马尾松毛虫质型多角体病毒结构蛋白的抗体制备及免疫性

质型多角体病毒的病毒粒子结构蛋白是由衣壳蛋白VP1(Capsid protein,CP)、塔状蛋白VP3(Turret protein,TP)和大突起蛋白VP5(Large protrusion protein,LPP)组成,这3个蛋白分别由病毒基因组片段S1、S4和S7编码.为了解质型多角体病毒结构蛋白的免疫定位情况,本研究从马尾松毛虫质型多角体病毒湖南株中提取病毒核酸,回收、纯化S1、S4和S7片段,经RT-PCR扩增得到对应片段的ORF全长或抗原区的片段,克隆于原核表达载体上,在大肠杆菌BL21菌株中进行了表达,免疫家兔制备了多克隆抗体.Western blot结果显示DpCPV基因组的S1、S4和S7片段分别编码其结构蛋白VP1、VP3和VP5,与推测的结果一致.免疫胶体金的方法也证明S1、S4和S7编码的蛋白定位于病毒粒子衣壳的外表面.本研究首次通过免疫学方法确定了质型多角体病毒结构蛋白在病毒粒子上的定位,为质型多角体病毒的结构蛋白功能和侵染机制研究提供了免疫学方面的基础,对质型多角体病毒的研究有较重要的意义.     

黄地老虎NPV增效作用的研究

对黄地老虎核型多角体病毒（ＡｓＮＰＶ）的多角体蛋白和病毒粒子组分进行分离纯化，分别与棉铃虫核型多角体病毒（ＨａＮＰＶ）混合感染三龄棉铃虫幼虫，发现此二种组分均能够提高棉铃虫幼虫的死亡率，缩短半致死时间，降低半致死浓度。使用酶联免疫吸附测定（ＥＬＩＳＡ）技术检验ＡｓＮＰＶ多角体蛋白和病毒粒子与粘虫颗粒体病毒增效因子（ＰｓＧＶ－ＳＦ）和ＨａＮＰＶ多角体蛋白的同源性，发现ＡｓＮＰＶ多角体蛋白和病毒粒子与     

棉铃虫核多角体病毒基因组限制酶酶切分析及其多角体基因的定位

应用１１种限制性内酶ＢａｍＨⅠ、ＢｓｔＥⅡ、ＥｃｏＲⅠ、ＥｃｏＲⅤ、ＨｉｎｄⅢ、ＫｐｎⅠ、ＰｓｔⅠ、ＳａｌⅠ、ＳｓｔⅠ、ＸｂａⅠａⅠ和ＸⅠⅠ和ＸｈｏⅠ分别将中国棉铃虫核多角体病毒（单粒包埋ＨａＳＮＰＶ）湖北株基因组Ｄ组ＤＮＡ酶切为１０、１２、２２、２１、１３、６、６、４０、６、２１、６个片段，并求得基因组大小平均为１什什Ｍｒ≈７９．１×１０６．以家委核多角体病毒ＢｍＮＰＶ多角体基因为探针，利用Ｓｏｕｔｈｅｒｎ杂交技术将病毒多角体基因定位在ＳａｌⅠ４．２×１０３ｂ左右的片段上．与棉铃虫核多角体病毒其它株系酶切图谱比较结果表明，本株病毒与上海等株系及美洲棉铃虫核多角体病毒ＨａＳＮＰＶＥｌｋａｒ株系酶切图谱相似，它们之间的条带数和大小差异较小，而与已发现的所有多粒包埋型病毒ＨａＳＮＰＶ酶切图主谱差异较大．据此认为ＨａＳＮＰＶ和ＨａＭＮＰＶ属于基因型不同的两类病毒，而ＨａＳＮＰＶ不同分离株的同源性很高     

