Evaluation of food sprays and relay strip crops for enhancing biological control of bollworms and cotton aphids in cotton

Studies were conducted at the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station research farms located at Munday (1996 test) and Chillicothe (1997 test) to evaluate relay strip crops in combination with a food spray to enhance biological control of bollworms, Helicoverpa zea (Boddie), and cotton aphids, Aphis gossypii Glover, in cotton. The relay crops included fall plantings of hairy vetch, Vicia villosa Roth, and canola, Brassica napus L., and a spring planting of grain sorghum, Sorghum bicolor L. Cotton, Gossypium hirsutum L., was planted between the relay crops or was isolated from the relay crops. Treatments within the two cotton systems included an untreated check plot, a plot sprayed with sugar+yeast (food spray) during summer to attract and hold predator insects, a plot sprayed with biological ('soft') insecticides for bollworm and cotton aphid control (Bacillus thuringiensis and pymetrozine, respectively), and a plot sprayed with harsh insecticides for bollworm and cotton aphid control (zeta cypermethrin and dicrotophos or profonofos, respectively). A split-plot experimental design, with three replications, was used where whole plots included relay and isolated cotton systems and subplots were the four food/chemical treatments. Predator numbers were monitored with a vacuum sampler once a week in relay crops and cotton. Bollworms and cotton aphids were monitored visually once a week in cotton during July and August. Total predator numbers were higher in cotton adjacent to relay crops in 1996, but not in 1997. The food spray did not enhance attraction and retention of predators either year. Bollworm larval numbers were significantly higher in relay cotton, food spray plots in 1996. Bollworm larval numbers were similar in relay and isolated cotton, and larval numbers were significantly reduced only in the plot where zeta cypermethrin (harsh insecticide plot) was used. In 1996, cotton aphid numbers in the relay cotton system were significantly higher in the untreated check plots in relation to numbers in the food spray, soft insecticide, and harsh insecticide plots, which were statistically similar. In the isolated cotton system, aphid numbers were highest in untreated plots, intermediate in food spray and soft insecticide plots, and lowest in the harsh insecticide plots. Aphid numbers increased more rapidly in the harsh insecticide plots that had been treated previously for bollworm control. The food spray and pymetrozine treatments reduced cotton aphids more effectively in the relay cropping system than in the isolated cotton system. Bollworms and cotton aphids did not reach pest status in 1997. The combination of a relay cropping system with a food spray did not enhance predator numbers and did not aid in retention of predators in cotton during August. Sucrose in the food spray attracted high numbers of bollworms in 1996.     

Performance ofAphis Fabae on Chocolate Spot Disease-Infected Faba Bean Plants

The effect of chocolate spot disease (incited byBotrytis fabae) on the host plant quality of two cultivars of faba beans (Vicia faba) for the black bean aphid (Aphis fabae), was investigated under greenhouse conditions. Faba bean cultivar Bolero is resistant to the aphid, whereas cv. Diana is susceptible. On healthy leaves of cv. Bolero, aphids completed their development one day later than the aphids reared on infected leaves of this cultivar and those which matured on healthy or infected leaves of cv. Diana. Mean weight of apterous virginoparae, mean relative growth rate, and intrinsic rate of natural increase were enhanced if the aphids were reared on infected leaves of either cultivar. Mean total progeny per female increased only on infected leaves of cv. Bolero, but not on cv. Diana.     

Phorate residues in aphid colonies on broad bean plants in relation to the site of application

Aphis fabae colonies were established on both leaflets of the second leaf of young broad bean plants. Doses of phorate sublethal to the aphids were applied to the roots or to the third leaf. The aphids, their honeydew and the foliage on which they were feeding were analysed and the quantities of toxic and non-toxic radiolabel determined at intervals. Toxic metabolites were found in the aphids and the leaves but whereas the aphid colonies in all experiments contained approximately similar amounts of the toxic metabolites, the residues in the leaves on which they were feeding differed considerably. The leaves contained more than 100 times as much of these metabolites following the root treatment than after the foliar treatment. These results are discussed in relation to the aphids' feeding site and the probable transport routes of the toxicants.     

