• 한국치위생학회지
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.91-98
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• 2024

Objectives: This case study aimed to evaluate changes in periodontal pathogens and systemic disease indicators following the adjunctive use of probiotics for periodontal treatment. Methods: Two adults, a 64-year-old male and 71-year-old female, were selected with ethical approval and underwent comprehensive oral and systemic health assessments before and after probiotic intake with periodontal debridement. Results: There was a significant reduction in the periodontal pathogens, particularly Porphyromonas gingivalis and Treponema forsythia, and no adverse systemic indicators were observed. Moreover, a trend toward improved lipid profiles was noted, suggesting a potential positive impact on systemic health. Conclusions: This study shows the potential role of probiotics in enhancing oral health and preventing systemic diseases, thus highlighting the need for further research and clinical trials.

• 생물환경조절학회지
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.492-501
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• 2009

재식거리 $3.2{\times}1.2m$로 심어 수고 2.5m의 세장방추형으로 관리해 오던 '후지'/M.9 사과나무를 재식 6년차부터 2년 동안 수고 4.0m로 관리하였다. 이후 재식 8년차에 수고를 2.5m(대조구), 3.0m, 3.5m, 4.0m로 조절하고 수고에 따른 2년간의 생산성 및 노동력을 비교하였다. 대조구인 수고 2.5m를 기준으로 하여 처리에 따른 10a당 생산량을 비교해 보면 첫해에는 수고 4.0m, 3.5m, 3.0m에서 각각 46%, 25%, 4%, 2년차에는 17%, 12%, 10% 증가하였다. 수고에 따른 과실 품질에 있어서는 가용성 고형물 함량은 2개년 모두 수고 2.5m가 가장 높았으나, 착색정도는 수고에 따른 뚜렷한 차이가 없었다. 노동력은 수고가 높아질수록 증가하였으나, 노동력에 따른 과실생산량은 수고가 낮을수록 증가하였다. 조수입과 순수입은 2005년의 경우 수고가 높아질수록 증가하였으나, 2006년은 수고 2.5m가 가장 높았지만 통계적 유의차는 없었다. 따라서 수고에 따른 생산성, 노동력, 경제성을 고려해 볼때 적정수고는 3.0~3.5m인 것으로 판단되었다.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제49권5호
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• pp.449-455
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• 2016

'Gamhong' apple cultivar which was bred by National Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Science, has high sugar contents, large types of fruit and mid-season types of cultivar. However, 'Gamhong' apple tree is very sensitive cultivar to bitter pit. Therefore, many farms have not solved the problems on bitter pit to cultivate 'Gamhong' apple tree. This study was carried out to find out the exposed length of rootstocks on the occurrence of bitter pit and fruit quality of 'Gamhong'/M.26 apple tree and seek the ideal cultivation strategy to decrease bitter pit to cultivate it. For this research, ten-years-old 'Gamhong'/M.26 apple trees were used. The difference among the treatments of the exposure of rootstock of RL (5 cm), RM (15 cm) and RH (20 cm) from the soil surface was observed with 4 repetition from 2010 to 2011. Decreased exposure of rootstocks resulted in more vigorous growth, taller height, and greater number of shoots. N and K/Ca of RH was tend to be lower than RM and RL, whereas as the exposure of rootstock decreased, fruit weight and bitter pit increased. Therefore, occurrence of bitter pit in RH was significantly lower than that of RM and RL treatment and fruit weight also decreased. There was no difference on nutrient contents of leaf and the fruit quality by the exposed of rootstock in 'Gamhong' M.26 apple tree. To reduce the occurrence of bitter pit, it may be helpful to keep the optimum exposure of rootstock within 20 cm from the soil surface.

