响棉蚜数量,棉花生境面积、破碎化与调查时间三者之间的互作效应呈年度变化。总之,棉蚜对棉花面积变动及其破碎化展示出较强的适应性。     

影响小枕异绒螨发生量和对棉蚜控制作用因素的研究

在江苏射阳7块棉田观察调查的结果表明,小枕异绒螨的幼螨是棉蚜的重要天敌。幼螨发生量随田块和调查时期而不同,一般5月中下旬为发生高峰。5、6月间4次调查,平均每100头蚜虫有幼螨8.8头,最多61.6头,棉蚜平均被寄生率为6.5％,最高34.8％。影响幼螨发生量和棉蚜被寄生率的主要因素有:(1)旱改后连续旱作的年份,(2)茬口,(3)棉田用药治虫。旱作年份长、纯作棉和棉田用药少均对幼螨发生有利,棉蚜的被寄生率也较高。     

Development of an integrated pest management programme for cotton. Part 1: Establishing and utililizing natural enemies

The strategy for the control of cotton pests, notably Helicoverpa spp., in Australia is insecticide-dependent with limited consideration of the role of beneficial insects. A programme for the development of an integrated pest management (IPM) approach commenced in cotton fields at Norwood near Moree in New South Wales in 1992. In this approach, an alternative crop, lucerne (Medicago sativa), was used in an interplant system plus spraying of cotton with a supplementary food (Envirofeast®), which served to attract and retain predators in treated plots. The predator complex consisted of predatory beetles, bugs, lacewings and spiders. The deployment of these two components, interplants and predator retention, reduced the number of Helicoverpa spp. eggs, very small and small larvae (first, second and third stages), medium and large larvae (fourth and fifth stages) and resulted in a cotton yield (2.72 bales ha^?1) that was significantly higher (p < 0.01) than the yield from the untreated control plot (0.59 bales ha -1 ). However, the yield from the interplants and food sprayed plot was significantly lower (p < 0.01) than in the insecticide-managed plot (7.12 bales ha^?1). Whenever the ratio of predators to Helicoverpa spp. (pests) per metre row of cotton was S 0.5, Helicoverpa pest numbers were maintained below the economic damage threshold. Though not successful in suppressing Helicoverpa spp. numbers, to avoid significant yield loss, further improvement could be made by introducing other potential components to the IPM strategy.     

The selective feeding of cotton bollworms (Helicoverpa armigera) on transgenic and non-transgenic cotton leaves from consecutive cultivation fields

Abstract

The aim of this study was to determine whether target-insects selectively feed on transgenic or non-transgenic crops after consecutive cultivation in fields. We sampled leaves from insect-resistant single-transgenic cotton (expressing Cry1Ac gene), pyramided-transgenic (expressing Cry1Ac and CPTI genes) and conventional cotton that were consecutively cultivated for three years in a field. Cotton bollworm (Helicoverpa armigera) collected from the cotton field was reared and its next-generation larvae were fed the three types of cotton leaves in a laboratory. The leaf area damaged by the cotton bollworm larvae was not significantly different among single-transgenic, pyramided transgenic and conventional cotton leaves. There was no significant difference found in the leaf damage among the combination groups of the three cotton types. The survival rate of the bollworms was comparable among the combination groups. The results demonstrated that the cotton bollworms did not selectively feed on transgenic or non-transgenic cotton leaves after consecutive cultivation, which may be due to the resistance evolution of the target-insects and decreased Bt content in transgenic cotton leaves.     

棉蚜预测预报网络数据库系统的设计与开发

依据棉蚜Aphis gossypii Glover测报的国家行业标准(GB／T15799．1995)及其测报调查的相关信息标准，利用分布式数据库SQL建立了棉蚜预测预报数据库，数据库主要包括早春木本寄主蚜虫调查、早春草本寄主蚜虫调查、苗期棉蚜消长情况调查、苗期棉蚜普查、伏期棉蚜系统调查、伏期棉蚜普查、棉田天敌系统调查、植保站信息和气象信息等12个数据表；利用Internet网络技术和网络开发软件，建立了浏览器／服务器应用程序结构体系，实现了棉蚜虫情数据维护、查询、统计、报表和打印等网络数据库管理和预测数据挖掘功能。棉蚜网络数据库的建立和浏览器／服务器应用程序结构体系的组建和实现，为棉蚜区域化预测预报和管理提供了有力的科学和技术支持。     