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。     

Using bioassays with the green peach aphid (Myzus persicae) to determine residual activity of two systemically soil-applied neonicotinoid insecticides in field-grown tobacco

Duration of systemic pesticide activity under field conditions has wide implications for pest management. Our aim was to determine the duration of activity of systemic insecticides commonly used in cultivated tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) by measuring the levels of insect infestations on field plots and effects on reproduction and survival of the green peach aphid (Myzus persicae) in controlled bioassays using field grown leaves. Plants were treated with different concentrations of two systemic neonicotinoid pesticides, imidacloprid and thiamethoxam, and grown in small field plots. Our results show that these materials are effective under field conditions against aphids for at least 13 weeks after transplant. Pesticides also affected aphid reproduction and nymph survival in bioassays, although some aphids survived on pesticide-treated leaves. We also observed that leaf age affected aphid survival. We showed that neonicotinoids were very effective against M. persicae, aphids are a useful organism to assess pesticide efficacy early in the growing season, but plant characteristics are more important than pesticide concentration in the second half of the growing season.     

基于EPG技术分析杭菊两主栽品种对三种菊蚜抗性及其相关抗性物质

为比较杭白菊主栽品种早、晚小洋菊对菊小长管蚜Macrosiphoniella sanborni、棉蚜Aphis gossypii、桃蚜Myzus persicae的抗性,通过刺吸电位技术(electrical penetration graph,EPG)研究菊蚜在菊顶叶上刺吸行为,并检测了菊顶叶主要化合物。结果表明:在晚小洋菊上,菊小长管蚜的E1、E2波平均持续时间4.31、3.47 min,分别短于在早小洋菊上的4.63、3.75 min;棉蚜、桃蚜的E1、E2波平均持续时间分别为4.32、4.72 min和4.92、4.64 min;3种蚜虫的平均刺探次数均大于在早小洋菊上的平均刺探次数。聚类分析结果显示,2个主栽品种之间抗性存在差异。早小洋菊顶叶平均可溶性糖和可溶性蛋白含量分别为2.71 mg/g和25.36 mg/g,均高于晚小洋菊;早小洋菊顶叶总酚含量为0.24 mg/g,显著低于晚小洋菊;早、晚小洋菊总黄酮含量分别为3.46 mg/g和3.37 mg/g。早小洋菊顶叶可溶性糖、可溶性蛋白含量基本上与每种菊蚜的E1、E2波持续时间显著正相关,总酚含量、总黄酮含量与每种菊蚜的E1或E2波持续时间显著负相关。推测早小洋菊对于菊长管蚜的抗性稍弱于晚小洋菊,2种杭白菊对棉蚜或桃蚜的抗性相当,且菊叶中的这4种物质含量与抗蚜性相关。     

Nematodes and weevil of bananas and plantains in Cameroon: Occurrence,importance and host susceptibility

The resistance of ashgourd to the melon-cottonaphid, Aphis gossypii (Glover), and the incidence of aphid-transmitted viral diseases was investigated following recording of aphid numbers and trichome (plant hair) numbers per cm² of leaf on four parts of the cucurbit, ashgourd, representing four genotypes (Local Sylhet, Local Round, High Female and CQ-10-90). The Local Sylhet genotype was found to have the highest trichome density compared with those of Local Round, High Female, and CQ-10-90 ashgourd genotypes, and was least infested by Aphis gossypii. The percentage of virus-infected plants was also found to be lowest on the Local Sylhet genotype. Aphid numbers were lowest on the terminal and young leaves of ashgourd compared with mature and senescent leaves, due to the higher trichome density in the former leaf categories. Trichome density was found to have a significant negative influence on the number of aphids. Trichomes in ashgourd play a major role by providing a first line defence in reducing aphid infestation, with a subsequent beneficial effect of reducing the incidence of virus.     

Movement of phorate and metabolites from treated leaflets to aphid colonies on broad bean plants

Aphid colonies were established on one second-node leaflet of young broad bean plants and sublethal treatments of ¹⁴C-labelled phorate were applied to the adjacent leaflets. After 3 days, the amounts of toxic and non-toxic ¹⁴C-labelled compounds in the aphids, their honeydew and the untreated foliage were determined. There were no significant differences between the amounts in leaves at the same level on the plant when infested and aphid-free plants were compared, but the aphids and their honey-dew contained two and 23 times as much of the toxic and non-toxic ¹⁴C-compounds, respectively, found in the host leaflets. Following translocation to aphids on leaves above or below treated leaflets, the aphid colonies again contained more labelled compounds than the host-plant leaves. The movement of non-toxic compounds into the roots was reduced when the aphid colonies were situated on foliage between the site of treatment and the roots. More of the toxic and the non-toxic fractions were translocated downwards from the third to the second leaf than in the reverse direction.     

