应用敌百虫防治荔枝蝽象的大田试验

荔枝蝽象是华南地区的重要害虫之一。作者根据此虫自然抗药性季节变化的規律,結合荔枝的开花結果时期,采用有机磷杀虫剂敌百虫0.067％水溶液噴雾于3月中及5月初各噴药一次,防治效果达95％以上。基本可以消灭荔枝蝽象成虫及若虫的为害,达到保花保果的要求。根据試驗結果,掌握上述两个时期大面积噴敌百虫,对荔枝开花、結果以及品质,均无不良影响。噴药时最好暫时关閉蜂箱,噴药后再放蜂。大面积使用敌百虫防治荔枝蝽象,成本低廉,每株药剂及人工費用为0.177元,每亩15株計算,每亩費用为2.65元。防治时期,最好选择能在3—4天內天晴、气温较高、风力0—1級为宜,噴雾要求均匀周到。     

炔类化合物对亚洲玉米螟拒食活性和电生理反应

利用饲料柱法测定了人工合成的 9个共轭二炔和 3个单炔类化合物对亚洲玉米螟 Ostrinia furnacalis(Guene'e) 5龄幼虫的拒食活性 ,并利用顶端记录技术 ,诱发该虫栓锥感受器感受细胞的电位脉冲反应。结果表明 :受试的炔类化合物对亚洲玉米螟幼虫具有不同程度的拒食活性 ,特别是化合物 2 (6,6-二甲基-2,4-庚二炔-1-醇、化合物 3(2,4-己二炔-1,6-二醇 )、化合物 9(1-苯基-2 ,4-己二炔 )和化合物 11(3-溴-2-丙炔-1-醇 ) ,实验剂量为 500μg/g饲料时 ,2 4 h非选择性拒食率在 80%左右。电生理测定结果表明 :浓度为 1mg/mL时 ,该系列化合物刺激中栓锥感受器能诱发感受细胞发放不同频率的脉冲和振幅 ,脉冲频率在 8.30～31.00imp/s,振幅在 400～1000μV之间。刺激侧栓锥感受器 ,也能诱发感受细胞发放不同频率的脉冲 ,脉冲频率在 6.00～ 15.66imp/s之间。将化合物诱发中栓锥感受细胞电位脉冲频率与生测拒食活性进行比较 ,发现二者存在一定程度的相关性。在剂量 -发放频率测试中 ,测得化合物 9诱发栓锥感受器脉冲频率具有浓度依赖性。     

柑桔苗黄型衰退病毒的分布概况和六种酸橙类砧木对它的反应

 用尤力克柠檬和葡萄柚作指示植物,鉴定广西、广东、湖南、江西、浙江、四川等6个省(区)的873株柑桔中有691株受苗黄型衰退病毒感染,说明这种病毒的分布相当普遍。     

Seasonal changes in atrophy-associated proteins of the sonic muscle in the big-snout croaker, Johnius macrorhynus (Pisces, Sciaenidae), identified by using a proteomic approach

In most sciaenids, males possess sonic muscles and produce sound through the contraction of these muscles and amplification of the swim bladder. The sonic muscles in some fishes exhibit seasonal changes in size. For example, they are hypertrophic in the spawning season, and atrophic in the non-spawning months. The protein profiles of the sonic muscle, red muscle, and white muscle in the Johnius macrorhynus were shown by two-dimensional electrophoresis (2-DE) and were compared to reveal differential protein expressions. About 80 up-regulated protein spots in the sonic muscle, and 30 spots related to six contractile proteins (fast muscle myosin heavy chain, skeletal alpha actin, alpha actin cardiac, tropomyosin, myosin light chain 2, and myosin light chain 3), four energy metabolic enzymes (enolase, acyl-CoA synthetase, creatine kinase, and cytochrome P450 monooxygenase), and two miscellaneous proteins (DEAD box protein and cyclin H) were identified. Seasonal hypertrophy and atrophy of the sonic muscles related to the reproductive cycle were verified in male big-snout croaker. The contents of some proteins were significantly different in the muscles under these conditions. The levels of cytochrome P450 monooxygenase, fast muscle myosin heavy chain, DEAD box proteins, isocitrate dehydrogenase, and creatine kinase were up-regulated in the hypertrophic muscle, but the levels of alpha actin cardiac, myosin light 2, and myosin light 3 were lower than in the atrophic muscle. Potential reasons for these differences in protein expression related to physiological adaptation are discussed.     