麦套Bt棉田的经济效益和对棉蚜及天敌的影响

2004～2005年,在冀南棉区调查了麦套Bt棉田对棉花苗期蚜虫和天敌的影响及其经济效益。结果表明,麦套棉田的棉蚜数量均显著低于对照田(P<0.05),其高峰期的蚜虫种群数量低于防治指标,且受棉蚜的危害程度小于对照田。麦套棉田中的瓢虫和僵蚜的种群数量显著高于对照田和化防田,与对照田相比,麦套棉田中的瓢虫发生高峰期提前10天左右。化防田的籽棉产量高于麦套棉田和对照田,但麦套棉田2004和2005年的综合经济效益分别为1.7万元/hm2和2.08万元/hm2,比化防田多0.53万元/hm2和0.57万元/hm2。试验结果还表明,棉花苗期蚜虫能够显著影响棉花产量,采用套种等多熟种植模式可以作为Bt棉有害生物综合治理的重要组成部分。     

Organochlorine pesticide residues - a review of some recent findings

Investigations to determine the optimum timing and placement of a supplementary food spray, Envirofeast® on the abundance of predatory insects on cotton was conducted in irrigated commercial cotton fields at Yarral near Narrabri, New South Wales, Australia, in 1998 v - v 99. Plots treated with the supplementary food product at the four-true leaf stage recorded a significantly higher number of predatory beetles, bugs and lacewings per metre compared with plots treated at two, six and eight-true leaf stages and unsprayed (control) plots. The cumulative total number of predatory beetles, bugs and lacewings recorded throughout the season in both treated and control plots was 23.81 per m. Of this total, plots treated at four true leaf stage recorded the highest (7.15 per v m) (i.e 30.03%), followed by two true leaf (5.81 per m) (24.41%), six true-leaf (4.31 per v m (18.12%), eight true-leaf stage (4.63 per v m) (i.e. 19.44%) and the unsprayed (control) plot recorded the lowest (1.91 per m (8.03%). The number of spiders per metre were not significantly different ( p v > v 0.05) among treatments and the control plots. The number of predators recorded in cotton crops treated with the supplementary food product as a band spray (33 v - v 50% band) or skip row spray (i.e. to every second row) was not significantly different ( p v > v 0.05) from plots where the product was applied as a solid spray to the entire crop (no skip row and/or no banding). Thus, tailoring Envirofeast® treatment in this way will ultimately reduce the quantity of product used, the cost of the product and allow cotton growers to adopt a multiple-use pattern for the product to support integrated pest management programmes in cotton.     

三种杀虫剂对麦田蚜虫和捕食性天敌群落的影响

以2种选择性杀虫剂吡虫啉、抗蚜威和一种广谱性杀虫剂氧化乐果为试验材料，研究了选择性杀虫剂对麦田蚜虫和捕食性天敌群落结构特征的影响。结果表明，施用选择性杀虫剂的小区在农药持效期内麦蚜群落的多样性指数和均匀度低于空白对照区，高于氧化乐果处理区，而优势度和优势集中度高于空白对照区，低于氧化乐果处理区；捕食性天敌群落的多样性指数低于空白对照区，高于氧化乐果处理区，优势度和优势集中度高于空白对照区，低于氧化乐果处理区。选择性杀虫剂处理区瓢蚜比小于空白对照区和氧化乐果处理区，且有效期长达15－16d。根据害虫和天敌发生的特点及选择性杀虫剂的特性，提出了麦蚜的有效防治措施，即在麦蚜为害关键时期，每667m^2用吡虫啉1g(ai)或抗蚜威2.5g(ai)喷施1次，再利用自然天敌调控作用，即可有效控制麦蚜。     