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。     

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。     

The present status of biological control of Xanthium (Compositae)

Abstract

The economic threshold level of the mustard aphid, Lipaphis erysimi (Kaltenbach) was determined on the radish seed crop, var Punjab Sufed. Spraying oxydemeton methyl at 300 g a.i./ ha, was monitored at arbitrary set aphid levels from 25 to 150 aphids/plant. The maximum cost benefit ratio (1: 13.1) was achieved at an aphid level of 50 per plant, requiring three sprays. Spraying in the middle of February was the most crucial, as delay of 7 days from this stage resulted in significant decreases in yield in the fixed spray schedule and at the 75‐aphid level.     

Acute and chronic effects of neem on Myzocallis coryli (Homoptera: Aphididae)

Abstract

Adults and immatures of the filbert aphid, Myzocallis coryli (Goetze), a major pest of hazelnuts worldwide, were exposed to foliage treated with different concentrations of a botanical insecticide, Margosan-O, derived from extract of neem seeds. Both mature and immature stages were highly sensitive to this compound. Acute toxicity causing immediate mortality of young nymphs, particularly at higher rates (50 ppm or more), and chronic effects resulting in reduced offspring production, lengthening of nymphal development time and reduced survival of subsequent generation were recorded. The offspring production of adult aphids fed on treated leaves was reduced in a dosage-dependent manner, nearly 50% at 2.5 ppm to over 80% at 62.5 ppm. However, no nymphal survival was recorded at 25 ppm or higher doses. A repellency effect was also recorded, butthe feeding deterrence response was weak at best. Field trials also showed a marked reduction of aphid numbers on treated foliage, suggesting the effectiveness of neem against this major pest of hazelnuts.     

Plant material as an alternative tool for management of aphid in country bean field

The aphids Aphis craccivora Koch attack country bean Lablab purpureus L. both in its vegetative and reproductive stages and cause severe damage. To develop an integrated management of aphid powders of black pepper, chili, turmeric, and coriander; oils of mahogany, neem, and eucalyptus; aqueous extracts of neem, basil, and garlic leaves; and water were evaluated in field conditions. The treatments were applied at 7?day intervals and aphid abundance per inflorescence was counted at 24, 48, and 72?h after treatment. All the plant materials reduced aphid abundance and flower infestation, ensuring a higher yield with larger and heavier pods. The neem oil treatment had the lowest abundance of aphid and consequently produced the highest marketable and gross yields. Predatory insects were abundant in the field, but their populations were lower in the treatments than the control. An economic analysis indicated that the highest gross return, net return, adjusted net return, and benefit-cost ratio were obtained from the mahogany oil treatment. The plant materials have insecticidal potential against aphids, and the oils of mahogany and neem showed better performances.     

A synthetic diet for the spirea aphid,Aphis citricola van der Goot

Two generations of the spirea aphid were reared successfully on a diet previously used for the green peach aphid, when the sucrose concentration was increased to 24%. Better survival, larviposition and weight gain were obtained when the concentration of five amino acids was also increased. The pea aphid diet was also tested and found unsuitable for this aphid. Synthetic-diet-reared aphids reached a final body weight four times less than that of aphids reared on orange leaves, while their fecundity was about one-third of that recorded for the plant-fed aphids. The possible use of this diet for toxicological and physiological studies is discussed.     

