• Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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• v.36 no.1
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• pp.35-44
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• 2016

Seed viability is one of the most important parameters that is directly related with seed germination performance and seedling emergence. In this study, a hyperspectral imaging (HSI) system having a range of 1000-2500 nm was used to classify viable watermelon seeds from nonviable seeds. In order to obtain nonviable watermelon seeds, a total of 96 seeds were artificially aged by immersing the seeds in hot water ($25^{\circ}C$) for 15 days. Further, hyperspectral images for 192 seeds (96 normal and 96 aged) were acquired using the developed HSI system. A germination test was performed for all the 192 seeds in order to confirm their viability. Spectral data from the hyperspectral images of the seeds were extracted by selecting pixels from the region of interest. Each seed spectrum was averaged and preprocessed to develop a classification model of partial least square discriminant analysis (PLS-DA). The developed PLS-DA model showed a classification accuracy of 94.7% for the calibration set, and 84.2% for the validation set. The results demonstrate that the proposed technique can classify viable and nonviable watermelon seeds with a reasonable accuracy, and can be further converted into an online sorting system for rapid and nondestructive classification of watermelon seeds with regard to viability.

• Proceedings of the Plant Resources Society of Korea Conference
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• 2020.08a
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• pp.66-66
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• 2020

쌈채소나 산나물로 알려진 곤달비(Ligularia stenocephala)의 종자나 종묘는 시장 거래가격이 높게 형성되어 재배농가의 경영비 증가로 이어지고 있다. 또한, 곤달비의 종자는 대개 농가 자가 채종으로 생산되며, 채종재배에 대한 체계가 정립되어 있지 않다. 이에 본시험은 곤달비의 우량종자 생산을 위한 종자결실률 향상 재배조건과 채종적기를 구명하고자 하였다. 전북 남원시 허브산채시험장에서 2018년 10월에 2년생 곤달비 종묘를 포장에 정식하여 시험을 실시하였다. 적정 채종 재배조건을 구명하기 위해 2019년 노지, 하우스, 55% 차광막을 설치한 노지포장에서 곤달비의 개화시기, 개화율, 생육특성, 결실률 등을 조사하였다. 더불어 채종적기를 설정하기 위해서 곤달비 개화 후 50일~100일 동안 7일 간격으로 채종하여 결실률, 채종량, 종자 발아율을 조사하였다. 곤달비의 개화는 하우스재배, 노지재배의 경우 7월 하순, 차광재배는 8월 초순 개화가 시작되었으며, 개화 최성기도 하우스재배와 노지재배가 차광재배와 비교해 15일 정도 일렀다. 하지만 개화 종료 시기는 노지재배가 가장 빨랐으며 하우스재배가 가장 늦었다. 개화율은 하우스재배, 차광재배, 노지재배 순으로 높았다. 개화기 생육특성는 차광재배일 때 초장과 화경장이 가장 컸으며, 화서수와 자방수는 하우스재배가 타 재배방법에 비해 다소 많았다. 곤달비 재배방법에 따른 결실률은 차광재배가 70.1%, 노지재배가 21.9%, 하우스재배가 15.8%이었으며, 채종량은 차광재배의 경우 10a당 39.6kg, 노지재배 4.9kg, 하우스재배 4.6kg이었다. 백립중과 종자길이, 종자너비 또한 차광재배가 타 재배방법에 비해 양호하였다. 채종시기에 따른 결실률은 채종시기가 늦어질수록 높은 값을 가졌으나, 화경당 채종량은 개화 후 70일에 85일 사이에 가장 많았다. 발아율은 노지재배의 경우 개화 후 70일 이후부터 90% 이상으로 높은 발아율을 보였고, 차광재배는 개화 후 65일부터 95% 이상의 발아율을 나타냈으나 하우스재배의 경우에는 개화 후 80일 이후부터 85% 이상으로 발아율이 양호하였다. 따라서 곤달비의 우량종자를 생산하기 위해서는 55% 차광막을 설치한 노지에서 재배하여 개화 후 65일 이후부터 종자가 비산하기 전까지 채종해야 할 것으로 여겨진다.

• Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science
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• v.77 no.1
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• pp.17-22
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• 1988

Inhibitory effect of L. leptolepis fallen leaf extracts on the germination of Pinus densiflora, ${\times}$ Pinus rigitaeda, Pinus rigida, Pinus thunbergii and Larix leptolepis was investigated. Germination of those seeds in culture room and in pot at field showed the highly significant inhibitory effects by the aqueous extracts from L. leptolepis fallen leaves. Among them L. leptolepis was the most severely inhibited by the aqueous extracts used. To identify allelopathic substances, thin-layer chromatography was employed. Gallic, ferulic, t-cinnamic and vanillic acids were identified from fallen leaves of L. leptolepis. From the results, it is assumed that autotoxicity of L. leptolepis may act as inhibitory factors on germination of the species in natural stands.

• Horticultural Science & Technology
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• v.19 no.4
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• pp.511-514
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• 2001

Pelleting the seeds often reduces seed germinability. In an effort to alleviate this problem, the seeds of four carrot cultivars were, before pelleting, either solid-matrix primed (SMP) with Micro Cel-E or osmotically-primed with polyehtylene glycol 8000. Some batches were imbibed in 100-ppm $GA_3$ solution. In laboratory tests, pretreatment of the seeds increased the precentages of germination by as much as 50% of the controls, indicating the increase of the germination speed by 1.9 to 4.6 days as determined by the $T_{50}$ values. In field tests conducted in the year of 2000 and 2001, however, effects of SMP were not observed. There was no significant difference between the SMP seeds and the controls of the percentages and $T_{50}$ values. The emergence of the seedling in the field was affected greatly by soil water concentration.

• KOREAN JOURNAL OF CROP SCIENCE
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• v.37 no.1
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• pp.37-44
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• 1992

Germinability, electrophoretic variation of protein of shattered seeds during overwintering and characteristic of main agronomic traits of off-type rice plant occurring in paddy field harvested by combine were investigated. Germinability of shattered seed decreased as time goes in paddy field in both Japonica and Tongil type varieties. Electrophoretic protein bands become more and more light as time goes. Occurrence of off-type rice plant was higher in Japonica varieties than in Tongil type varieties. Off-type rice plant was shorter in plant height, leaf length, tiller number per hill, internode length, panicle length and spike let number per panicle. Germinability of seeds of off-type rice plant as not significantly different compared to the control variety. Yield of off-type plants of Japonica varieties was on average 5.1kg / 10a and that of Tongil type varieties was on average 0.9kg /10a. Mixing ratio to the control variety was about 0.7% in Japonica varieties and that of Tongil type varieties was about 0.1%.

• Journal of Korean Society of Forest Science
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• v.96 no.3
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• pp.290-294
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• 2007

Interspecific hybrid seedlings by artificial crossing of Genus Quercus (Q. serrata, Q. dentata, Q. mongolica var. crispula, Q. aliena) were planted at nursery in Tottori University. Seedlings of hybrids by natural crossing(Q. fabri and $Q.{\times}mccormickii$) were selected and planted at Hiruzen district in Tottori University. Artificial interspecific hybrid $F_1$ and natural hybrid $F_1$ bloomed when they were 4 years old and 3 years old, respectively. The pollen fertility and seed viability were investigated from the bloomed individuals in 2001. The germination percentages of the pollens of artificial interspecific hybrid were more than 84% except one individual, and the extension of pollen tubes was normal. The normal seed percentages of artificial interspecific hybrid were more than 90% similar to parents. Germination percentages of normal seed of natural crossing family were more than 64%, respectively, and selfed offsprings of Q. fabri, and $Q.{\times}mccormickii$ hade high reproductive ability.

