• 한국독성학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국독성학회 2006년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.87-94
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• 2006

Genetically modified (CM) crops with agricultural traits including herbicide resistance and insect tolerance have been commercialized. The safety testing strategies conducted for food and feed ingredients from GM crops differ from those applied to food ingredients in that they are conducted to demonstrate similarity between the CM food and the appropriate non-CM comparator rather than for quantitative risk assessment. However, there are similarities in the design and conduct of the safety assessment studies between these types of studies that should be readily recognized by toxicologists. The current presentation reviews some of the basic principles of safety assessment of typical dietary ingredients and compares and contrasts them with the testing strategies applied to CM foods and products obtained from them.

• 농촌지도와개발
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.55-66
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• 1996

Agricultural products are inferior in their competitiveness in the world market mainly due to die high production cost which could be attributed to the rising land and labor cost in Korea. The small scale farming system with the lower production infra structure requires relatively intensive input labor for the reduction of production cost of agricultural products and impediment in the mechanization of farming systems. There are limitations in the cultivation techniques that seek out other directions for the raising competitiveness in the world market of basic food crops. Future goals to raise competitiveness of basic food crops in Korea should include the following: 1. Fostering of the farmers organization by crop items. 2. Agribusiness should integrate management with priority given to farmers. 3. Raise competitiveness to find out the system of obtaining on from the consumers.

• 한국식품위생안전성학회지
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.275-283
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• 2017

2014년부터 2016년 5월까지 3,313건의 농산물우수관리 기준으로 재배되는 농산물(GAP 농산물)에 대한 미등록농약 오염 실태를 조사하였다. 그 결과, 미등록농약 오염에 의한 부적합 건수가 잔류허용기준을 초과에 의한 부적합 건수보다 훨씬 많았다. 미등록농약이 검출되어 부적합 판정된 GAP 농산물의 대부분은 소면적엽채류 작물이었는데 그 이유는 이들 작물에 등록된 농약이 곡류나 과일류보다 훨씬 부족하기 때문으로 확인되었다. 또한 방제가 끝난 농약 살포기를 세척하여도 살포기 내에 농약이 어느 정도 잔류할 수 있으며, 이 때 잔류한 농약이 허용되지 않은 작물에 비의도적으로 이행될 수 있음이 확인되었다. 따라서 침체된 우리나라의 농산물우수관리제도(Good Agricultural Practices, GAP)를 활성화하기 위해서는 모든 농작물에 농약이 충분히 등록되어야 하고, 또한 농약 살포기에 잔류한 농약이 완전히 세척되지 않는 경우를 감안하여 미등록 농약이 비의도적으로 농작물에 이행되는 것이 일정량 허용되어야 할 것이다.

• 한국초지조사료학회지
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.129-138
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• 2008

Demand for alternatives to petroleum is increasing the production of biofuels from food crops such as corn, soybeans, sorghum and sugarcane, etc. At least for the next 5 years, ethanol demand will be increased greatly in the United States and in the world. Presently, most ethanol produced in the United States is corn (Zea mays) ethanol. As a result, especially in the Americas and Southeast Asia, agricultural land is diverted to biofuel production. Even though biofuel industry has many advantage including national security, economical, energetical and sustainable impacts, it is driving grain prices up and creating considerable concern about the potential negative impacts on a wide range of food products that depend on gain : chicken, pork, beef, and dairy products such as milk, cheese, yoghurt, cream and ice cream. Feedstock crops are crops such as switchgrass(Panicum virgatum, L.), corn stover and grasses that can be used in industrial processes such as fermentation into alcohol fuels. Feedstock is no compete with food. Furthermore it is friendly environmental bioenergy crops. In Korea, with increasing demand for fossil fuels the exploration of alternative sources of liquid fuel is inevitable. I suggest Korea need to research and to develop actively on feedstock for biofuel production through this review.

• 한국자원식물학회지
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• 제10권4호
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• pp.346-350
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• 1997

식용 및 약용작물중에서 암세포에 대하여 생체세포독성을 유발하는 소재를 선발하기 위하여 한국인종양에서 유래한 대장암세포주(SNU-C4)와 위아세포주(SNU-1)에 대해 MTT검색법으로 50% 세포성장저해농도($IC_{50}$)를 측정한 결과는 다음과 같다. 1. 암세포에 대해 생체세포독성활성을 가지는 작물을 선발하기 위하여 17종의 작물을 대상으로 검색한 결과 보리, 옥수수, 오미자에서 세포독성효과가 $230{\mu}g/ml$이하의 농도로 유의한 효과를 나타내었다. 2. 품종간의 세포독성효과의 차이를 검색하기 위하여 세포독성효과를 나타낸 작물중에서는 보리와 옥수수를, 세포독성효과를 미약하게 나타내거나 나타내지 않은 작물중에서는 벼와 귀리를 대상으로 품종별로 검색한 결과, 세포독성의 유무는 1차 검색과 동일한 경향이 나타났으나, 벼에서는 품종에 따라 현저하게 세포독성의 차이를 나타내었으며, 특이할만한 점은 유색미인 흑도에서 다른 품종에 비하여 50% 세포성장저해농도가 유의하게 낮게 나타났다.

