Characteristics of Beet Yellows Closterovirus Transmission to Sugar Beets by Aphis fabae

ABSTRACT Laboratory studies were conducted on the characteristics of beet yellows closterovirus (BYV) transmission to sugar beets by the bean aphid, Aphis fabae. The relative transmission efficiency and the retention, acquisition, and inoculation thresholds were evaluated using clonal aphid colonies. Transmission efficiency was studied between different apterous aphid species (A. fabae and Myzus persicae ), between alate and apterous morphs of A. fabae and M. persicae, and among five clonal aphid colonies of A. fabae. Results indicated, on average, that apterous M. persicae transmitted twice as efficiently as apterous A. fabae (60 and 34%, respectively), apterous forms of A. fabae were equally efficient in transmitting BYV as compared with alate A. fabae (28 and 29%, respectively), and the five clonal colonies of A. fabae ranged from 28 to 40% transmission efficiency with an average of 34%. The maximum retention time recorded for BYV by A. fabae was between 24 and 48 h. After a 1-h acquisition access, a transmission efficiency of 10% was obtained, with maximum transmission efficiency (the highest average percent transmission that is statistically different from all other previous averages) of 39% reached after 6 h of acquisition access. Inoculation thresholds occurred within 1 h, with maximum transmission efficiency (42%) reached after a 6-h inoculation access. Using an electronic monitoring system, a range of 9 to 38 min (20.5 mean) was recorded for the stylets of A. fabae to reach the phloem sieve elements. This was consistent with our threshold of a 20-min acquisition access recorded through direct observation.     

蚕豆蚜日龄、翅型和寄生对其共生菌胞变化的影响

初生内共生菌与宿主蚜虫的营养代谢密切相关.本文观察了蚕豆蚜Aphis fabae不同翅型的共生菌胞随宿主蚜虫生长发育的变化规律,以及饥饿和混合柄瘤蚜茧蜂Lysiphlebus confusus寄生对共生菌胞的影响.菌胞数量和体积随发育进程和翅型的变化而呈现有规律的变化:随若蚜发育而逐渐增大,然后随胎生蚜产生而逐渐减少;无翅蚜的菌胞数量和体积均显著大于有翅蚜.随饥饿时间的延长,菌胞数量和体积迅速直线下降,而重新取食后又可迅速恢复.蚕豆蚜被混合柄瘤蚜茧蜂寄生后的第3d,菌胞数量显著多于未寄生蚜虫,此后则明显少于未寄生蚜虫,从第4d的119个·头-1降至第6d的46个·头-1.研究结果说明,蚜虫共生菌胞的变化与宿主蚜虫翅型、发育、外源营养以及蚜茧蜂寄生等密切关联.     

Variation in the resistance of Vicia faba to Ascochyta fabae in relation to disease development in field trials

The epidemic development of Ascochyta fabae in artificially infected field trials was studied in order to define resistance criteria and assess the variation in resistance of infected lines of faba bean. Large differences were demonstrated among French winter lines during the 1985/86 and 1986/87 growing seasons. All the scoring systems allowed the differentiation of very susceptible and resistant material, but disease indices, which account for the number and intensity of lesions, were more precise. The different phases of the epidemic are described on the basis of the variation in disease incidence on foliage and on pods during the 1986/87 cropping season in Brittany. There were three phases in disease development: initiation, spread throughout foliage, and pod infection, and these were all influenced by host resistance. On a very susceptible line, the disease spread was seen as an increase in the number and size of lesions and rapidly developed up the plant. Low disease indices observed on the resistant line 29 H were due to the small size and low frequency of lesions, resulting in a reduced area of foliage affected.     

