Fe48Co52 Alloy Nanowire Arrays： Effects of Magnetic Field Annealing

磁场在 Fe 48 公司 52 合金 nanowire 数组与各种各样内部电线距离(D i = 30 60 nm ) 并且电线直径(D w = 22 46 nm ) 详细被调查。数组的最好的退火温度和水晶的结构没在在退火的过程期间沿着电线使用 3 kOe 磁场的处理上显示出任何明显的依赖，这被发现。为有小 D w 或与大 D i , 磁场退火的处理也没在他们的磁性的表演上有明显的影响。然而，退火的如此的一个磁场抑制了容易的磁化方向的移动并且与大 D w 或与小 D i 。在在数组以内的有效的各向异性的地的紧张的差别被相信为数组在磁场退火以后的磁性的这个不同变化负责。

Identification of a novel cytochrome P450 CYP321B1 gene from tobacco cutworm （Spodoptera litura） and RNA interference to evaluate its role in commonly used insecticides

Insect cytochrome P450 monooxygenases （CYPs or P450s） play an important role in detoxifying insecticides leading to resistance in insect populations. A polyphagous pest, Spodoptera litura, has developed resistance to a wide range of insecticides. In the present study, a novel P450 gene, CYP321B1, was cloned from S. litura. The function of CYP321B1 was assessed using RNA interference （RNAi） and monitoring resistance levels for three commonly used insecticides, including chlorpyrifos, β-cypermethrin and methomyl. The full-length complementary DNA sequence of CYP321B1 is 1814 bp long with an open reading frame of 1 488 bp encoding 495 amino acid residues. Quantitative reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction analyses during larval and pupal develop- ment indicated that CYP321B1 expression was highest in the midgut of fifth-instar larvae, followed by fat body and cuticle. The expression of CYP321B1 in the midgut was up- regulated by chlorpyrifos,β-cypermethrin and methomyl with both lethal concentration at 15% （LC15） （50, 100 and 150 μg/mL, respectively） and 50%（LC50） dosages （100,200 and 300μg/mL, respectively）. Addition of piperonyl butoxide （PBO） significantly increased the toxicity ofchlorpyrifos,β-cypermethrin and methomyl to S. litura, suggesting a marked synergism of the three insecticides with PBO and P450-mediated detoxification. RNAi- mediated silencing of CYP321B1 further increased mortality by 25.6% and 38.9% when the fifth-instar larvae were exposed to chlorpyrifos and β-cypermethrin, respectively, at the LCso dose levels. The results demonstrate that CYP321B1 might play an important role in chlorpyrifos and β-cypermethrin detoxification in S. litura.

Exposure to herbicides reduces larval sensitivity to insecticides in Spodoptera litura (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)

Herbicides and insecticides are widely used in modern agriculture. It has been reported in various studies that application of insecticides can increase tolerance of herbivorous insects to insecticides. However, limited information exists on susceptibility to insecticides when insects are exposed to herbicides. This study was conducted to investigate the potential impact of the herbicides trifluralin and 2-methyl-4-chlorophenoxyacetic acid sodium salt (MCPA-Na) on the susceptibility of the nocturnal moth Spodoptera litura to the insecticides X-cyhalothrin, phoxim and bifenthrin. We found that larvae exposed to trifluralin or MCPA-Na became significantly less susceptible to both insecticides than nonexposed control larvae. Herbicide-treated larvae did not show altered growth under the used test conditions. However, heads of herbicide-treated larvae showed increased expression of the acetylcholinesterase genes SI Ace I and SI Ace 2. Moreover, the fat body and midgut of herbicide-treated larvae displayed elevated expression of detoxification genes (the carboxylesterase gene SI CarE;the glutathione S-transferase genes SlGSTe2 and SlGSTe3\ the cytochrome P450 monooxygenase genes CYP6B48, CYP9A40 and CYP321B1). The CYP6B48 gene exhibited highest inducibility. In conclusion, the data of this study suggest that exposure of S. litura larvae to herbicides may stimulate detoxification mechanisms that compromise the efficacy of insecticides.