• 식물병연구
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.56-59
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• 2001

Stem rot of cacti was found at major cultivating areas including Koyang, Ansung and Eumsung of Korea in 2000. Bipolaris cactivora was consistently isolated from the lesions. The disease occurred on different species of cactus including Cereus peruvianus, C. neopithahaja f. monstruo년, C. tetragonus, Chamaeceresu silestrii, Ch. silvestrii, f. variegata, Gymnocalcium mihanovichii var. friedrichii. G. denudatum var. pentacantha, Hylocereus trigonus and Isolatocereus dumortier. Major symptoms on the cactus species except H. trigohus were almost identical. A rapid rot of the upper portion of the catus stem appeared, and became blackened and somewhat dry. On H. trigonus, the symptom was initially light yellow, water-soaked lesion, turned into light brown and dried to death. According to pathogenicity test, 10 out of 16 cactus species and varieties tested produced identical symptoms as found in the field. However, the fungi did not show pathogenicity to Notocactus scopa, Echinocactus grusonii, Eriocactus leninghausii, Lobivia nealeana, Mammillaria elongata var. intertexta.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제34권1호
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• pp.65-70
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• 2018

Co-infection with two virus species was previously reported in some cactus plants. Here, we showed that Notocactus leninghausii f. cristatus can be co-infected with six different viruses: cactus mild mottle virus (CMMoV)-Nl, cactus virus X (CVX)-Nl, pitaya virus X (PiVX)-Nl, rattail cactus necrosis-associated virus (RCNaV)-Nl, schlumbergera virus X (SchVX)-Nl, and zygocactus virus X (ZyVX)-Nl. The coat protein sequences of these viruses were compared with those of previously reported viruses. CMMoV-Nl, CVX-Nl, PiVX-Nl, RCNaV-Nl, SchVX-Nl, and ZyVX-Nl showed the greatest nucleotide sequence homology to CMMoV-Kr (99.8% identity, GenBank accession NC_011803), CVX-Jeju (77.5% identity, GenBank accession LC12841), PiVX-P37 (98.4% identity, GenBank accession NC_024458), RCNaV (99.4% identity, GenBank accession NC_016442), SchVX-K11 (95.7% identity, GenBank accession NC_011659), and ZyVX-B1 (97.9% identity, GenBank accession NC_006059), respectively. This study is the first report of co-infection with six virus species in N. leninghausii f. cristatus in South Korea.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.231-237
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• 2010

The heat-inactivated (at $121^{\circ}C$ for 20 min) conidial suspension of Bipolaris cactivora (HICS) was evaluated for the control of Bipolaris stem rot of cactus caused by B. cactivora. Severe rot symptoms were developed on the cactus stem discs inoculated with B. cactivora from 5 days after inoculation. However, only small brownish spots developed on the stem discs treated with HICS 2 days prior to the pathogen inoculation. HICS also reduced symptom development on cactus stem discs inoculated with other fungal pathogens such as Alternaria alternata, Colletotrichum gloeosporioides, and Fusarium oxysporum, suggesting its disease-inhibitory efficacy may not be pathogen-specific. HICS significantly reduced severities of the stem rot disease on several cactus species including Hylocereus trigonus, Cereus peruvianus, Chamaecereus silvestrii and Gymnocalycium mianovichii, but not on Cereus tetragonus. Extensive wound periderms were formed in the stem tissues of inoculation and/or wounding sites on C. peruvianus treated with HICS alone or prior to the pathogen inoculation, but not on C. tetragonus, indicating the structural modifications may be related to the mechanism of disease suppression by HICS. HICS also reduced the disease development on the grafted cactus (H. trigonus stock and G. mianovichii scion) with the control efficacy nearly equivalent to the application of a commercial fungicide. All of these results suggest HICS can be used as an environmental-friendly agent for the control of the cactus stem disease.

• 한국전통조경학회지
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.55-66
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• 2018

