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Evaluation of Irrigation Canal Systems by the AHP(Analysis Hierarchy Process) Method (AHP기법에 의한 관개용수로 조직의 평가)

  • 박재흥;김선주;김필식
    • Magazine of the Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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    • v.45 no.6
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    • pp.96-108
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    • 2003
  • Agricultural water occupies the largest portion of total water use in Korea, and generally researches on the development of agricultural water have been stressed on the demand of agricultural water itself. But it is unavoidable to change a policy from the development of water resources to cope with the increase of water demand to the effective management of existing water resources. Evaluation of the decrepitude of irrigation facilities and their reasonable maintenance are important for the effective supply and use of agricultural water. Therefore it is necessary to develop evaluation technique that diagnoses the current condition of irrigation canals and suggest a countermeasure to improve the found problems. 25 items in 6 classes were selected for the evaluation of irrigation canal systems, and the weighted value between the items was calculated using AHP (Analysis Hierarchy Process) method. The current condition of the irrigation facilities was evaluated from the class evaluation marks, and ranking was decided from the total marks between the projects, and finally the priority of the project for the improvement was given.

Reinforcing Effect of Thin-wall at Serviceability Condition (상시하중상태에서 박벽의 보강효과에 대한 연구)

  • Kim, Doo-Hwan;Yoon, Seong-Soo;Park, Jin-Seon
    • Journal of The Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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    • v.52 no.2
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    • pp.11-17
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    • 2010
  • For the reasonable analysis of design problems for agricultural facilities, considered the reinforcing effect of thin-wall. The most of agricultural structure is constructed small scale and have many purposes. Thus it has been designed temporary rather than permanent structure, and has relatively large slenderness ratio, small section and semi-rigid condition. Therefore many agricultural facilities are consist of relatively strong frame with weak wall at the viewpoint of stiffness and have not been reflected in the design. But the tension field influences to collapse of structure have already known. Therefore, we need quantification the effect of tension field at structural analysis. In this study, present the method of quantification the effect of tension field that came out thin-plate surrounded by high stiffness frame. The numerical results show that the effect of tension field effect for thin-wall is about 5% of the sectional area of frame in study agricultural facilities.

Relation between Disease Incidence of Bacterial Grain Rot of Rice and Weather Conditions

  • Noh, Tae-Hwan;Kim, Hyung-Moo;Song, Wan-Yeob;Lee, Du-ku;Kang, Mi-Hyung;Shim, Hyeong-Kwon
    • Plant Resources
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    • v.7 no.1
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    • pp.36-38
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    • 2004
  • Bacterial grain rot of rice caused by Burkholderia glumae was examined between weather condition and disease incidence. From 1998 to 2000, average disease incidence was 3.0 % without difference in survey regions. However, it was related closely to amount of rainfall that disease incidence higher in 1998 and 2000 to 3.0 % and 3.6 % respectively than 2.3 in 1999 relatively small volum of rainfall season.

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Screening of Bacterial Strains for Alleviating Drought Stress in Chili Pepper Plants (고추 식물의 건조 스트레스 완화를 위한 미생물 선발)

  • Kim, Sang Tae;Yoo, Sung-Je;Song, Jaekyeong;Weon, Hang-Yeon;Sang, Mee Kyung
    • Research in Plant Disease
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    • v.25 no.3
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    • pp.136-142
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    • 2019
  • Drought stress is considered as one of major abiotic stresses; it leads to reduce plant growth and crop productivity. In this study, we selected bacterial strains for alleviating drought stress in chili pepper plants. As drought-tolerant bacteria, 28 among 447 strains were pre-selected by in vitro assays including growth in drought condition with polyethylene glycol and plant growth-promoting traits including production of 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate deaminase, indole-3-acetic acid and exopolysaccharide. Sequentially, 7 among pre-selected 28 strains were screened based on relative water content (RWC); GLC02 and KJ40, among seven strains were finally selected by RWC and malondialdehyde (MDA) in planta trials under an artificial drought condition by polyethylene glycol solution. Two strains GLC02 and KJ40 reduced drought stress in a natural drought condition as well as an artificial condition. Strains GLC02 or KJ40 increased shoot fresh weight, chlorophyll and stomatal conductance while they decreased MDA in chili pepper plants under a natural drought condition. However, two strains did not show biocontrol activity against diseases caused by Phytophthora capsici and Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria in chili pepper plants. Taken together, strains GLC02 or KJ40 can be used as bio-fertilizer for alleviation of drought stress in chili pepper plants.

Effect of Light, Temperature, and Shaking Speed on Production of Capsaicin in Suspension-Cultured Jalapeno Pepper (Capsicum annuum L.)

