通过测定过冷却点和低温暴露试验,比较了松突圆蚧引进天敌花角蚜小蜂成虫不同季节的耐寒性。结果表明:雌虫在春、夏、秋、冬4个季节的平均过冷却点分别为-13.7559、-11.9700、-12.7936℃和-13.6000℃,冬、春季显著低于夏季;雄虫在春、夏、秋3个季节的平均过冷却点分别为-15.3917、-13.8400℃和-13.2143℃,春季显著低于夏、秋季;春、夏季雌虫的平均过冷却点显著高于雄虫。-15℃暴露下,各季雌虫均不能存活;0℃暴露下,春季的死亡率显著低于夏季,-5℃和-10℃暴露下,春季的死亡率均显著低于夏、秋季。各季雌虫低温累积-死亡率关系均服从改进的Logistic模型(方程1),但不同季节的致死中低温累积(LST50)有显著差异(df=2,33,F=30.45,P〈0.01),春季显著低于夏、秋季,秋季低于夏季,但无显著差异;雌虫的过冷却点、LST50随季节极端低温下降和极端温差增加表现出下降趋势;其LST50也随着过冷却点降低表现下降趋势。结果显示:花角蚜小蜂成虫耐寒性具有明显的季节适应性,降低过冷却点是增强其耐寒性的重要策略。
The parasitic chalcid, Coccobius azumai Tachikawa, was introduced from Japan at the end of 1980's. The parasitoid was an important biological agent used to control the pine armored scale, Hemiberlesia pitysophila Takagi in southern China. The parameters of supercooling point (SCP), mortality exposed to designated low temperature, and median lethal sum of low temperature (LST50) of the chalcid adults collected from different seasons, were measured and compared in Quanzhou, Fujian Province, China in 2007 and 2008. Mean SCP value for female adults collected in spring, summer, fall and winter was - 13. 7559, - 11. 9700, - 12. 7936 and - 13. 6000 ℃, respectively, indicating females collected in spring and winter had a significantly lower SCP value than female adults collected in summer. Mean SCP value for male adults collected in spring was - 15. 3917℃, which is significantly lower than that for male adults collected in summer ( - 13. 8400℃ ) and autumn ( - 13. 2143 ℃ ). For adults collected in spring and summer, mean SCP value for females were considerably lower than those for males. However, this value was almost equal for both males and females collected in fall. When exposed to different constant temperatures, no female adults survived under - 15 %. Mortality ( under 0 % ) was clearly lower for females collected in spring than females collected in summer. However, under -5 and - 10 ℃ females collected in spring had lower mortality than that in summer and fall. The relationships between the sum of exposed low temperature and mortality of female adults collected in each season fits very well to a revised logistic model ( equation 1 ). Significant differences were observed between LST50 s estimated by this model for female adults from different seasons (df=2,33, F =30.45, P 〈 0.01 ). Mean LST50 for the spring female adults was significantly lower than those for the summer and fall female adults. The SCP and LST50 for female adults decreased as the seasonal extreme low air t