제주 선인장군락지는 동아시아 지역에서 식물지리학적으로 특이적인 분포를 보이고 있으며, 국내 유일한 자생지로 특유의 고유경관을 형성하고 있다. 그럼에도 불구하고 자생지 일대의 선인장 분포 현황에 관한 정밀조사가 이루어진 바 없으며, 서식지 내 혼생식물의 다양성 및 선인장 개체군 분포와의 상호 관계에 관한 조사가 이루어진 바 없다. 본 연구는 월령리 선인장군락지 내 관속식물의 다양성을 파악하고 선인장의 분포 실태 및 출현 경향을 기록하고자 하였다. 선인장의 분포 특성과 함께 혼생 식물종 가운데 서식처의 특성을 반영하는 종의 특성과 선인장 개체군의 유지에 위협이 되거나, 선인장 보존에 있어서 관리의 대상이 되는 생물 및 환경 요소에 관하여 논의하고자 한다. 식물상 확인을 위한 현장조사는 2015년 6월부터 2017년 9월까지 식물계절을 고려하여 총 6회에 걸쳐 이루어졌다. 식물에 대한 배열순서와 학명의 기재는 Engler 분류체계에 따라 정리하였으며, 종의 한글명은 한국표준식물목록을 채택하였다. 연구결과 제주 월령리 선인장군락지는 선인장이 우점하는 지역 고유의 특징적인 상관을 형성하고 있었다. 관속식물상은 53과 104속 109종 15변종 1품종으로 총 125분류군을 확인하였다. 환경부 지정 멸종위기식물은 분포하지 않았다. 양치식물은 꼬리고사리, 도깨비쇠고비로 2종이 확인하였으며, 나자식물은 서식하지 않았다. 피자식물이 총 123분류군이 나타났으며, 쌍자엽식물이 91분류군, 단자엽식물이 32분류군으로 밝혀졌다. 선인장 보호지역 내 전체 487개 격자 중 59.3%에 해당하는 289개 격자에서 선인장 분포를 확인하였으며, 5-95%의 다양한 피도분포를 보였다. 미출현 격자의 대부분은 현무암 암반이 노출된 해안지역으로, 반복적인 파도의 영향을 받아 토심이 발달하지 못하거나 극히 제한적인 지역과 인위적 시설물 또는 초지, 관찰로 등이 조성된 지역이었다. 반면 선인장이 70% 이상 높은 우점도를 보이는 구간은 총 71개 격자 지점으로 전체의 14.5%를 차지하고 있었다. 선인장은 보호 지역 내에서 무작위분포를 나타내며, 미소서식처 환경에 적응되어 생육가능입지를 따라 기회주의적으로 분포하고 있는 것으로 확인되었다. 군락지 내 선인장은 대부분 단위생식(parthenogenesis)에 의존되어 있음을 고려할 때 현재의 분포는 군락지 내 선인장의 잠재분포가능 영역을 투영하는 결과로 판단된다. 현장조사결과를 바탕으로 보호지역 보존 및 보호를 위한 관리방안을 제안하였다.

• 한국자원식물학회지
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.32-36
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• 2018

제주도 해안에서 선인장과의 한국 미기록 식물 Opuntia monacantha Haw.를 처음으로 발견하였다. "왕선인장"으로 명명된 O. monacantha Haw.(선인장과)는 곧추서서 자라며 상부 의가지들이 밑으로 쳐지는 경향이 있다. 그리고, 기존의 "선인장"에 비하여 식물체의 크기나 엽상경이 대형이다. 화피편 뒷면의 중륵에 자주색 줄무늬가 있다. 열매에는 엽침이 존재하지 않으며, 열매의 표면은 자주색을 띠나 과육은 황녹색이다. 종자는 대부분 흔적으로 남아있고 성숙한 종자는 매우 드물다.

• 한국식물병리학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국식물병리학회 2003년도 정기총회 및 추계학술발표회
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• pp.114.1-114
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• 2003

A new isolate of rod-shaped virus was identified from grafted cactus, Gymnocalycium mihanovichii grafted onto Hylocereus trigonus, in Korea. The virus proved to be a new Tobamovirus and called previously as Tobamovirus-Ca for which we suggest the name Cactus mild mottle virus(CMMoV), because it produced systemic mild mosaic symptoms on its original host. CMMoV is distantly related to known species of the genus Tobamovirus on the basis of host range, serological and sequence analyses. Western blot analysis showed that CMMoV is serologically unrelated to Summons' Opuntia virus which is the only known species of the genus found in cactus plants. The 3'-terminal 2,910 nucleotides have been sequenced for the virus. The coat protein (CP) and movement protein (MP) genes encode 161 and 306 amino acids residues, respectively. The nucleotide and amino acid sequences of the CP were 39.6 ％ to 49.2 ％ and 26.4 ％ to 40.3 ％ identical to other tobamoviruses, respectively. The MP and 3' noncoding region shared 16.3 ％ to 23.3 ％ and 44.6 ％ to 63.4 ％ identities, respectively, with the members of the genus. Phylogenetic tree analysis of the CP gene revealed that CMMoV clusters with members of subgroup I of Tobamovirus. CMMoV particles contained genomic RNA along with two subgenomic RNAs, and this characteristics is common in the members of the subgroup II. This is the first information of sequence and comparative analysis of a Tobamovirus that infects cactus.