粘虫颗粒体病毒及其增效因子对粘虫核型多角体病毒的增效作用

生物测定的结果表明,粘虫颗粒体病毒ＰｕＧＶ－Ｐｓ及其增效因子对粘虫核型多角体病毒ＰｓＮＰＶ均有明显的增效作用．粘虫颗粒体病毒不仅能提高粘虫感染ＰｓＮＰＶ的死亡率,而且ＮＰＶ、ＧＶ两种病毒混合感染使粘虫幼虫代谢发育受到抑制,表现为生长缓慢、体重减少等．增效因子的增效作用表现在能显著提高粘虫幼虫的死亡率,降低核型多角体病毒的半致死浓度ＬＣ５０,并缩短半致死时间ＬＴ５０．     

湖流域土壤微生物基因组总DNA分离纯化及其质粒文库的初步构建

采用研磨／冻融和SDV蛋白酶K热处理以及CTAB处理等理化方法，直接从太湖流域土壤样品中抽提得到微生物总基因组DNA，所得粗DNA用透析袋法以及Nucleaotrap suspension DNA纯化试剂盒进行了纯化，纯化过的DNA能够满是常用限制性内切酶酶切、细菌16S rDNA通用引物和随机引物进行PCR扩增的要求，将所得纯品DNA经过EcoRI部分酶切之后与酶切并脱磷酸的pSK^ 空载体连接，再以大肠杆菌JM109为宿主细胞初步构建了土壤微生物基因组文库，图6参7     

HaNPV多角体蛋白在宿主不同组织中的时相性表达

应用亲和凝胶过滤层析对多角体蛋白多克隆抗血清进行纯化,辣根过氧化物酶进行标记,用于ＥＬＩＳＡ法检测中肠、血淋巴、脂肪体中的多角体蛋白的含量变化．结果：中肠在感染２４ｈ含量最高,４８ｈ最低,７２ｈ较４８ｈ略有升高,９６ｈ和１２０ｈ与７２ｈ基本保持一致;血淋巴在感染４８ｈ含量最高,然后下降至９６ｈ,１２０ｈ又稍有升高;脂肪体在感染７２ｈ开始增加,直至１２０ｈ．三种组织中多角体蛋白含量变化并不同步．从表达的时相性看,与ＮＰＶ的感染过程基本一致,即从中肠至血腔再到脂肪体．免疫电镜观察表明,感染７２ｈ的中肠,在胞浆中合成的多角体蛋白此时已转运到细胞核中     

杆状病毒包涵体蛋白的共同抗原性

在比对已公布的37种杆状病毒包涵体蛋白氨基酸序列的基础上,选定棉铃虫核型多角体病毒(HaNPV)多角体蛋白的两个高度保守多肽(54-113aa和206-245aa)制备多克隆抗体,用Western blot法检测这两个高度保守多肽与多种杆状病毒包涵体蛋白之间的血清学关系.结果表明,HaNPV多角体蛋白的两个多肽的抗体与14种核型多角体病毒的多角体蛋白和5种颗粒体病毒的颗粒体蛋白均有明显的杂交信号,表明杆状病毒的包涵体蛋白之间具有共同的抗原决定簇.根据杆状病毒包涵体蛋白之间的这种血清学关系,进一步讨论了利用免疫金试纸技术检测病毒杀虫剂中包涵体含量的可行性.     

温度和pH值对重组杆状病毒(AcMNPV-BmKIT-Chi)的毒力影响

研究了温度、酸碱度对重组杆状病毒(AcMNPV-BmKIT-Chi)毒力的影响.结果显示,多角体病毒在温度4~50℃,pH6.0~8.0范围内可以保持较高的毒力稳定性;不同虫龄棉铃虫幼虫对重组病毒的毒力敏感性差异显著,低虫龄对重组核型多角体病毒更为敏感;病毒对幼虫存在亚致死作用,饲毒组与对照组幼虫体重差异显著.图3表3参13     

昆虫病毒增效蛋白的研究进展

杆状病毒是专化性很强的一类双链ＤＮＡ病毒,主要感染无脊椎动物,特别是鳞翅目昆虫．杆状病毒科又分为３个亚组：核型多角体病毒ＮＰＶ（Ｎｕｃｌｅａｒｐｏｌｙｈｅｄｒｏｓｉｓｖｉｒｕｓ）、颗粒体病毒ＧＶ（Ｇｒａｎｕｌｏｓｉｓｖｉｒｕｓ）和非包涵体型杆状病毒（...     

