Leaf wall area and leaf area in cucumber,eggplant, sweet pepper and tomato grown in greenhouses in Switzerland

Various methods for the harmonization of the registration of crop protection products and dose adjustments in high growing crops have been discussed over many years. The leaf wall area (LWA) method has been known for some years already but it has received renewed attention due to a proposal by the European agrochemical manufacturing industry for harmonizing the dose expression in view of the new zonal registration system in the EU. The LWA method appears not only suitable for fruit trees and vineyards, but may also prove a simple and widely accepted method for dose adjustments in high growing vegetable crops particularly in greenhouses. This paper provides a dataset on leaf wall area and leaf area development for a selection of commercially grown cucumber, eggplant, sweet pepper and tomato varieties in Switzerland. Relationships between leaf wall area and leaf area have been established. A tentative product dose adjustment to growing vegetable crops in greenhouses is given for Switzerland. Biological efficacy trials will be required to validate the LWA method.     

棕榈蓟马成虫在日光温室菜椒上的种群动态和空间分布

为明确棕榈蓟马成虫在日光温室的分布特征,2011—2012年,在山东省济南市采用植株调查和蓝板诱集方法研究了其成虫在日光温室菜椒上的种群动态和空间分布。结果表明,自4月中旬,棕榈蓟马种群数量逐渐上升,6月中旬达种群高峰,平均虫量最高6.02头/花。蓝板对棕榈蓟马成虫的诱集量7：00~15：00逐渐增多,13：00~15：00是活动高峰,平均诱集数量占全天的29.42%,之后逐渐减少。空间上,棕榈蓟马成虫数量由西向东逐渐减少,平均诱集数量比例从21.58%逐渐减少到6.93%;由南向北逐渐增加,南边、中间、北边蓝板诱集数量比例分别为21.48%、27.30%和51.22%;垂直方向上,在菜椒植株上部的棕榈蓟马成虫数量（76.58%）显著高于中部（21.77%）和下部（1.65%）。因此,日光温室棕榈蓟马防治的关键期是4月中旬,关键位置为日光温室西部、北部菜椒,喷药时间以早上或傍晚为宜。     

三种新烟碱类杀虫剂在土壤中的残留降解及影响因子

建立了吡虫啉、啶虫脒和噻虫嗪在土壤中的高效液相色谱-串联质谱（HPLC-MS/MS）检测方法。样品经乙腈提取和QuEChERS法净化后,采用HPLC-MS/MS检测,外标法定量,在0.01~1.0 mg/kg添加水平下,3种新烟碱类杀虫剂在土壤中的回收率在89%~103%之间,相对标准偏差（RSD）在1.3%~10.3%之间,定量限均为0.01 mg/kg。采用建立的方法,在室内模拟条件下,研究了土壤微生物、温度、土壤含水量及农药初始浓度对土壤中吡虫啉、啶虫脒和噻虫嗪降解的影响。结果表明:土壤微生物是影响农药残留降解的首要因素,灭菌处理土壤中农药残留降解速率明显低于非灭菌土壤。此外,环境温度、土壤含水量、初始浓度等因素也会对农药残留降解产生不同影响,土壤含水量为最大持水量的60%左右时降解最快,半衰期分别为15.6、7.2和25.8 d;农药初始浓度越高,降解速度越慢;在5~35℃范围内,随着温度的升高,降解速度加快。     

Evaluation of endosulfan residues in vegetables grown in greenhouses

The reduction in residue levels of endosulfan with time after treatment of tomatoes, green beans, peppers and cucumbers grown in different types of commercial greenhouses (flat- and asymmetric-roof greenhouses) in Almería (Spain) was investigated. A study of the major and minor degradation products of endosulfan in peppers and cucumbers (endosulfan-sulfate, -ether and -lactone) was carried out using gas chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (GC-MS/MS). To establish the influence of environmental conditions on the degradation of endosulfan, several field trials have been carried out in which crops were sprayed at different rates (full, half- and quarter- of those rates recommended) during two seasons (spring and winter). For statistical purposes, the disappearance of endosulfan with time was considered to follow a pseudo-first-order reaction. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) has been applied to the results obtained. Half-lives of residue disappearance were 4.03-4.68 days in green beans, 4.03-4.20 days in tomatoes, 8.22 days in peppers and 7.97 days in cucumbers. Half-lives in spring were shorter than in the winter season. The application rate and the type of greenhouse did not influence the half-lives.     

Persistence of some organophosphorus insecticides in hen-house litter

Thin-layer chromatography was used to assess semi-quantitively the persistence of six organophosphorus insecticides in hen-house litter. Malathion disappeared within 4 h of application. Carbofenthion was the most persistent. Four weeks after treatment the proportions of the applied doses extracted from the litter were: carbofenthion 46%, phorate 21%, diazinon 13%, coumaphos 7% and fenitrothion 3%.     

