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Genetic diversity of chili pepper (Capsicum spp.) germplasm resources in Vietnam

  • Kenta, Komori;Trung, Quoc;Minh, Nguyen;Cuong, Cuong;Sakagami, Jun-Ich
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Crop Science Conference
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    • 2017.06a
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    • pp.99-99
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    • 2017
  • Chili pepper (Capsicum annum) is origin of subtropical region, and has been spread all over the world. It is increasing the production and consumption in recent year. Chili peppers are readily incorporated into local South Asian cuisines perhaps because people are already familiar with pungent and spicy flavors. Chili peppers, despite their fiery "hotness", are one of very popular spices known for their medicinal and health benefiting properties. Especially in South East Asia, they grow up so many cultivars of them recently, so it is so important crop world wide. In South East Asia, there are some articles about chili pepper in Thailand and Indonesia, but in Vietnam there is not so much information about chili pepper. In this paper, we analyzed genetic diversity in Vietnamese Chili pepper through the survey of local chili pepper. As a result, we got 38 kinds of chili fruits, 26 kinds of leaves and some information from farmers all in Vietnam. And I made the phylogenetic tree by SSR with 10 DNA markers. Finally we found the genetic similarities by regions.

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Effect of Homogenization on Suspension Stability of Makgeolli (균질 처리가 막걸리 고형분의 현탁 안정성에 미치는 영향)

  • Shin, J.Y.;Kang, C.S.;Choi, H.S.
    • Journal of Practical Agriculture & Fisheries Research
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    • v.23 no.2
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    • pp.33-41
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    • 2021
  • The effect of homogenization treatment on the suspension stability of makgeolli was evaluated. The non-soluble solids of makgeolli that were not homogenized were precipitated at 1.0-68 mm after 10 minutes of standing and 2.0-70.5 mm after 30 minutes of standing. On the other hand, in the makgeolli homogenized with a blender for more than 20 seconds, no precipitated non-soluble solids were observed during the initial 10 minutes, and when it was left still for 30 minutes, it showed precipitation of 2.0 mm (control 58.0 mm). The makgeolli treated with a high-pressure homogenizer did not show any sedimentation until 30 minutes of standing. In the sensory evaluation, the high-pressure homogenized makgeolli had a score of 3.93, whereas non-treated had a score of 2.80, which was improved by 40% by homogenization.

u-IT Based Plant Green Growth Environment Management System (u-IT 기반의 그린 생장환경 관리 시스템)

  • Kim, Jong-Chan;Cho, Seung-Il;Ban, Kyeong-Jin;Kim, Chee-Yong
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information and Communication Engineering
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    • v.15 no.6
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    • pp.1391-1396
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    • 2011
  • A way to increase productivity in agriculture that is labor-centered industry is to graft IT technology. Today, many technologies in ubiquitous computing are deployed in all areas of society such as traffic control, automotive manufacturing, construction, defence, healthcare and clinical services. These IT technologies is gaining more attention as a fusion technology among traditional industries. To successfully build ubiquitous agriculture environment, it needs optimized core technology development for agriculture that includes sensor node H/W, middleware platform, routing protocol and agriculture environment application services. To achieve accurate botany growth environment management, we propose a green growth environment management system using environmental factor monitoring sensor and biological information sensors in greenhouse. By using our proposed system, it is expected to realize fusion complex agriculture technology with low cost.

u-IT Based Plant Growth Environment Management System (u-IT 기반의 생장환경 관리 시스템)

  • Cho, Seung-Il;Kim, Jong-Chan;Ban, Kyeong-Jin;Kim, Chee-Yong;Kim, Eung-Kon
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2011.05a
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    • pp.362-364
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    • 2011
  • To build ubiquitous agriculture environment successfully, development of core technology for agriculture, such as sensor node H/W, sensor node middleware platform, routing protocol and agricultural environment application service is essential. With the application of u-IT technologies to traditional agriculture area, fusion complex technologies become a source to raise value-added agriculture product and its productivity. However, it is imperative to expand horticulture industry area and improve infrastructure for utility-based horticulture. This paper proposes an agriculture product growth environment management system that utilizes environmental factor monitoring sensors and biological information sensors in greenhouse to specifically manage botany growth environment management.

