Evidence for transmission of aphid-pathogenic fungi by migratory flight of Myzus persicae alates

The alates of the green peach aphid, Myzus persicae, were daily trapped from the air from late October through early January and carried to laboratory for determination of fungal infection by individually rearing them for 7 d on detached cabbage leaves in Petri dishes. Among 760 alates trapped, 266 (35%) were found carrying various fungal pathogens, 87.3% of them died due to mycosis during the first 3-day period of rearing and the rest died in the following two days. Most of the deaths of the alates were attributed to entomophthoralean fungi, taking 94.4%, and the rest were the hyphomycetous fungus Beauveria bassiana. Among the Entomophthorales-killed alates, P. neoaphidis took a proportion of 66.1%, Z. anhuiensis 22.6%, E. planchoniana 9.7%, and N. fresenii 1.6%, respectively. Two alates were found suffering from cross infection of two fungal species, i.e. P. neoaphidis with Z. anhuiensis and N. fresenii, respectively. The results represent the first report on transmission of aphid-pathogenic fungi

基于ALTA的加速寿命试验数据分析

简单介绍了加速寿命试验,并将计算机辅助工程应用于加速寿命试验数据分析.通过定量加速寿命测试数据分析)软件ALTA对某新产品的三组恒定应力加速寿命试验所获得的数据做了计算机辅助仿真分析.结果表明,通过这个方法可以快速、准确得到可靠性设计中常用的参数,可以大大缩短可靠性设计时间,提高效率,具有较强的实用性.

Comparative transcriptional analysis provides insights of possible molecular mechanisms of wing polyphenism induced by postnatal crowding in Aphis gossypii

Background:Aphis gossypii is a worldwide sap-sucking pest with a variety of hosts and a vector of more than 50 plant viruses.The strategy of wing polyphenism,mostly resulting from population density increasing,contributes to the evolutionary success of this pest.However,the related molecular basis remains unclear.Here,we identified the effects of postnatal crowding on wing morph determination in cotton aphid,and examined the transcriptomic differences between wingless and wing morphs.Results:Effect of postnatal crowding on wing determination in A gossypii was evaluated firstly.Under the density of 5 nymphs·cm-2,no wing aphids appeared.Proportion of wing morphs rised with the increase of density in a certain extent,and peaked to 56.1% at the density of 20 nymphs·cm-2,and reduced afterwards.Then,transcriptomes of wingless and wing morphs were assembled and annotated separately to identify potentially exclusively or differentially expressed transcripts between these two morphs,in which 3 126 and 3 392 unigenes annotated in Nr(Non-redundant protein sequence) database were found in wingless or wing morphs exclusively.Moreover,3 187 up-and 1 880 down-regulated genes were identified in wing versus wingless aphid.Pathways analysis suggested the involvement of differentially expressed genes in multiple cellular signaling pathways involved in wing morphs determination,including lipid catabolic and metabolism,insulin,ecdysone and juvenile hormone biosynthesis.The expression levels of related genes were validated by the reverse transcription quantitative real time polymerase chain reaction(RT-qPCR) soon afterwards.Conclusions:The present study identified the effects of postnatal crowding on wing morphs induction and demonstrated that the critical population density for wing morphs formation in A gossypii was 20 nymphs·cm-2.Comparative transcriptome analysis provides transcripts potentially expressed exclusively in wingless or wing morph,respectively.Differentially expressed genes between wingless and wing morphs were identified and several signaling pathways potentially involved in cotton aphid wing differentiation were obtained.

ALAT2017年国际前瞻激光技术大会

中国光学光电子行业协会激光分会、西南技术物理研究所、广东省激光产业技术创新联盟、深圳大学等将于2017年5月21日~22日联合举办“ALAT 2017年国际前瞻激光技术大会”,此次大会将作为ALAT2017第十一届亚洲(深圳)国际激光应用技术论坛的第一子论坛在深圳召开。“ALAT2017年国际前瞻激光技术大会”将包含3个主题:(1)新型激光器、元器件及其应用技术;(2)新型激光工业应用技术;(3)其他新型激光技术与应用。

Observation on the initial inoculum source and dissemination of Entomophthorales-caused epizootics in populations of cereal aphids

A total number of 1092 migratory alates were trapped from air in wheat grown area of Yuanyang County, Henan Province from early April through May 2002 in order to confirm the source and dissemination of entomophthoralean inocula to cause epizootics of cereal aphids. Those included 415 Sitobion avenae, 642 Rhopalosiphum padi, 22 Metopolophium dirhodum, and 13 Schizaphis graminum. The trapped alates were daily collected and individually reared for 7 days on wheat plants in laboratory. Of those 341 alates died of fungal infection, taking 31.2% in the trapped alates. These included 224 S. avenae, 106 R. padi, 8 M. dirhodum, and 3 S. graminum. Deaths of all infected alates occurred during the first 5 days and 78.9% of the deaths occurred within the first 3 days. Individual examination under microscope proved that all deaths were attributed to entomophthoralean fungi. Of those Pandora neoaphidis accounted for 84.6%, Conidiobolus obscurus for 9.9%, and Entomophthora planchoniana for 5.5%. Four alate deaths died of cross infection of P. neoaphidis and C. conidiobolus. Based on the high infection rate of the migratory alates trapped from air and the field occurrence of epizootics in populations of cereal aphids during the trapping period, Entomophthorales-caused epizootics were likely disseminated by infected alates through their flight and colonization. This makes it reasonable to interpret worldwide distribution of aphid epizootics, particularly caused by P. neoaphidis that has no resting spores discovered.

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