Phytophthora root rot of sweet pepper

Phytophthora capsici proved to be the causal agent of a root and crown rot of sweet pepper in the Netherlands.P. capsici was pathogenic on sweet pepper, tomato and sometimes on eggplant but not on tobacco Xanthi. Of these test plants only tomato was infected byP. nicotianae.No different symptoms in plants infected with eitherP. capsici orP. nicotianae were found. Dipping the roots of tomato and sweet pepper plants in a suspension ofP. capsici resulted in a more severe attack than pouring the suspension on the stem base.Resistance in tomato toP. nicotianae did not include resistance toP. capsici. A method to distinguishP. capsici fromP. nicotianae after isolation from soil is described. Both species were able to infect green fruits of tomato and sweet pepper.p. capsici survived in moist soil in the absence of a host for at least 15 months.Samenvatting Phytophthora capsici bleek de oorzaak te zijn van een voet-en wortelrot in paprika op twee bedrijven in 1977 in Nederland.P. capsici was pathogeen op paprika, tomaat en soms op aubergine maar niet op tabak Xanthi.P. nicotianae tastte van deze toetsplanten alleen tomaat aan. Verschillen in symptomen tussenP. nicotianae enP. capsici werden bij tomaat niet waargenomen.Het dompelen van de wortels in eenP. capsici suspensie gaf een ernstiger aantasting dan het begieten van de wortelhals met deze suspensie.Resistentie in tomaat tegenP. nicotianae bleek geen resistentie tegenP. capsici in te houden. P. capsici kan in grond worden aangetoond door groene paprikavruchten als vangsubstraat te gebruiken.P. capsici enP. nicotianae kunnen beide zowel vruchten van tomaat als paprika aantasten. P. capsici overleefde een periode van 15 maan den in vochtige grond waarop geen waardplant werd geteeld.     

Interactions of carotenoids with some organophosphorus insecticides

The interactions of some organophosphorus insecticides (OPI) with carotenoids from oranges were studied in vitro. In the initial step, 5,6-epoxy (di-epoxy) xanthophylls are isomerised to 5,8-furano (di-furano) xanthophylls. This reaction can also be brought about by hydrogen ions. Degradation products of OPI or impurities present in commercial samples may be acidic. Subsequent reactions lead to complete loss of the long wavelength chromophore.     

Photolysis of organophosphorus insecticides on soil surfaces

Photolysis on soil surfaces of the organophosphorus insecticides diazinon, methidathion and profenofos was studied under artificial sunlight conditions. All three compounds were readily degraded under the conditions used. The rate of degradation decreased in the order diazinon, profenofos, methidathion and was always greater in moist than in dry soil. The same order of stability was also observed from photolysis studies in aqueous solution. The major photolysis products identified were 2-isopropyl-6-methylpyrimidin-4-ol from diazinon, 5-methoxy-3H-1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-one from methidathion and 4-bromo-2-chlorophenol and 4-bromo-2-chlorophenyl ethyl hydrogen phosphate from profenofos. The same compounds were formed in hydrolysis studies and also upon photodecomposition in aqueous solutions of diazinon and methidathion. Profenofos, however, showed a different photolytic reaction in aqueous systems, forming O-(2-chlorophenyl) O-ethyl S-propyl phosphorothioate. Soil photolysis studies together with hydrolysis experiments could be a useful quick method for obtaining early information on the chemical breakdown products which are to be expected in the soil environment.     

Control of wireworms with organophosphorus and carbamate insecticides

Carbaryl, chlorfenvinphos, diazinon, disulfoton, parathion, phorate, fenitrothion, thionazin and trichlorphon were tested for their effectiveness in killing wireworms by broadcast treatments. Each insecticide was tested once or more in two field trials cropped with wheat and two cropped with potatoes. Phorate and parathion were very lethal to wireworms at 4 Ib active ingredient per acre (4–48 kg/ha). Thionazin and diazinon were intermediate in effectiveness and the other insecticides ineffective.     

The mobility of some organophosphorus sheep dip insecticides in soil

The technique of soil thin-layer chromatography has been adapted to permit the use of repeated or prolonged irrigation procedures so that the mobility characteristics of relatively non-mobile insecticides may be studied. The procedure has been used to study the relative movement of organophosphorus insecticides such as chlorfenvinphos, trithion, delnav and dichlofenthion which are widely used as sheep dips.     

