Enhanced degradation of atrazine under field conditions correlates with a loss of weed control in the glasshouse

Enhanced degradation of atrazine has been reported in the literature, indicating the potential for reduced residual weed control with this herbicide. Experiments were conducted to determine the field dissipation of atrazine in three cropping systems: continuous Zea mays L. (CC) receiving atrazine applications each year, Gossypium hirsutum L.-Z. mays rotation (CCR) receiving applications of atrazine once every 2 years and a no atrazine history soil (NAH). Subsequent laboratory and greenhouse experiments were conducted with soil collected from these cropping systems to determine atrazine degradation, mineralization and residual weed control. Field dissipation of atrazine followed first-order kinetics, and calculated half-life values for atrazine combined over 2003 and 2005 increased in the order of CC (9 d) = CCR (10 d) < NAH (17 d). Greenhouse studies confirmed that the persistence of atrazine was approximately twofold greater in NAH soil than in CC or CCR soil. Biometer flask mineralization studies suggested that enhanced degradation of atrazine was due to rapid catabolism of the s-triazine ring. Glasshouse efficacy studies revealed a loss of residual weed control in CC and CCR soil compared with NAH soil. These data indicate that, under typical Mississippi Delta field conditions and agronomic practices, the persistence of atrazine may be reduced by at least 50% if the herbicide is applied more than once every 24 months. Glasshouse studies suggest that under these conditions a loss of residual weed control is possible.     

浅谈植物寄生线虫生物防治研究进展

文章对植物寄生线虫生物防治资源、线虫天敌真菌作用机制、线虫天敌生态学以及分子生物学等方面国内、外的一些研究进展进行了综述,并提出了研究展望。     

新型生物源农药与化学农药对草莓叶螨的防效对比研究

草莓叶螨是影响北京地区草莓生产的重要害螨,本文对其进行了两种新型生物源农药(藜芦碱、多杀霉素)及化学农药(高效氯氟氰菊酯、联苯菊酯)的防效对比研究。室内毒力测定结果表明:2.5%高效氯氟氰菊酯EC和0.5%藜芦碱SL对朱砂叶螨毒力最高,其LC_(50)分别为2.54mg/L和4.18mg/L;其次是10%联苯菊酯EC和2.5%多杀霉素SC,其LC_(50)分别为13.16mg/L和84.51mg/L。田间试验结果表明:2.5%高效氯氟氰菊酯EC和0.5%藜芦碱SL对草莓叶螨防控效果最好,施药7d后防治效果达80%以上,施药14d后防治效果达82%左右,施药28d后防治效果达84%左右,持效期较长。10%联苯菊酯EC和2.5%多杀霉SC素防控效果欠佳,施药7d后的防治效果为50%左右,具有一定的防治效果;但施药14、21及28d后害虫总数有增长趋势,未表现出持续的抑制效果。与对照区相比,各药剂均表现出对草莓叶螨具有一定的防控作用。高浓度2.5%高效氯氟氰菊酯EC对草莓叶片有轻微药害,在生产中要严格控制其使用剂量;0.5%藜芦碱SL试验处理未对草莓及非靶标生物产生不良影响,安全无药害且防治效果好,在实际生产中具有良好的推广应用价值。     

