Resistance to foliage-feeding insects in conifers: implications for pest management

The ecological implications of insect resistance in conifers are rarely discussed. It is however a fairly straightforward plant-insect interaction and should be treated as such, making use of the increasing amount of information in this field. Work on tree breeding is usually carried out by silviculturalists who, not surprisingly, rarely consider the insect component of the environment in which the treess are growing. In all fairness, it must be stated that many entomologists, fail to consider the plant component of the interaction. Clonal forestry will almost certainly result in the loss of genetic variability. The use of clonal material has already been cited as a possible source for the diminution of the resistance against pests and diseases and if particular resistance mechanisms against forest pests are sought in the future the reduction in genetic material caused by clonal selection could have serious consequences. The ethics of clonal forestry have been questioned as have the ethics of biotechnological advances in the area of recombinant DNA molecules. The potential of both these techniques should be publicized and brought to the attention of the general public and the scientific community at large and evaluated. To improve our forest environment and to protect the environment as a whole, entomologists, geneticists, physiologists and silviculturalists must work together to produce better trees that require little, if any, chemical aid, be it insecticides, herbicides, fungicides or fertilizers. An increasing awareness of the environmental problems generated by large-scale insecticide applications to forest plantations, coupled with an increasingly chemophobic work-force and the difficulty in obtaining pesticide registration for use in forest environments, means that the forest industry world-wide must look to the use of integrated control measures with more diligence than has been shown in the past. Many recent outbreaks of pests and diseases have been linked with particular seed origins of tree crops. Host plant resistance as part of a suite of other proposed integrated control tools is thus an obvious candidate for development. Despite this, scientists concerned with tree improvement continue to select largely for silvicultural traits rather than for resistance to pests and disease. The different avenues open to plant breeders are examined and the potential of breeding trees resistant to insect attack highlighted. Using resistant trees as part of an integrated pest management system has five very important properties. Firstly, there is no additional pest control cost to the grower, secondly, it operates at all levels of insect incidence and not just when the pest is at high population levels, thirdly, it reduces the insect population cumulatively, fourthly it avoids toxic residues and environmental pollution and, finally, it usually interacts well with the other integrated pest management strategies in existence.     

10个小麦品种（材料）对麦长管蚜的室内苗期抗蚜性*

［目的］ 明确不同小麦品种对麦长管蚜(Sitobion avenae)的室内苗期抗性。［方法］ 在温室内采用每株小麦接种1头蚜虫的方法,测定了麦长管蚜在来源于3个国家的10个小麦品种上的发育历期（DD）、相对日均体重增长量（MRGR）和成虫日均产仔数（Rm）,以此来确定不同小麦品种（材料）的抗蚜性。［结果］ 应用多元方差分析,多目标综合判别及聚类分析等方法分析表明,麦长管蚜在‘Ww2730’、‘98 10 30’、‘Astron’上的适应性最差,这几个品种对其抗性最好,是可以利用的抗性品种（材料）;‘98 10 35’、‘98 10 32’次之;‘Batis’对麦长管蚜的适应性最好,抗性最差;‘186Tm’,‘Xanthus’,‘Amigo’对麦长管蚜适应性较好,与作为对照的‘小偃 22’一样,抗性处在中间水平。［结论］ 研究结果可以为进一步的抗蚜育种提供依据。     

嗜菌异小杆线虫的分离鉴定及生物学特性分析

为了发掘具有耐高温特性的昆虫病原线虫,本实验室对在山东地区采集的122份土样进行了线虫分离,得到异小杆线虫JNR,扩增其ITS基因和D2-D3基因,并构建系统进化树,分析可得:线虫JNR与嗜菌异小杆线虫Heterorhabditis bacteriophora在同一分支,同源性达到98%以上,为嗜菌异小杆线虫品系。为进一步了解该线虫品系的生物学特性,本试验研究了其侵染力、高温耐受力及水平运动能力。结果表明,线虫JNR有较好的耐热性,38℃条件下处理16 h,存活率最高54%,24 h时为32%;40℃水浴处理2 h,低浓度500 IJs/mL下存活率28%,3 h后全部死亡。对大蜡螟和小菜蛾的生测结果显示,在10、15、20、25、30、35、40、60、120、240 IJs/头剂量下处理24 h,蔬菜害虫小菜蛾先出现死亡,大蜡螟则在48 h后出现死亡;大于20 IJs/头剂量下,处理48 h后线虫对大蜡螟的校正死亡率达到59.5%,高于对小菜蛾的侵染效果。在剂量120 IJs/头以上,72 h后寄主的校正死亡率均能达到100%。异小杆线虫JNR在30℃条件下水平运动能力比在18、25℃时强,48 h时有31%的个体运动到3.6 cm处。以上研究表明,该线虫有较强的侵染力,特别是在温度相对较高时具有较好的耐热力和水平运动能力,对防治蔬菜田小菜蛾具有应用开发潜力。     

茶叶揉捻机棱骨安装的优化参数

用二元回归正交设计的试验方法加工三级杀青叶,建立了揉捻机的揉捻叶质量与揉捻机棱骨的安装根数及安装角度之间的数学模型。根据优化理论,求得棱骨的最佳安装根数为１２根,最佳安装角度为４２°。经验证,证明基本正确。     

