점박이응애는 광식성 초식자로서, 사과의 주요 해충 중 하나이다. 사과 품종에 따라 점박이응애의 밀도 형성이나 피해 규모가 다르게 나타난다. 세 가지 품종, 쓰가루, 홍로, 후지의 잎에 대한 점박이응애의 이동 선호성, 발육속도, 그리고 산란능력이 다른지를 시험하였다. 잎 절편을 이용한 실험 결과, 이동 선호성은 쓰가루나 홍로보다 후지 잎에서 높았다. 알에서 성충까지 발육기간은 후지 잎에서 가장 짧았고 홍로에서 가장 길었다. 암컷 성충 수명은 후지에서 가장 짧았다. 암컷의 총산란수는 사과 품종에 따라 다르지 않았지만, 일 평균 산란수는 후지에서 높았다. 생명표 분석 결과 홍로 잎에서 점박이응애의 적합도가 가장 낮게 나타났다. 이상의 결과는 사과원에서 품종에 따른 점박이응애 발생 양상의 차이를 설명 해주고 있으며, 향후 다양한 사과 품종에 대한 평가를 통해, 품종별 응애류 관리 전략 개발에 기초 자료가 될 것이다.

The Riptortus pedestris-Burkholderia symbiotic system is a promising model for understanding molecular mechanism of symbiosis. In previous studies, the Burkholderia symbiont has been shown to play important biological roles in the growth and fitness of host R. pedestris. The Burkholderia symbiont, one of bacteria found in the soil, is the only bacterium that can colonize the symbiotic midgut region of R. pedestris. However, the molecular mechanism of host selectivity for the Burkholderia symbiont remains unknown. To determine where the selection occurs, we firstly compared initial infectivity of different mid-gut regions after oral infection of Escherichia coli and Burkholderia. Interestingly, E. coli were not detected in any regions of mid-gut, while Burkholderia could reach to the posterior region of mid-gut. Therefore, we hypothesized that host selectivity for the Burkholderia symbiont is occurred in the salivary gland. To address this hypothesis, we treated E. coli and Burkholderia with lysate of salivary gland and examined their survival by estimation of colony forming unit (CFU) on the plate. We found that E. coli, but not Burkholderia, was susceptible to the lysate of salivary gland. To determine molecular basis of the selective mechanism in the salivary gland, we analyzed antimicrobial proteins (AMPs) from lysate of salivary gland. we identified three AMPs, namely rip-trialysin1, rip-trialysin2 and lysozyme and further purified rip-trialysin1 and rip-trialysin2. When E. coli and Burkholderia were treated with rip-trialysin1 and rip-trialysin2, rip-trialysin1 exhibited little antimicrobial activity, but rip-trialysin2 exhibited antimicrobial activity. Furthermore, we found that E. coli was susceptible, but Burkholderia is resistant to commerciallypurchased egg white lysozyme. Our results suggest that R. pedestris salivary gland provides a chance of selection for the Burkholderia symbiont and lysozyme in salivary gland seems to play an important role for the selection of gut symbiont.

Swallowtail butterfly’s (Papilionidae) family is a large group including at least 550 species in the world, one of the most evolved butterfly families, and selects many special plants as a host plant. Many scientists have studied on the mechanism for host selection by swallowtail butterflies and many results including attractant, ovipositional stimulant, and feeding stimulant in each host plant have been reported. However, most of the reports are related to Papilinonini and Troidini genus and not to Graphiini genus. The reason why there are few reports about this genus is based on their nature. That is, this genus butterflies, especially common bluebottle, Graphium sarpedon, are very nerves and rearing for successive generations is difficult in the laboratory, emergence-adult never laid their eggs on the host plant and so on. We, therefore, have tried to isolation and identification of attractant, feeding stimulant, and ovipositional stimulant in the camphor tree to the common bluebottle, G. sarpedon.

납자루아과의 어류들과 산란습성이 유사한 중고기 Sarcocheilichtys nigripinis morii의 산란생숙주 선택성과 초기 생활사에서 나타나는 배와 자어의 적응 형질을 조사하였다. 중고기의 수정난은 조사수역에 동소적으로 서식하는 담수산 이매패들 중에서도 엷은재첩과 재첩의 체내에서만 관찰되어 숙주 특이성을 보였다. 산란되는 부위는 이매패의 외투강으로 수정난의 난막이 2배 정도로 크게 팽창하며, 부화 전 기관 형성이 완성되어 운동이 자유로운 el