• 농업과학연구
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• 제41권4호
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• pp.369-377
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• 2014

This study was carried out to evaluate the effect of rice husk (RHB) and food waste biochar (FWB) on upland soil with sandy loam texture, in terms of physico-chemical analysis, lettuce seed germination test, and orgainc carbon leaching experiment. RHB and FWB had different physico-chemical properties each other. Carbon to nitrogen ratio (C/N ratio) of RHB was 32, showing two times higher than that of FWB. FWB had high salt and heavy metal content, compared to RHB. This is probably due to different ingredients and production processing between two biochars each other. Results of germination test with Lettuce showed lower germination rate when FWB was applied because of higher salt concentration compared to control and RHB. Organic carbon leaching test using saturated soil column (${\Phi}75{\times}h75mm$) with $10MT\;ha^{-1}$ biochar application rate, showed higher saturated hydraulic conductivity in rice husk biochar treatment column, compared to control and food waste biochar treatment. The highest total organic carbon concentration in column effluent was lower than those in both of rice husk biochar and food waste biochar, whereas the differences was negligible after 9 pore volumes of effluent. Consequently, biochars from byproducts such as rice husk and food waste in sandy loam textured upland soil could enhance a buffer function such as reduction of leaching from soil, but the harmful ingredient to crops such as high salt and heavy metals could limit the agricultural use of biochars.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제40권4호
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• pp.345-352
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• 2021

BACKGROUND: Salinity is one of the major limiting factors in agriculture that affect the growth and productivity of crops. It is economically difficult to artificially purify the soil affected by salt. Therefore, the use of plant growth-promoting bacteria (PGPB) in an effort to reduce stress caused by salt is emerging as a cost-effective and environment-friendly method. In this study, the purpose was to isolate the salt-tolerant bacteria from the rhizosphere soil and identify their ability to promote plant growth under salt stress condition. METHODS AND RESULTS: The isolates KST-1, KST-2, AST-3, and AST-4 that showed plant growth-promoting activity for barley in salt conditions were close to Bacillus cereus (KST-1, KST-2, and AST-4) and Bacillus thuringiensis (AST-3) and showed high salt tolerance up to 7% of additional NaCl to the media. When inoculated to barley, the strains had only minor effect on the length of the barley. However, the concentrations of chlorophyll in the barley leaves were found to be higher from the bacteria-inoculated pots than those from the uninoculated control. In particular, the chlorophyll concentration in Bacillus cereus AST-4 experiment was 5.45 times higher than that of the uninoculated control under the same experimental condition. CONCLUSION(S): The isolated salt-tolerant bacteria were found to influence on chlorophyll concentration of the barley. As represented by the strain AST-4, microbes may suggest a cost-effective and environmentally benign method to alleviate salt stress of crops cultivated in salt-accumulated soils such as reclaimed lands.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.252-259
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• 2013

간척지 논 토양에서 염 농도에 따른 메탄 배출특성을 조사하기 위하여 포트 실험을 실시한 결과, 염 농도의 증가는 메탄 배출량 감소와 벼 생육 및 수량성 악화에 영향을 주는 것으로 조사되었다. 벼 재배기간 중 높은 EC와 pH로 인한 메탄생성균의 활성 감소와 벼 생육 악화에 따른 메탄 배출량 감소가 주요 원인으로 평가되었다. 토양의 EC와 pH는 총 메탄배출량과 고도의 부의 상관관계를 나타내었으며, 벼 생육(초장 및 분얼)과는 정의 상관관계를 나타내었다. 하지만 주로 높은 EC에 의한 메탄 저감효과는 벼의 생육 초기에 대부분 나타났으며, 생육 후기로 갈수록 염의 희석효과에 의하여 저감효과가 크게 감소되는 것으로 확인하였다. 본 연구의 결과를 통하여 간척지 논 토양의 염 농도가 메탄 배출량에 감소에 큰 영향을 줄 수 있는 것으로 평가되며, 간척지 논 토양에서 메탄 배출량 평가 또는 예측에 좋은 자료로 활용될 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제32권2호
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• pp.115-121
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• 2009