• International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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• 제21권7호
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• pp.324-330
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• 2021

Agriculture is one of the essential needs of human life on planet Earth. It is the source of food and earnings for many individuals around the world. The economy of many countries is associated with the agriculture sector. Lots of diseases exist that attack various fruits and crops. Apple Tree Leaves also suffer different types of pathological conditions that affect their production. These pathological conditions include apple scab, cedar apple rust, or multiple diseases, etc. In this paper, an automatic detection framework based on deep learning is investigated for apple leaves disease classification. Different pre-trained models, VGG16, ResNetV2, InceptionV3, and MobileNetV2, are considered for transfer learning. A combination of parameters like learning rate, batch size, and optimizer is analyzed, and the best combination of ResNetV2 with Adam optimizer provided the best classification accuracy of 94%.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.87-96
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• 2018

BACKGROUND: The vigorous shoot growth in upper part of apple tree canopy leads to poor fruit quality and flower bud formation in lower part of canopy. So, this study was conducted to develop the proper control method about the shoot growth in upper part of apple tree canopy. METHODS AND RESULTS: Trunks of 'Fuji'/M9 apple trees were cut (back pruned) to 2.5 m in tree height on 11 February (dormant) or 12 April (full bloom). Naphthalene acetic acid (NAA) was applied at 2.0% to cut surface when trunk was pruned. Prohexadione-calcium (Pro-Ca) was sprayed at 250 mg/L above 2.0 m in tree height at 23 April (petal fall). The NAA or Pro-Ca application after trunk was pruned at dormant (TR-2 and TR-3) significantly reduced shoot growth in upper part of canopy compared with the control (tree was only pruned at dormant, TR-1), but the percent of shoots showing the secondary growth of TR-3 was higher over 2 times than that of TR-2. The reduction of shoot growth in upper part of canopy by TR-2 and TR-3 increased the fruit red color from the lower part in the treating year and blooming of the lower part in the following year. CONCLUSION: Applying 2.0% NAA to cut surface of pruned apple trunk at dormant was the most effective way for stabilization of the tree vigor in upper part of the canopy in a high density apple orchard.

• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.150-157
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• 2024

본 논문은 딥러닝 기반 객체 탐지 모델과 다항 회귀모델을 이용하여 사과나무에 열린 사과의 개수를 예측할 수 있는 새로운 알고리즘을 제안한다. 사과나무에 열린 사과의 개수를 측정하면 사과 생산량을 예측할 수 있고, 농산물 재해 보험금 산정을 위한 손실을 평가하는 데에도 활용할 수 있다. 사과 착과량 측정을 위해 사과나무의 앞면과 뒷면을 촬영하였다. 촬영된 사진에서 사과를 식별하여 라벨링한 데이터 세트를 구축하였고, 이 데이터 세트를 활용하여 1단계 객체 탐지 방식의 CNN 모델을 학습시켰다. 그런데 사과나무에서 사과가 나뭇잎, 가지 등으로 가려진 경우 영상에 포착되지 않아 영상 인식 기반의 딥러닝 모델이 해당 사과를 인식하거나 추론하는 것이 어렵다. 이 문제를 해결하기 위해, 우리는 두 단계로 이루어진 추론 과정을 제안한다. 첫 번째 단계에서는 영상 기반 딥러닝 모델을 사용하여 사과나무의 양쪽에서 촬영한 사진에서 각각의 사과 개수를 측정한다. 두 번째 단계에서는 딥러닝 모델로 측정한 사과 개수의 합을 독립변수로, 사람이 실제로 과수원을 방문하여 카운트한 사과 개수를 종속변수로 설정하여 다항 회귀 분석을 수행한다. 본 논문에서 제안하는 2단계 추론 시스템의 성능 평가 결과, 각 사과나무에서 사과 개수를 측정하는 평균 정확도가 90.98%로 나타났다. 따라서 제안된 방법은 수작업으로 사과의 개수를 측정하는 데 드는 시간과 비용을 크게 절감할 수 있다. 또한, 이 방법은 딥러닝 기반 착과량 예측의 새로운 기반 기술로 관련 분야에서 널리 활용될 수 있을 것이다.

• 한국유기농업학회지
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.35-43
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• 1997

For the purpose of acquiring microbial agents that can be utilized to billogically control the major airborne disease to apple trees, such as canker(Valsa ceratosperma), the effective microorgaisms were isolated, tested for antagonistic activity to the pathogen causing major disease to apple trees and identifed. Screening of more than 3, 000 species of microorganisms collected in nature for them antagonistic action to the pathogen, Valsa ceratosperma causing disease to apple tree resulted in selection of effective species. Out of the 11 species, one species designated as CAP141 demonstrated outstanding activity. The bacterial strain, CAP141 exerted antagonistic efficiency of 65% on Valsa ceratosperma. The CAP141 was identified as a bacterial strain to Bacillus subtilis based on morphology, culture conditions, and physio-biochemical characteristics.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제38권3호
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• pp.145-153
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• 2019