EoNPV的限制性酶切图谱及polyhedrin基因和egt基因的定位

用８种限制性内切酶酶解茶尺蠖Ｅｃｔｒｏｐｉｓｏｂｌｉｑｕａ核型多角体病毒（ＥｏＮＰＶ）基因组ＤＮＡ，获得大于０．８８ｋｂ的片段数分别为７、３８、１９、１７、１６、９、３２和１４．由此统计，基因组平均大小大于１１８．５ｋｂ，即Ｍｒ约大于７８．６×１０６．用ＢｍＮＰＶ的多角体蛋白（ｐｈ）基因和ＡｃＭＮＰＶ的ｅｇｔ基因为探针，应用Ｓｏｕｔｈｅｒｎ杂交方法，将ＥｏＮＰＶ的ｐｈ基因定位于ＢａｍＨＩＡ、ＣｌａＩＤ、ＥｃｏＲＩＭ、ＥｃｏＲＶＬ、ＨｉｎｄⅢＦ、ＰｓｔＩＡ、ＳａｌＩＨ和ＸｈｏＩＢ片段上，将ｅｇｔ基因定位于ＢａｍＨＩＡ、ＣｌａＩｌ、ＥｃｏＲＩＫ、ＥｃｏＲＶＡ、ＨｉｎｄⅢＨ、ＰｓｔＩＡ、ＳａｌＩＢ、ＸｈｏＩＩ片段上．通过克隆和酶切鉴定ＥｃｏＲＩＭ和ＥｃｏＲＶＬ片段，测定ｐｈ基因部分序列，并以ＥｃｏＲＩＭ为探针对基因组酶切印迹进行杂交，制作了ＥｏＮＰＶｐｈ基因和ｅｇｔ基因区的酶切图谱，推定ｅｇｔ基因保守区位于ｐｈ基因上游约４．５５ｋｂ处．     

Achieving Open Access to Conservation Science

Conservation science is a crisis discipline in which the results of scientific enquiry must be made available quickly to those implementing management. We assessed the extent to which scientific research published since the year 2000 in 20 conservation science journals is publicly available. Of the 19,207 papers published, 1,667 (8.68%) are freely downloadable from an official repository. Moreover, only 938 papers (4.88%) meet the standard definition of open access in which material can be freely reused providing attribution to the authors is given. This compares poorly with a comparable set of 20 evolutionary biology journals, where 31.93% of papers are freely downloadable and 7.49% are open access. Seventeen of the 20 conservation journals offer an open access option, but fewer than 5% of the papers are available through open access. The cost of accessing the full body of conservation science runs into tens of thousands of dollars per year for institutional subscribers, and many conservation practitioners cannot access pay‐per‐view science through their workplace. However, important initiatives such as Research4Life are making science available to organizations in developing countries. We urge authors of conservation science to pay for open access on a per‐article basis or to choose publication in open access journals, taking care to ensure the license allows reuse for any purpose providing attribution is given. Currently, it would cost $51 million to make all conservation science published since 2000 freely available by paying the open access fees currently levied to authors. Publishers of conservation journals might consider more cost effective models for open access and conservation‐oriented organizations running journals could consider a broader range of options for open access to nonmembers such as sponsorship of open access via membership fees. Obtención de Acceso Abierto a la Ciencia de la Conservación     

Representation of the world's biophysical conditions by the global protected area network

