• International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.51-55
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• 2006

Since 1970, China has become the biggest cocoon producer in the world, and made the highest historical record of cocoon output for 759,800 tons in 1995. However, in 1996 cocoon production reduced sharply to 470,900 tons. After a ten-year adjustment and reform, sericultural areas have shifted from developed regions to developing regions and from the east to the west. From 2000, the cocoon output has started to increase restoringly. By 2004 it recovered to 547,091 tons. With the development of market economy, sericulture management has been changed, including mulberry fields concentrated to the specializated households and cooperatives, cocoons produced in larger scale instead of individuals, Silkworm egg producing enterprises gradually changed into non-governmental joint-stock ones. The mechanism of market cocoon price has been gradually established. The management model of combination of trade, industry and agriculture is pushing and improving. It is the fruit of modern science and technology, especially sericultural basic research, that provides China's sericulture with the opportunity and vital force. China's sericulture, therefore, will continue to develop steadily in future.

• International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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• 제45권2호
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• pp.115-125
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• 2022

In this study, we investigated the developmental characteristics and genetic diversity of seven populations of two-spotted crickets (Gryllus bimaculatus De Geer, 1773 (Orthoptera: Gryllidae)) raised in South Korea. Regarding the developmental characteristics of the species, we observed no statistically significant difference in the weight of the nymphs in the six populations we tested. After molting, although weight differences were observed between the populations in each stage of the developmental period, the average weight for each developmental stage was constant. We also analyzed mitochondrial COI gene sequences (DNA barcoding region) of the reared crickets collected from five insect farms and two national insect rearing facilities and the resultant sequences were analyzed together with the 12 sequences from foreign countries specimens obtained from public data. We detected six haplotypes from 111 specimens, indicating a low intraspecific genetic distance (~1.8%). The most dominant haplotype was overwhelmingly haplotype 1, which was found in all South Korean specimens and four specimens from China, Indonesia, and Germany. These findings indicate that the low genetic diversity of South Korean specimens can be explained by the fact that the G. bimaculatus population imported for feed from Japan in the early 2000s became a maternal group that spread throughout cricket farms in South Korea. In order to breed healthy cricket strains, it is necessary to increase genetic diversity by importing them from other countries through appropriate quarantine procedures.

• Human Ecology Research
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• 제56권4호
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• pp.407-416
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• 2018

This study investigated the characteristics and changes of Jeongbang-village silk culture Jeollanam-do Province during Japanese Colonial Rule with a focus in on Gokseong-gun & Damyang-gun Jeongbang-village. The results of the study are as follows. First, after Japanese occupation, it changed from a traditional silkworm species, the Joseon Silkworms and the mulberry tree to an improved Japanese species. Japan established a silk spinning mill called Jongyeon Textile factory in Gwangju and Jeongbang Village was formed in poor rural areas. Second, the way of village management consisted of buying a large number of land for mulberry plans and creating mulberry fields as a cheap way to utilize the labor force for women and men in rural areas. Third, since the end of the Japanese colonial era, mulberry fields in Jeongbang villages which the Japanese left, were sold at a cheap price to Koreans. After the Korean War, the Korean government's efforts to modernize the silkworm industry resulted in a continuous plan to increase the number of silkworms. The impact of government policies has also increased the production of silkworms in these areas. However, since the early 1980s, Korean companies have been affected by Japanese economic policies and dumping by China that has resulted in in a sharp decline in their production. In the case of Gokseong-gun and Damyang, the production of silk products was halted and switched to other crops in the early 1990s when the farming industry began to decline.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.272-286
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• 2022

Black root rot (BRR) caused by Lasiodiplodia theobromae is an alarming disease of mulberry that causes tremendous economic losses to sericulture farmers in India and China. Successful control of this disease can be attained by screening germplasm and identifying resistant sources. Seventy four diseased root samples were collected from farmer's fields belonging to four major mulberry growing states of South India. Based on morpho-cultural and scanning electron microscopy studies, 57 fungal isolates were characterized and identified as L. theobromae. Phylogenetic analysis of concatenated internal transcribed spacer and β-tubulin sequences revealed variation of the representative 20 isolates of L. theobromae. Following the root dip method of inoculation, pathogenicity studies on susceptible mulberry genotypes (Victory-1 and Thailand male) recognized the virulent isolate MRR-142. Accordingly, MRR-142 isolate was used to evaluate resistance on a set of 45 diverse mulberry accessions. In the repeated experiments, the mulberry accession ME-0168 which is an Indonesian origin belonging to Morus latifolia was found to be highly resistant consistently against BRR. Eight accessions (G2, ME-0006, ME-0011, ME-0093, MI-0006, MI-0291, MI-0489, and MI-0501) were found to be resistant. These promising resistant resources may be exploited in mulberry breeding for developing BRR resistant varieties and to develop mapping populations which successively helps in the identification of molecular markers associated with BRR.

• 대한지리학회지
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• 제47권1호
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• pp.60-78
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• 2012

본 연구는 성호의 대표 저작인 [성호사설]의 만물문(萬物門)에서 지리관련 내용을 뽑고, 오늘날 지리학 분류체계와 개념을 기준으로 해석하면서 성호의 '지리적 관심과 사고(思考)'를 알아보려 한 것이다. 결과는 첫째, 지반의 융기, 회오리 바람, 토양성질, 윷 말판의 천문지리 등 자연지리 내용과 산삼, 담배, 고추, 전통과실(밤 대추 감), 고려지(高麗紙; 한지), 뽕나무와 목면, 천연 염색, 마정(馬政), 지남침, 모내기 농구 앙마(秧馬) 등 인문지리 내용이 나타난다. 둘째, 회오리 바람, 지남침, 말[馬], 고추, 산삼, 전통과실(대추 밤), 사도(柶圖; 윷판) 등의 내용은 자세하고 깊다. 셋째, 철저한 고증과 인용을 바탕으로 기술하여 내용의 진위(眞僞)는 대체로 '진(眞)'이다. 넷째, 많은 주제와 내용들이 '서민들의 민생경제 및 그 개선'에 주안을 둔다. 농작물 관련내용과 말을 이용한 물자 수송 등에 주된 관심을 기울여 당시의 시대적 상황을 반영한다. 다섯째, 모든 설명에 대한 고증과 인용은 중국(청) 문헌을 토대로 하는 것을 볼 때, 조선에 대해 당시 청(淸)은 선진세계이며 본받을 만한 문명 문물이었다. 여섯째, 말의 정책적 관리, 모내기 농구 앙마, 뽕나무, 옷의 천연염색 등의 내용을 제외 하면 오늘날에도 효용성이 있는 유용한 내용들이다. 요약컨대 성호의 지리적 관심과 사고(思考)는 민생 농업경제에 초점이 모아짐을 알수 있다.