柽柳有效天敌昆虫筛选标准的建立

参照前人对杂草天敌筛选标准、植物与昆虫互作理论和近年来对柽柳原产地主要天敌生物学特性的研究结果，制定出柽柳天敌遴选量化标准，共计10项特征，满分为47分。并以此对取食柽柳的12种天敌进行了筛选。柽柳条叶甲得分最高（43分），其次是斯氏伞锥象（41分），推荐这2种天敌昆虫作为首选天敌引入美国做进一步评价。     

2种侵入型乳酸菌生物学特性的研究

本研究旨在选择性能优良的乳酸菌表达载体,为后期研发新型乳酸菌活菌疫苗奠定基础。试验对诱导型和组成型表达的2种侵入型乳酸菌NC8-pSIP409-FnBPA和NC8-pLc23-FnBPA的生物学特性进行研究,从酸耐受性、胆盐耐受性、生长曲线、质粒稳定性、抑菌试验以及药敏试验这6个方面进行鉴定。结果表明,这2种乳酸菌在pH为2.5的酸应激条件下,存活率均达到125%,在质量分数为0.5%的高胆盐溶液中,存活率高达200%。2种类型的乳酸菌均能在9 h时达到平台期,生长性能优良,其中组成型表达菌株NC8-pLc23-FnBPA达到平台期时的D_{600 nm}值为1.3,高于诱导型表达菌株,生长性能优于诱导型菌株。pH生长曲线结果表明,乳酸菌产酸性能无明显性差异,在10 h时,溶液中的pH均降为3.5,产酸能力较强。2种类型乳酸菌的菌体和上清对常见致病菌均有不同程度的抑菌作用,其中菌体的抑菌效果优于上清,且表达FnBPA蛋白的组成型菌体的抑菌效果强于诱导表达型。2种侵入型乳酸菌均对绝大多数的抗生素敏感性高,具有一定的生物安全性。2种类型的乳酸菌的质粒稳定性均>90%。本试验发现诱导型乳酸菌NC8-pSIP409-FnBPA与组成型乳酸菌NC8-pLc23-FnBPA具有相似的生物学特性,其中组成型乳酸菌表达蛋白更方便,无需添加诱导肽便可自主表达,更适合作为新型乳酸菌活菌疫苗的受体菌株,为后期乳酸菌活菌疫苗的研制提供便利。     

N-｛5-[1-(2,4-二氯苯氧)乙基]-1,3,4-噻二唑-2-基｝ -N''-芳酰基硫脲的合成及其生物活性

通过2-氨基-5- -1,3,4-噻二唑与芳酰基异硫氰酸酯反应,合成了12 个新的芳酰基硫脲,采用核磁共振氢谱、红外光谱和元素分析确证了它们的结构。初步的生物活性测定试验表明,部分化合物具有良好的植物生长调节活性,其中化合物 2c、2j 具有较好的生长素活性,其促进率分别为26.6%与26.9%,但不及对照β-吲哚乙酸。     

Heritability and genetic correlation estimates of semen production traits with litter traits and pork production traits in purebred Duroc pigs

We estimated heritabilities of semen production traits and their genetic correlations with litter traits and pork production traits in purebred Duroc pigs. Semen production traits were semen volume, sperm concentration, proportion of morphologically normal sperms, total number of sperm, and total number of morphologically normal sperm. Litter traits at farrowing were total number born, number born alive, number stillborn, total litter weight at birth, mean litter weight at birth, and piglet survival rate at birth. Litter traits at weaning were litter size at weaning, total litter weight at weaning, mean litter weight at weaning, and piglet survival rate from birth to weaning. Pork production traits were average daily gain, backfat thickness, and loin muscle area. We analyzed 45,913 semen collection records of 896 boars, 6,950 farrowing performance records of 1,400 sows, 2,237 weaning performance records of 586 sows, and individual growth performance records of 9,550 animals measured at approximately 5 mo of age. Heritabilities were estimated using a single-trait animal model. Genetic correlations were estimated using a 2-trait animal model. Estimated heritabilities of semen production traits ranged from 0.20 for sperm concentration to 0.29 for semen volume and were equal to or higher than those of litter traits, ranging from 0.06 for number stillborn and piglet survival rate at birth to 0.25 for mean litter weight at birth, but lower than those of pork production traits, ranging from 0.50 for average daily gain to 0.63 for backfat thickness. In many cases, the absolute values of estimated genetic correlations between semen production traits and other traits were smaller than 0.3. These estimated genetic parameters provide useful information for establishing a comprehensive pig breeding scheme.     

不同寄主植物叶片对棉铃虫的生物学和营养效应比较

在用棉花、大豆、花生功能叶饲养棉铃虫幼虫的基础上,测定各寄主功能叶的营养成分、木质素和纤维素含量,研究棉铃虫在取食不同寄主叶片后的生物学和营养效应。结果表明：1、取食棉花叶的生物学效应较好,取食花生叶的幼虫成活率下降,取食大豆叶的幼虫体重偏轻;2、取食棉花叶的营养效应较好,大豆叶最次;3、棉铃虫幼虫的食物转化率和食物利用率以棉花叶最高,棉铃虫嗜食棉花叶,在3种作物田同时存在的情况下,棉田被害最重。