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Journal of Integrative Agriculture  2021, Vol. 20 Issue (3): 694-706    DOI: 10.1016/S2095-3119(20)63207-5
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Windborne migration routes of newly-emerged fall armyworm from Qinling Mountains–Huaihe River region, China
WU Qiu-lin1, SHEN Xiu-jing1, 2, HE Li-mei1, JIANG Yu-ying3, LIU Jie3, HU Gao4, WU Kong-ming1
 
1 State Key Laboratory for Biology of Plant Diseases and Insect Pests, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100193, P.R.China
2 College of Plant Protection, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, P.R.China
3 National Agro-Tech Extension and Service Center, Beijing 100125, P.R.China
4 Department of Entomology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, P.R.China
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摘要  

草地贪夜蛾于2018年12月中旬入侵中国西南地区后,已对国家农业生产构成了重大威胁。秦岭-淮河一线是中国南北气候过渡带,也是玉米和小麦的主产区。本研究基于2019年草地贪夜蛾在该地区的发生特点,利用日平均地面气温和925百帕的夜间风场数据,采用顺推轨迹分析方法模拟了秦岭-淮河地区虫源的发生和迁出路径。研究结果表明该地区羽化成虫的迁飞活动始于6月下旬,受复杂的地形地貌的影响,秦岭山区草地贪夜蛾在9月中旬之前以北迁为主,宁夏和内蒙古自治区是其主要迁入地;在地势平坦的淮河流域,草地贪夜蛾8月中旬之前主要随季风向北迁移,华北平原是主降区但可能波及到东北平原,8月中旬开始向南回迁至长江流域。本研究预测了秦岭-淮河地区草地贪夜蛾种群随季风的迁出路径,为区域性监测预警和综合防治提供了理论依据。




Abstract  
The fall armyworm (FAW, Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith), invaded China in mid-December 2018; since then, it has become a great threat to Chinese agricultural production.  Qinling Mountains–Huaihe River region (QM–HRR) is the transitional zone between northern and southern China, an important region for both corn and wheat production.  Based on the actual occurrence of QM–HRR invaded by FAW in 2019, daily mean surface air temperature and nocturnal wind conditions at 925 hPa were examined, and migratory routes of FAW moths originated in QM–HRR were modeled by a forward-trajectory-analysis approach.  The results indicated that migratory activities of FAW adults emerged in QM–HRR were initiated from late June.  The moths from western QM–HRR, where has complex topographic terrain, mainly flied to Ningxia and Inner Mongolia before mid September.  However, FAW moths from the eastern QM–HRR primarily engaged in high-altitude northward transport assisted by the prevailing southerly winds before mid August, and the North China Plain was identified as the main destination of FAW.  Meanwhile, the migration trajectories of FAW moths had a possibility to reach the Northeast China Plain.  From mid August, FAW moths in eastern QM–HRR largely migrated southward and returned to the Yangtze River Valley.  This study provides detailed information on the occurrence and migration routes of FAW moths from QM–HRR and will be helpful for early warning and development of integrated pest management strategies for the control of this exotic insect pest.
Keywords:  Spodoptera frugiperda        invasive pest        Qinling Mountains–Huaihe River region        atmospheric circulation        windborne migration trajectory  
Received: 14 January 2020   Accepted:
Fund: This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31901873 and 31727901), the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2019M660896), the Central Public-interest Scientific Institution Basal Research Fund, China (CAAS-ZDRW202007), and the National Key R&D Program of China (2019YFD0300105).
Corresponding Authors:  Correspondence WU Kong-ming, E-mail: wukongming@caas.cn   
About author:  WU Qiu-lin, Mobile: +86-15150536696, E-mail: wuqiulin@caas.cn;

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WU Qiu-lin, SHEN Xiu-jing, HE Li-mei, JIANG Yu-ying, LIU Jie, HU Gao, WU Kong-ming. 2021. Windborne migration routes of newly-emerged fall armyworm from Qinling Mountains–Huaihe River region, China. Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 20(3): 694-706.

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