• 한국응용곤충학회지
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• 제51권3호
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• pp.245-253
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• 2012

벤질리덴아세톤(benzylinedeneacetone: BZA)은 두 곤충병원세균인 Xenorhabdus nematophila와 Photorhabdus temperata subsp. temperata에서 유래된 대사산물의 일종이다. 이 물질은 곤충의 세포성 및 체액성 면역반응을 억제하며 또한 다양한 세균이나 곰팡이에 대해 항생효과를 갖고 있다. 그러나 이 물질이 갖는 비교적 높은 약해와 낮은 식물체 침투력은 효과적 농약으로 개발하는 데 어려움을 주고 있다. 본 연구에서는 다섯 개의 서로 다른 BZA 유사체를 스크리닝하여 면역억제 및 항균활성을 유지하면서 비교적 용해도가 높고 약해가 낮은 물질을 선발하였다. BZA의 벤젠 고리에 수산기가 붙은 유도체는 면역억제 및 항균활성이 뚜렷이 낮아졌다. 또한 BZA의 케톤기를 카르복실기로 변형하면 면역억제와 항균활성을 잃게 되었다. 그러나 BZA의 탄화수소 사슬을 짧게 하여 형성된 아세테이트 유도체인 4-hydroxyphenylacetic acid (HPA)는 면역억제와 항균활성을 잃지 않았다. 또한 HPA는 BZA 보다 고추(Capsicum annuum)에 대해 약해가 낮은 것으로 나타났다. 이 연구는 낮은 약해를 유발하면서 높은 곤충면역억제와 식물병원균에 대해 높은 항균활성을 보이는 BZA 유도체를 선발하였다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제30권12호
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• pp.1085-1091
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• 2020

본 연구에서는 고추(Capsicum annuum L.) 수확 후 버려지는 잔재물의 활용가치를 위해 이들로부터 추출한 발효추출물과 열수추출물의 생리활성과 세포독성을 분석하였다. 녹광고추 발효추출물에 함유된 질소, 인산, 칼륨, 칼슘, 마그네슘 성분의 총 함량은 청양고추 발효추출물 보다 2배 정도 높았고, 열수추출물에서는 유사한 함량을 보였다. 미량원소 중에는 붕산, 철, 규소 성분만 검출되고, 아연, 망간, 몰리브덴, 구리 성분은 두 추출물 모두에서 검출되지 않았다. 총 폴리페놀과 플라보노이드 함량은 청양고추와 녹광고추 모두에서 발효추출물이 열수추출물 보다 2배 이상 높게 나타내었다. DPPH radical 소거 능력은 발효추출물이 열수추출물 보다 항산화력이 높게 나타내었으나, ABTS radical 소거 능력은 열수추출물이 발효추출물 보다 항산화력이 높게 나왔다. MTT assay를 이용한 추출물의 세포독성 실험에서는 청양고추와 녹광고추 두 추출물의 모든 농도에서 세포독성이 미약한 것으로 확인되었다. 따라서 고추 수확 후 버려지는 잔재물이 천연 기능성 물질추출을 위한 소재로 이용되거나 또한 그 추출물이 각종 바이오 소재로 활용되어도 큰 문제가 없으리라 판단된다.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제46권6호
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• pp.713-720
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• 2017

