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journal1 ›› 2018, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (5): 701-707.DOI: 10.16409/j.cnki.2095-039x.2018.05.008

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Physiological Effects of Metarhizium flavoviride on Brown Planthopper (Nilaparvata lugens Stål)

ZHANG Juefeng1,2, CHEN Jianming2, SHU Jingping1, LI Fang2, ZHONG Haiying2, WU Hong1   

  1. 1. Research Institute of Subtropical Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Hangzhou 310021, China;
    2. China Institute of Plant Protection and Microbiology, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310021, China
  • Received:2018-01-04 Online:2018-10-08 Published:2018-10-15

Abstract: In the present study, the effects of infection by Metarhizium flavoviride on contents of carboxylesterase (CarE), glutathione-S-transferase (GST), superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), peroxidase (PO), uric acid and 6 essential amino acids in the brown planthopper Nilaparvata lugens Stål were investigated. Three concentrations (1.0×107, 1.0×108 and 1.0×109 spores/L) of M. flavoviride solution were treated by spraying to the planthopper. The results showed that the contents of CarE and GST in the M. flavoviride-treated N. lugnes were significantly lower than those in the untreated N. lugens at 72 h after spraying. CAT and SOD contents in N. lugens increased over time after M. flavoviride spraying. The contents of SOD in the M. flavoviride-treated N. lugnes were 430.87 U/mg, 377.64 U/mg and 376.16 U/mg for the three spraying concentrations, respectively, at 72 h after treatment, which were significantly higher than those in the untreated N. lugens. The contents of PO were not significantly different among treatments at 24 h and 48 h after treatment. However, at 72 h after spraying with 1.0×109 spores/L M. flavoviride, the contents of PO in the M. flavoviride-treated N. lugnes increased to 316.43 U/mg, significantly higher than those in the control N. lugnes. The results also indicated spraying with 1.0×107 spores/L M. flavoviride significantly increased the accumulation of uric acid. The amino acids showed no significant decrease in the M. flavoviride-treated N. lugens. But the levels of lysine (Lys) and threonine (Thr) were as high as 204.68 μg/g and 112.38 μg/g, respectively, at 72 h after spraying with 1.0×107 spores/L M. flavoviride, significantly higher than those in the control N. lugens. In summary, the infection of M. flavoviride affects the detoxification enzymes, protective enzymes and the content of amino acids in N. lugens.

Key words: Metarhizium flavoviride, Nilaparvata lugens, detoxification enzyme, protective enzyme, phenol oxidase, uric acid, amino acid

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