Biological Control of Alfalfa Weevil in North America

Alfalfa weevil, Hypera postica (Gyllenhall) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), is of Eurasian origin. This destructive pest of alfalfa (lucerne) was accidentally established in North America on three separate occasions. These introductions are commonly identified in the literature as biological strains: western alfalfa weevil, Egyptian alfalfa weevil (=Hypera brunneipennis Boheman), and eastern alfalfa weevil. Alfalfa weevil has been the target of classical biological control almost since its discovery in North America more than 90 years ago. These efforts have resulted in establishment of at least nine exotic parasitoids and egg predators: Bathyplectes curculionis (Thomson), B. anurus (Thomson) and B. stenostigma (Thomson) (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae); Microctonus aethiopoides Loan and M. colesi Drea (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), the latter of undetermined origin; Oomyzus incertus (Ratzenberg) (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae); Dibrachoides dynastes (Forester) and Peridesmia discus (Walker) (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae); and Anaphes luna (Girault) (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae). A fungal pathogen, Zoophthora phytonomi Arthur (Phycomycetes: Entomophthoraceae), of undetermined origin, is becoming an increasingly important alfalfa weevil mortality factor. Most major USA alfalfa production areas now benefit from a complex of alfalfa weevil biological control agents. Collectively, these agents have effected substantial reduction in the economic importance of alfalfa weevil across the northern USA However, biological agents provide only partial control of alfalfa weevil, and importance of their contribution differs considerably with production area. Still, the benefits achieved, especially from reduced need for insecticides in alfalfa production, mark this as one of the great success stories of classical biological control in North America.     

Biological activity of the succinate dehydrogenase inhibitor fluopyram against Botrytis cinerea and fungal baseline sensitivity

BACKGROUND: Succinate dehydrogenase inhibitors (SDHIs) constitute a fungicide class with increasing relevance in crop protection. These fungicides could play a crucial role in successful management of grey mould disease. In the present study the effect of fluopyram, a novel SDHI fungicide, on several developmental stages of Botrytis cinerea was determined in vitro, and the protective and curative activity against the pathogen was determined on strawberry fruit. Furthermore, fungal baseline sensitivity was determined in a set of 192 pathogen isolates. RESULTS: Inhibition of germ tube elongation was found to be the most sensitive growth stage affected by fluopyram, while mycelial growth was found to be the least sensitive growth stage. Fluopyram provided excellent protective activity against B. cinerea when applied at 100 µg mL^?1 96, 48 or 24 h before the artificial inoculation of the strawberry fruit. Similarly, fluopyram showed a high curative activity when it was applied at 100 µg mL^?1 24 h post‐inoculation, but, when applications were conducted 48 or 96 h post‐inoculation, disease control efficacy was modest or low. The measurement of baseline sensitivity showed that it was unimodal in all the populations tested. The individual EC₅₀ values for fluopyram ranged from 0.03 to 0.29 µg mL^?1. In addition, no correlation was found between sensitivity to fluopyram and sensitivity to other fungicides, including cyprodinil, fenhexamid, fludioxonil, iprodione, boscalid and pyraclostrobin. CONCLUSIONS: The obtained biological activity, baseline sensitivity and cross‐resistance relationship data suggest that fluopyram could play a key role in grey mould management in the near future and encourage its introduction into spray programmes. Copyright © 2011 Society of Chemical Industry     

复合菌剂对草莓黄萎病的田间防治效果

由轮枝孢属真菌Verticillium spp.引起的草莓黄萎病在草莓各产区均有发生,危害严重。在江苏镇江和扬州两地的大田试验表明复合菌剂能有效防治草莓黄萎病,平均防效达到76.8%。该菌剂对草莓有较好的促生作用,150d时,无病田平均增产25.8%,病田增产133.6%。     

草莓食叶害虫褐痣拟栉叶蜂生物学特性初步观察

褐痣拟栉叶蜂Priophorus fulvostigmatus Wei&Li是吉林地区草莓上新发生的一种食叶性害虫。本文通过室内饲养和田间观察的方法,记述了该虫的形态特征、发育历期、繁殖力及其生活习性。结果表明：褐痣拟栉叶蜂在恒温25℃条件下卵、幼虫、预蛹+蛹和成虫的发育历期分别为(6.96±0.37),(11.63±1.11),(11.47±1.13)d和(5.55±1.45)d,平均世代历期为(35.65±1.71)d,与在变温19～31℃(日平均25℃)条件下的历期略有差异。雌虫繁殖力较强,可进行有性生殖和孤雌生殖,在恒温25℃下平均单雌产卵量为(71.44±13.13)粒,变温19～31℃下为(64.38±16.61)粒;幼虫有6个龄期,随着幼虫龄期的增长,体长、体宽与头壳宽度逐渐增加,一头幼虫整个幼虫期可取食草莓叶片6 400.15 mm~2。该虫在吉林地区一年发生3代,以老熟幼虫在1.5～3 cm深的土层中吐丝结茧越冬。本研究基本明确了褐痣拟栉叶蜂各龄期的形态特征,并观察了主要生物学特性,以期为该害虫的识别和综合防控提供理论基础。     