본 연구는 파프리카와 고추 간의 품종별, 색깔별로 나누어 조리방법에 따라 베타카로틴, 비타민 E, 엽산의 함량을 비교하고자 하였다. 또한, 4종류의 시료를 서로 다른 조리방법(삶기, 굽기, 볶기, 튀기기, 찌기, 로스팅, 전자레인지)을 사용하였고, 이를 통해 베타카로틴, 비타민 E, 엽산의 잔존율과 각각의 함량에 대한 색, 종류, 조리방법의 상관성을 조사하였다. 파프리카와 고추는 모두 조리과정에서 중량이 감소하였다. 베타카로틴, 엽산의 함량은 색깔, 종류, 조리방법의 영향을 받았고(P<0.05), 비타민 E의 함량은 영향을 크게 받지 않았다. 조리 전 시료의 베타카로틴, 비타민 E, 엽산 함량(mg/100 g) 범위는 각각 95.4(풋고추)~2,441.1(홍고추), 0.7(녹색 파프리카)~4.2(적색 파프리카), 6.2(풋고추)~148.7(홍고추)로 나타났다. 조리 후 베타카로틴, 비타민 E, 엽산의 함량은 각각 튀긴 홍고추, 로스팅한 홍고추, 삶은 홍고추에서 가장 높은 함량을 보였다. 잔존율의 경우 베타카로틴, 비타민 E, 엽산이 각각 77.3(홍고추-삶기)~356.4(풋고추-로스팅)%, 2.0(홍고추-전자레인지)~789.3(녹색 파프리카-튀기기)%, 20.9(홍고추-전자레인지)~445.1(풋고추-찌기)% 범위로 나타났다. 홍고추를 제외한 나머지 모든 시료에서 베타카로틴, 비타민 E, 엽산이 조리방법에 상관없이 75% 이상의 높은 잔존율을 보였다. 홍고추의 비타민 E와 엽산은 튀기기와 전자레인지에서 2.0~32.1% 범위로 낮은 잔존율을 보였다. 이러한 결과들을 종합해 보았을 때 파프리카와 고추의 조리 전후에 대한 기초자료로 활용이 가능할 것으로 생각하며, 전자레인지를 이용한 조리방법에 따른 영양소 파괴에 대한 추가적인 연구가 필요할 것으로 생각한다.

• 농업생명과학연구
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• 제43권5호
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• pp.17-25
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• 2009

본 실험은 국내 고추종자 12 품종을 대상으로 SMP 처리시 최적의 발아온도와 건조기간을 구명하고, 3 종류의 종자처리기술을 적용하여 고추종자의 입모율과 수확량을 비교하고자 하였다. 발아온도에 따른 결과는 무처리 종자가 $15^{\circ}C$에서 12 품종 모두 전혀 발아가 되지 않았다. SMP 처리종자는 발아율이 77(여명)~100%(대왕)로 높았으며, $15^{\circ}C$ 여명품종의 77%와 $35^{\circ}C$의 부강품종 85%를 제외한 나머지 품종은 모든 온도에서 93% 이상으로 높은 경향이었다. 건조조건은 $45^{\circ}C$에서 3시간이 적절한 품종으로 금수레, 동방, 종가네, 향촌, 여명, 광복, 왕 품종이었으며, $35^{\circ}C$에서 6 시간이 적절한 품종은 마니따, 조양 품종이었고, $25^{\circ}C$에서 12시간이 적절하다고 판단된 품종은 부강, 다보탑, 대왕 품종이었다. 건조기간에 따른 고추종자의 수분 함수율 변화는 품종마다 다소 차이는 있겠으나, $45^{\circ}C$에서 3~6시간으로 판단되었다. SMP, osmopriming, pH조절처리에 따른 입묘율을 비교한 결과 낮은 입모율을 보이는 처리는 향촌품종의 pH 조절처리, 다보품종은 무처리, osmopriming 처리였다. 또한 광복품종은 입모율이 낮았고, 대왕품종은 다른 품종에 비해 양호한 경향이었다. 정식 후 90일째 수량에서 무처리가 낮은 경향이었으며, 결주율 또한 높게 나타났다. 품종에 따라 수량의 차이는 있었으며, pH 조절과 osmopriming의 처리 또한 모든 품종에서 안정된 입모율을 보이는 것은 아니었다. 결론적으로 SMP 처리조건은 모든 품종에서 안정된 입모의 확보를 가져올 수 있었으며, 다양한 환경조건에서 반복적인 연구가 진행되어야 할 것으로 사료되었다.

• Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.192-196
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• 2001

