• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제24권6호
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• pp.867-874
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• 2011

This paper describes the results of a survey aimed at characterizing smallholder pig production systems in northern Lao PDR. A total of 341 households from five Northern provinces were interviewed in the survey. Village meetings and individual interviews, using a semi-structured questionnaire, were used to collect information. Three main pig rearing systems, free-scavenging, semi-scavenging and confinement (enclosures and pens), were found in the survey areas. These systems were practiced differently by smallholders depending on the level of intensity of crop production, ethnicity and purpose of keeping pigs. The confinement system was mainly practiced by Lao-Tai and Tibeto-Burman groups, who mainly bought piglets and fattened these pigs for sale. In contrast, the Mon-Khmer and Hmong-Mien reared pigs in free-scavenging and semi-scavenging systems, and usually keep sows for piglet production. The main factors that affected the changes in rearing systems were found to be level of intensity of crop production, local regulations and outbreaks of disease. The main constraints found in smallholder systems were outbreaks of disease, high mortality of piglets and the slow growth rate of fattening pigs.

• Agribusiness and Information Management
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.37-44
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• 2014

This study was conducted to evaluate light intensity and uniformity of two SMD (surface-mount device) type LEDs for protected crop production. A low-power (0.1 W) and a high-power (1 W) LEDs were selected and the intensity and uniformity was evaluated at different vertical (height) and horizontal (distance) intervals. When the horizontal interval of the LED bar was fixed, the light intensity increased and the uniformity decreased as the height decreased. At the 30~40 cm heights, 20~30% of the area showed $200{\pm}20{\mu}molm^{-2}s^{-1}$. As the horizontal distance of the LED bars increased, while the uniformity increased as well, the light intensity decreased. At the distances of 6~10 cm, 17~23% of the area showed $200{\pm}20{\mu}molm^{-2}s^{-1}$. When the LED bars were added to the sides, the light intensity and uniformity were generally improved. Results showed that the light intensity and uniformity depended on the height and interval of the LED bulbs; therefore, optimum arrangement for the crops interested should be determined through experiments.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제50권6호
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• pp.674-683
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• 2017

The frequency and intensity of soil moisture stress associated with climate change has increasing, and the stability of field crop cultivation has decreasing. This experiment was conducted to investigate the effect of soil moisture management method on growth and yield of corn. Soil moisture was managed at the grade of WSM (wet soil moisture, 34.0~42.9%), OSM (optimum soil moisture, 27.8~34.0%), DSM (dry soil moisture, 20.3~27.8%), and ESM (extreme dry moisture, 16.6~20.3%) during V8 (8th leaf stage)-VT (tasseling stage). After VT, irrigation was limited. The treated amount of irrigation was 54.1, 47.7, 44.0 and 34.5% of total water requirement, respectively. The potential evapotranspiration during the growing period was $3.29mm\;day^{-1}$, and upward movement of soil water was estimated by the AFKAE 0.5 model in the order of ESM, DSM, OSM, and WSM. We could confirm this phenomenon from actual observations. There was no significant difference in leaf characteristics, dry matter, and primary productivity depending on the level of soil moisture, but leaf development was delayed and dry weight decreased in DSM. However, dry weight and individual productivity of DSM increased after irrigation withdrawal compared to that of OSM. In DSM, ear yield and number of kernels per ear decreased, but water use efficiency and harvest index were higher than other treatments. Therefore, it is considered that the soil moisture is concentratedly managed before the V8 period, the V8-VT period is controlled within the range of 100 to 500 kPa (20.3~27.8%), and no additional irrigation is required after the VT.

• 한국유기농업학회지
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.23-38
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• 2011

● The current world is suffering abnormal climate caused by global warming. The main cause of global warming is greenhouse gas such as carbon dioxide. The carbon labeling system and carbon traceability system being pushed ahead in the agricultural sector is the policy for responding to climate change to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. To make this policy more effective and enhanced, the amount of carbon emissions should be calculated based on the kind of crops or the various businesses in the agricultural sector. Therefore, in order to estimate the accurate amount of carbon emissions, it is necessary to establish carbon dioxide emission intensity of various agricultural materials added onto the agriculture, and to calculate the amount of carbon dioxide emission for each crop according to agricultural production. The purpose of this study is to establish the amount of emission, emission per agricultural materials, of agricultural materials being added for crop production as a basic step, and emission intensity which can be used in the future market in order to estimate accurate amount of carbon emission in all the policies being promoted in the agricultural sector. Therefore, in this study, in order to build LCI D/B about organic fertilizers among many organic materials added onto the organic agriculture sector, one leading company in organic fertilizer production was selected and LCA was conducted for this leading company. We had to build the intensity and integrated average concept of intensity upon the two cases once production farmers for their own consumption and farms besides organic fertilizer company were categorized even if it's little amount. But in this study, individually produced organic fertilizers were excluded. Calculated results are following. Carbon emission of mixed expeller cake fertilizer in organic fertilizer was 1,106,966.89kg-$CO^2$ and emission intensity was 0.01606kg-$CO^2$, respectively. Total emission of mixed organic fertilizers was 241,523.2kg-$CO^2$ and emission intensity was 0.01705kg-$CO^2$. And total emission of organic compound fertilizers was 94,592.66kg-$CO^2$ and emission intensity was 0.01769kg-$CO^2$, respectively.