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Isolation and Characterization of a Gene Encoding Hexokinase from Loquat (Eriobotrya japonica Lindl.)

  • Qin, Qiaoping;Zhang, Lanlan;Xu, Kai;Jiang, Li;Cheng, Longjun;Xu, Chuanmei;Cui, Yongyi
    • Horticultural Science & Technology
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    • v.30 no.3
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    • pp.243-249
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    • 2012
  • Hexokinase is the first enzyme in the hexose assimilation pathway; it acts as a sensor for plant sugar responses, and it is also important in determining the fruit sugar levels. The full-length cDNA of a hexokinase gene was isolated from loquat through reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and rapid amplification of cDNA ends, which was designated as EjHXK1. EjHXK1 is 1,839 bp long and contains an entire open reading frame encoding 497 amino acids. The predicted protein of EjHXK1 shares 72%-81% similarity with other plant hexokinases. Phylogeny analysis indicated that EjHXK1 is closely related to maize and rice hexokinases. Transient expression of the 35S: EjHXK1-GFP fusion protein was observed on the cell membrane and cytoplasm. Real-time RT-PCR indicated that EjHXK1 is expressed in loquat leaves, stems, flowers, and fruits. EjHXK1 transcripts were higher during early fruit development, but decreases before maturation, which is consistent with hexokinase enzyme activity during fruit development and conducive for hexose accumulation in mature fruits. These results imply that EjHXK1 may play important roles in the regulation of sugar flux during fruit ripening.

Study on Activity, Type and Establishment of Community Supported Agriculture in USA and Japan (미국과 일본의 CSA운동의 등장, 유형 및 활동사례)

  • 정진영;손상목;김영호
    • Korean Journal of Organic Agriculture
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.1-16
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    • 2001
  • With increasing global concern that intensively synthetic-chemical based farming systems accelerated the decline in environmental quality, the sustainability of modem agriculture became the subject of great concern. It is well known that the movement of Community Supported Agriculture(CSA) has been contributed significantly to the development of organic agriculture in USA and Japan. It was supposed that CSA could be one of the best way to promote the movement of organic agriculture since there is little reliability on the organically grown food by consumer. In this paper it was focussed to study the movement of CSA in USA and Europe in order to provide an idea for establishment and movement of CSA in Korea to support the organic agriculture. In a CSA system, the farmer grows food for a group of shareholders who pledge to buy a portion of the farm's crop that season. This arrangement gives growers up-front cash to finance their operation and higher prices for produce, since the middleman has been eliminated. For most shareholder for CSA saving money is a secondary consideration, but fresh safe products and environmentally sound farming system. People become shareholder of CSA since they expect an organic farming which can ; \circled1protect the environment, minimize pollution, promote health, \circled2replenish and maintain long-term soil fertility by providing optimal conditions for soil biological activity, \circled3maintain diversity within the farming system and its surroundings and protect plant and wildlife habit, \circled4recycle materials and resources to the greatest extent possible within the farm and its surrounding community, \circled5maintain the integrity of organic food and processed products through each step of the process from planting to consumption, \circled6develop and adopt new technologies with consideration for their long range social and ecological impact. In all CSAs, the farmer develops a crop plan and a budget, which details costs for a growing season, including fair wages for the farmers. Experienced Information on increasing shareholder retention, the future of CSA, and getting started such as ideas for ongoing marketing, printed materials that set realistic expectations, working members, production, pick-up and delivery, setting prices, and receiving feedback were also briefly introduced.

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A Survey of The Status of R&D Using ICT and Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture (농업에서의 ICT와 인공지능을 활용한 연구 개발 현황 조사)