Ethanol extracts from 36 vegetable samples were assayed for their growth-promoting effects on Bifidobacterium bifidum, B. longum, and Lactobacillus casei The growth-promoting effects varied according to bacterial strain and vegetable species. In modified Gy rgy broth, extracts of Lactuca sativa, Lycopersicon esculentum and L escutentum var. cerasiforme exhibited strong growth-promoting responses toward B. longum, and significant and strong growth- promoting response toward B. bifidum was observed in extracts of Actinidia arguta, Allium cepa, A. sativum, Brassica campestris subsp. napus vats. pekinensis, Capsicum frutescens, Daucus carota var. sativa, L sativa, 1. esculentum and L. esculentum var. cerasforme, Nelumbo nucifera, Cucurbita moschata, Lackca sativa var. capitata, and Rubus coreanus. For L casei, extracts of A. fshlosum, A. hberosum, Cichorium intbus, Cucurbita moschat\ulcorner Ipomoea batatas, 1. sativa var. capitata, L. esculentum, P. brachycarpa, Raphanus sativus, R. coreanus, and S. melongena strongly enhanced the growth of this bacteria. In modified Gy rgy broth, the promoting effect was most pronounced with B. bifidum and L. casei among lactic acid bacteria used. In MRS broth, A. arguta, A. cepa, A. sativum, B. campestris subsp. napus var. pekinensis, C. frutescens, and D. carota var. sativa L. satiw var. capitata, and R. coreanus strongly enhanced the growth of B. bifidum, Growth of B. longum was strongly affected by the addition of extracts from L. sativa var. capitata. For L casei, moderate growth-promoting responses were observed in 9 vegetable extracts. The promoting effect in MRS broth was most pronounced with B. bifidum among lactic acid bacteria used.

• Mycobiology
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• 제46권2호
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• pp.122-128
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• 2018

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) are well-known for their ability to improve plant growth and help plants withstand abiotic stress conditions. Unlike other fungi and bacteria, AMF cannot be stored, as they are obligate biotrophs. Long-term preservation of AMF spores is challenging and may lead to the loss of viability and efficiency. This study aimed to understand the effect of prolonged subculture of AMF species on the growth and glomalin-related soil protein (GRSP) from red pepper (Capsicum annuum L.). AMF spores were mass-produced using different techniques and subcultured in pots with sorghum sudangrass as the host plant for 3 years. Experimental soil samples were collected from natural grassland. Five different AMF inocula were used in triplicate as treatments. After 70 days of growth, red pepper plants were harvested and plant dry weight, plant nutrient content, mycorrhizal colonization, AMF spore count, and soil glomalin content were determined. AMF-treated plants displayed higher dry weight than controls, with only fruit dry weight being significantly different. Similarly, significant differences in phosphorous and potassium contents of the above-ground plant parts were observed between mycorrhizal and control treatments. In addition, soil GRSP content was significantly higher in plants inoculated with Rhizophagus sp. and Gigaspora margarita. The increased plant growth and GRSP content suggest that AMF can be maintained for 3 years without losing their efficiency if subcultured regularly with different symbiotic host plants.

• 한국식물병리학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국식물병리학회 2003년도 정기총회 및 추계학술발표회
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• pp.125.2-125
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• 2003

Since 2000, severe rots on aerial and underground parts of paprika( Capsicum annum L.) has occurred in most cultivation glasshouses throughout the country. Totally 169 isolates of a fungus were consistently isolated from the diseased plant tissues of fruits, stems, branches, and roots collected from 19 farms in six provinces. Anamorph stage of the fungus was identified as Fusarium solani based on morphological characteristics. However, the fungus readily produced sexual structure of perithecia on infected plant tissues and on agar medium. Since the fungus formed abundant perithecia by single isolate, it was considered as a homothallic strain of Nectria hematococn, the teleomorph of F. solani. Irregularly globose perithecia with orange to red color formed sparsely to gregariously on dead tissues of fruits and basal stems at the 3ate infection stage, which is a diagnostic sign for the disease. Abundancy of perithecium varied among isolates and they sized 125-220$\mu\textrm{m}$ in diam. Asci enveloping eight ascospores were cylindrical and measured 60-80x8-12$\mu\textrm{m}$. Ellipsoid to obovate ascospores are two-celled and measured 11-l8${\times}$4-7$\mu\textrm{m}$. Ascospores are hyaline, slightly constricted at the central septum, and revealed longitudinal striations that is a typical trait of the species. This fungus that has never been reported in Korea previously became a threat to paprika cultivation because of its strong pathogenicity and nationwide distribution.

