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Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology ›› 2000, Vol. ›› Issue (5): 745-748.

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Tolerance of various geographic populations of brown planthopper to adverse environmental stresses

LU Zhongxian1, YU Xiaoping1, CHEN Jiangmin1, ZHENG Xusong1, TANG Jian2   

  1. 1. Institute of Plant Protection, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310021;
    2. China National Rice Research Institute, Hangzhou 310006
  • Received:1998-03-10 Revised:2000-06-27

Abstract: The populations of brown planthopper(BPH), Nilaparvata lugens,were collected from Zhejiang,Guangxi and Yunnan provinces to study their tolerance to various adverse environmental stresses.The results indicated that all of these three populations could adapt to the rice variety IR26 bearing resistant gene 1 (Bph1), and Guangxi and Yunnan populations could successfully infest rice varieties ASD7 bearing bpH2 and Rathu Heenati bearing Bph3,implying that these two populations had a higher adaptability to resistant rice varieties. The significantly negative relationship between female brachypterous rate and nymphal density in Zhejiang population showed a lower tolerance to high nymphal density of Zhejiang population than that of Guangxi and Yunnan populations. A higher resistance to high temperature and a lower tolerance to starvation were obviously found in Guangxi and Yunnan populations. The resistance to insecticide (Omethoate) of Zhejiang population was little higher than that of Guangxi population. It was suggested that the tolerance of different geographic populations of BPH to various adverse environmental stresses be closely related to their habitat characteristics.

Key words: Brown planthopper, Geographic populations, Tolerance, Adverse environmental stress