新疆地区棉蚜田间种群对10种杀虫剂的抗性

棉蚜是影响新疆棉花种植业的主要害虫之一, 主要依赖化学防治。大量使用化学农药不仅污染环境, 而且对棉蚜产生极大的选择压, 加速抗药性发展。针对近年来新疆多地出现的棉蚜防效下降问题, 采用叶片药膜法, 检测了新疆五家渠、石河子、奎屯、博乐、伊犁和库尔勒地区棉蚜田间种群对10种常用杀虫剂的敏感性。结果表明, 博乐、库尔勒、石河子、五家渠、伊犁、奎屯6个地区的棉蚜田间种群对拟除虫菊酯类和有机磷类杀虫剂产生了极高水平的抗性, 其中对溴氰菊酯、高效氯氰菊酯和氧乐果的抗性分别达到728~2 494倍、353~4 932倍和2 137~9 501倍。对新烟碱类、阿维菌素类和氨基甲酸酯类杀虫剂产生了中、高水平抗性, 其中对吡虫啉、啶虫脒和噻虫嗪的抗性分别为85.2~412倍、221~777倍和122~1 095倍, 对阿维菌素和甲维盐的抗性分别为19.6~220倍和27.66~130倍, 对灭多威和丁硫克百威的抗性分别为91~292倍和6~148倍。其中五家渠棉蚜田间种群对丁硫克百威表现为低抗性, 这可能与该地区施药的频次及药剂种类有关。建议新疆不同区域棉田交替使用新烟碱类、抗生素类和氨基甲酸酯类杀虫剂。     

Control of Aphis fabae on broad beans (Vicia faba) by the systemic action of gamma-bhc,thionazin and aldicarb

The in-row application of aldicarb granules at 2 lb active ingredient (a.i.)/acre (2·24 kg/ha) at sowing gave complete control of Aphis fabae Scop. on broad beans (Vicia faba L. cv. Seville) up to 7 days before harvest and resulted in a three-fold increase in yield compared with a similar thionazin treatment. Bean plants grown from seeds which were soaked in a gamma-BHC solution at 20 ppm for 24 h prior to planting were protected from this aphid for most of the growing season almost as effectively as with the thionazin treatment. A thin-layer chromatography method was developed for the determination in plants and soil of aldicarb and its two major toxic metabolites, the sulphoxide and sulphone. Gas-liquid chromatography was used to monitor the declining levels of gamma-BHC and thionazin, and simultaneous bioassays were made with Aphis fabae on excised leaf discs from the crop. Analysis of the bean seeds and pods at harvest 90 days after sowing indicated no detectable gamma-BHC, less than 0·01 ppm of thionazin and approximately 0·09 ppm total residue of aldicarb sulphone and sulphoxide. Approximately 22% and 13% of the applied aldicarb, in the form of sulphone and sulphoxide but not the parent compound, remained in the top 6 in (152 mm) of soil at the end of 2 and 4 months respectively. Toxicity studies with Aphis fabae, Acyrthosiphon pisum Harris, and Megoura viciae Buck showed an increasing sensitivity in that order to gamma-BHC at 1 ppm in bean plants. Acute toxicity investigations with feeding Aphis fabae indicated an increasing sensitivity in the order of gamma-BHC < aldicarb sulphone < aldicarb sulphoxide < thionazin < aldicarb. Despite the high acute toxicity of thionazin to Aphis fabae it gave low protection against aphids, possibly owing to its relatively short persistence in both plants and soil when compared with aldicarb.     

Drain of nutrients imposed when Aphis sambuci and a. fabae feed on the inflorescence of Yucca flaccida,and the amounts retained by the aphids

For the production of 1 g dry weight of aphids about 10 g dry weight (55 ml) of sieve tube sap ofYucca flaccida is required, provided all N taken up by the aphids is retained by them. The production capacity of an averageYucca leaf was calculated at 4 mg dry weight of aphids per day or 30 g per cm² leaf area per day. Compared with N only about 30% of the P, K, Na, Mg, and Ca ingested by the aphids is retained by them, apparently in the same mutual ratios as these elements occur in the sieve tube fluid.Samenvatting Bij een aangenomen 100% benutting van de door luizen uit zeefvaten opgenomen N, is voor de ontwikkeling van 1 g drooggewicht vanA. fabae enA. sambuci ca. 10 g droog zeefvatensap nodig (55 ml). De produktiecapaciteit van eenYucca blad van gemiddelde grootte werd berekend op 4 mg droge luis per dag, overeenkomend met ca. 30 g per cm² bladoppervlak.Vergeleken met die van de N is de benutting van de door de luizen opgenomen hoeveelheden P, K, Na, Mg, en Ca slechts ongeveer 30%; dit gebeurt in ongeveer dezelfde onderlinge verhoudingen als waarin deze elementen in het zeefvatensap aanwezig zijn (Tabel 1).     