• Korean Journal of Environmental Biology
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• v.19 no.3
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• pp.205-210
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• 2001

To determine the effect of low dose gamma radiation on the germination and enzyme activities, seeds of Chinese cabbage (Brassica compestris L. cv. Hanyoreum) and radish (Raphanus sativus L. cv. Chungsukoungzoung) were irradiated at the dose of 2-50 Gy. The germination rate of irradiation group was higher than that of the control. Especially it was highest at the early stage. The germination rate of Chinese cabbage was high at 2 Gy and 8 Gy irradiation group and that of radish was high at 2 Gy, 6 Gy and 10 Gy irradiation group. Growth of both seedlings of Chinese cabbage and radish increased positively in low dose irradiation group. The height of Chinese cabbage was noticeably high at 4 Gy and 10 Gy irradiation group and that of radish at 6 Gy irradiation group. The protein contents of seedlings from seeds irradiated with the low dose gamma radiation was higher than the control, especially at the early stage. The enzyme activities of seedlings from seeds irradiated with the low dose gamma radiation was high at 4 Gy and 10 Gy irradiation group. These results suggest that the germination, growth and enzyme activities of old vegetable seeds could be promoted by the low dose gamma radiation.

• FLOWER RESEARCH JOURNAL
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• v.18 no.4
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• pp.271-277
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• 2010

The study is aimed to obtain the basic data for developing new variations of wild spring orchid. The results was investigated the capsules' formational characteristics and the germination ratio after having been self-pollinated by dividing the flowering period into the 5 stages into budding time, semi-flowering, full-flowering, 10 days after flowering, and 20 days after flowering. The fruit setting ratio was the highest as 100% in the plant which had been pollinated 20 days after the flowering, while the weight of the capsule was heaviest in the orchid which had been pollinated in semi-flowering period. As the result of investigating the germination ratio by dividing the period into 5 stages, it was the highest in the plant which had been pollinated during the semi-flowering period, and in the result of investigating the germination ratio by dividing the seeds harvesting days into the 3 stages, such as, 150 days, 165 days and 180 days after the pollination, it was highest as 5% in the orchid whose seeds had been harvested 150 days after the pollination. In the result of examining the germination ratio of the seeds treated with NaOCl, the those treated with 2% of NaOCl showed the highest as 67% in the germination ratio.

• KOREAN JOURNAL OF CROP SCIENCE
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• v.29 no.3
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• pp.275-279
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• 1984

To develop a long term storage technique of soybean germplasm, fifty lines of soybean seeds were kept in storage room controlled by air-conditioner and dehumidifier at KAERI. The storage room was kept below 25$^{\circ}C$ of temperature and 60% relative humidity. Germinability of stored seeds was evaluated at every three or six months. On the other hand, the newly harvested seeds of the lines were accerelated aging at 40$^{\circ}C$ and 90% of relative humidity, and compared with non-accerelated seeds. The average germinability at the starting time of storage was 97% but the germinability was decreased to 62% at 42 months after storage in the storage room. The germinability seemed to be affected by seed size and seed coat color. The germinability of small seed lot tended to be higher than that of large seed lot, and the germination response in longer term of storage was greater than those of shorter term of storage. The accerelated aging test for 7 days proved to be a useful technique to pretest germinability of soybean seeds for assaying the relative storage potential.

• Korean Journal of Plant Resources
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• v.36 no.5
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• pp.508-516
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• 2023

Germination, growth characteristics, and content of useful components were analyzed through GA₃ treatment of Angelica acutiloba (Siebold & Zucc.) Kitagawa seeds, to provide basic data for cultivation technology. The moisture absorption rate of the seeds was 62.07% after 2 hours of soaking, and the highest value was 122.15% after 48 hours. The appropriate seed germination temperature for the species ranged from 10℃ to 25℃. It was confirmed that the growth of seedlings increased as the GA₃ concentration increased, but there was no significant difference in the content of useful components according to the GA₃ treatment.