  • Seonho Khang
    • Journal of the Semiconductor & Display Technology
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    • v.22 no.1
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    • pp.104-112
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    • 2023
  • Agriculture plays an industrial and economic role, as well as an environmental and ecological conservation role, group harmony and the inheritance of traditional culture. However, no matter how advanced the industry is, the basic food necessary for human life can only be produced through the photosynthesis of plants with natural resources such as the sun, water, and air. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) predicts that the world's population will increase by another 2 billion people by 2050, and it faces a myriad of complex and diverse factors to consider, including climate change, food security concerns, and global ecosystems and political factors. In particular, in order to solve problems such as increasing productivity and production of agricultural products, improving quality, and saving energy, it is difficult to solve them with traditional farming methods. Recently, with the wind of the 4th industrial revolution, ICT convergence technology and artificial intelligence have been rapidly developing in many fields, but it is also true that the application of new technologies is somewhat delayed due to the unique characteristics of agriculture. However, in recent years, as ICT and artificial intelligence utilization technologies have been developed and applied by many researchers, a revolution is also taking place in agriculture. This paper summarizes the current state of research so far in four categories of agriculture, namely crop cultivation environment management, soil management, pest management, and irrigation management, and smart farm research data that has recently been actively developed around the world.

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Effects of Preflocculated Filler Flocs and Nano-sized Coating Binder on Fold Cracking of Coated Paper (충전물 선응집체 크기와 나노 바인더에 의한 도공지의 접힘터짐 변화)

  • Im, Wanhee;Seo, Dongil;Oh, Kyudeok;Jeong, Young Bin;Youn, Hye Jung;Lee, Hak Lae
    • Journal of Korea Technical Association of The Pulp and Paper Industry
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    • v.47 no.5
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    • pp.91-97
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    • 2015
  • Papermakers wish to increase the filler content of printing and writing grades because it allows saving in production cost through fiber replacement and improving the formation, and optical and printing properties of the paper. However, high filler loading in the base paper has negative side effects. It reduces the mechanical properties of paper and induces cracking at the fold after coating process. Fold cracking is one of the most frequent quality complaints for magazines, high quality books, etc. Two approaches were examined as methods to reduce fold cracking. One approach was to use preflocculated fillers, which was expected to reduce the fold cracking because it would decrease the interfiber bonding. The other approach was to use a new coating binder that gives greater binding power and thereby provides an opportunity of reducing the fold cracking of coated paper. When filler preflocculation was employed in producing the base paper, fold cracking becomes more severe than conventional filler loading condition. On the other hand, use of nano sized binder in coating improved the tensile properties of the coating layer and thereby decreased the crack area. It was shown that tensile properties of coating layer played an important role in fold cracking of coating.

Sustainable Development Policies on Environmental-Friendly Agriculture (지속가능한 환경농업정책의 기본 방향)

  • 허승욱
    • Korean Journal of Organic Agriculture
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    • v.11 no.3
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    • pp.37-53
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    • 2003
  • The purpose of this study is to analyze policies on environmental-friendly agriculture(EFA) and find out some implications. As we know well, EFA contributes environmental substantiality by using organic production methods and provides consumers with a secure, safe nutritious food supply. As consumption of environmental-friendly agricultural products increasing, policies on EFA began in the 1990s and it has been generally expanded in Korea. The strategies for sustainable EFA aim to promote harmony among human beings and between humanity and nature require. In addition, support to develop marketing activities, regionalization, and political support must be further developed.

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환경농업지구 농촌개발과 관련한 21세기 농촌주거모델 "생태마을"과 유기농업의 국제적 동향

  • 손상목
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Organic Agriculture Conference
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    • 1999.11a
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    • pp.5-24
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    • 1999
  • There are severl types of Eco-village developed in abvanced countries including urban, suburban and rural style. For the establishment of Eco-village in Korea, it was focussed to introduce the rural style which has been developed inyersively in European countries such as Denmark, England and Germany. As a key cencept for Eco-villge it was explained briefly and discussed on the renewable energy(wind power park, bio-mass and solar energy collector and heating system), eco-architure, methane gas device, living machine (wastewater treatment facility) and organic farming. It was also discussed how important the basic standard and guidelines for organic agriculture to run essential for the system. For this reason major principles of international applicable standard(draft) for organically grown foods by FAO/WHO Codex alimentarius was shortly desidered. as one of very suitable type for Environmental Agriculture Districts Program which Korean govenment is going to establish in the near future. In conculusion it was also suggested that positive participation of organic famers, enthusiastic eneagement of inhabitans and support strategy of govemment /NGO groups might play very important role for successful managment of Eco-village ecologically sustainable after establishment.

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