Protected areas (PAs) are often implemented without consideration of already existing PAs, which is likely to cause an overrepresentation of certain biophysical conditions. We assessed the representativeness of the current PA network with regard to the world's biophysical conditions to highlight which conditions are underprotected and where these conditions are located. We overlaid terrestrial and marine PAs with information on biophysical conditions (e.g., temperature, precipitation, and elevation) and then quantified the percentage of area covered by the PA network. For 1 variable at a time in the terrestrial realm, high temperature, low precipitation, and medium and very high elevation were underrepresented. For the marine realm, low and medium sea surface temperature (SST), medium and high sea surface salinity (SSS), and the deep sea were underrepresented. Overall, protection was evenly distributed for elevation across the terrestrial realm and SST across the marine realm. For 2 variables at a time, cold and very dry terrestrial environments had mostly low protection, which was also the case for low SST and low and medium SSS across most depths for marine environments. Low protection occurred mostly in the Sahara and the Arabian Peninsula for the terrestrial realm and along the Tropic of Capricorn and toward the poles for the marine realm. Although biodiversity measures are of prime importance for the design of PA networks, highlighting biophysical gaps in current PAs adds a frequently overlooked perspective. These gaps may weaken the potential of PAs to conserve biodiversity. Thus, our results may provide useful insights for researchers, practitioners, and policy makers to establish a more comprehensive global PA network.     

Quantitative composition of the defensive secretion ofBledius species (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Oxytelinae) is adapted to naturally occurring predators

Summary The adaptation of defensive secretions to their target organisms was examined for the abdominal gland secretions ofBledius furcatus, B. spectabilis andB. arenarius. Therefore the target organisms of the secretion of theseBledius species (i.e. their predators) had to be identified. At the collection sites examined these were the earwigLabidura riparia, the antCataglyphis bicolor, the flyLispe candicans, different carabids of the generaPogonus, Dichirotrichus, Dyschirius, Bembidion andCalathus and the wading birdsHaematopus ostralegus andCalidris alba. The secretion of the abdominal glands contains the toxin ptoluquinone dissolved in either-dodecalactone and 1-undecene (B. furcatus andB. spectabilis) or in octanoic acid and octyloctanoate (B. arenarius). The ratio of these solvents is species-specific. Application experiments using some of the natural insect predators (L. riparia, C. bicolor, Pogonus, Di. gustavii, Dyschirius) revealed that these solvent ratios provided a more effective deterrent than other possible ratios. Thus by combining the solvents in certain ratios, the capability of cuticular penetration and therefore the effectiveness of the defensive secretions are adapted to their natural targets.     

Democracy versus development: New urban debates

The politics of development includes subtexts of choice, as underpinned by community consensus (or lack of it), against the larger backdrop of a liberal democracy, with its intricate power structures that influence the choice of concepts and often lead to complicity rather than consent. A dilemma exists between the understanding of field-level practitioners and that of academics, whose understandings of progress differ. Progress can (and often does) imply long-term change across generations whereas development is often more a matter of crisis management and delivering tangible results to end-users. This makes it a bone of contention across political systems, irrespective of local or global dynamics. Development can emerge as a tool to be wielded for power and further political mileage at the expense of progress. Progress cannot be studied as a counterpoint to development as the sense of history is often missing in development interventions. Development tends to be piecemeal as its very logic often stems from the rationale of power. This is not to suggest, however, that development is only about politics; it is definitely more than the politics of everyday life and involves all of civil society that requires its critical and immediate attention. In this sense, it has become a priority for politicians with an underlying agenda designed to out-manouevre dissent and all statements of protest.     

A framework to measure the wildness of managed large vertebrate populations

As landscapes continue to fall under human influence through habitat loss and fragmentation, fencing is increasingly being used to mitigate anthropogenic threats and enhance the commercial value of wildlife. Subsequent intensification of management potentially erodes wildness by disembodying populations from landscape-level processes, thereby disconnecting species from natural selection. Tools are needed to measure the degree to which populations of large vertebrate species in formally protected and privately owned wildlife areas are self-sustaining and free to adapt. We devised a framework to measure such wildness based on 6 attributes relating to the evolutionary and ecological dynamics of vertebrates (space, disease and parasite resistance, exposure to predation, exposure to limitations and fluctuations of food and water supply, and reproduction). For each attribute, we set empirical, species-specific thresholds between 5 wildness states based on quantifiable management interventions. We analysed data from 205 private wildlife properties with management objectives spanning ecotourism to consumptive utilization to test the framework on 6 herbivore species representing a range of conservation statuses and commercial values. Wildness scores among species differed significantly, and the proportion of populations identified as wild ranged from 12% to 84%, which indicates the tool detected site-scale differences both among populations of different species and populations of the same species under different management regimes. By quantifying wildness, this framework provides practitioners with standardized measurement units that link biodiversity with the sustainable use of wildlife. Applications include informing species management plans at local scales; standardizing the inclusion of managed populations in red-list assessments; and providing a platform for certification and regulation of wildlife-based economies. Applying this framework may help embed wildness as a normative value in policy and mitigate the shifting baseline of what it means to truly conserve a species.     