金龟子绿僵菌对苜蓿生长的影响及对苜蓿抗蚜性的诱导作用

为明确金龟子绿僵菌Metarhizium anisopliae在促进植物生长和提高植物抗性方面的作用,以金龟子绿僵菌拌土种植紫花苜蓿Medicago sativa,于室内测定植株的生长参数、苜蓿斑蚜Therioaphis trifolii的取食选择性及其发育历期和繁殖力。结果表明,金龟子绿僵菌处理后7 d,植株株高比对照显著增加了0.87 cm;处理后14 d,植株分枝数为3.88个,根长为54.67 mm,均显著高于对照。株龄14 d的植株接入苜蓿斑蚜,至株龄28 d时,金龟子绿僵菌处理的植株株高、分枝数和根长均较对照显著增加;同时生物量、叶绿素含量和类胡萝卜素含量也有不同程度的升高。选择性试验结果显示,24 h内选择并驻留在金龟子绿僵菌处理植株叶片上的苜蓿斑蚜数量较对照显著减少28.57%。以金龟子绿僵菌处理的植株叶片饲喂苜蓿斑蚜,1～4龄若虫的发育均有所减缓,各龄若虫的发育历期均较对照叶片饲喂的各龄若虫有所延长,而成虫寿命较以对照叶片饲喂时显著缩短了30.09%,总生命历期显著缩短了18.83%。表明金龟子绿僵菌促进了紫花苜蓿植株的生长,同时增强了植株对苜蓿斑蚜的耐害性、排趋性与...     

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。     

棉花抗蚜性与可溶性糖含量的关系

为探讨可溶性糖含量与棉花抗蚜性的关系,在室内人工接蚜为害和田间自然蚜群两种条件下,测定不同抗蚜性棉花品种受棉蚜为害后叶片中可溶性糖含量及其对棉蚜生长发育和繁殖的影响。结果表明:未受棉蚜为害时,抗性品种中可溶性糖含量高于感性品种,棉蚜为害胁迫后,抗蚜棉花品种可溶性糖含量升高,感蚜品种的可溶性糖含量降低。棉蚜的生长发育和繁殖与棉花叶片中可溶性糖含量呈显著的相关,可溶性糖与棉蚜若蚜历期呈正相关,与内禀增长率呈负相关。本研究说明可溶性糖含量对棉花的抗蚜性有一定的影响,转基因棉可溶性糖含量低于常规棉品种可能是导致非目标害虫棉蚜猖獗的原因之一。     

转基因抗虫棉田棉蚜种群消长关键因素分析

为研究转基因抗虫棉田棉蚜种群动态的主要影响因素,在河北省南皮县采用罩网和开放式观测相结合的方法,以亲本常规棉为对照,对转Bt基因棉田和转Bt CpTI双价基因棉田棉蚜自然种群消长的关键因素进行了分析。与常规棉相比,单、双价抗虫棉对天敌捕食和寄生、病原物、风雨等生物和非生物因素对棉蚜种群的自然控制作用均未产生显著影响;各因素中,除自然死亡及未知因素死亡外,天敌捕食对棉蚜自然种群的控制作用最强,风雨的作用次之,天敌寄生和病原物的作用则较弱。单价抗虫棉田棉蚜的发育历期和产仔量均与亲本常规棉田无显著差异,但双价抗虫棉田棉蚜的发育历期较对照显著延长,产仔量则无显著差异。由此表明,捕食性天敌对单、双价抗虫棉田非靶标害虫棉蚜具有较好的自然控制作用,是影响棉蚜自然种群数量动态的关键因素;单、双价抗虫棉的抗蚜性存在一定差异。     

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。     

International Symposium on the Evaluation of Biological Activity,Wageningen, April, 1975

Abstract

A method was devised for estimating large populations of cowpea aphid Aphis craccivora Koch (Hemiptera: Aphididae) on cowpea. The densities of the aphid on stem, leaves and pod were first estimated in the laboratory for use in the field later. The densities were estimated in three arbitrary classes of infestation, viz. heavy, medium and low, determined visually based on the intensity of colonization. The densities of the aphid per cm² on stems were 108.50, 49.77 and 2503, while on pods they were 80.68, 44.46 and 23.20, in the three classes of infestation respectively. The aphid did not show any preference for the thickness of stems whereas young pods were preferred to old pods for colonization. The mean aphid densities on leaflets of topmost leaves were 62.10, 36–35 and 18–50, while on leaflets of top 2nd and 3rd leaves they were 124–60, 69–35 and 38.20, in the three infestation classes respectively. Comparisons made between the aphid densities on different parts of cowpea plant showed that the aphid colonized them in descending order of preference as stem > pod > top most leaf > top 2nd and 3rd leaves.