Soil sterilization and glasshouse disinfection to control Fusarium oxysporum f. lycopersici in tomatoes in the Netherlands

Fusarium oxysporum Schlecht. f.lycopersici (Sacc.) Snyder & Hansen, was observed on tomatoes under glass in the Netherlands for the first time in 1968 and spread widely in the following years. Experiments showed that soil infestation could be reduced by sterilization with steam, methyl bromide and chloropicrin, provided the treatments were applied with great care. Disinfection of the glasshouse structures with formaldehyde killed deposited dry macroconidia but gaseous methyl bromide and chloropicrin and sprays of systemic fungicides, which are usually effective againstFusarium spp., did not.Samenvatting In 1968 werd voor het eerst op enkele bedrijven in NederlandFusarium verwelkingsziekte in tomaat waargenomen. De ziekte verspreidde zich snel in het volgende jaar.Goede ontsmetting van een zandige grond blijkt mogelijk door nauwkeurige toediening van veel stoom (verbruik van 10 1 stookolie per m²), van chloorpicrine (60 ml/m²) en van methylbromide (100 g/m²) (zie Tabel 1).Door beregening en bij het verwijderen van dode planten, waarop de schimmel sporuleert, worden veel conidiën afgezet op verwarmingsbuizen en kasvoeter. Per strekkende meter verwarmingsbuis werden 30.000 macroconidia gevonden. Ontsmetting hiervan met formaline gaf goede resultaten, maar met de systemische fungiciden uit de benzimidazol-groep niet (Tabel 2). De kasopstanden bleken niet ontsmet te worden door het methylbromide of chloorpicrine gas boven het plastiek bij de in de praktijk gebruikelijke grondontsmetting met deze middelen.Voor een goede bestrijding van de schimmel is een grote bedrijfshygiëne vereist en dienen alle voor de produktie benodigde hulpmiddelen ontsmet te worden. In potgrond en zaaizaad is het pathogeen tot nu toe niet gevonden.     

Chemical alternatives to methyl bromide for the control of root-knot nematodes in greenhouses

The complete phase-out of methyl bromide from use in developed countries by 1 January 2005 will cause many problems in agricultural industries that are now heavily reliant on its use. Three field experiments were established to compare management tactics on tomato and cucumber in commercial greenhouses naturally infested with root-knot nematodes (Meloidogyne spp). Reduction of nematode juveniles in soil and roots to nil detection levels was observed in all plots following soil fumigation with methyl bromide. A significant reduction of nematode juveniles and root-galling index was observed in plots treated with metham-sodium, dazomet and 1,3-dichloropropene compared with the control and plots treated with non-fumigant nematicides. Reduction of the nematode population led to an increase in fruit yield. However, data collected from the second cultivation season indicated that single control methods such as fumigant or contact nematicides alone cannot drastically decrease initial nematode population and those nematodes which escape control lead to population increase by the end of the cropping season.     

Research on and use of biological methods of pest control in glasshouse crops in Poland1

In 1966/1967, the predatory mite Phytoseiulus persimilis and the hymenopteran parasite Encarsia formosa were introduced into Poland. This introduction led to extensive research on the principles and practical use of biological and integrated programmes of pest control in glasshouse crops. Additional species were later introduced (Macrolophus costalis, Amblyseius mckenziei, Neoseiulus cucumeris, Cycloneda limbifer, Cryptolaemus montrouzieri), and research was also undertaken on local species such as Aphidoletes aphidimyza and Aphidius matricariae. At present, after 25 years of research, modem and effective mass rearing of natural enemies has been organized, and they are applied over 600 ha of glasshouse crops. For correct development of biological methods in glasshouses, new introductions, research, and mass rearing of new species are necessary.     

