• 한국습지학회지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.113-120
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• 2020

본 연구에서는 국가적색목록 취약종(VU)인 꼬리명주나비와 그것의 유일한 먹이 식물인 쥐방울덩굴의 보전을 위하여, 수변 지역에 서식하는 쥐방울덩굴의 서식지 환경과 이들 중 생육과 생식에 영향을 미치는 주요 환경 요인을 파악하고자 하였다. 이를 위하여 네 개의 국내 쥐방울덩굴 서식지(가평, 평택, 청주, 여주)에서 2018년 7월과 10월에 방형구 조사를 수행하였으며, 주요 동반종, 초식 곤충의 출현 여부, 지지대의 유형, 토양의 이화학적 특성을 조사하였다. 조사결과 쥐방울덩굴 개체군의 서식지 환경과 생육 및 생식 양상은 지역에 따라 다르게 나타났다. 특히, 평택 개체군에서 가장 빠른 생육 속도와 개화 및 결실 시기를 나타냈으며, 청주와 여주 개체군에서는 인간의 교란으로 인한 지상부 손상이 원활한 생육을 방해한 것으로 드러났다. 본 연구에서 쥐방울덩굴의 생육 속도는 쥐방울덩굴의 초기 생육 시기부터 제공된 지지대의 유형에 영향을 받은 것으로 판단된다. 쥐방울덩굴의 개화 및 결실 시기에는 경쟁과 섭식 스트레스의 생물적 요인과 높은 토양 양이온 함량의 비생물적 요인이 복합적으로 작용한 것으로 여겨진다. 따라서 쥐방울덩굴 개체군의 빠른 생육과 적절한 시기의 개화와 결실을 위해서 안정적인 지지대의 제공과 경쟁과 섭식 스트레스의 완화를 위한 노력이 필요할 것으로 보인다.

• Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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• 제64권2호
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• pp.141-151
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• 2021

Insects affect crop harvest yield and quality, making plant response mechanisms to insect herbivores a heavily studied topic. However, analysis of plant responses to honeybees is rare. In this study, comprehensive metabolic profiling of Arabidopsis thaliana exposed to honeybees was performed to investigate which metabolites were changed by the insect. A total of 85 metabolites-including chlorophylls, carotenoids, glucosinolates, policosanols, tocopherols, phytosterols, β-amyrin, amino acids, organic acids, sugars, and starch-were identified using high performance liquid chromatography, gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, and gas chromatography-time-of-flight mass spectrometry. The metabolite profiling analysis of Arabidopsis exposed to honeybees showed higher levels of stress-related metabolites. The levels of glucosinolates (glucoraphanin, 4-methoxyglucobrassicin), policosanols (eicosanol, docosanol, tricosanol, tetracosanol), tocopherols (β-tocopherol, γ-tocopherol), putrescine, lysine, and sugars (arabinose, fructose, glucose, mannitol, mannose, raffinose) in Arabidopsis exposed to honeybees were higher than those in unexposed Arabidopsis. Glucosinolates act as defensive compounds against herbivores; policosanols are components of plant waxes; tocopherols act as an antioxidant; and putrescine, lysine, and sugars contribute to stress regulation. Our results suggest that Arabidopsis perceives honeybees as a stress and changes its metabolites to overcome the stress. This is the first step to determining how Arabidopsis reacts to exposure to honeybees.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.107-113
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• 2012

Trichomes are specialized epidermal structure having the functions of physical and chemical block against biotic and abiotic stresses. Several studies on $Capsicum$ species revealed that virus and herbivore resistance is associated with trichome-formation. However, there is no research on the structural characterization of trichomes developed on the epidermis of $Capsicum$ spp. Thus, this study attempts to charaterize the trichome morphologies in 5 species of $Capsicum$ using a Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FESEM). Six main trichome types were identified by their morphology under FESEM. Both glandular and non-glandular types of trichomes were developed on the epidermal tissues of $Capsicum$ spp. The glandular trichome were further classified into type I, IV and VII according to their base, stalk length, and stalk. Non-glandular trichomes were also classified into type II, III, and V based on stalk cell number and norphology. Almost all the species in $C.$ $chinense$ and $C.$ $pubescens$ had glandular trichomes. To our knowledge, this is the first study on classification of trichomes in the genus $Capsicum$ and, our results could provide basic informations for understanding the structure and function of trichomes on the epidermal differentiation and association with biotic stress tolerance.

• 대한의생명과학회지
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.241-248
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• 2003

Sodium salicylate, a plant stress hormone that plays an important role(s) in defenses against pathogenic microbial and herbivore attack, has been shown to induce a variety of cell responses such as anti-inflammation, cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in animal cells. p38MAPK plays a critical role(s) in the cell regulation by sodium salicylate. However, the signal pathway for sodium salicylate-induced p38MAPK activation is yet unclear. In this study, we show that although sodium salicylate enhances reactive oxygen species (ROS) production, N-acetyl-L-cysteine, a general ROS scavenger, did not prevent sodium salicylate-induced p38MAPK, indicating ROS-independent activation of p38MAPK by sodium salicylate. Sodium salicylate-activated p38MAPK appeared to be very rapidly down-regulated 2 min after removal of sodium salicylate. Interestingly, sodium salicylate-pretreated cells remained fully responsive to re-induction of p38MAPK activity by a second sodium salicylate stimulation or by other stresses, $H_2O$$_2$ and methyl jasmonate (MeJA), thereby indicating that sodium salicylate does not exhibit both homologous and heterologous desensitization. In contrast, pre-exposure to MeJA, $H_2O$$_2$, heat shock, or hyperosmotic stress reduced the responsiveness to subsequent homologous stimulation. Sodium salicylate was able to activate p38MAPK in cells desensitized by other heterologous p38MAPK activators. These results indicate that there is a sensing mechanism highly specific to sodium salicylate for activation of p38MAPK, distinct trom pathways used by other stressors such as MeJA, $H_2O$$_2$ heat shock, and hyperosmotic stress.