谭垦（中国科学院西双版纳热带植物园）
1.主要研究方向及内容
立足于生物多样性丰富的大西南地区，致力于传粉昆虫的保护和利用。主要研究蜜蜂对外界不良环境（有毒花蜜、农药等）的响应机制；蜜蜂与花、蜜蜂与天敌的协同进化机制。近年来，团队在揭示蜜蜂与天敌的协同进化及社会性昆虫的觅食、防御、繁殖等的通信行为方面取得了重要的原创性成果，研究成果相继发表于Science、PNAS、Current Biology、PLoS Biology、Journal of Animal Ecology、Animal Behaviour、Entomologia Generalis等国际权威学术刊物。
2.代表性成果
鉴定金环胡蜂和凹纹胡蜂的性信息素和报警信息素
社会性昆虫胡蜂的繁殖策略和习性使得它们成为世界上最成功的入侵物种之一。凹纹胡蜂和金环胡蜂原本只分布于亚洲，近年来迅速在欧洲和美洲扩散，它们的入侵致使入侵地的蜜蜂养殖产业和依赖蜜蜂授粉的产业受到了重创，如何防治这两种胡蜂成为当下亟待解决的难题。昆虫信息素具有高效、专一的特点，作为行为控制剂在森林有害生物防治中具有广阔前景。其中性信息素用于诱杀交配个体或者干扰求偶行为，可有效抑制害虫繁殖。
研究发现凹纹胡蜂和金环胡蜂的性信息素均来源于处女王的腹板腺，凹纹胡蜂的性信息素主要成分为4-氧代辛酸和4-氧代癸酸，金环胡蜂的性信息素主要成分为己酸、辛酸和癸酸（图13），研究成果发表在国际生物学期刊Current Biology，该研究为运用信息素监测及控制这两种胡蜂提供了科学依据。
图13 金环胡蜂性信息素的研究
A.金环胡蜂雄蜂与金环胡蜂处女王交尾；B.金环胡蜂雄蜂被金环胡蜂处女王腹板腺分泌物吸引；C.金环胡蜂处女王性信息素的鉴定和对金环胡蜂雄蜂的触角电位反应；D.金环胡蜂性信息素的生物活性测定
3.代表性论文
Dong SH,Lin T,Nieh JC，Tan K.Social signal learning of the waggle dance in honey bees.Science,2023,379(6636):1 015-1 018.(https://www.daowen.com)
Wang ZW,Chen XX,Becker F,Greggers U,Walter S,Werner M,Gallistel CR,Menzel R.Honey bees infer source location from the dances of returning foragers.PNAS,2023,120 (12) e2213068120.
Dong SH,Sun AL,Tan K,Nieh JC.Identification of giant hornet Vespa mandarinia queen sex pheromone components.Current Biology,2022,32(5):R211-R212.
Cheng YN,Wen P,Tan K,Eric D.Designing a sex pheromone blend for attracting the yellow-legged hornet (Vespa velutina),a pest in its native and invasive ranges worldwide.Entomologia Generalis,2022,42(4):523-530.
Dong SH,Tan K,Nieh JC.Visual contagion in prey defense signals can enhance honest defense.Journal of Animal Ecology,2021,90:594-601.
Dong SH,Tan K,Zhang Q,Nieh JC.Playbacks of Asian honey bee stop signals demonstrate referential inhibitory communication.Animal Behaviour,2019,148:29-37.
Gong ZW,Tan K and Nieh JC.Hornets possess long-lasting olfactory memories.Journal of Experimental Biology,2019,222,jeb200881.
Montero-Mendieta S,Tan K,Christmas MJ,Olsson A,Wallberg CVA,Webster MT.The genomic basis of adaptation to high-altitude habitats in the eastern honey bee (Apis cerana).Molecular Ecology,2019,28:746-760.
Dong SH,Wen P,Zhang Q,Wang Y,Cheng YN,Tan K,Nieh JC.Olfactory eavesdropping of predator alarm pheromone by sympatric but not allopatric prey.Animal Behaviour,2018,141:115-125.
Wen XL,Wen P,Dahlsjö CAL,Sillam-Dussès D,Šobotník J.Breaking the cipher:ant eavesdropping on the variational trail pheromone of its termite prey.Proceedings of the Royal Society B:Biological Sciences,2017,284:1853.
Ronai I,Allsopp MH,Tan K,Dong SH,Liu XW,Vergoz V,Oldroyd BP.The dynamic association between ovariole loss and sterility in adult honeybee workers.Proceedings of the Royal Society B:Biological Sciences,2017,284:2016,269.
Tan K,Dong SH,Li X,Liu XW,Wang C,Li JJ & Nieh JC.Honey bee inhibitory signaling is tuned to threat severity and can act as a colony alarm signal.PLoS Biology,2016,14(3):e1002423.