Chemical composition and biological activity of Salvia officinalis L. essential oil against Aphis fabae Scopoli (Hemiptera: Aphididae)

Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection - This study investigated chemical composition, repellent and biocidal activities of Salvia officinalis essential oil against Aphis fabae. In total, 19...     

Toxicity of diafenthiuron to honey bees in laboratory,semi‐field and field conditions

BACKGROUND: Cardamom, an important spice crop often attacked by many insect pests, is controlled mainly using synthetic insecticides. As honey bees play a vital role in pollination in cardamom, the impact of insecticides on honey bees needs to be explored to assess its safety. RESULTS: Risk assessment based on contact toxicity revealed diafenthiuron to be a non‐selective insecticide to bees with a low selectivity ratio (the ratio between the LD₅₀ for beneficial and pest species). A dose of diafenthiuron that killed 90% of cardamom borer, Conogethes punctiferalis Guenee, was found to kill 100% of Indian bees. Based on the hazard ratio (the ratio between the field‐recommended dose and the LD₅₀ for the beneficial), diafenthiuron was found to be slightly to moderately toxic to bees. Diafenthiuron, even at low concentrations of LC₁ (the concentration that killed 1% of bees), was found to affect the foraging and homing behaviour of Indian bees. Of bees fed with 30 µg mL^?1 of diafenthiuron, 40% were found missing on the third day after exposure. However, diafenthiuron did not affect bee visits to the cardamom fields. CONCLUSION: Diafenthiuron is more highly toxic to Apis cerana indica F. than to C. punctiferalis by contact, using selectivity ratio and probit substitution methods of risk assessment, but the hazard ratio revealed diafenthiuron to be a slightly to moderately toxic chemical. Diafenthiuron was found to affect the foraging and homing behaviour of bees at sublethal concentrations. Thus, sublethal effects are more relevant in risk assessment than lethal and acute effects. Copyright © 2010 Society of Chemical Industry     

5种药剂对枸杞棉蚜室内毒力及田间防效

为了明确5种药剂对枸杞棉蚜的适宜施药剂量,开展了室内毒力测定和田间药效试验.结果 表明,1％甲维盐EC对枸杞棉蚜的毒力最高,50％噻虫嗪WG毒力最低,24 h LC50分别为2.44 mg/L和1875.69 mg/L.5种药剂毒力大小依次为甲维盐＞啶虫脒＞吡蚜酮＞呋虫胺＞噻虫嗪.田间试验结果表明,随着施药时间的延长,...     

Use of fungicides to control chocolate spot (Botrytis fabae) on winter field beans (Vicia faba)

Less chocolate spot (% leaf area affected) developed on winter–sown field beans sprayed with benomyl than on untreated beans or beans sprayed with iprodione, prochloraz or thiabendazole. A single benomyl spray during flowering reduced disease development and increased yield by 20% in 1982 when a severe chocolate spot epidemic developed in untreated plots during flowering. Benomyl sprays at flowering also increased yield in 1980 when there was less disease at flowering than in 1982, but did not increase yield in 1981 when there was little disease at flowering. In 1981 a severe chocolate spot epidemic developed early in the season and less chocolate spot developed on lower leaves of beans grown from seed treated with benomyl plus thiram than on beans grown from untreated seed. Treated plots yielded 70% more than untreated plots, although by early flowering there was no difference in chocolate spot between them. Seed treatment did not increase bean yields in 1982 and 1983, when chocolate spot did not develop early in the season. In the glasshouse, benomyl seed treatment prevented the development of aggressive lesions on lower leaves but thiram did not.     

豆蚜对杀虫剂的敏感性及药剂对豆蚜羧酸酯酶和乙酰胆碱酯酶抑制作用的研究

杀虫剂对豆蚜羧酸酯酶(CarE)和乙酰胆碱酯酶(ACHE)的抑制作用研究表明,高效氯氰菊酯、澳氰菊酯和吡虫啉对其均无抑制作用;抗蚜威、辛硫磷和氧乐果对其有明显抑制作用.抗蚜威和氧乐果对豆蚜羧酸酯酶的抑制中浓度(I50)是辛硫磷的1.16倍和1.66倍,辛硫磷和氧乐果对豆蚜乙酰胆碱酯酶的I50是抗蚜威的2.54倍和27.13倍.     

