世界性恶性杂草——紫茎泽兰研究的历史及现状

\t\t\t\t\t目的\t\t\t\t\t为了明确斜纹夜蛾取食紫茎泽兰对其生长发育和繁殖的影响。\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t方法\t\t\t\t\t在室内分别利用紫茎泽兰和白菜叶片饲喂斜纹夜蛾幼虫,比较其生长发育、繁殖及存活差异。\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t结果\t\t\t\t\t斜纹夜蛾可在紫茎泽兰上完成整个世代,但相较于其适宜寄主白菜,取食紫茎泽兰叶片导致其生长发育速率降低、历期延长、体重减轻,存活率、羽化率和繁殖力下降。取食紫茎泽兰的斜纹夜蛾各龄幼虫发育历期和蛹期与取食白菜叶片的斜纹夜蛾间差异显著(P<0.05),取食紫茎泽兰的幼虫其历期比取食白菜的延长10.26 d;取食紫茎泽兰的斜纹夜蛾1～6龄幼虫的体重显著低于取食白菜的同龄幼虫(P<0.05);蛹重比取食白菜的斜纹夜蛾蛹重低15.79% (P<0.05);紫茎泽兰上的斜纹夜蛾幼虫的累计存活率和羽化率分别为40.61%和83.33%,分别比白菜上降低31.96%和11.67% (P<0.05);同时,取食紫茎泽兰叶片可导致斜纹夜蛾成虫产卵期延长,单雌产卵量下降,并对其性比产生一定影响。\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t结论\t\t\t\t\t斜纹夜蛾取食紫茎泽兰虽不利于自身的生长发育,但能够完成整个世代,说明紫茎泽兰可以作为斜纹夜蛾的寄主植物,斜纹夜蛾具有成为紫茎泽兰天敌的潜力。\t\t\t\t     

Pyrethroid Exposure Reduces Growth and Development of Monarch Butterfly (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) Caterpillars

Insecticide exposure has been identified as a contributing stressor to the decline in the North American monarch butterfly Danaus plexippus L. (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) population. Monarch toxicity data are currently limited and available data focuses on lethal endpoints. This study examined the 72-h toxicity of two pyrethroid insecticides, bifenthrin and β-cyfluthrin, and their effects on growth and diet consumption. The toxicity of bifenthrin to caterpillars was lower than β-cyfluthrin after 72 h. Survival was the most sensitive endpoint for bifenthrin, but diet consumption and caterpillar growth were significantly reduced at sublethal levels of β-cyfluthrin. Using AgDRIFT spray drift assessment, the aerial application of bifenthrin or β-cyfluthrin is predicted to pose the greatest risk to fifth-instar caterpillars, with lethal insecticide deposition up to 28 m for bifenthrin and up to 23 m for β-cyfluthrin from treated edges of fields. Low boom ground applications are predicted to reduce distances of lethal insecticide exposure to 2 m from the treated field edge for bifenthrin and β-cyfluthrin. Growth and survival of fifth-instar monarch caterpillars developing within the margins of a treated field may be significantly impacted following foliar applications of bifenthrin or β-cyfluthrin. These findings provide evidence that pyrethroid insecticides commonly used for soybean pest control are a potential risk to monarch caterpillars in agricultural landscapes.     

Fat-Tailed Sheep Traits as Affected by Docking

The literature mostly indicates that docking fat-tailed lambs initially reduces growth but that post-weaning growth and feed conversion efficiency then increase. The amount of fat deposited, the total separable lean meat to fat ratio and the meat quality all increase, while the percentage of bone in the carcase either decreases or does not change in the carcases of the docked lambs. Wool growth and characteristics are, in general, not affected and reproductive traits in ewes and lambs are improved by docking. The rectal temperature, respiration rate and pulse rate are decreased following docking. The concentrations of immunoreactive beta-endorphin and cortisol in the plasma and the incidence of foot stamping and restlessness, as indicators of stress, increase after docking. Other constituents of the blood are not significantly altered following docking or by the methods of docking. Docking of fat-tailed sheep using rubber rings at one day of age can be recommended. This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

Effects of Supplementing a Basal Diet of Chloris gayana Hay with One of Three Protein-rich Legume Hays of Cassia rotundifolia,Lablab purpureus and Macroptilium atropurpureum Forage on Some Nutritional Parameters in Goats

Growth and digestibility experiments were conducted on growing East African type goats offered Chloris gayana hay supplemented with one of three high-protein (119–128 g CP/kg DM) legume hays, Cassia rotundifolia (cassia), Lablab purpureus (lablab) or Macroptilium atropurpureum (siratro), and crushed maize to investigate the feed intake, digestibility, growth and urinary excretion of purine derivatives. Goats in the supplemented groups had higher total dry matter and nitrogen intakes and higher N retention and body mass gains than unsupplemented counterparts. The digestibility of dry matter, organic matter and neutral detergent fibre were increased by protein supplementation. Animals on supplemented diets had higher fractional outflow rates of particulate matter from the rumen. The production of protein by ruminal microbes and the efficiency of microbial N production were increased by supplementation. It was concluded that a mixture of low-quality grass hay (61.9 CP/kg DM) and either cassia, lablab or siratro hay, and maize grain can provide a productive balanced diet for growing goats.     

Regulation of fibroblast growth factor 9 on the differentiation of goat intramuscular adipocytes

It has been found that fibroblast growth factor receptor (FGF-FGFR) signaling can regulate the expression of adipocyte differentiation genes. FGF9 is one of the members of FGFs that mainly binds receptors FGFR2 and FGFR3. FGF9 is highly expressed in the adipose tissue of humans and mice, but there are few reports on the role of FGF9 in goat intramuscular adipocyte differentiation. Therefore, this study explored the effect of FGF9 on adipocyte differentiation through cell culture, interference, and overexpression. The expression of receptors FGFR1–FGFR4 in adipocyte differentiation and their effects on differentiation were detected to screen receptor gene of FGF9. Finally, the interaction between FGF9 and the receptor was tested by cotransfection. Our results showed that FGF9 interacts with FGFR2 to inhibit goat intramuscular adipocyte differentiation by regulating peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARγ) and preadipocyte factor 1 (Pref1), which is a data support for subsequent pathway research.     

添加苯二氮化合物F89对皖西白鹅生长和代谢性能的影响

利用生理调节剂Ｆ８９提高皖西白鹅的摄食量,加速动物生长。日粮中添加２ｍｇ／ｋｇＦ８９,连续饲喂８～３５日龄皖西白鹅,日摄食量较对照组增加６．０２％,增重提高９．４０％,耗料比下降２．８９％。对育肥期鹅的增重也有明显影响。血液代谢物分析表明：饲喂Ｆ８９后,皖西白鹅血清中葡萄糖和尿酸浓度下降,β－脂蛋白浓度上升。提示Ｆ８９不仅能促进鹅的摄食量,而且可以影响鹅的代谢机能,促进生长