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Characteristics of Vascular Plants in East Asian Alder (Alnus japonica) Forest Wetland of Heonilleung Royal Tombs

  • Cha, Du-Won;Lee, Seung-Joon;Oh, Choong-Hyeon
    • Proceedings of the National Institute of Ecology of the Republic of Korea
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    • v.2 no.3
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    • pp.188-197
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    • 2021
  • This study aimed to obtain fundamental data for demonstrating biodiversity of vegetation of East Asian alder (Alnus japonica) Forest Wetland of Heonilleung Royal Tombs. A total of 166 vascular plants (159 species, three subspecies, three varieties, and one cultivar) belonging to 132 genera and 59 families were found, accounting for 8.3% of 1,996 vascular plant species found in Seoul. Therophyte was the most common life-form of plants in Heonilleung Wetland. As for rare plant species, one Least Concern (LC) species was found. There were 15 floristic regional indicator species in the research area. Three of them belonged to floristic grades III and IV. This indicates that their habitats are discontinuous and isolated to some degree. Nineteen invasive alien plant species were found, most of which were introduced from North America after the year 1964 with a spread rate of V (widespread, WS).

Composition of Pteridophyta's Life-form Spectra in Korea (한국 양치식물의 생활형 구성 분석)

  • Kang, Ut-Chang;Jung, Seung-Sun
    • Korean Journal of Plant Resources
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    • v.25 no.4
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    • pp.433-446
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    • 2012
  • The preliminary study for providing the relationship of the factors which are climate and the pteridophyta was carried out. Dormancy form and leaf phenology of the 321 taxa belonging to 27 families were analyzed. This survey shows life-form spectrum of Korean ferns. The results obtained from this study were as follows: Deciduous (d), Evergreen (e) and Summer-deciduous (sd) were calculated as 37.4%, 59.2%, 1.9%, respectively and the Evergreen (e) has the highest value compared to the other leaf phenologies. It observed from the life-form spectra that Hemicryptophytes (H) was the most common dormancy form at 42.1%. Geophytes (G), Epiphytes (E) and Chamaephytes (Ch) were calculated at 25.5%, 15.9%, and 11.8%, respectively. There will be a discussion about geographical distribution of Korean ferns and possibility of their distribution range.

An Investigation on the Flora and Life Form in Mt. Sori (소리봉의 지물상 및 생활형)

  • Lee, Nam Suk;Sung Hee Yeau
    • The Korean Journal of Ecology
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    • v.6 no.4
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    • pp.33-59
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    • 1983
  • An investigation has been performed on the flora and life form of the vascular plants at Mt. Sori in Kwangneung from March to November in 1982. In a survey field trip, 539 species, 344 genera, 102 families of plants. are collected. Among them Hylomecon vernale, Aconitum coreanum, A. pseudoproliferum, Adonis amurensis, Anemone raddeana is important plant in this area and they are becoming sparse than past. In the life form spectrum hemiryptophytes is 40.6%.

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The Characteristics of Flora and Distribution in Uiseong Traditional Irrigation System Reservoirs as National Important Agricultural Heritage System (국가중요농어업유산 의성 전통수리농업시스템 소류지의 식물상 및 분포 특성)

  • Cha, Doo-Won;Wei, Si-Yang;Lee, Jun-Young;Oh, Choong-Hyeon
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Environmental Restoration Technology
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    • v.24 no.3
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    • pp.69-84
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    • 2021
  • This study was conducted as a basic data for the management of the Uiseong Traditional Irrigation Agricultural System by identifying plant diversity and distribution characteristics. The total number of plant taxa was identified as 88 families, 250 genera, 368 species, 7 subspecies, 9 varieties and 384 taxa. In the case of life form, the domancy form was in the therophytes(th), the radicoid form was a R5(monophyte), the disseminule form was the gravity D4(having no special modification for dissemination), and the growth form was the erect form was high. The number of plant taxa by land use type was higher in mountainoustype reservoirs and plain type reservoirs than other land use types. The distribution of plants by land use type according to the hemeroby grade was plantation in the case of 3 grade(meso-hemeroby) forests, and the understory were mainly photophilic plants. With 4 grade(β-euhemeroby), traditional cemetery, plain type reservoirs, mountainoustype reservoirs, stream, and rice terraces are areas with relatively low intensive management and have a wide variety of flora, whereas 5 grade(α-euhemeroby) orchard were mainly distributed with ruderal plant due to high intensive management. As for the number of plant taxa by reservoirs, the Wisgol pond in the case of plain type reservoirs, Ungok pond was high in mountainous type reservoirs. The protected species were rare plants 2 classification groups of Vulnerable(VU) species, 4 classification groups of Least Concrned(LC) species, 1 classification group of Data Deficient(DD) species, 5 classification groups of Korean endemic plants, and 49 classification groups of invasive alien plants, and the total naturalization index was 12.2%.