• 한국식물병리학회지
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• 제14권5호
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• pp.463-466
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• 1998

A Fusarium species was isolated from stems of cactus(Hylocereus trigonus) showing rot symptoms at Koyang, Kyonggi province in 1997. This pathogen was identified as Fusarium oxysporum based on mycological characteristics. The rot symptom appeared at the soil line and roughly circular lesions, 1∼3 mm in diameter, appeared on basal stems. The pathogen formed both microconidia and macroconidia. Microconidia were formed abundantly in false-heads on short monophialides, oval to kidney-shaped. Macroconidia were slightly sickle-shaped, 3∼5-septated with an attenuated apical cell and a foot-shaped basal cell. Colony color on PDA was white, peach or purple. Chlamydospores were formed abundantly on PDA. The pathogen was able to cause stem rot symptoms to cactus by wound inoculation as well as non-wound inoculation.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.242-245
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• 2000

In 1999 and 2000, a rot of graft-cacti including Hylocereus trigonus (three-angled cactus), Gymnocalycium mihanovichii, and Chamaecereus silvestrii occurred in several greenhouses in major cactus-growing areas of Korea. Typical symptoms included a moist, light brown rot or a watery rot of the stems. A Colletotrichum sp. was isolated from the lesions. The fungus formed dark gray, dense or floccose colonies on potato dextrose agar, frequently forming many light pink acervuli often surrounded with setae. The hyaline, cylindrical conidia were one-celled with round ends. Appressoria were mostly semicircular or clavate. Thin-walled asci contained eight, one-celled, hyaline ascospores (biseriate in ascus). Ascopspores were strainht or curved, ellipsoidal or subcylindrical. Based on these characteristics, the fungus was identified as Glomerlla cingulata (anamorph : C. gloeosporioides). Wound inoculation of basal stems of the cactus by the mycelial plugs or conidia produced symptoms identical to those described above. Various cactus species were compared in susceptibility using stem disc inoculation. Cereus tetragonus, Eriocereus jusbertii, Myrtillocactus geomentrizans, and three-angled cacti from Mexico and Taiwan were susceptible, but C. peruvianus (Peruvian apple cactus) and Harrisia tortuosa not. This is the first report of G. cingulata causing stem rot of graft-cactus in Korea.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제29권1호
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• pp.42-51
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• 2013

One of the most important limiting factors for the production of the grafted cactus in Korea is the qualitative and quantitative yield loss derived from stem rots especially caused by Bipolaris cactivora. This study is aimed to develop microbial control agents useful for the control of the bipolaris stem rot. Two bacteria (GA1-23 and GA4-4) selected out of 943 microbial isolates because of their strong antibiotic activity against B. cactivora were identified as Bacillus subtilis and B. amyloliquefaciens, respectively, by the cultural characteristics, Biolog program and 16S rRNA sequencing analyses. Both bacterial isolates significantly inhibited the conidial germination and mycelial growth of the pathogen with no significant difference between the two, of which the inhibitory efficacies varied depending on the cultural conditions such as temperature, nutritional compositions and concentrations. Light and electron microscopy of the pathogen treated with the bacterial isolates showed the inhibition of spore germination with initial malformation of germ tubes and later formation of circle-like vesicles with no hyphal growth and hyphal disruption sometimes accompanied by hyphal swellings and shrinkages adjacent to the bacteria, suggesting their antibiotic mode of antagonistic activity. Control efficacy of B. subtilis GA1-23 and B. amyloliquefaciens GA4-4 on the cactus stem rot were not as high as but comparable to that of fungicide difenoconazole when they were treated simultaneously at the time of pathogen inoculation. All of these results suggest the two bacterial isolates have a good potential to be developed as biocontrol agents for the bipolaris stem rot of the grafted cactus.

• 한국식물병리학회지
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.73-78
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• 1997

A virus was purified from Korean cactus (Chamaeaereus silverstrii f. Variegata Hort) showing necrotic spots and its biophysicochemical properties were examined. The typical necrotic spots were observed on healthy looking cactus inoculated with the purified virus and the various symptoms from necrotic spots to systemic were observed on 17 species of test plats used, which suggests that the purified virus has the normal infectivity and wide host range. Ultraviolet absorption scanning analysis revealed that the viral preparation had the typical curve with shoulder at 290 nm and its ratio of absorbances at 260 nm to 280 nm and extinction coefficient was 1.156 and 2.86, respectively. The virus represented one distinct and homogeneous band and molecular weight of viral coat protein was determined to 17, 000 Dalton by SDS-PAGE. The virus revealed rod-shaped virion (325$\times$20 nm) by electron microscopy. Based on these results, it has been thought that the virus purified in this study is the pathogenic agents causing necrotic spot symptom on Korean cacuts and one of the member of tobamovirus family.