In order to elucidate the mechanisms affecting plant distributions in the reclaimed dredging area in the Gwangyang steelworks, in the Gwangyang Bay, Korea, we examined soil characteristics and plant distributions in four study sites and a control site in the study area. Desalination occurring along a gradient with increasing elevation, resulting in decrease of soil pH, EC, P, K, Cl, Ca, Mg, and salt and an increase in soil T-N, silt, clay contents. From site 1 (the lowest-elevation site) to site 5 (the highest-elevation site), halophytes decreased in abundance and nonhalophytes increased. The dominant species in each site were: Phragmites communis, Limonium tetragonum, and 12 additional species at site 1, Carex pumila, Suaeda japonica, and 15 additional species at site 2, Spergularia marina, Scirpus planiculmis, and 22 additional species at site 3, Miscantus sinensis, Lespedeza bicolor, and 26 additional species at site 4 and Pinus thunberii, Rhododendron mucronulatum, and 39 additional species at site 5, which resembled a naturally-occurring P. thinbergii community. Cluster analysis of the vegetation data matrix grouped the 35 plots into 5 major groups, and cluster analysis using the soil environment data matrix revealed 4 major groups. CCA of the floristic and environmental data matrix showed a positive relationship of SAR, EC, Na, Cl, and Ca, which are related to salt, in the $1^{st}$ axis and $2^{nd}$ axis, but negative relationships for altitude, organic contents, silt, and clay contents. Notably, plant species in the reclaimed dredging area that were separated along the $1^{st}$ axis showed strong relationships with factors that related to salt. Long-term exposure to natural rainfall in the reclaimed dredging area changed the soil characteristics, such as salinity. This change in soil characteristics might alter the SAR, which affects plant survival strategies in a given habitat. These results strongly indicated that factors related to salt and elevation play important roles in determining the overall plant distribution in the reclaimed dredging area.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.253-259
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• 2015

BACKGROUND: During the off-season, the cultivation of Chinese cabbage and water dropwort is often used to desalinize plastic film house soils. The objective of this study was to verify the effect of double-cropping systems on the salt removal in oriental melon cultivated plastic film house soils.METHODS AND RESULTS: Electrical conductivity (EC) and soluble salt contents were measured in soils collected from plastic film houses of oriental melon cultivation before and after the off-season crop cultivation. Also the same measurements were performed in the next oriental melon season to estimate the desalinization effect of double-cropping systems. During the cultivation of Chinese cabbage under open-field condition, EC_eof surface soil was reduced from 6.0 to 0.8 dS/m. Double-cropping of water dropwort in flooded soil was also efficient in removing the salts accumulated during oriental melon cultivation. In the house soils where salts were removed during the off-season crop cultivation, soil EC_ewas maintained below 3 dS/m during the next oriental melon cultivation season.CONCLUSION: The off-season cropping under open-field or flooded condition was effective in desalinization of plastic film house soils. Since the salt removal effect is not expected to last for several years, the double-cropping system should be introduced every season to maintain soil EC below the critical level.

• 한국유기농업학회지
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.583-598
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• 2016

Salted-affected soil is a major environmental constraint with severe negative impacts on agricultural productivity and sustainability in reclaimed tidelands. This review focuses on the phytoremediation of reclaimed tidelands. We address the process of phytoremediation of these soils, comparison of phytoremediation with other amelioration approaches, driving forces contributing to the process, selection of phytoremediation crops, and the role of cropping in securing environmental integrity under salt-affected soils.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제31권3호
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• pp.398-407
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• 2021

Using salt-tolerant bacteria to protect plants from salt stress is a promising microbiological treatment strategy for saline-alkali soil improvement. Here, we conducted research on the growth-promoting effect of Brevibacterium frigoritolerans on wheat under salt stress, which has rarely been addressed before. The synergistic effect of B. frigoritolerans combined with representative salt-tolerant bacteria Bacillus velezensis and Bacillus thuringiensis to promote the development of wheat under salt stress was also further studied. Our approach involved two steps: investigation of the plant growth-promoting traits of each strain at six salt stress levels (0, 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10%); examination of the effects of the strains (single or in combination) inoculated on wheat in different salt stress conditions (0, 50, 100, 200, 300, and 400 mM). The experiment of plant growth-promoting traits indicated that among three strains, B. frigoritolerans had the most potential for promoting wheat parameters. In single-strain inoculation, B. frigoritolerans showed the best performance of plant growth promotion. Moreover, a pot experiment proved that the plant growth-promoting potential of co-inoculation with three strains on wheat is better than single-strain inoculation under salt stress condition. Up to now, this is the first report suggesting that B. frigoritolerans has the potential to promote wheat growth under salt stress, especially combined with B. velezensis and B. thuringiensis.