BACKGROUND: The 'Gamhong' cultivar, middle season apple with big fruit size and high soluble solid content, has been bred in Korea. However, it was hard to cultivate the cultivar in Korea by serious bitter pit. The relationships between shoot growth, fruit size, and bitter pit may be affected by crop load. This study was conducted for 2 years (7~8 years after planting) to investigate vegetative growth, fruit quality, bitter pit incidence, return bloom, and gross income for optimum crop load of 'Gamhong'/M.9 adult apple tree. METHODS AND RESULTS: The crop load was assigned to 4 different object ranges as follow: 45~64, 65~84, 85~104, and 105~124 fruits per tree. The vegetative growth, average fruit weight, percentage of fruits heavier than 375 g, soluble solid content, and return bloom increased significantly at the crop load range of 45~64 fruits. However, the lowest total gross income per tree may have been caused by the highest bitter pit incidence and the lowest yield per tree in any other crop load range. The total gross income and yield per tree increased significantly at the crop load range of 105~124 fruits and return bloom dropped to 40%, and hence it was possible to occur biennial bearing. It was 85~104 fruits that biennial bearing did not occur and total gross income was as high as the crop load range of 105~124 fruits. Also, the yield of high grade fruits per tree, with fruit weight of 400~499 g and none bitter pit on fruit surface, was highest at the crop load range of 85~104 fruits, compared to other crop load range. CONCLUSION: In considering fruit size, bitter pit incidence, return bloom, and gross income, the optimum crop load range of 'Gamhong'/M.9 adult apple tree in high density orchard was 85~104 fruits per tree.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제42권2호
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• pp.104-111
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• 2023

As apple trees mature, it is important to maintain good light distribution within the canopy to produce marketable fruits. Tree thinning is the selective removal of a proportion of trees growing in the orchard to provide more growing space and a good light environment for the remaining trees. This study was conducted over 3 years (14-16 years after planting) to investigate the influence of tree thinning on vegetative growth, yield, fruit quality, and blooming in the 14 years old slender spindle 'Fuji'/M.9 apple trees planted with the tree space of 3.2×1.2 m. The trees were placed in a control group (no thinning; 260 trees per 10 a) or a tree thinning group (thinned 50% of the control; 130 trees per 10 a). The tree thinning successfully improved light penetration, yield per tree, fruit red color, and yield efficiency for 3 years, and the tree thinning controlled the occurrence of biennial bearing. However, tree thinning significantly decreased accumulated yield per 10 a compared with the control. The vegetative growth, yield per tree, soluble solid contents, and blooming were not clear by the occurrence of biennial bearing in the control. These results indicated that tree thinning was a good method for improving light penetration and preventing biennial bearing in the old 'Fuji'/M.9 high-density apple orchards.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제42권4호
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• pp.297-310
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• 2023

M.7 rootstock is moderately resistant to fire blight. However, M.7 is generally too vigorous for high-density apple systems, but it can be grafted onto cultivars that exhibit weak tree growth, such as 'Sansa'. This study investigated the vegetative growth, yield, and fruit quality of 'Sansa' apple trees grafted on M.7 or M.9 rootstocks to assess the feasibility of establishing domestic high-density apple systems using M.7 and to determine the optimum exposure length for rootstocks. Trees were planted with exposed rootstock lengths of 5, 10, and 15 cm. The vegetative growth of apple trees grafted onto M.7 was greater than that of M.9 and vegetative growth tended to decrease as the exposed length of rootstock increased. However, the differences in yield per tree, average weights, soluble solids contents, and titratable acidity due to the rootstock and its exposure length varied. The accumulated yield over a 10 year period and the yield efficiency of M.7 were lower than that of M.9 and the yield efficiency tended to decrease as the exposed length of rootstock increased. When apple trees were grafted onto M.9, biennial bearing and tree vigor weakening occurred if the exposed length of the rootstock was over 10 cm. Conversely, when apple trees were grafted onto M.7, vegetative growth was excessive if the exposed length of rootstock was below 10 cm. Based on the results from this study, the optimum M.7 and M.9 exposure lengths for 'Sansa' were 15 cm and 5 cm, respectively.