Soil degradation of flumetsulam at different temperatures in the laboratory and field

The degradation rate of the herbicide flumetsulam was examined in Hoytville clay soil at five temperatures and optimal moisture. Half-lives were 246 days at 7.5°C, 115 days at 15.0°C, 49 days at 26.1°C, 34 days at 35.9°C, and 27 days at 44.0°C. Construction of an Arrhenius diagram (In k = -E_a/RT+In A) allowed the rate constant k to be calculated for any temperature T. When k was inserted into the first order rate equation (c = c_0-kt), the concentration of flumetsulam could be calculated on a monthly basis for any soil. Predictions from this theoretical model were compared with data from three US field locations and found to accurately predict soil residues of flumetsulam under favourable moisture conditions, but not during periods of drought. Degradation dans le sol du flumetsulam à differentes temperatures au laboratoire et en plein champ Le taux de dégradation de l'herbicide flumetsulam a étéétudié dans un sol argileux de Hoytville à 5 temperatures et à l'humidité optimale. Les demi-vies ont été de 246 jours à 7,5°C, 115 jours à 15°C, 49 jours à 26,1°C, 34 jours à 35,9°C et 27 jours à 44°C. L'établissement d'un diagramme d'Arrhenius (In k= E_a/RT+ln A) a permis de calculer le taux constant k à chaque température. Quand k est inserré dans la première partie de l'équation (c = c₀e_{_kt}), la concentration de flumetsulam peut être calculée sur une base mensuelle dans n'importe quel sol. Les prévisions de ce modèle théorique ont été comparérs avec des données de plein champ américaines, et on a noté que ces prévisions étaient correctes sous humidité favorable mais non pendant les périodes de sécheresse. Abbau von Flumetsulam im Boden bei ver-schiedenen Temperaturen unter Labor-und Freilandbedingungen Die Abbaurate des Herbizids Flumetsulam wurde bei 5 Temperaturstufen und optimalem Feuchtigkeitsgehalt in einem Hoytville-Ton-boden untersucht. Die Halbwertszeiten waren 246 Tage bei 7,5 °C, 115 Tage bei 15,0 °C, 49 Tage bei 26,1 °C, 34 Tage bei 35,9 °C und 27 Tage bei 44,0 °C. Die Anwendung der Ar-rhenius-Gleichung ermöglicht die Bestimmung der Abbau-Konstante k bei jeder Temperatur T. Wenn k in die Abbaugleichung nach Kinetik 1. Ordnung eingefügt wird, können Flumet-sulam-Konzentrationen auf einer monatlichen Basis für jeden Boden abgeleitet werden. Vorhersagen nach diesem Modell wurden mil Rückstandswerten von 3 Standorten in den USA verglichen, wobei sich eine gute Übereinstimmung der beobachteten und simulierten Werte unter günstigen Feuchte-bedingungen ergab, nicht jedoch fur Trocken-perioden.     

Use of PRZM-3 to validate a laboratory to field degradation conceptual model

The test substance, boscalid, was applied at two field sites, but, depending on how kinetic calculations were performed, the time required for 50% of the initial compound concentration to dissipate (half-life) ranged from 27 to 200 days. Laboratory aerobic soil studies indicated that the DT50 for the compound was about 108 days, and since compound dissipation rates are typically shorter in the field than those observed in the laboratory, confidence in the field half-life calculations was questioned. Researchers have asked whether exposure models might be useful for relating laboratory to field behavior, especially when results are difficult to reconcile between the two systems. In order to determine how realistic field dissipation-time kinetic calculations were, a 60-day DT50 (some masked data), 150-day DT50 and a 196-day rate constant (t1/2) kinetic result were entered into the Pesticide Root Zone Model (PRZM-3) for a California site. A 27-day DT50, and a 200 day t1/2 kinetic result were also entered into the model for a Florida site. Results indicate that using the shortest DT50 solution in PRZM-3 provided the best fit to actual field data. Results from this study suggest that PRZM-3 can be used successfully to address uncertainty between a laboratory conceptual understanding of a compound's behavior and the actual behavior observed in the field.