飞蝗及沙漠蝗信息素概述

An overview of locust pheromones

飞蝗和沙漠蝗自古以来就是重要的农业害虫,这与其生物学特性是密不可分的。信息素对飞蝗和沙漠蝗生物学特征的调节起到了非常重要的作用。到目前为止,沙漠蝗Schistocerca gregaria和飞蝗Locusta migratoria的研究较为深入,本文对其主要成果进行了综述,以此作为以后飞蝗和沙漠蝗信息素进一步研究的参考。目前人们对飞蝗和沙漠蝗信息素的认识有待于进一步完善,这不仅有其理论意义,更重要的是服务于新的治蝗理念:利用飞蝗和沙漠蝗信息素以实现对飞蝗和沙漠蝗行为等生物学特性的人工调控。

Locusts have been regarded as serious agricultural pests since ancient times.Although pheromones play an important role in locust biology,to date,studies of locust pheromones have been mainly focused on the desert locust Schistocerca gregaria and the migratory locust Locusta migratoria.To provide a reference for further research on locust pheromones we here outline the principal findings of previous studies.Improving our understanding of locust pheromones is not only of theoretical significance but may also allow us to make use of these compounds to artificially mediate the behavior,or other biological characteristics,of locusts.