Effects of natural pyrethrum and synthetic pyrethroids on the tiger mosquito,Aedes albopictus (skuse) and non-target flower-visiting insects in urban green areas of Padua,Italy

Abstract

The tiger mosquito is a key vector of several human diseases and is considered a public health concern worldwide. The implementation of strategies aimed at maximizing mosquito control without affecting non-target insect groups is of major importance. In a field trial, we tested the efficiency of a natural pyrethrum-based vs. a synthetic pyrethroid-based insecticide in reducing tiger mosquito population and how they affect the diversity of non-target flower-visiting insects in green urban areas. Only the pyrethroid insecticide was effective in reducing mosquito abundance, although its effects disappeared nine days after application. The two adulticides did not significantly affect the diversity of flower-visiting insects, probably because of their large body size and the difference in flying and foraging activity. To effectively control mosquito populations while preventing intoxication of non-target flower-visiting insects, adulticide applications should be applied early in the morning and only on bushes and trees. Results from our small-scale applications cannot be extrapolate when larger areas are treated.     

黑龙江地区断奶仔猪腹泻大肠杆菌种系类群、血清型和毒力基因分析

揭示黑龙江地区集约化猪场仔猪断奶腹泻(PWD)直肠棉拭子分离到的123株大肠埃希菌所属种系分类群、O血清型及其与毒力基因的特征.采用常规凝集试验进行测定,种系分类群标记的ch uA、yjaA基因和TSPE4.C2DNA片段及肠毒素基因STa、STb、LT、SL T-2e采用PCR方法检测.在123株分离菌株中,除21株未定型、10株自凝外,测定出92株分离的血清型,覆盖18个血清型,其中以O8、O 9、O 149 3种血清型为主,共57株,占定型菌株的61.96％.环境共生的种系进化A群113株占91.87％,肠外强致病D种系进化群2株占1.63％.肠毒素检出菌株74,占分离株的60.16％,其中以STa、STb为主,共占肠毒素检出株的94.59％.结果显示黑龙江省PWD病原性大肠埃希菌优势血清型为O 8、O9、O149,大肠埃希菌肠毒素主要毒力因子为STa、STb,种系进化群为A.     

广西玉米纹枯病菌培养性状及其致病力研究

从广西玉米主产区的8个县市秋玉米的纹枯病病株中分离出8个玉米纹枯病菌株,经生物性状的观察和菌丝融合群测定表明,它们都属于立枯丝核菌AGk-1-IA融合群;腐生定殖能力和致病力测定表明,菌株GX4、GX1的腐生定殖能力和致病力最强。     

Gastral Drumming in Vespula germanica (Hymenoptera: Vespidae): Vibrational Communication at Night Suggests Additional Roles in Colony Organization

Gastral drumming (GD) is a type of vibrational communication that has been reported in several species of yellowjackets and hornets. Despite early claims that it acts as a hunger signal, a more recent study found evidence that it acts as a nest-based food-recruitment signal, the first reported for eusocial wasps. Early studies also claimed, without supporting data, that it is produced most often in the early morning hours when the sun rises. Here, I recorded drumming continuously in colonies of Vespula germanica (Fabricius) to assess whether production was highest in the morning. Although I found no evidence in support of greater early morning production, I found, surprisingly, that it is produced at night, a time when foraging does not occur. When these results are combined with the results from previous studies on this species and similar findings in honey bees, they suggest that GD may be a modulatory signal, which acts by increasing general activity levels and by increasing the rate that individuals come into contact with social cues.     

马克思主义关于人的发展与社会发展问题

人的发展和社会发具有内在关联性,但马克思主义所关注的人的发展是人的本质力量的发展,即人的劳动能力的发展、人的社会关系的发展。人的发展是一个社会历史过程,又是一个理想目标,社会发展是社会进步的过程,是人类生产力不断提高、人们的社会关系不断进化的过程。实践的观点是理解二者的关键,二者既具有同一性,又具有矛盾性,是一个永恒的矛盾运动的过程。     