Some polyphagous Homoptera gain protection from their natural enemies by feeding on the toxic plantsSpartium junceum andErythrina corallodendrum (Leguminosae)

Summary Interactions were studied among alkaloid-containing legumes (Erythrina corallodendrum andSpartium junceum) and non-toxic plants (Citrus sinensis, Cucurbita moschata andEuphorbia tirucalli), several polyphagous homopterans,Aphis craccivora (Aphididae),Icerya purchasi, I. aegyptiaca (Margarodidae),Lepidosaphes ulmi (Diaspididae) andPlanococcus citri (Pseudococcidae), and some major natural enemies of these homopterans. Significant reductions in survival due to negative effects of alkaloid containing as compared with non-alkaloidal plants were recorded for the predatorsRodolia cardinalis andChilocorus bipustulatus, but not forCryptolaemus montrouzieri (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae),Chrysoperla carnea (Neuroptera: Chrysopidae) andSympherobius sanctus (Neuroptera: Sympherobiidae). The development time of the larvae or pupae ofR. cardinalis, C. carnea andS. sanctus was longer on the toxic plants than on the non-toxic ones. The percentage of parasitism ofA. craccivora collected from the non-alkaloidal plantsVicia palaestina andMelilotus albus was much higher than that onS. junceum. The parasitoid complexes ofA. craccivora differed between both plant groups. The nutritive value of honeydew ofI. purchasi andA. craccivora, as expressed by the life span ofEncyrtus infelix (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) adults, was also investigated. Life spans were significantly longer when the wasps fed on honeydew produced on non-alkaloidal plants (C. sinensis andPittosporum tobira) than on alkaloid containing plants whenI. purchasi — but notA. craccivora — was the producer. It is suggested that the chemical defense ofE. corallodendrum andS. junceum is exploited by polyphagous phytophages to reduce predation. In nature, population growth and density of four of the investigated homopterans are conspicuously high when they developed on the alkaloid containing plant species, and very low on non-alkaloid plants. The efficiency of their natural enemies may be reduced by sequestration of alkaloids (or other toxic plant compounds) or their transfer into excreted honeydew. Therefore it is assumed that a generalist phytophagous homopteran may be protected from its natural enemies, although at different rates of efficiency, if it can safely sequester the host allelochemical when it develops on toxic species within its host range.     

Sexual Predators,Energy Development,and Conservation in Greater Yellowstone

Abstract: In the United States, as elsewhere, a growing debate pits national energy policy and homeland security against biological conservation. In rural communities the extraction of fossil fuels is often encouraged because of the employment opportunities it offers, although the concomitant itinerant workforce is often associated with increased wildlife poaching. We explored possible positive and negative factors associated with energy extraction in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE), an area known for its national parks, intact biological diversity, and some of the New World's longest terrestrial migrations. Specifically, we asked whether counties with different economies—recreation (ski), agrarian (ranching or farming), and energy extractive (petroleum)—differed in healthcare (gauged by the abundance of hospital beds) and in the frequency of sexual predators. The absolute and relative frequency of registered sex offenders grew approximately two to three times faster in areas reliant on energy extraction. Healthcare among counties did not differ. The strong conflation of community dishevel, as reflected by in‐migrant sexual predators, and ecological decay in Greater Yellowstone is consistent with patterns seen in similar systems from Ecuador to northern Canada, where social and environmental disarray exist around energy boomtowns. In our case, that groups (albeit with different aims) mobilized campaigns to help maintain the quality of rural livelihoods by protecting open space is a positive sign that conservation can matter, especially in the face of rampant and poorly executed energy extraction projects. Our findings further suggest that the public and industry need stronger regulatory action to instill greater vigilance when and where social factors and land conversion impact biological systems.     