有效防治蛴螬的昆虫病原线虫鉴定及其生物学特性

为筛选出对华北地区蛴螬具有较强致病力的昆虫病原线虫,从河北省采集的30份土样中分离线虫,通过形态学和分子生物学方法进行鉴定,分析其生物学特性,并测定线虫对该地区3种蛴螬的致病力。结果表明,经鉴定所分离的昆虫病原线虫为樱桃异小杆线虫Heterorhabditis beicherriana的1个品系,将其命名为LF品系;该线虫具有较强的耐高温能力,38℃水浴12 h后存活率达28.4%;具有较好的耐干燥能力,相对湿度50.5%处理9 h后存活率可达80.0%,在此条件下仍然具有较强的侵染能力,可使大蜡螟Galleria mellonella在72 h内全部死亡;具有较强的水平运动能力,30℃处理24 h后有42.2%的个体迁移到3.6 cm外培养皿圆孔处。该线虫对蛴螬具有较强的致病力,室内试验中,在200 IJs/头剂量下对华北大黑鳃金龟Holotrichia oblita、暗黑鳃金龟Holotrichia parallela和铜绿丽金龟Anomala corpulenta幼虫处理7 d后,3种幼虫1龄末期幼虫死亡率均可达70.0%以上;室外盆栽试验中,5 000 IJs/盆剂量下处理7 d后,3种幼虫2龄中期幼虫死亡率均达到了80.0%以上。表明樱桃异小杆线虫LF品系对华北地区蛴螬类地下害虫生防潜能巨大。     

Further characterization of melon necrotic spot virus causing severe disease in glasshouse cucumbers in the Netherlands and its control