Flowering Season and Flower Color of the Alpine Plants in Paeknokdam, the Crater of Mt. Halla (한라산 고산식물의 개화시기 및 화색에 관한 연구)

  • 오순자;고정군;고석찬
    • Korean Journal of Plant Resources
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    • v.14 no.1
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    • pp.1-7
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    • 2001
  • Life form, flower color, flowering and seed-ripening seasons of 59 alpine plants in Paeknokdam, the crater of Mt. Halla, were investigated in order to obtain the information about ornamental potentials of alpine plants. Life form spectrum of alpine plants are characterized by a high percentage of hemicryptophytes (67.8%). This result was similar to those of other alpine plant communities. Flowering season of alpine plants was July to August and seed-ripening season was August to September. Flower color of these alpine plants was dominated by white (27%), blue (22%) and yellow (20.3%).

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Influences of liming on life form and ecological behaviour of plant community in low productive grassland (低位生産 草地에서 石灰施用이 植物群落의 生活型과 生態的 反應에 미치는 影響)

  • Park, Geun Je
    • The Korean Journal of Ecology
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    • v.15 no.3
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    • pp.221-229
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    • 1992
  • This experiment was carried out to investigate the effect of liming on life form and ecological behaviour of stand in low productive grassland with acidified solil at dairy fram in yesan, chungnam province. The inferior plant community of low productive grassland was improved to the most desirable pasture association with herbage of 84% by liming. the life forms of association in low productive grassland were composed of hemicryptophytes of 49.4%, therophytes of 48.2%, geophytes of 2.2% and chamaephytes of 0.2% but by liming their life forms of hemicryptophytes increased greatly by 32.6%, on the other hand geophytes were much more decreased by 33.4%. The ecological behaviour of moisture figure and nitrogen figure were slightly increased and soil reaction figure was gradually decreased in low productive grassland by liming.

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Sequence Analysis of the Coat Protein Gene of Citrus Tristeza Virus Isolated form Cheju Island

  • Park, Hyoun-Hyang;Kim, Dae-Hyun;Hyun, Woo-Taek;Moon, Doo-Khil;Koh, Young-jin;Park, Tae-Jin
    • The Plant Pathology Journal
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    • v.16 no.1
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    • pp.43-47
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    • 2000
  • Citrus tristeza virus (CTV) is the causal agent of one of the most important diseases of citrus. Recently, CTV has been detected in Cheju Island by ELISA. The coat protein (CP) gene of CTV isolated form Cheju Island was cloned by RT-PCR and the nucleotide was analyzed in this study. Citrus leaves were collected from trees showing decline symptoms from various region of Cheju Island in the summer of 1998 and 1999. The CP gene open reading frame is composed of 670 nucleotides and encodes a polypeptide of 223 amono acids. Sequence analysis the CP gene revealed that two CTV strains present in Cheju Island. Viruses collected form Sogwipo area and Cheju City area in 1999 ahowed 91-93% nucleotide sequence homology with CTV T36 strain. Viruses collected form Cheju City area in 1999 and Sogwipo City in 1998 showed 94-98% nucleotide sequence homology with CTV SY568 strain. A efficient viral RNA extraction methods was developed by modifying procedure for animal virus RNA purification methods and PCR product was detected form one tenth of RNA purified from as small as 45 mg fresh or frozen tissue.

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Studies on the Effect of Silicon Nutrition on Plant Growth, Mineral Contents and Endogenous Bioactive Gibberellins of Three Rice Cultivars

  • Jang, Soo-Won;Hamayun, Muhammad;Sohn, Eun-Young;Shin, Dong-Hyun;Kim, Kil-Ung;Lee, In-Jung
    • Journal of Crop Science and Biotechnology
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.45-49
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    • 2007
  • Silicon is one of the key elements for healthy growth and development in rice crops. We analyzed the effect of silicon(Si) on some growth parameters, plant mineral contents, and bioactive gibberellins in three rice cultivars. Silicon was applied at the rates of 0 kg/0.1ha(control), 40 kg/0.1ha, and 80 kg/0.1ha throughout the course of experiment. Plant growth parameters were enhanced by the application of elevated Si, though plant height and culm length were more favorably affected than the respective dry weights. The plant mineral contents analyzed also increased in treatments where Si was applied without potassium, demonstrating that Si application promotes the absorption of these minerals in rice crops. The endogenous gibberellins measured in our study showed that $GA_1$ is the only bioactive GA form present in rice seedlings. The endogenous $GA_1$ and its precursor $GA_{20}$ contents increased after Si application. However, this increase in endogenous $GA_1$ and $GA_{20}$ contents, and plant growth parameters were different according to the rice cultivars. Our results indicate that Si is a beneficial element in rice nutrition and that different cultivars of Oryza sativa show differential responses to Si nutrition in terms of their growth and development.

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