• 농업과학연구
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• 제43권1호
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• pp.21-27
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• 2016

Apple stem grooving virus (ASGV), Apple chlorotic leaf spot virus (ACLSV), and Apple stem pitting virus (ASPV) have been known to induce top working disease causing economical damage in apple. Occurrences of these three viruses in pome fruit trees, including apple, have been reported around the world. The transmission of the three viruses was reported by grafting, and there was no report of transmission through mechanical contact, insect vector, or seed except some herbaceous hosts of ASGV. As RNA extraction methods for fruit trees, Reverse Transcriptase-Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) and multiplex RT-PCR techniques have been improved for reliability and stability, and low titer viruses that could not be detected in the past have become detectable. We studied the seed transmission ability of three apple viruses through apple seedling diagnosis using RT-PCR. Nineteen seeds obtained from commercially grown apple were germinated and two of the resulting plants were ASGV positive. Seven clones of the amplified ASGV coat protein (CP) genes of these isolates were sequenced. Overall sequence identities were 99.84% (nucleotide) and 99.76% (amino acid). Presence of a previously unreported single nucleotide and amino acid variation conserved in all of these clones suggests a possible association with seed transmission of these 'S' isolates. A phylogenetic tree constructed using ASGV CP nucleotide sequences showed that isolate S sequences were grouped with Korean, Chinese, Indian isolates from apple and Indian isolates from kiwi.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.63-67
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• 2006

Apple scar skin, one of the most destructive diseases affecting apple, is caused by Apple scar skin viroid (ASSV d). Fruit dappling appeared on several cultivars in Korea and has been distributed to major cultivated areas since 2001. ASSVd was identified from infected fruits by using nucleic acid sequence-based amplification with electrochemiluminescence (NASBA-ECL). NASBA-ECL method was faster and hundredfold more sensitive than reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) for ASSVd detection in apple leaves/ stems. ASSVd was rapidly transmitted to the entire tree in the second year after artificial inoculation. The ASSVd could be transmitted efficiently by using contaminated pruning scissors to both lignified stems (60 to $70\%$) and green shoots (20 to $40\%$) of apple tree and young plants. Dipping of contaminated scissors in $2\%$ sodium hypochlorite solution effectively prevented viroid transmission. In the ASSV d-infected fruits, the viroid was easily detected from fruit skin, seed coat, and embryo. Moreover, embryo and endosperm separately excised from the ASSVd-infected seeds were ASSVd positive in NASBA-ECL assay. Seedlings germinated from ASSVd-positive seeds showed $7.7\%$ infection rate., which indicated that ASSVd is seed-borne.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제42권4호
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• pp.396-407
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• 2023

The golden apple snail (Pomacea canaliculata) has been utilized as a natural and eco-friendly control of weeds in rice paddy fields. However, P. canaliculata can damage other crops. In this study, the effectiveness of plant extracts from various natural sources that are reportedly effective against pests in the control of P. canaliculata was investigated. The four plant extracts were effective against P. canaliculata and ranked in descending order as green tea seed (Camellia sinensis) > root of red spider lily (Lycoris radiata) > leaves of tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) > root of sophora (Sophora flavescens). The mortality rate of P. canaliculata was increased using 200 to 2000 mg/kg of green tea seed powder. However, shrubby sophora root extract did not significantly increase the mortality rate. The LC₅₀ and LC₉₀ of green tea seed, tobacco leaves, shrubby sophora root, and red spider lily root were 900 and 2800 mg/L, 956 and 2320 mg/L, 2162 and 5325 mg/L, and 512 and 1054 mg/kg, respectively. The LC₅₀ and LC₉₀ of ground powder of C. sinensis, N. tabacum, S. flavescens and L. radiata were 248 and 646 mg/L, 403 and 733 mg/L, 409 and 905 mg/L, and 493 and 1141 mg/L, respectively. The findings indicate the remarkable control potency of green tea seeds against the golden apple snail. An organic material incorporating the four plant powders may help control green apple snail in an ecosystem-friendly manner.