A severe leaf necrosis, observed since 1978 in glasshouse cucumbers grown on rockwool and later also in crops on soil, is described. A virus could be isolated and the disease be reproduced in cucumber and melon. The virus could be transmitted by leaf inoculation with expressed sap and by pouring rockwool leakage water onto sterilized soil containing cucumber seedlings. Infectivity steeply declined in expressed sap between dilutions 10 and 100 (dilution endpoint ca 10⁶), at temperatures between 55 and 65°C (thermal inactivation point 75°C) and during storage between 1 and 1 1/2 month at room temperature.Out of 40 plant species tested only three species, viz. cucumber, melon and watermelon, were susceptible. All 21 cucumber cultivars and all 8 melon cultivars tested reacted severely with local lesions and some with systemic necrosis, but systemic infection and reaction were erratic under experimental conditions.Purified virus sedimented in sucrose and CsCl gradients and during analytical ultracentrifugation in a single peak. Thes ₂₀ was 134S and buoyant density in CsCl was 1.33 g.cm^–3. Virus particles in crude sap and purified suspensions were spherical and ca 30 nm in diameter. They contained one type of protein with a relative molecular mass of 46 000 and one RNA species. An antiserum with a titre of 1024 did not react with cucumber and tobacco necrosis viruses, nor did their antisera react with our cucumber virus. Serologically and in physicochemical properties the virus is similar to if not identical with the melon necrotic spot virus incompletely described in Japan.Disease control may be through improved hygiene, including steam sterilization of rockwool, soil disinfection by steam sterilization or with methyl bromide, and addition of a surfactant to nutrient solutions, and prevention may be by grafting cucumber ontoCucubita ficifolia rootstocks, immune to the virus.Samenvatting Sinds 1978 komt in de op steenwol en in grond geteelde kaskomkommer een ernstige bladnecrose voor, die vooral in het najaar tot afsterving van planten kan leiden en in wel 45% van de planten van een aangetast gewas is geconstateerd. Uit zieke planten kon een virus worden geïsoleerd dat gemakkelijk overging door sap-inoculatie en in lekvocht uit besmette steewol (waarschijnlijk door tussenkomst van eenOlpidium-soort), nadat dit werd gegoten op gesteriliseerde grond waarin komkommerzaailingen groeiden. Met dit virus konden de symptomen van de ziekte worden greproduceerd.Het infectivermogen van ruw platesap nam snel af bij verdunning tussen 10 en 100× (verdunningseindpunt ca 1 millioen), en bij warmtebehandelingen tussen 55 en 65°C (inactiveringstemperatuur 75°C) en bij bewaring bij kamertemperatuur tussen 1 en 1 1/2 maand.Slechts 3 van de 40 getoetste plantesoorten bleken vatbaar voor het virus, te weten komkommer, meloen en watermeloen. Alle 21 getoetste komkommercultivars en alle 8 getoetste meloenerassen reageerden hevig met lokale lesies en enkele, onder de heersende proeformastandigheden onvoorspelbaar, met systemische necrose. De wel als onderstam gebruikteCucurbita ficifolia is onvatbaar.Gezuiverd virus sedimenteerde in suiker- en CsCl-gradiënten en bij analytische ultracentrifugering in één piek. Des ₂₀ was 134S en de zweefdichtheid in CsCl 1.33 g.cm^–3. In ruw sap en gezuiverde suspensies deden de virusdeeltjes zich voor als bolletjes met een diameter van ongeveer 30 nm. Ze bevatten slechts éé soort eiwit met een relatieve moleculaire massa van 46 000 en één RNA-soort. Een antiserum met titer 1024 werd bereid. Het reageerde niet met komkommernecrosevirus en tabaksnecrosevirus. Wel reageerde het virus met een uit Japan ontvangen antiserum tegen het daar sinds 1966 bekende melon necrotic spot virus, terwijl het Japanse virus reageerde met het Nederlandse antiserum. Serologisch, zowel als in biologische en fysisch-chemische eigenschappen lijken de Nederlandse en Japanse isolaten identiek. Voor het virus wordt daarom de Nederlandse namm meloenenecrosevirus voorgesteld. Het verschilt van drie andere, onlangs min of meer gelijktijdig in Oost-Duitsland, op Kreta en in Libanese grond aangetroffen, via de bodem overgaande komkommervirussen, die evenals tabaks- en komkommernecrosevirus ook andere plantesoorten dan cucurbitaceeën kunnen infecteren.Waarschijnlijk is meloenencerosevirys al sinds 1967 bekend in Frankrijk als verwekker van criblure du melon. Het is ook nauw verwant aan de verwekker van een in een veredelingsprogramma van meloen in Californië opgedoken necrosevirus, waarvan echter wordt beweerd dat het overgaat met zaad van meloen en wordt overgebracht door bladkevertjes,Diabrotica-soorten. Het meloenenecrosevirus is in ons land voor het eerst geconstateerd als ziekteverwekker van kaskommer. Ook in England is het daarin onlangs aangetroffen. De ziekte kan op verschillende manieren bestreden, respectievelijk voorkomen worden. De grond dient gestoomd te worden of begast met methylbromide. Steenwolmatten kunnen bij hergebruik gestoomd worden, terwijl aan de voedingsoplossing uitloeier (Agral) toegediend kan worden. Zowel bij grond- als steenwolteelten is de ziekte te voorkomen door komkommerplante te enten op de onvatbare onderstamCucurbita ficifolia.     

Use of Encarsia formosa adults in biological control of Trialeurodes vaporariorum on glasshouse vegetable crops1

In Poland, where possibilities for complete microclimate regulation in glasshouses are limited and there is a relatively low degree of automation and computerization, satisfactory biological control of Trialeurodes vaporariorum with Encarsia formosa depends on precise and uniform release of the parasite in the glasshouse, as well as on rapid reaction to increasing pest numbers. This can be achieved by a method, developed in Poland and presented here, of using adults of E. formosa in specially prepared capsules. This paper reports on the principles for using E. formosa in capsules, and on the numbers and frequency of release of the parasite which are appropriate for different crops.     