• 농업과학연구
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.747-752
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• 2011

Wireless technology has enabled farmers monitor and control protected production environment more efficiently. Utilization of USN (Ubiquitous Sensor Network) devices also brought benefits due to reduced wiring and central data handling requirements. However, wireless communication loses signal under unfavorable conditions (e.g., blocked signal path, low signal intensity). In this paper, performance of commercial wireless communication devices were evaluated for application to protected crop production. Two different models of wireless communication devices were tested. Sensors used in the study were weather units installed outside and top of a greenhouse (wind velocity and direction, precipitation, temperature and humidity), inside ambient condition units (temperature, humidity, $CO_2$, and light intensity), and irrigation status units (irrigation flow and pressure, and soil water content). Performance of wireless communication was evaluated with and without crop. For a 2.4 GHz device, communication distance was decreased by about 10% when crops were present between the transmitting and receiving antennas installed on the ground, and the best performance was obtained when the antennas were installed 2 m above the crop canopy. When tested in a greenhouse, center of a greenhouse was chosen as the location of receiving antenna. The results would provide information useful for implementation of wireless environment monitoring system for protected crop production using USN devices.

• 한국작물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국작물학회 2022년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.168-168
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• 2022

According to the 5th Climate Change Report, global average temperature in 2081~2100 will increase 1.8℃ based on RCP 4.5 and 3.7℃ based on RCP 8.5 from the current climate value (IPCC Working Group I AR5). As temperature is expected to increase due to global warming and the intensity and frequency of rainfall are expected to increase, damage to crops is expected, and countermeasures must be taken. This study intends to evaluate rice growth in terms of nitrogen utilization efficiency according to future climate change conditions. In this experiment, Oryza sativa cv. Shindongjin were planted at the SPAR facility of the NICS in Wanju-gun, Jeollabuk-do on June 10, and were planted and grown according to the standard cultivation method. Cultivation conditions are high temperature, high CO₂ (current temperature+4.7℃·CO₂ 800ppm), high temperature (current temperature+4.7℃·CO₂ 400ppm), current climate (current tempreture·CO₂ 400 ppm). Nitrogen was varied as 0, 9, 18 kg/10a. The N content and C/N ratio of all rice leaves, stems, and seeds increased at high temperature, and the N content and C/N ratio decreased under high temperature and high CO₂ conditions com pared to high temperature. Compared to the current climate, NUE increases by about 8% under high temperature and high CO₂ conditions and by about 2% under high temperature conditions. This seems to be because the increase in temperature and CO₂ induced the increase in biomass. ANUE related to yield decreased by about 70% compared to the current climate under high temperature conditions, and decreased by about 45% at high temperature and high CO₂, showing a tendency to decrease compared to high temperature. This appears to be due to reduced fertility and poor ripening due to high temperature stress. However, as the nitrogen increased, the number of ears and the number of grains increased, slightly offsetting the production reduction factor.

• 한국작물학회지
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• 제40권5호
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• pp.543-547
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• 1995

들깨잎의 주년생산을 위한 일장이 짧은 겨울동안 개화를 억제하기 위하여 들깨품종 엽실들깨, 옥동들깨에 대한 광조도별 0.5∼1 Lux, 3∼10 Lux, 30∼100 Lux, 야간조명시간별 10, 30, 60분간 처리로 실험을 수행한 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 1. 엽실들깨는 옥동들깨보다 처리에 따라 정식후 개화소요일수는 1∼4일 정도 더 소요되었으며 광조도 0.5∼1Lux/야간조명시간 10분간 처리구 에서 개화소요일수가 가장 짧았으며 광조도 3∼10 Lux/야간조명시간 60분간 처리구와 광조도 30∼100Lux/야간조명시간 10, 30, 60분간 처리구 모두 개화가 되지 않았다. 2. 경장은 광조도 0.5∼1 Lux/야간조명시간 10분 처리구가 53∼56cm로 가장 작았고, 광조도 30∼100 Lux/야간조명시간 10분 처리구가 87∼91cm로 가장 컸다. 3.엽면적은 광조도 0.5∼1 Lux, 3∼10 Lux의 처리구에서는 야간조명시간이 길수록 광조도가 강할수록 엽면적은 증가되었으며 광조도 30∼100 Lux 처리구에서는 야간조명시간에 관계없이 엽면적은 큰 차이를 보이지 않았다. 4. 건물량은 광조도 30∼100 Lux/야간조명시간 10, 30, 60분간 처리구에서 주당 25∼29g으로 가장 무거웠고, 광조도 0.5∼1 Lux/야간조명시간 10분간 처리구에서 주당 16g으로 가장 낮았다. 5. 따라서 일장이 짧은 겨울동안의 개화억제 정도는 광조도 30∼100 Lux/ 야간조명시간 10분 정도 처리하면 효과가 커 그 이상 광조도와 야간조명시간은 엽생산을 위해 필요 없을 것으로 사료되었다.