• 생물환경조절학회지
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.216-220
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• 2011

해안지대에 서식하는 염생식물인 퉁퉁마디의 염처리와 인공토양에 따른 생육반응을 조사하여 시설 내 인공재배상에 적합한 토양을 선발하고자 본 연구를 실시하였다. 토양은 가볍고 인공재배상에서 이용이 간편한 난석, 버미큘라이트, 펄라이트 및 혼용처리로 하였으며 염처리는 NaCl 농도를 200mM로 처리하였으며 복합비료를 시비하여 4개월간 재배하였다. 초장, 생체중, 건물중에 있어서 식물 생육은 다공성 난석과 펄라이트를 혼합한 토양에서 생육이 좋았으며 NaCl 처리 시 생육과 엽록소 함량은 토양종류에 관계없이 감소하였다. 프롤린 함량은 보습성이 낮은 난석과 펄라이트의 경우 대조구 값이 염처리에 비해 높은 것으로 나타났다. 항산화활력은 처리별 그 차이가 거의 없었고 퉁퉁 마디의 경우 염처리가 항산화물질의 증가에 영향을 미치지는 않는 것으로 나타났다.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.265-271
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• 1997

시설재배 토양의 염류집적 현황과 토양중 염류이동을 구명하기 위하여 충북지역의 청주 및 충주에서 토양의 화학적 특성을 조사하였다. 시설재배지의 토성(土性)은 사양토(砂壤土) 30%, 양토(壤土) 27%, 미사질양토(微砂質壤土) 43% 이었고, 표토의 염류농도 분포비율은 $2dS\;m^{-1}$ 이하가 23%, $2{\sim}4dS\;m^{-1}$ 30%, $4{\sim}6dS\;m^{-1}$ 25%, $6dS\;m^{-1}$ 이상이 22%로서 장해발생기준(障害發生基準) $4dS\;m^{-1}$를 초과하는 포장이 약 50% 이었으며, 심토(20~30cm)에서는 $2dS\;m^{-1}$ 이하인 토양이 68%이었다. 시설재배 토양의 EC는 경작년수에 따라 증가하여 5년 이상인 토양에서 $4.47dS\;m^{-1}$ 이상이었고 시설 밖의 노지포장보다 2.8~5.6배 높았다. 여름철 비닐을 제거한 토양의 EC는 $0.71{\sim}2.92dS\;m^{-1}$로서 제거하지 않은 토양의 $3.54{\sim}7.36dS\;m^{-1}$보다 현저히 감소되었다. 시설 재배 토양의 $NO_3-N$, $SO_4-S$ 그리고 Cl 함량은 노지토양에 비하여 각각 2.5. 7.0, 3.4배 높았다.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제40권1호
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• pp.20-23
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• 2016

Background: The structures and soil factors of Suaeda glauca-Suaeda japonica zonal communities and Phragmites australis-S. japonica zonal communities were studied in salt marshes of west and south coasts of South Korea to provide basic data for coastal wetland conservation and restoration. Results: S. glauca community mean length was 67 m and S. japonica community mean length was 567 m in zonal communities, and P. australis and S. japonica community mean length were 57 m and 191 m in zonal communities. Regarding the electrical conductivity, sodium content, and clay contents in Upnae-ri, Shinan-gun, there were significant differences among zonal communities at significance level of 0.05 for two-sided t test. However, other factors were not significantly different. Conclusions: The results indicate that multiple factors such as electronic conductivity, total nitrogen level, clay, and sodium might play important roles in the formation of zonal plant communities of salt marshes.