• 한국식품영양과학회지
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• 제42권9호
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• pp.1513-1517
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• 2013

본 연구는 사과씨로부터 추출한 사과씨 에탄올 추출물이 1차 면역세포인 대식세포의 면역기능에 관하여 면역기능을 증가시켜 줄 수 있는 지에 관한 여부를 알아보기 위하여 수행되었다. 사과씨 추출물을 마우스 유래의 대식세포인 RAW 264.7 세포에 처리하였을 때, 대식세포의 활성화 관련 지표인 nitric oxide와 cytokine(IL-6, TNF-${\alpha}$)의 생성이 증가되었다. 이러한 결과는 사과씨 추출물이 대식세포의 활성에 크게 영향을 줄 수 있다는 가능성을 제시하고, 이러한 사과씨 추출물이 대식세포의 면역 활성을 유도하는 신호전달 과정에 관하여 연구해 본 결과, 사과씨 추출물의 처리는 대식세포 내 MAPKs(ERK, p38) 및 $I{\kappa}B-{\alpha}$의 인산화를 증가시키는 신호전달 과정을 경유하는 것으로 관찰되었다.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제37권3호
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• pp.258-267
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• 2021

Asian pear (Pyrus pyrifolia) is a widely cultivated and commercially important fruit crop, which is occasionally subject to severe economic losses due to latent viral infections. Thus, the aim of the present study was to examine and provide a comprehensive overview of virus populations infecting a major pear cultivar ('Singo') in Korea. From June 2017 to October 2019, leaf samples (n = 110) of pear trees from 35 orchards in five major pear-producing regions were collected and subjected to RNA sequencing. Most virus-associated contigs matched the sequences of known viruses, including apple stem grooving virus (ASGV) and apple stem pitting virus (ASPV). However, some contigs matched the sequences of apple green crinkle-associated virus and cucumber mosaic virus. In addition, three complete or nearly complete genomes were constructed based on transcriptome data and subjected to phylogenetic analyses. Based on the number of virus-associated reads, ASGV and ASPV were identified as the dominant viruses of 'Singo.' The present study describes the virome of a major pear cultivar in Korea, and looks into the diversity of viral communities in this cultivar. This study can provide valuable information on the complexity of genetic variability of viruses infecting pear trees.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제34권6호
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• pp.575-579
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• 2018

Apple stem grooving virus (ASGV) is considered to cause the most economically important viral disease in pears in Korea. The current PCR-based methods used to diagnose ASGV are time-consuming in terms of target detection. In this study, a novel assay for specific ASGV detection that is based on reverse transcription-recombinase polymerase amplification is described. This assay has been shown to be reproducible and able to detect as little as $4.7ng/{\mu}l$ of purified RNA obtained from an ASGV-infected plant. The major advantage of this assay is that the reaction for the target virus is completed in 1 min, and amplification only requires an incubation temperature of $42^{\circ}C$. This assay is a promising alternative method for pear breeding programs or virus-free certification laboratories.

• 한국식품과학회지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.128-132
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• 1983

미이용(未利用)된 폐기종실(廢棄種實)을 식량자원(食糧資源)에 이용(利用)하기 위(爲)한 연구(硏究)의 일환(一環)으로써 사과씨의 지방질(脂肪質) 및 단백질(蛋白質) 성분(成分)을 분석(分析)한 결과는 다음과 같다. 사과씨의 일반성분(一般成分) 중(中) 조지방(粗脂肪)은 25.96%, 조단백질(粗蛋白質)은 37.62%였다. 사과씨 기름에는 중성지방질(中性脂肪質)이 93.52%이나 복합지방질(複合脂肪質)은 약(約) 6.48%에 불과하였으며, 중성지방질(中性脂肪質)의 성분(成分)으로써는 트리-글리세리드가 92.17%, 스테롤 에스터, 스테롤, 디글리세리드 및 유리(遊離) 지방산(脂肪酸)은 각각(各各) 3.53%, 2.28%, 1.44% 및 0.56%였다. 지방산(脂肪酸) 조성(組成)은 총지방질(總脂肪質)과 중성지방질(中性脂肪質)에서 리놀레산$(59.79{\sim}69.37%)$과 올레산$(20.04{\sim}29.83%)$이 굴지방산(脂肪酸)이었고, 당지방질(糖脂肪質)과 인지방질(燐脂肪質)은 올레산$(17.96{\sim}30.83%)$과 팔미트산$(29.20{\sim}36.04%)$의 함량(含量)이 비교적(比較的) 높았으며, 중성지방질(中性脂肪質)에서 분별(分別)한 트리-글리세리드의 지방산(脂肪酸) 조성(組成)은 올레산(44.31%), 리놀렌산(36.66%) 및 팔미트산(12.48%)이 주지방산(主脂肪酸)이었다. 염(鹽) $(1.0M\;MgSO_4)$ 용해성(溶解性) 단백질(蛋白質)의 추출률(抽出率)은 37%, 아미노산(酸) 조성(組成)은 글루탐산이 가장 높은 함량(含量)이었고 다음이 아르기닌, 아스파르트산의 순(順)이었다. 사과씨 단백질(蛋白質)의 전기영동(電氣泳動) 결과(結果) 3개의 밴드를 나타내었고 분획(分劃)된 주단백질(主蛋白質)의 수득률(收得率)은 약(約) 76.6%였으며, 아미노산(酸) 조성(組成)은 글루탐산, 아스파르트산 및 아르기닌의 순(順)으로 높은 함량(含量)이었다. 염용해성(鹽溶解性) 단백질(蛋白質)에서 분획(分劃)된 주단백질(主蛋白質)의 분자량(分子量)은 약(約) 45,000이었다.