• 농업과학연구
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.753-759
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• 2011

Protected crop production has been popular in Korea as well as in other countries. Intensive and continuous monitoring and control of the environment, which is labor- and time-consuming, is critical for stable crop productivity and profitability, otherwise damage could be happened due to unfavorable ambient and soil conditions. In the study, potential utilization of smartphone and remote access application in protected crop production environment was investigated. Tested available remote access applications provided functions of mouse click (left and right buttons), zooming in and out, and screen size and color resolution control. Wi-Fi data communication speeds were affected by signal intensity and user place. Data speeds at high (> -55 dBm), medium (-70~-56 dBm), and low (< -71 dBm) signal intensity levels were statistically different (${\alpha}=0.05$). Means of data communication speed were 6.642, 4.923, and 2.906 Mbps at hot spot, home, and office, respectively, and the differences were significant at a 0.05 level. Smart phone and remote access application were applied successfully to remote monitoring (inside temperature and humidity, and outside precipitation, temperature, and humidity) and control (window and light on/off) of green house environment. Response times for monitoring and control were less than 1 s at all places for high signal intensity (> -55 dBm), but they were increased to 1 ~ 10 s at home and office and to 10 ~ 30 s at hot spot for low signal intensity (< -71 dBm) for Wi-Fi. Results of the study would provide useful information for farmers to apply these techniques for their crop production.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제36권4호
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• pp.279-284
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• 2011

Protected vegetable production area is greater than 26% of the total vegetable production area in Korea, and portion of protected production area is increasing for flowers and fruits. To secure stable productivity and profitability, continuous and intensive monitoring and control of protected crop production environment is critical, which is labor- and time-consuming. Failure to maintain proper environmental conditions (e.g., light, temperature, humidity) leads to significant damage to crop growth and quality, therefore farmers should visit or be present close to the production area. To overcome these problems, application of remote monitoring and control of crop production environment has been increasing. Wireless monitoring and control systems have used CDMA, internet, and smart phone communications. Levels of technology adoption are different for farmers' needs for their cropping systems. In this paper, potential of wireless remote monitoring of protected agricultural environment using CDMA SMS text messages was reported. Monitoring variables were outside weather (precipitation, wind direction and velocity, temperature, and humidity), inside ambient condition (temperature, humidity, $CO_2$ level, and light intensity), irrigation status (irrigation flow rate and pressure), and soil condition (volumetric water content and matric potential). Scenarios and data formats for environment monitoring were devised, tested, and compared. Results of this study would provide useful information for adoption of wireless remote monitoring techniques by farmers.

• 한국작물학회지
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• 제65권4호
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• pp.468-476
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• 2020

본 연구는 씨감자 생산에 적합한 분무경재배용 경삽묘를 폐쇄형식물생산시스템을 이용하여 생산하기 위한 광도조건을 설정하기 위하여 수행하였다. 감자(Solanum tuberosum L.) '수미'와 '추백'의 경정배양묘를 순화한 다음 삽수를 채취하여 경삽하였다. 서로 다른 LED 광도(60, 120, 180, 그리고 240 μmol·m^-2·s^-1)에서 40일간 육묘하고, 80일간 분무경재배하였다. 1. LED 광도 60 μmol·m^-2·s^-1에서 경삽묘를 육묘하였을 경우 '수미' 17.3 cm, '추백' 16.1 cm로 두 품종 모두 초장이 가장 길었고, 마디수도 많았다. 광도가 높을수록 초장은 작고 마디수도 적었다. 2. 품종에 따라 엽면적이나 SPAD 값, Fv/Fm 값은 육묘기의 광도에 따라 약간의 차이를 보였다. 경삽묘의 생체중은 60 μmol·m^-2·s^-1 광도에서 가장 무거웠으며, 건전묘 생산율도 두 품종 모두 60 μmol·m^-2·s^-1 광도에서 가장 높았다. 3. 분무경재배에서 LED 광도 60 μmol·m^-2·s^-1에서 육묘한 경삽묘가 품종간 차이를 보이기는 하지만 지상부 경엽중이 가장 무거웠고, 정식판 아래 경삽묘장이 가장 길고 뿌리 무게도 가장 무거웠으며, 광도가 높을수록 가벼웠다. 4. 복지수에 있어서도 품종간 차이는 있으나 60 μmol·m^-2·s^-1 광도에서 육묘한 경우 '수미' 4.2개/주, '추백' 7.7개/주로 가장 많았다. 또한 60 μmol·m^-2·s^-1 광도에서 괴경수 및 총괴경중이 가장 좋았는데 광도가 높을수록 두 품종의 총괴경수와 총괴경중이 적어지는 경향이었다. 이상의 연구결과를 종합해 보면 폐쇄형식물생산시스템을 이용하여 분무경재배용 경삽묘를 생산할 경우, 육묘에 적합한 LED 광도는 60 μmol·m^-2·s^-1라고 판단되었다.