Some new pests of glasshouse crops in Bulgaria and their control by an IPM programme1

Growing of vegetables and ornamentals in the open or as protected crops all the year round is a factor responsible for changes in the biology and ecology of some insects and mites, which can be summarized as follows: (1) the life cycle closes and development occurs all the year round; (2) pests adapt and new strains and populations appear (anholocyclic forms of Aphis naslurtii on capsicum; (3) northwards movement of distribution limits (Peridroma saucia, Chrysodeixis chalcites, Aculops lycopersici, Polyphagotarsonemus latus, Empoasca decipiens); (4)indifferent organisms become pests (Udea ferrugalis). From this point of view, the idea of a new pest must be given a wider interpretation. Details are given on P. latus, E. decipiens, U. ferrugalis and C. chalcites and their control. The following treatments are suitable for IPM programmes: seedling treatment with the systemic insecticide oxamyl, spraying with Thiozol 80 (a.i. 80% wettable sulphur) and Morestan (a.i. 25% quinomethionate) against P. latus; use of light traps and electric killers against Lepidoptera and spraying with Lepidocide (Bacillus thuringzensis) against caterpillars.     

5种生物制剂对设施蔬菜根结线虫防治技术研究

蔬菜根结线虫已成为内蒙古赤峰市设施蔬菜园区的主要病害,对黄瓜和番茄造成严重的产量损失,为了筛选高效、安全的生物杀菌剂,2011-2012年在赤峰市松山区设施蔬菜园区进行了5种不同生物杀菌剂对设施黄瓜和番茄根结线虫防治的田间试验,在黄瓜和番茄定植时用100亿cfu/g厚孢轮枝菌粉剂0.2kg/667m2撒施,2%阿维菌素+多聚糖乳油3 000倍稀释液灌根处理,0.2亿cfu/g淡紫拟青霉颗粒剂5kg/667m2撒施,10亿cfu/mL蜡质芽胞杆菌水剂6L/667m2灌根,1.8%阿维菌素乳油500倍稀释液灌根,设4次重复,并设空白对照。定植20d后再用同样的浓度和方法处理一次,结果表明:5种生物杀菌剂对黄瓜和番茄根结线虫的防治效果为20%~60%,10亿cfu/mL蜡质芽胞杆菌水剂效果最好,达到56.3%,同时可以提高黄瓜和番茄的商品性,适于在设施蔬菜上推广使用。     

Evaluation of systemic fungicides for use in the glasshouse industry

The primary evaluation of ten fungicides for the control of cucumber powdery mildew (Sphaerotheca fuliginea), tomato leaf mould (Cladosporium fulvum) and tomato grey mould (Botrytis cinerea) indicated that nine of them were systemically active against one or more of the pathogens when applied as soil drenches. Benomyl, thiophanate, thiophanate-methyl, thiabendazole and Cela W52A showed activity against all three diseases, but dimethirimol, triarimol and dodemorph were more specific and mainly active against cucumber powdery mildew. An in vitro bioassay generally indicated that fungitoxicity was not translocated from sprayed to unsprayed leaves, and though toxicity to B. cinerea, following soil drenches of benomyl, thiophanate and thiophanate-methyl, was detected by bioassay in leaf sap and calyces it was not detected in fruit. Furthermore, extended evaluation of benomyl for the control of grey mould on cropping tomotoes showed that in the presence of abundant B. cinerea inoculum, benomyl soil drench treatment effectively controlled flower and leaf infection but not fruit ghost-spotting.     

昆虫线虫抑制植物线虫的机理研究进展

斯氏科(Steinernematidae)、异小杆科(Heterorhabditidae)、索科(Mermithidae)和小杆科(Rhabditidae)线虫为几类较有生物防治前景的昆虫线虫。一些昆虫线虫除了能够有效地防治有害昆虫,还具有抑制植物线虫的作用,本课题组研究发现小杆科、小杆属Rhabditis(Oscheius)的某些昆虫线虫品系也有抑制植物线虫的作用。国内在这方面报道很少,国外许多线虫研究者自20世纪80年代以来有过一些研究。本文着重报道昆虫线虫抑制植物线虫的作用机理研究进展、植物线虫的生物防治途径和昆虫线虫的应用范围。