• 한국식물병리학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국식물병리학회 2003년도 정기총회 및 추계학술발표회
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• pp.69.1-69
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• 2003

RSH (relA/spoT homolog) has been known to determine the level of guanosine tetraphosphate (ppGpp) and guanosine pentaphosphate (pppGpp), which are the effector nucleotide of the prokaryotic stringent response and also play a role in antibiotic production and differentiation in Streptomyces species but not a little in eukaryotic organism, especially in plant. Salicylic acid (SA), a critical signal molecule of establishing systemic acquired resistance (SAR), could induce SAR in Pepper (Capcicum annuum) against Phytophthora capsici. And the extent of SAR induction was in proportion to the dosage of SA (or BTH). Suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH), a PCR-based method for cDNA subtraction, was carried out between SA-treated and non-SA-treated pepper leaves to isolate genes which may be responsible for defense signaling against pathogens. Early upregulated gene was selected from reverse northern and kinetics of SSH-genes transcripts in SA-treated pepper leaves upon SA treatment. Full-length cDNA of the gene (PepRSH； Pepper RelA / SpoT homolog) had an open reading frame (ORF) of 2166 bp encoding a protein of 722 amino acids and a significant homology with (p)ppGpp phosphohydrolase or synthetase. Genomic DNA gel blot analysis showed that pepper genome has at least single copy of PepRSH. PepRSH transcripts was very low in untreated pepper leaves but strongly induced by SA and methyljasmonic acid (MeJA), indicating that PepRSH may share common SA and MeJA-mediated signal transduction pathway Functional analysis in E. coli showed PepRSH confers phenotypes associated with (p)ppGpp synthesis through a complementation using active site mutagenesis.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.375-383
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• 2014

Fungi tolerate exposure to various abiotic stresses, including cytotoxic compounds and fungicides, via their ATP-driven efflux pumps belonging to ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters. To clarify the molecular basis of interaction between the fungus and various abiotic stresses including fungicides, we constructed a cDNA library from germinated conidia of Colletotrichum acutatum, a major anthracnose pathogen of pepper (Capsicum annum L.). Over 1,000 cDNA clones were sequenced, of which single clone exhibited significant nucleotide sequence homology to ABC transporter genes. We isolated three fosmid clones containing the C. acutatum ABC1 (CaABC1) gene in full-length from genomic DNA library screening. The CaABC1 gene consists of 4,059 bp transcript, predicting a 1,353-aa protein. The gene contains the typical ABC signature and Walker A and B motifs. The 5'-flanking region contains a CAAT motif, a TATA box, and a Kozak region. Phylogenetic and structural analysis suggested that the CaABC1 is a typical ABC transporter gene highly conserved in various fungal species, as well as in Chromista, Metazoans, and Viridiplantae. We also found that CaABC1 was up-regulated during conidiation and a minimal medium condition. Moreover, CaABC1 was induced in iprobenfos, kresoxim-methyl, thiophanate-methyl, and hygromycin B. These results demonstrate that CaABC1 is necessary for conidiation, abiotic stress, and various fungicide resistances. These results will provide the basis for further study on the function of ABC transporter genes in C. acutatum.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.96-103
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• 2007

Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) have the potential to be used as microbial inoculants to reduce disease incidence and severity and to increase crop yield. Some of the PGPR have been reported to be able to enter plant tissues and establish endophytic populations. Here, we demonstrated an approach to screen bacterial endophytes that have the capacity to promote the growth of pepper seedlings and protect pepper plants against a bacterial pathogen. Initially, out of 150 bacterial isolates collected from healthy stems of peppers cultivated in the Chungcheong and Gyeongsang provinces of Korea, 23 putative endophytic isolates that were considered to be predominating and representative of each pepper sample were selected. By phenotypic characterization and partial 16S rDNA sequence analysis, the isolates were identified as species of Ochrobacterium, Pantoea, Pseudomonas, Sphingomonas, Janthinobacterium, Ralstonia, Arthrobacter, Clavibacter, Sporosarcina, Acidovorax, and Brevundimonas. Among them, two isolates, PS4 and PS27, were selected because they showed consistent colonizing capacity in pepper stems at the levels of $10^6-10^7CFU/g$ tissue, and were found to be most closely related to Pseudomonas rhodesiae and Pantoea ananatis, respectively, by additional analyses of their entire 16S rDNA sequences. Drenching application of the two strains on the pepper seedlings promoted significant growth of peppers, enhancing their root fresh weight by 73.9% and 41.5%, respectively. The two strains also elicited induced systemic resistance of plants against Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. vesicatoria.