In Muju County, one of Korea's major apple producers, the regional agricultural cooperatives united together and invested to establish a cooperative joint business corporation in charge of the sales business. The corporation carried out the sales business transferred from the participating regional agricultural cooperatives. While the two participating cooperatives showed a marked difference in the degree of participation at the beginning of the business, the introduction of the agricultural product processing centers (APCs) and the participation of co-selection and shipment organizations and general farms helped settle this gap. In addition, commercialization through the APCs enhanced the market competitiveness of apples, which led to the stable securing of sales outlets. The corporation integrated the sales business in the county and this resulted in increased sales volume and sales revenue. Playing a leading role in introducing and cultivating new crops on a trial basis, the corporation demonstrated its potential as the main body of the joint sales business.

The purpose of this study is to help operate and manage the new food period system by investigating consumer perception of sell-by-date and use-by-date, and change of purchasing and consumption period by food period label. Although they have opinions that fit the purpose of introducing the system, such as the need to introduce a use by date, extending the food intake period, and reducing food waste, they still lack an accurate understanding of the system, so education or publicity is needed. In addition, no matter what form of use by date is introduced, products with food expiration date are still likely to be returned or discarded. Therefore, it is desirable to adjust the setting criteria or safety factor for each deadline rather than changing the food period labeling method. In order to reduce consumer confusion and food waste, it is judged that the parallel marking of the sell by date and use by date is appropriate.

In recent years, the development of rice industry has been highly valued by the state. In hubei area, due to the development of the modernization and the shortage of labor, traditional way of rice cultivation methods is facing serious challenges, and economic benefits have become the decisive factor for the effective promotion and application of rice cultivation methods. According to the research results, first, in the input-side analysis, in the CCR model, D5, D12, D26, D28, D32, D36 farmers with high efficiency appear. The analysis result shows that among the 60 farmers, the average efficiency is 89%, and there is an inefficiency of 11%. In the BCC model, 14 farmers were identified as high-efficiency farmers, with an average efficiency of 0.9453. Second, in direct seeding cultivation of rice, the average scale efficiency is 0.9227, while the average pure technical efficiency is 0.9644. This shows that the effect of scale efficiency is greater than that of purely technical factors, ignoring the reasons for the low operational efficiency of direct seeding cultivation farmers. It can be predicted that with the further deepening of farmers' understanding of this planting mode, the proportion of rice direct seeding may be further expanded in the future. Relevant agricultural departments should further promote this technology to farmers, study the direct seeding technology using scientific methods, and evaluate the changes of this cultivation mode. The agricultural departments of government should concern about the climate risk assessment of direct seeding rice, the environmental impact assessment caused by the extensive use of herbicides, the application of mechanical technology in the process of direct seeding, the lodging of direct seeding rice, and other related issues.

This study investigated the online transaction status of low-carbon certified fresh agricultural products and analyzed the low-carbon certified premium. For two months from March to April 2022, eight products (rice, apple, pear, sweet persimmons, paprika, tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, and lettuce) were surveyed at major online shopping malls. The low-carbon certification premium was analyzed using hedonic price analysis model. As a result of the online market survey, the low-carbon certified agricultural products were not traded in the case of rice, cherry tomatoes, and paprika. And the proportion of low-carbon certified agricultural products in the case of tomatoes and lettuce was low. As a result of the low-carbon premium analysis, of the five products that analyzed the low-carbon certification premium, four products excluding pear did not have a low-carbon certification premium. Thus, it is necessary to expand the sale of the low-carbon certified agricultural products by distributors, and various efforts to secure the premium of certified agricultural products are important.

본 논문에서는 Neobacillus sp. JC05의 추출물을 처리한 오이 식물체에서 고구마뿌리혹선충 감염에 대한 식물의 방어 반응을 조사하였다. Neobacillus sp. JC05의 추출물을 처리한 오이 식물체에서는 고구마뿌리혹선충에 의한 감염이 감소하여 control에 비하여 병 발생이 감소하였으며, 식물이 받는 피해도 줄어들었다. 이때 Neobacillus sp. JC05 추출물을 처리한 오이 식물체의 병 저항성 유전자의 발현량을 관찰한 결과, chitinase와 lipoxygenase 유전자의 발현량이 상대적으로 증가하였으며, 식물체 내 산화 스트레스를 감소시키는 항산화효소 중 peroxidase의 활성이 현저히 증가하는 것을 관찰하였다. 또한, Neobacillus sp. JC05 추출물을 처리한 오이 식물체의 토양 FDase 활성이 증가하였으며, 반면 인산가용화효소와 유레아제 활성은 control에 비해 유의하지 않았다. 그러므로, 이전의 연구 결과와 종합하면, Neobacillus sp. JC05의 추출물은 직접적으로 고구마뿌리혹선충의 알 부화율을 억제하고 유충의 사멸률을 높여 토양 내 고구마뿌리혹선충의 밀도를 감소시키기도 하지만 본 연구의 결과에 따르면, 오이 식물체의 고구마뿌리혹선충에 대한 방어 반응을 증가시켜 저항성을 유도하며, 이를 통해 고구마뿌리혹선충병 발생을 감소시키는데 기여하는 것으로 사료된다.

본 연구에서는 흰비단병에 대한 길항 미생물과 유기농업자재를 선발하여 혼합 처리 시 방제 효과를 확인하고자 하였다. 토양에서 분리한 39균주 중 균사 생장 억제력이 가장 높은 JJ2-01 균주를 길항 미생물로 선발하였다. 또한, 유기농업자재의 흰비단병 발병도를 확인하여 병 억제 효과가 있는 유기농업자재로 마늘 오일을 선발하였다. 선발 미생물과 마늘 오일을 혼합하거나 마늘 오일을 단독으로 사용할 경우 병 억제 효과는 유사하게 나타났지만, 마늘 오일을 단독으로 사용할 경우 토양의 acid phosphatase의 활성이 감소하였다. 반면, 마늘 오일과 선발 미생물 JJ2-01 균주를 혼합 처리하였을 때 urease 활성이 증가하였다. 본 실험의 결과를 종합하면, 선발 미생물 JJ2-01 균주와 마늘 오일을 혼합하여 사용하면 고추 흰비단병을 효과적으로 억제하고 토양의 질과 건전성을 유지 또는 향상하는데 도움이 될 수 있을 것이라 판단된다.

The acute dermal and eye irritation tests of Photorhabdus temperata, a symbiotic bacterium of Heterorhabditis megidis Gwangju strain, were carried out in New Zealand white rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus), following the guidelines of OECD and Rural Development Administration (RDA) of Korea. In both tests, neither dermal nor eye responses were found from all the P. temperata treated rabbits and the results were classified as non-irritating. That is, erythema, eschar, edema, and any other dermal critical signs were not observed from all the experimental rabbits in the dermal irritation test. In the acute eye irritation test, no clinical signs of cornea, iritis, conjunctiva (redness, edema, lacrima, and chemosis) were observed from all the experimental rabbits. Individual ocular irritation, mean ocular irritation, and acute ocular irritation were calculated as 0.0. The results of dermal and eye irritation studies on P. temperata indicated that this bacterium could be a safe and effective alternative bionematicide against the most serious plant-parasitic root-knot nematodes in the genus Meloidogyne.