跨区域产学研合作可以促进农作物育种科技创新收敛吗?——基于创新链视角的研究

为促进我国种业科技创新能力的提升,本研究运用全国31个省(市、自治区) 1999-2020年的面板数据(统计数据未含港澳台地区,下同),基于创新链视角,将农作物育种科技创新划分为基础研究、应用研究及试验发展阶段,采用社会网络分析方法和Dagum基尼系数分别对跨区域产学研合作的发展特征及育种科技创新的地区差异进行分析、运用β收敛模型检验跨区域产学研合作对农作物育种科技创新收敛的影响。研究表明：1)跨区域产学研合作呈现增长趋势,但合作中创新资源传递的效率降低。2)农作物育种科技创新产出存在较大的地区差异,但差异逐渐缩小,地区间差异是造成地区总体差异的主要原因。相对于试验发展阶段,基础研究和应用研究创新产出的地区差异较大、差异缩小的速度较慢。3)农作物育种科技创新存在收敛性发展特征,跨区域产学研合作加速了其创新收敛。从全国层面看,跨区域产学研合作对基础研究创新收敛的促进作用最强,对应用研究的促进作用最小。分区域看,跨区域产学研合作促进了东、中、西部地区的创新收敛,且对中、西部创新产出增长的促进作用更大。从时间演变看,由于合作中创新资源传递的效率降低,跨区域产学研合作对农作物育种科技创新收敛的...     

企业社会责任信息披露的研究文献述评

通过对国内外社会责任信息披露理论和实证研究的综述,分析了企业社会责任信息披露研究取得的进展,指出该研究为企业社会责任信息披露制度的建立搭建了良好的理论平台。     

论社会实践在艺术类大学生培养中的德育功效

在分析社会实践在艺术类大学生培养中的德育功效的基础上,重点对构建长效机制、探索社会实践和艺术实践的有机结合、完善激励评价和培训机制、充分利用校内外资源等方面提出了艺术类大学生社会实践活动工作的创新思路。     

Allometric Estimates of Aboveground Biomass Using Cover and Height Are Improved by Increasing Specificity of Plant Functional Groups in Eastern Australian Rangelands

Plant aboveground biomass (AGB) is a useful metric to assess ecosystem functioning, and its sensitivity to changing environmental conditions provides insight into potential global change impacts. Allometric estimates of AGB using vegetation characteristics such as plant cover or height provide nondestructive biomass proxies for repeated measurements but can introduce uncertainty to estimates. We estimated the relationship between both plant cover and a cover·height index and AGB for 15 plant species from six sites to identify the most reliable approach to estimate biomass nondestructively in semiarid eastern Australian rangelands. Estimates were made by grouping species at four different levels of specificity, to test whether generic estimates were more robust than grouping species based on life history and morphological characteristics. Estimates were then tested on a 1.5-m² plot at each site for validation. In all cases, models were highly significant (P < 0.001) with adjusted R² values ranging from 0.42 to 0.96 for cover models and 0.38 to 0.98 for cover·height index models. We found the addition of height improved model fits in four groups while reducing model fits in two groups. The error around AGB estimates for cover·height index−based models ranged from −66.8 to 4% (absolute mean 35%). Cover-based models had errors between −13.4% and 53% (absolute mean 14.2%). For cover-based estimates of AGB in validation plots, grouping plants by plant functional types (PFTs) increased accuracy (absolute mean error 17.3%) compared with estimates using data from all 15 species (absolute mean of 65.2%). Overall cover was a useful surrogate to estimate AGB (with the exception of one site, accuracy ranged from −2.3% to 11.5%), while height (thought to be a surrogate for canopy characteristics) provided benefit in a few circumstances. We suggest that future research should test additional nondestructive proxies and group species based on PFTs to improve AGB estimates using allometry.     

A design for studies on cognitive bias in the domestic pig

Studies on consequences of affect on cognitive processing (cognitive bias) seem to provide proxy measures of the valence (positive/negative) of affective states. This article presents a pilot study testing a design for studies of judgment bias we adapted to the specific needs and abilities of domestic pigs. We used a spatial judgment paradigm, in which subjects learned to discriminate a food rewarded from an unrewarded position of a goal box during a training period, and then were tested for their responses to 3 equidistant intermediate probe positions during a testing period. After the training period, half of the subjects were repeatedly isolated from their social group to manipulate their affective state. Subjects learned the required discrimination task (positive vs. negative stimulus) and showed consistent differences in approach latencies toward and exploration of stimuli of different valence. Hence, the subjects' expectations could be inferred from their behavior. However, repeated social isolation had no effect on judgment of ambiguous stimuli and on both basal and test-related cortisol levels. In conclusion, the spatial judgment approach seems to provide a useful tool to detect and discriminate diverse affective states in domestic pigs based on their responses to graded ambiguous stimuli.