棉蚜在不同棉花品种上的着落量和种群数量的研究

通过田间调查棉蚜种群数量和网罩棉苗测定其不选择性,采用Duncan’s多重极差检验的数据分析方法,对棉蚜在不同棉花品种上的着落量和种群数量进行了研究。结果表明:棉蚜对8个棉花品种具有不同的选择性。对徐州142、鄂棉6号表现为明显的不选择性,对33B、SGK抗虫棉、新高抗5号的选择性较强;棉蚜在8个供试品种上的种群数量差别明显,徐州142和鄂棉6号上的蚜量远远低于33B、新高抗5号和SGK抗虫棉;同一季节不同棉花品种上的蚜量增长速率不同,33B、新高抗5号和SGK抗虫棉上蚜量增长速率明显较快。在相同的棉花生长阶段,33B、新高抗5号和SGK抗虫棉的蚜害指数明显高于其它供试棉花品种。     

寄主转换对棉蚜存活率与营养代谢的影响

为明确棉蚜Aphis gossypii转换寄主后其体内营养代谢水平的变化,采用活体植物饲养方法分别将棉花型、枸杞型和黄瓜型寄主专化型棉蚜进行寄主转换,并测定寄主转换后棉蚜的存活率与营养代谢酶活性的变化。结果表明,棉花型和黄瓜型寄主专化型棉蚜转移到枸杞植株上后存活率均显著下降,转换后96 h分别为61.5%和62.1%,而未进行寄主转换棉花型棉蚜和黄瓜型棉蚜的存活率分别为90.3%和86.4%。且棉花型和黄瓜型棉蚜转移到枸杞植株上96 h时,棉花型棉蚜体内淀粉酶、胃蛋白酶、蔗糖酶和脂肪酶的活性分别显著下降至对照组的58.3%、73.5%、90.4%和83.7%,而海藻糖酶活性显著上升至对照组的2.2倍;黄瓜型棉蚜体内淀粉酶、胃蛋白酶和蔗糖酶的活性分别显著下降至对照组的65.1%、66.9%和85.3%,而海藻糖酶活性显著上升至对照组的1.3倍。当枸杞型棉蚜转移到棉花或黄瓜植株上时,存活率和体内营养代谢酶活性与未进行寄主转换的枸杞型棉蚜均无显著差异。表明不同寄主专化型棉蚜在转换到不同的寄主植物上后,其体内营养代谢相关酶活性会出现显著变化,尤其是棉花型和黄瓜型棉蚜转移到枸杞植株上时会出现代谢...     

A perspective on management of Helicoverpa armigera: transgenic Bt cotton,IPM, and landscapes

Helicoverpa armigera is a major pest of agriculture, horticulture and floriculture throughout the Old World and recently invaded parts of the New World. We overview of the evolution in thinking about the application of area‐wide approaches to assist with its control by the Australian Cotton Industry to highlight important lessons and future challenges to achieving the same in the New World. An over‐reliance of broad‐spectrum insecticides led to Helicoverpa spp. in Australian cotton rapidly became resistant to DDT, synthetic pyrethroids, organophosphates, carbamates and endosulfan. Voluntary strategies were developed to slow the development of insecticide resistance, which included rotating chemistries and basing spray decisions on thresholds. Despite adoption of these practices, insecticide resistance continued to develop until the introduction of genetically modified cotton provided a platform for augmenting Integrated Pest Management in the Australian cotton industry. Compliance with mandatory resistance management plans for Bt cotton necessitated a shift from pest control at the level of individual fields or farms towards a coordinated area‐wide landscape approach. Our take‐home message for control of H. armigera is that resistance management is essential in genetically modified crops and must be season long and area‐wide to be effective. © 2016 Society of Chemical Industry     

冀南棉麦混作区棉花害虫综合防治技术的研究

1983—1985年在河北南部棉麦混作棉区设点,进行了以棉蚜、棉铃虫为主要对象的综合防治技术研究。从棉田生态系的整体出发,根据棉花、害虫与天敌各主要组成成份的特点及相互关系,尽可能利用自然因素,设计了以棉麦邻作布局、种子处理、棉田内分阶段衔接种植诱集植物油菜——春玉米——夏玉米来保护增殖自然天敌、制订合理防治指标、减少用药和加强棉田栽培管理、种植抗病品种等配套技术的农业防治、生物防治和化学防治相结合的综合防治措施,经3年来多点大田试验、示范、应用,结果表明在控制虫害、减少用药、保护增殖天敌、降低防治成本等方面效益明显。