  • Lee, Kwon-Bok;Engler, Cady;Yang, Jae E.;Lee, Shin-Woo;Park, Yong-Ha
    • Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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    • v.44 no.2
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    • pp.84-86
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    • 2001
  • Capsaicin synthesis by suspension cultured cells of Jalapeno pepper (Capcicum annuum L.) was assessed in vitro under various conditions including temperature (23 and $30^{\circ}C$), light intensity (with light and without light), and shaking speed (110 and 200 rpm). Capsaicin production increased, while the cell biomass growth decreased possibly due to the production of a secondary metabolite. Capsaicin synthesis was primarily affected by light condition. Cells cultivated at 110 rpm and $23^{\circ}C$ under light condition yielded the highest fresh weight, while those cultivated under the same condition, but without light resulted in the lowest cell mass. Capsaicin content in cells of 18-day-old pepper grown at 110 rpm and $23^{\circ}C$ under light was 0.125% of the cell mass. However, without light treatment, the capsaicin content in cells at the same shaking speed and temperature increased up to 169%, indicating no light is favored in the capsaicin synthesis by Jalapeno pepper. Increasing the shaking speed from 110 to 200 rpm without light enhanced the capsaicin synthesis. Results of this study demonstrate that light condition is the limiting factor in the synthesis of capsaicin in tissue-cultured Jalapeno pepper cells.

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Changes of Rice Storage Proteins Affected by Dry and Storage Temperature (건조 및 저장조건에 따른 쌀 저장단백질의 변화양상)

  • Shin, Pyung-Gyun;Chang, An-Cheol;Hong, Seong-Chang;Lee, Ki-Sang;Lee, Keum-Hee;Lee, Yong-Bok
    • Korean Journal of Environmental Agriculture
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    • v.27 no.4
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    • pp.456-459
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    • 2008
  • Quality of rice grain changes during dry storage with internal physiological changes and external injury by organism. Storage rice changes by condition with respiration via variable temperature, hydrolysis enzyme reaction, lipid peroxidation occurs with change of palatability. During dry storage, physiological change with protein variation pattern was examined by image analysis on proteomic technology. Analysis revealed that protein activity had no change store at room temperature and store at $40^{\circ}C$, but decreased store at $60^{\circ}C$. Analysis of variable hydrophobic protein pattern revealed that protein activity of beta-tubulin, protein disulfide isomerase, vacuolar ATPase b subunit, globulin was not significantly decreased all dry and store condition. However, heat shock protein 70, and glutathione transferase was significantly decreased when rice dried at $60^{\circ}C$ compared with room temperature and $40^{\circ}C$ dry condition.

Work-related Musculoskeletal Disorders among Agricultural Workers

  • Lee, Soo-Jin;Park, Hwan-Jin
    • Journal of the Ergonomics Society of Korea
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    • v.30 no.4
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    • pp.525-534
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    • 2011
  • This paper describes the current status of musculoskeletal disorders(MSDs) and its ergonomic risk factors, including the preventive intervention in terms of the working conditions and health promotion among agricultural workers. Korean agricultural workers have been exposed to the poor working condition. They have suffered from a variety of work-related injury and diseases more than the general population or the other occupational group. MSDs are one of the most prevalent problems threatening the agricultural worker's health and quality of life. Low back pain, osteoarthritis of hip and knee joint and carpal tunnel syndrome are well known MSDs that was found easily and frequently among agricultural workers. MSDs are worsened by poor ergonomic working conditions such as heavy weight lifting, repetitive movement and awkward posture which involves squatting with long sitting work on the ground, long working hours and heavy workload which are inherent in the greater part of agricultural works. Even though Korean agricultural workers are very weak population in terms of occupational safety and health, no many studies were conducted in the past and no many social and institutional supports were provided sufficiently. We need more interests and efforts in agricultural fields to improve its working condition and to promote health status of agricultural workers.

Herbicidal Activity of Naturally Developed d-Limonene against Sicyos angulatus L. under the Greenhouse and Open Field Condition (온실 및 노지조건에서 천연물질 d-Limonene의 가시박에 대한 살초활성)

  • Kang, Chung-Kil;Oh, Young-Joo;Lee, Sang-Beom;Lee, Byung-Mo;Nam, Hong-Shik;Lee, Yong-Ki;Jee, Hyeong-Jin;Hong, Moo-Ki;Koo, Suk-Jin
    • Korean Journal of Weed Science
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    • v.31 no.4
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    • pp.368-374
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    • 2011
  • This experiment was conducted to Investigate the herbicidal activity of naturally developed d-Limonene on the control of Sicyos angulatus L. which is destructive to biodiversity and ecosystem under greenhouse and open field condition. Among the tested concentrations, most efficacy of early foliar application(leaf stage with 1.5 and 3) of d-Limonene was found in $70mg\;mL^{-1}$, followed by $35mg\;mL^{-1}$, $17.5mg\;mL^{-1}$ in that order under greenhouse condition. The higher the d-Limonene concentration, the better the effect in greenhouse condition. In leaf stage with 2, 3 and 5 under open field condition, the higher the d-Limonene concentrations, the higher the weeding effect. The remarkable effect was, particularly, found in d-Limonene with $70mg\;mL^{-1}$ while little was found in the plants with d-Limonene with $35mg\;mL^{-1}$. In the case of 15 leaf stage of S. angulatus L. treated with d-Limonene under outside treatment effect was low. The treatment effect of d-Limonene under open field compared with greenhouse condition was more significant. It can be recommended that d-Limonene with $70mg\;mL^{-1}$ could control S. angulatus L. by 5 leaf stage.