农药对环境的影响及其防治措施

农药在防治农作物病虫害,保证农作物正常生长,提高单位面积产量上起到了举足轻重的作用.但其对环境的污染和生态的破坏也十分严重.文章通过概述我国农药生产发展的基本现状及其在国民经济中的作用,表明农药给人类和环境带来的正、负两方面的影响.通过对我国农药污染防治的探讨,突出介绍了现代农药的发展及生物农药在环境可续发展中的作用.     

Herbivory: caterpillar saliva beats plant defences

Blood-feeding arthropods secrete special salivary proteins that suppress the defensive reaction they induce in their hosts. This is in contrast to herbivores, which are thought to be helpless victims of plant defences elicited by their oral secretions. On the basis of the finding that caterpillar regurgitant can reduce the amount of toxic nicotine released by the tobacco plant Nicotiana tabacum, we investigate here whether specific salivary components from the caterpillar Helicoverpa zea might be responsible for this suppression. We find that the enzyme glucose oxidase counteracts the production of nicotine induced by the caterpillar feeding on the plant.