我国部分省市甜椒黄瓜花叶病毒的亚组鉴定

 CMV是我国甜椒上的主要毒原种类,并有着许多不伺的株系,近年来,一些CMV株系被分为2个亚组^[1,2]。同一亚组株系的核苷酸序列同源性在95%以上,在寄主范围、致病性等方面有一定的相似性;而不同亚组株系在寄主范围、致病性、复制及传播等方面均有差异^[3]。所以,以快速、准确的分子生物学方法鉴定我国甜椒CMV分离物的亚组地位,可以为抗病毒基因工程育种、品种合理布局以及防治措施的实施提供依据。     

Anthracnose of sweet pepper caused by Colletotrichum scovillei in Japan

Severe fruit rot of sweet pepper was found in Shimane, Hyogo, Chiba, Toyama, and Nagano prefectures, Japan from 2005 to 2011. Dark, sunken spots with concentric rings of orange conidial masses appeared on fruits. Pathogenic isolates from diseased fruits in the prefectures were identified as Colletotrichum scovillei. This species was added to the pathogens of sweet pepper anthracnose in Japan. The representative isolate was pathogenic to sweet pepper, tomato and chili pepper fruits, kidney bean pod, azuki bean, pea and strawberry leaves, but a caused no symptoms on cucumber or carrot in inoculation tests.     

Iodometric calibration of organophosphorus insecticides and measurement of hydrolysis products

Dialkylphosphoro-thioic and -dithioic acids, hydrolysis products of most organophosphorus insecticides, react stoichiometrically with iodoacetic acid, under controlled conditions, to release iodide. At room temperature, dialkylphosphorodithioic acids react with iodoacetic acid at pH 7–9, and dialkylphosphoro-thioic and -dithioic acids react with iodoacetic acid at pH 2 and below. This last reaction may be used for the determination of breakdown products in the presence of insecticides, such as fenitrothion, that are sufficiently stable to acid hydrolysis. The methods are suitable for measuring both active ingredients and hydrolysis products in formulations and in waterdiluted sprays.     

Integrated control of pests in tropical and subtropical sweet pepper production

Sweet pepper is now grown, in tropical and subtropical areas, under the integrated pest management (IPM) tactic of 'physical barrier', whereas it was once grown primarily in open fields. This management tactic, when properly employed, has the advantage of eliminating many of the larger open-field pests, and has resulted in greatly increased pepper yields. However, certain other pest populations are exacerbated by this IPM tactic. This paper reviews the primary pests and current control tactics in sweet pepper.     

Activated transformations of organophosphorus insecticides in the case of non-AChE inhibitory oxons

Many organophosphorus (OP) compounds are of the thiono form and in insects or animals are converted by microsomal mixed function oxidases (MFO) into the oxon forms which inhibit acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and give toxic activity. However, certain S-alkyl phosphorothiolates (RS-P(O) <) such as methamidophos, profenophos and prothiophos oxon are strongly insecticidal, but very poor inhibitors of AChE in vitro. Their oxons are converted further to the S-oxides, which either inhibit AChE or decompose, depending on the alkyl substituents on the sulfur atom. It is also inferred in the case of prothiophos oxon that its S-oxide not only inhibits AChE but also conjugates with glutathione (GSH) by the action of glutathione S-transferase (GST), and the conjugate inhibits AChE. Certain phosphoramidates (R2N-P(O) <) such as isofenphos oxon, schradan and propetamphos oxon are weak AChE inhibitors, but strongly insecticidal. It is well known that isofenphos oxon is converted into the stable N-desalkyl form (H2N-P(O) <) by oxidative dealkylation to inhibit AChE. The authors have studied activation of phosphoramidates using 2,4-dichlorophenyl methyl N-alkylphosphoramidates as model compounds using various approaches including computational chemistry, and these studies indicated that the O-aminophosphate structure (R2N-O-P(O) <) is an activated form.     

The effects of temperature and humidity on the toxicity of three organophosphorus insecticides to adult Oryzaephilus surinamensis (L.)

The toxicities, to a laboratory susceptible strain and to a resistant strain of Oryzaephilus surinamensis (L.), of water-dispersible powder formulations of pirimiphos-methyl, fenitrothion or chlorpyrifos-methyl under constant conditions of 25°C and 70% r. h. were compared to the toxicities when the insects were exposed to a diurnal cycle of 12.5–20–12.5°C and 70–50–70% r. h. to simulate grain store conditions in the UK during spring and autumn. All the insecticides were more effective at 25°C and 70% r. h. The LD₅₀ values for the susceptible strain were low, being 4.4 and 1.4 mg m^?2 at 12.5-20°C and 25°C, respectively, for chlorpyrifos-methyl, 18.3 and 4.1 mg m^?2, respectively, for pirimiphos-methyl, and 4.0 and < 1.O mg m^?2, respectively, for fenitrothion. The LD₅₀ values obtained from the two sets of environmental conditions for a resistant strain (484) differed by factors of 1.8 for chlorpyrifos-methyl, 4.8 for pirimiphos-methyl, and 7.3 for fenitrothion. Toxicity studies were also made with chlorpyrifos-methyl under various constant conditions of temperature and humidity from 5–30°C (5°C intervals) and 30, 50, 70 and 90% r. h., and also at O°C and 60% r. h. Chlorpyrifos-methyl was very effective and there was little or no cross resistance to chlorpyrifos-methyl in the resistant strain. From 15 to 30°C, mortality was high, and differences in mortality at the LD₅₀ level for the various humidities were slight, but there was a decrease in mortality with decreasing humidity at any one temperature, in particular, at 5°C, 50 and 70% r. h., and 10°C and 50% r. h. Chlorpyrifosmethyl was more toxic to both strains at the highest humidity (90%) throughout the whole temperature range. The LD₅₀ values for each strain decreased at each temperature as the water vapour concentration was increased. At O°C and 60% r. h., all the insects from both strains died but the cause of death was not clear.     