大白菜窖藏中一些腐烂细菌的研究

 窖藏白菜腐烂是由许多细菌造成的。最重要的是Erwinia aroideae和E.phytophthora以及被认为是腐生菌的三种芽孢杆菌Bacillus pumilus,B.poly-myxa和B.subtilis。试验证明在一定条件下后者能引致明显的腐烂。     

Schisandrin B protects against solar irradiation-induced oxidative stress in rat skin tissue

Schisandrin B (Sch B) and schisandrin C (Sch C), but not schisandrin A and dimethyl diphenyl bicarboxylate, protected rat skin tissue against solar irradiation-induced oxidative injury, as evidenced by a reversal of solar irradiation-induced changes in cellular reduced glutathione and α-tocopherol levels, as well as antioxidant enzyme activities and malondialdehyde production. The cytochrome P-450-mediated metabolism of Sch B or Sch C caused ROS production in rat skin microsomes. Taken together, Sch B or Sch C, by virtue of its pro-oxidant action and the subsequent eliciting of a glutathione antioxidant response, may prevent photo-aging of skin.     

Effects of thinning and pruning on knots and lumber recovery of Taiwania (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Taiwania cryptomerioides</Emphasis>) planted in the Lu-Kuei area

This study investigated the effects of various thinning and pruning methods on the knots (number and size) and lumber recovery from Taiwania (Taiwania cryptomerioides Hay.) plantation trees. The results showed that heavy thinning caused more knots and larger-diameter knots than medium or no thinning; moreover, pruning caused fewer numbers of knots and smaller-diameter knots than no pruning. Better-quality Taiwania trees occurred with the no-thinning/no-pruning treatments, as shown by analyzing the knots, although the results also showed that the healing process seemed to have produced not completely clear wood during the 9 years after the pruning treatment. The thinning intensity slightly enhanced the lumber recovery of logs. Pruning did not affect lumber recovery from taiwania trees and logs. Thinning increased the lumber recovery per tree due to an increase in the diameter at breast height.     

Effect of pH on binding of mutagenic heterocyclic amines by the natural biopolymer poly(gamma-glutamic acid)

Poly(gamma-glutamic acid) (gamma-PGA), a nontoxic and biodegradable macropolymer, was evaluated for its efficiency in binding three mutagenic heterocyclic amines (HAs), 2-amino-3,4-dimethylimidazo[4,5-f]quinoline (MeIQ), 2-amino-3,4,8-trimethylimidazo[4,5-f]quinoxaline (4,8-DiMeIQx), and 3-amino-1-methyl-5H-pyrido[4,3-b]indole (Trp-p-2), as affected by pH in a batch mode. The maximum HA sorption was attained for pH 3-7 and decreased sharply for pH less than 3. Binding isotherms obtained at pH 2.5 and 5.5 showed different isotherm shapes that belong to S and L types, respectively. The isotherm data at pH 2.5 were well described by a linear form of the Langmuir equation, while at pH 5.5 it showed two distinct curves, which were precisely fitted as multiple Langmuir curves. The deviation of linearity in Scatchard plot proved the multisite HA sorption. The Brunauer-Emmett-Teller equation also fitted better to isotherm data at pH 5.5, suggesting a multisite sorption caused by multimolecular HA layers on gamma-PGA. High HA sorption levels of 1250, 667, and 1429 mg/g at pH 2.5 and 1429, 909, and 1667 mg/g at pH 5.5 were observed for MeIQ, 4,8-DiMeIQx, and Trp-p-2, respectively. Among the HAs studied, the sorption capacity correlated directly with hydrophobicity of HAs and inversely with the number of methyl groups in HA molecules. The plausible binding mechanism of HAs on gamma-PGA may include a combination of hydrophobic, hydrogen-bonding, ionic, and dipole-dipole interactions.