• 식품기술
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.257-262
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• 2010

• Food Science and Biotechnology
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.636-640
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• 2007

In order to investigate the major metabolite patterns of aged Panax ginseng C.A. Meyer roots, the ginsenoside contents for white ginseng roots of various ages were compared. The 1-year to 6-year old roots were extracted with methanol, and then the methanol-soluble metabolites were analyzed by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). The metabolite contents of the 1-year and 2-year roots, including the ginsenosides and minor components, were not different, but the $Rg_1$, Re, and Rc ginsenoside contents between the 2-year and 3-year roots showed significant differences. $Rg_1$ and Rc increased significantly in the 1-year to 2-year roots, and Re increased significantly from the 3-year root age. Rd increased slightly until the 2-year age and decreased from the 3-year age. Based on the ginsenoside distributions and contents at various root ages, we have suggested 2 biogenesis schemes using the ginsenosides that have been isolated from the roots of P. ginseng so far.

• 한국식물병리학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국식물병리학회 2003년도 정기총회 및 추계학술발표회
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• pp.112.3-113
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• 2003

More than 30 isolates of Alternaria were obtained from various solanaceous crops in Korea. For all isolates, morphological characteristics of the conidia were determined and compared with those of representative isolates of A. solani and A. tomatophila. Pathogenicity test was performed to Potato, tomato, egg plant and red Pepper and molecular characteristics of them including the representative isolates were determined using sequence analyses of ITS rDNA and histone H3 gene, and URP-PCR analysis. Based on morphological characteristics, the isolates from the solanaceous crops were grouped as identical or very similar to either A. tomatophila(ATO), A. solani(ASO), and unidentified Altemaria sp.(ASP). Among the molecular markers used in this study, the URP-PCR analysis was found to be appropriate for taxonomic resolution of these species. Based on the conidial morphology, pathogenicity test and molecular characteristics, A. tomatophila(early blight of tomato) could be distinguished from A. solani(early blight of potato), and the Alternaria sp.(ASP) from potato, which was closely related to A. solani in conidial morphology, was considered as a new species.

• 농업과학연구
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• 제48권4호
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• pp.1051-1065
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• 2021

Recent times have seen sustained increases in genetically modified (GM) crops not only for cultivation but also for the utility of food and feed worldwide. Domestically, commercial planting and the accidental or unintentional release of living modified (LM) crops into the environment are not approved. Many detection methods had been devised in an effort to realize effective management of the safety of agricultural genetic resources. In order to develop event-specific polymerase chain reaction (PCR) markers for LM crops, we analyzed the genetic information of LM crops. Genetic components introduced into crops are of key importance to provide a basis for the development of detection methods for LM crops. To this end, a total of 18 varieties from four major LM crop species (maize, canola, cotton, and soybeans) were subjected to an analysis. The genetic components included introduced genes, promoters, terminators and selection markers. Thus, if proper monitoring techniques and single or multiplex PCR strategies that rely on selection markers can be established, such an accomplishment can be regarded as a feasible solution for the safe management of staple crop resources.

• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.387-397
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• 2003

During the first half of twentieth century, even though the importance of non-calorie essential micronutrients of 13 vitamins and 17 minerals has been known to alleviate nutritional disorder; the primary objective of agriculture and plant breeding programs has been to increase the productivity and seed yields, and macronutrients of proteins, fats, and carbohydrates made up the bulk of foodstuff which were used primarily as an energy source. In the last decade it has been found that non-essential micronutrients encompass a vast group of phytochemicals including antioxidants that are not strictly required in the diet but when present at sufficient levels work as health-promoting chemicals. Nowadays agricultural crops are grown for health rather than for food or fiber, and modifying the nutritional compositions of plant foods has become an urgent health issue. To ensure an adequate intake of essential vitamins and minerals, and to increase the consumption of health-promoting phytochemicals, the researches on plant secondary metabolism have been made. The attempt to improve nutritional quality of crops has been blocked by a lack of basic knowledge of plant metabolism. The advent of genomics era enabled new approaches to make crossing regardless of species, family, or phylum barriers, and the accumulation in our basic knowledge on plant secondary metabolism during the coming decade would be tremendous. As the major staple crops contain insufficient amount of many micronutrients, fortification strategy will be a necessary practice. Elevated intake of specific vitamins, C, E, and $\beta$-carotene, mineral selenium, antioxidants, and phytochemicals significantly reduces the risk of chronic disease such as cancer, cardiovascular disorder, diabetis, and other degenerative disease associated with aging. As the attempt to improve the nutritional quality of crops requires the basic knowledges on plant metabolism, plant biochemistry, human physiology, and food chemistry, strong interdisplinary collaboration among plant biotechnologists, human nutritionists, and food scientists will be needed. Inhibition of cancer, cardiovascular disease, and other degenerative disorder may be the biggest goal facing nutritional plant breeders. But the assumption that simply increasing dietary level of any compound will necessarily improve human health is a dangerous idea because many plant secondary products and dietary contaminants have paradoxical (hermetic) effects. Before biotechnical manipulation is undertaken to elevate or reduce any individual constituent of crops, the contribution of the micronutrient to human health must first be investigated.