Spatiotemporal distribution of tomato plants naturally infected with leaf mold in commercial greenhouses

The distribution of tomato plants infected by Passalora fulva, causal agent of leaf mold, was analyzed by using Taylor’s model and Iwao’s model to assess the patterns of spatial distribution within the greenhouses. In Taylor’s model, the sample variance (s ²) of diseased plants newly recognized at each observation increased only slightly with mean density (m). In Iwao’s model, the mean crowding (m*) of newly recognized diseased plants at each observation increased with m of diseased plants. The statistical analysis in this study suggests that new infections in greenhouses observed during this investigation tended to cluster around a diseased plant and that secondary infections occurred as independent cluster points.     

侵染广西甜椒的西瓜银斑驳病毒分子鉴定

西瓜银斑驳病毒(Watermelon silver mottle vi-rus,WSMoV)为布尼亚病毒科(Bunyaviridae)番茄斑萎病毒属(Orthotospovirus)病毒,通过蓟马以持久增殖型方式传播,主要危害番茄、辣椒、西瓜等茄科和葫芦科作物,引起褪绿轮纹、环斑、皱缩等症状,造成严重的经济损失[1]....     

Differential response of plant cell membranes to some vinyl organophosphorus insecticides

The response of plant cell membranes to vinyl organophosphorus insecticides was studied by determining the release of intracellular materials as a measure of membrane permeability and the uptake of [1-¹⁴C]-α-aminoisobutyric acid as a measure of active transport. A pretreatment with chlorfenvinphos (2-chloro-1-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-vinyl diethyl phosphate) at 0.4 mM or higher concentrations increased the leakage of cell contents from the tissues of pea, corn, and beet, but two other vinyl organophosphorus insecticides, tetrachlorvinphos (2-chloro-1-(2,4,5-trichlorophenyl)-vinyl diethyl phosphate) and phosphamidon (2-chloro-2-diethyl carbamoyl-1-methyl vinyl dimethyl phosphate), had no effect. Simultaneous addition of phospholipids, β-sitosterol, or Ca²⁺ inhibited in varying degrees the chlorfenvinphos-induced permeability, suggesting that the leakage of cell contents might be due to alteration in membrane structure.Chlorfenvinphos or tetrachlorvinphos at 0.1 mM or higher concentrations inhibited the uptake of α-aminoisobutyric acid. The degree of inhibition varied with different plant species. The inhibition was competitive and was not prevented by phospholipids. However, Ca²⁺ and other divalent cations were stimulatory to the uptake of α-aminoisobutyric acid, either in the presence or absence of chlorfenvinphos. Chlorfenvinphos also inhibited plant growth in tobacco callus and pea stem assays.From the differences in effective concentration, structural requirement, and interaction with phospholipids, it is suggested that chlorfenvinphos affected the membrane permeability and active transport by different mechanisms. These effects probably underlie its inhibitory action on plant growth.     

Resistance of Thrips tabaci to pyrethroid and organophosphorus insecticides in Ontario, Canada

Onion thrips, Thrips tabaci Lindeman, were collected from commercial onion fields in 2001, 2002 and 2003 to assess resistance to lambda-cyhalothrin, deltamethrin and diazinon. In 2001, six of eight adult populations were resistant to lambda-cyhalothrin, with resistance ratios (RR) ranging from 2 to 13.1 and four of these were also resistant to deltamethrin, with RR ranging from 19.3 to 120. Three of four adult populations were resistant to diazinon with RR ranging from 2.5 to 165.8. In 2002, four of seven nymphal populations and three of six adult populations were resistant to deltamethrin, with RR ranging from 4.3 to 72.5 and 9.4 to 839.2, respectively. Only one of six nymphal populations and one of five adult populations were resistant to diazinon, with RR of 5.6 and 2.3, respectively. In 2003 diagnostic dose bioassays, 15 of 16 onion thrips populations were resistant to lambda-cyhalothrin and all were resistant to deltamethrin. Eight of the 16 were resistant to diazinon. These results indicate that insecticide resistance is widespread in onion thrips in commercial onion fields in Ontario.