Comparison of the insecticidal effects of water extracted and intact aromatic plants onAcanthoscelides obtectus,a bruchid beetle pest of kidney beans

Summary Acanthoscelides obtectus (Say) is one of the most damaging pests of kidney beans,Phaseolus vulgaris L. worldwide. However, aromatic plants from the families Lamiaceae, Lauraceae, Myrtaceae and Poaceae can protect kidney beans by direct or delayed insecticidal effect, through increased adult mortality and inhibition of beetle reproduction (both oviposition and adult emergence). The efficiency of hydrodistillated and intact plants fromThymus vulgaris andT. serpyllum, Mentha piperata, Rosmarinus officinalis, Satureia hortensis, Eucalyptus globulus, Laurus nobilis, Origanum vulgare, andCymbopogon nardus was compared. For both extracts,Origanum vulgare had the best effect. The insecticidal effect was induced by more than the essential oils because no significant difference was noticed between distilled and intact plants extract. Inhibition of reproduction was particularly important. These results suggest that lipidic as well as non lipidic, allelochemicals, such as phenolics, or non-protein amino-acids, or flavonoids may be involved in the toxicity of aromatic plants to this beetle.     

Rapid,recurring, structured survey versus bioblitz for generating biodiversity data and analysis with a multispecies abundance model

A bioblitz inexpensively and quickly generates biodiversity data, but bioblitzes are often conducted with haphazard, unreplicated sampling. Results tend to be taxonomically, geographically, or temporally biased, lack metadata, and consist of lists of observed taxa that do not enable further analyses or correction for imperfect detection. A rapid, recurring, structured survey (RRSS) uses a structured sampling design and temporal and spatial replication to survey randomly selected sites on a conservation property. We participated in a loosely structured bioblitz and a subsequent RRSS at Big Canoe Creek Nature Preserve in Springville (St. Clair County), Alabama (USA) to compare observed richness derived from the 2 survey approaches. The RRSS data structure enabled us to fit models that accounted for imperfect detection to estimate abundances, occupancy probabilities, and habitat associations. The loosely structured bioblitz data could not be used in such models. We present a new integrated multispecies abundance model that we applied to avian RRSS data. Our model extension enables estimation for the community, employs data augmentation to estimate the number of undetected species, and incorporates covariates. The RRSS generated a more comprehensive and less biased list of observed taxonomic richness than the loosely structured bioblitz (e.g., 73 vs. 45 bird species and 104 vs. 63 insect families from the RRSS vs. loosely structured bioblitz, respectively). Models fit to the RRSS data identified seasonal patterns in avian community composition and allowed for estimation of habitat–occupancy relationships for insect taxa. The RRSS protocol has potential for broad transferability as a standardized, quick, and inexpensive way to inventory biodiversity and estimate ecological parameters while providing an outreach opportunity.     

Sequestration of cucurbitacin analogs by New and Old World chrysomelid leaf beetles in the tribe Luperini

Summary Two South American polyphagous leaf beetles,Diabrotica speciosa andCerotoma arcuata, selectively accumulated the bitter tasting compound 23,24-dihydrocucurbitacin D in their body after ingesting root tissues of cucurbit plants. Similarly, three Asian Cucurbitaceae-feeding specialists in the genusAulacophora were found to sequester the same compound. Cucurbitacin analogs were shown to deter feeding by a bird predator, indicating an allomonal role for these compounds in cucurbitacin-associated chrysomelid leaf beetles both of New and Old Worlds. The strong affinity to cucurbitacins, selective sequestration of the analogs and consequent protection from predators suggested an ecological adaptation mechanism developed in common among these two geographically isolated subtribes in the Luperini.