棉 花 学 报   Cotton Science   2005,17(1):37-41

 

Effects of Transgenic Cry1Ac Plus CpTI Cotton on Development of Main Parasitoids in Laboratory
CUI Jin-jie, LUO Jun-yu, WANG Chun-yi, LI Shu-hong, LI Chun-hua
(Cotton Research Institute of CAAS, Key Laboratory of Cotton Genetic Improvement,MOA,Anyang,Henan 455112,China)

Abstract: Effects of transgenic Cry1Ac plus CpTI cotton (double gene cotton) and transgenic Bt cotton (Bt cotton) on the development of main parasitoids Lysiphlebia japonica Ashmead, Microplitis sp and Campoletis chlorideae Uchida were studied in the laboratory. The results showed that difference of the moulting rate of the nature population Lysiphlebia japonica Ashmead from the double gene cotton field and Bt cotton field were not obvious comparing with that of the conventional cotton, the adult weight from double gene cotton was heavier than that of the Bt cotton, the difference of the adult weight between the double gene cotton and the conventional cotton, the Bt cotton and the conventional cotton were neither obvious. The difference of moulting rate, development duration and adult weight of the Lysiphlebia japonica Ashmead from the conventional cotton field to the aphids fed with the double gene cotton, Bt cotton and conventional cotton were both not obvious, the difference of parasited number between the treatment of the Bt cotton and conventional was obvious, but the difference of paradited number between the Bt cotton and double gene cotton, the double gene cotton and conventional cotton were all not obvious. The difference of parasited rate and moulting rate of the Lysiphlebia japonica Ashmead from the Bt cotton field to the aphids fed with the conventional cotton and the Bt cotton respectively were not obvious, comparing with the treatment of conventional cotton itself. The difference of parasited rate and moulting rate of the Lysiphlebia japonica Ashmead from the double gene cotton to the aphids fed with conventional cotton were not obvious, comparing with the treatment of conventional cotton itself. But the parasited rate of Lysiphlebia japonica Ashmead from the double gene cotton field to the aphids fed with the double gene cotton decreased, the moulting rate increased obviously, so the effect of the double gene cotton on parasiting ability of Lysiphlebia japonica Ashmead are little.
     In the meantime, the effects of double gene cotton and Bt cotton on Microplitis sp and Campoletis chlorideae Uchida were studied, the results showed that parasiting rate, moulting rate, cocoon weight and adult weight of Microplitis sp and Campoletis chlorideae Uchida to the cotton bollworm fed with the double gene cotton and Bt cotton all decreased obviously comparing with that of conventional cotton. The parasiting rate, moulting rate, cocoon weight of the two parasitoids treated by double gene cotton were all higher than that of treatment of the Bt cotton, so the effects of double gene cotton on the two kinds of parasitoids were lighter than that of the Bt cotton. the main reason is that the weight of cotton bollworm fed with double gene cotton is heavier than that of the Bt cotton.
Key words: transgenic Cry1Ac plus CpTI cotton; parasitoids; development; aphids; cotton
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