• 한국동물생명공학회지
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• 제39권3호
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• pp.169-178
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• 2024

Background: Typical difficulties encountered during in vitro fertilization (IVF) to produce embryos in pigs include poor pronucleus formation and poor-quality fertilized embryos because of high polysperm invasion. In this study, we evaluated the effects of supplementation with apple seed extract (ASE) and coculture systems on porcine in vitro-fertilized embryo culture. Methods: Slaughterhouse-derived ovaries were used to obtain cumulus-oocyte complexes (COCs). COCs were conventionally used to perform IVF. We examined the differences in apoptosis and metabolism during development following addition of ASE to normal culture and coculture systems. Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), cell development-related factors, and apoptotic proteins were compared in porcine embryos produced under different conditions. Results: The expression of genes related to insulin-like growth factor (IGF) signaling was increased in the coculture system. In the ASE group, early apoptosis and necrosis were reduced in fertilized embryos and the late survival rate increased. Supplementation of the coculture system with ASE led to increased expression of BCL-2 and decreased expression of Casp-3 in the cytoplasm, thereby lowering the apoptosis rate and inducing MMP expression. In addition, compared with the extract-supplemented group in normal culture, the activity of MMP-2 decreased in the coculture system supplemented with ASE, activity of MMP-9 increased, and the expression of dynactin p62 and BrdU in the cytoplasm was higher than that in the other groups. Conclusions: The coculture system increased the activity of the embryonic cytoplasm compared with the non-coculture system. Supplementation with ASE may induce cell activity and inhibit the expression of apoptotic factors.

• 식물병연구
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.43-47
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• 2019

Apple chlorotic leaf spot virus (ACLSV), Apple stem pitting virus (ASPV), Apple stem grooving virus (ASGV), and Apple scar skin viroid (ASSVd) are economically important viruses that infect pear tree species worldwide. To evaluate the prevalence of these viruses in Korea, we investigated infection degree of three viruses and one viroid for the commercial nursery trees of the pear cultivars, Niitaka, Chuwhang, Wonwhang, and Whasan in 2017 and 2018. The results showed that the infection ratio of ACLSV, ASPV, ASGV, and ASSVd for the scion of pear cultivar Niitaka was 10%, 45%, 77%, and 50%, respectively. From the scion of pear cultivar Chuwhang, infection ratios of ASPV, ASGV, and ASSVd were found to be 70%, 50%, and 60%, respectively. From the scion of pear cultivar Whasan, infection ratios of ACLSV, ASPV, ASGV and ASSVd were found to be 40%, 60%, 93%, and 20%, respectively. From the root stock of pear cultivar Wonwhang, infection ratios of ACLSV, ASPV, ASGV, and ASSVd showed 28%, 57%, 100%, and 14%, respectively. ASGV had the highest recorded infection rate, and ACLSV was characterized by the lowest infection rate. The mixed infection ratio of Niitaka, Chuwhang, Whasan, and Wonwhang was 45%, 60%, 70%, and 85%, respectively.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제23권6호
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• pp.721-727
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• 2013

본 연구는 microsatellite 마커를 이용하여 국립종자원 서부지원에 수집된 사과 42품종에 대한 품종 간 유전적 유연관계를 분석하였다. 사과 품종식별에 적합한 마커를 선정하기 위하여 8개 품종을 대상으로 총 305개의 마커를 분석하였다. 8개 품종 간에 다형성이 높고, 반복간 재현성이 있으며 밴드패턴이 선명한 26개의 마커를 최종 선발하여 42품종을 대상으로 분석하였을 때 총 165개의 대립유전자가 분석되었다. 대립유전자의 수의 분포는 2~12개를 나타내었으며, 마커당 평균 대립유전자의 수는 6.4개로 조사되었다. PIC 값은 0.461~0.849의 범위에 속하였으며 평균값은 0.665로 나타났다. 165개의 대립유전자를 Jaccard 방법에 의해 유사도를 산출하고 비가중 산술방식에 의해 집괴 분석한 결과 공시품종의 유전적 거리는 0.27~1.00의 범위를 나타내었고, 총 42품종 중 41품종은 microsatellite 마커의 유전자형에 의해 구분되었다. 본 연구결과는 사과 품종의 식별을 위한 분자생물학적 자료로 유용하게 활용될 것으로 사료된다.