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Physiological Evaluation of Transgenic Rice Developed for Drought Tolerance

  • Ghimiren Sita Ram;Park Sang-Kyu;Kang Dong-Jin;Lee In-Jung;Shin Dong-Hyun;Kim Sung-Uk;Kim Kil-Ung
    • Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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    • 제33권2호
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    • pp.133-137
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    • 2006
  • Evaluation of physiological performance of trehalose-producing transgenic rice line was conducted to investigate drought tolerance at early growth stage. Under artificially induced drought condition of 8% polyethylene glycol 6000, this transgenic rice line had leaf photosynthetic rate of 11.08 uml CO$_2$ $m^{-2}s^{-1}$, leaf transpiration rate of 8.38 mmol $H_2O$ $m^{-2}s^{-1}$ and leaf water potential of -1.12 MPa after 96 hours of treatment. Nakdongbyeo, the parent of this tyansgenic rice line, had photosynthetic rate of 15.42 $\mu$mol CO$_2$ $m^{-2}s^{-1}$, leaf transpiration rate of 8,04 mmol $H_2O$ $m^{-2}s^{-1}$ and leaf water potential of -0.88 MPa. The other variety used in this experiment for comparison, IR 72, showed higher values than both tyansgenic rice line and variety Nakdonbyeo on all three parameters; leaf photosynthetic rate of 20.61 $\mu$mol CO$_2$ $m^{-2}s^{-1}$, leaf transpiration rate of 12.88 mmol $H_2O$ $m^{-2}s^{-1}$, and leaf water potential of -0.82 MPa. So this transgenic rice line did not show superior performance in leaf transpiration rate, leaf photosynthetic rate and leaf water potential compared to variety Nakdongbyeo. This result along with visual observation on leaf rolling and drying during the experimental period indicated poor physiological performance of this transgenic rice line. Further studies on metabolic status of stress-induced trehalose, along with study on physiological response of this transgenic rice line during drought stress would shed more light on overall physiological performance of this transgenic rice line.

초음파 파쇄에 의한 항진균 폴리엔 생성 방선균의 포자형성 최적화 (Octimization of Score Production via Sonication of Antifungal Polyene-producing Actinomycetes)

  • 김병균;한규범;김응수
    • KSBB Journal
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    • 제22권4호
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    • pp.218-221
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    • 2007
  • 본 연구에서는 초음파 파쇄기를 이용하여 폴리엔 항진균 활성을 갖는 방선균 배양액으로부터 pellet을 회수하여 미생물농약으로 사용이 용이한 포자를 확보하기 위한 최적화 연구를 수행하였다. 그 결과, Streptomyces sp. MMBL001, MMBL003 그리고 Pseudonocardia autotrophica는 각각 12%, 18%, 12% 출력 (100%, 700 W)에서 최적의 포자 전환율을 보임을 확인하였다. 이렇게 확보한 포자를 10% skim milk 보호제를 사용하여 동결건조한 후 각각의 생균수를 측정한 결과, MMBL003이 MMBL001과 P. autotrophica에 비해 3배 이상의 생균수가 유지됨이 측정되었다. C. albicans를 대상으로 항진균 효과를 확인한 결과, 동결건조된 3종의 방선균주 모두 우수한 항진균 활성을 유지함으로써 신규 폴리엔 생산 방선균을 이용한 미생물농약으로서의 활용 가능성을 제시하였다.

폴리(에틸렌 글리콜)기를 갖는 폴리스티렌 입자의 제조와 유전 매질내에서의 표면 전하 특성 (Preparation of Polystyrene Particles Containing Poly(ethylene glycol) Groups and Their Surface Charge Characterization in Dielectric Medium)

  • 김성훈;김배중;권대익;박기홍
    • 폴리머
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    • 제28권6호
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    • pp.524-530
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    • 2004
  • 스티렌, 폴리(에틸렌 글리콜) 메타크릴레이트 (PEG-MMA) 혹은 폴리(에틸렌 글리콜) 디메타크릴레이트 (PEG-diMMA)를 중성 매질에서 무유화제 (emulsifier-free) 유화 중합하여 표면에 에틸렌 글리콜기를 갖는 폴리스티렌 입자를 합성하였고, 이로부터 동결 건조되어진 분말을 제조하였다. 고분자 분말은 FT-TR 분광기로 구조를 확인하였고, 광산란 입도 분석기와 주사 전자 현미경 (SEM)을 이용하여 입자 크기와 분산도를 조사하였다. 스티렌에 대하여 공단량체 PEG-MMA는 2∼5 mol%, PEG-diMMA는 1 mol% 농도 부근에서 균일한 입자 크기를 얻을 수 있었다. 합성된 입자의 표면 전하를 유전 매질 내에서 ELS-8000 광산란법을 이용하여 제타 포텐셜을 측정하였다. 스티렌에 대하여 PEG-MMA 5 mol%에서 183 mV의 아주 높은 제타 포텐셜이 측정되었다.

하수슬러지 처리기술 동향 및 최적화 처리방안 (Treatment, Disposal and Beneficial Use Option for Sewage Sludge)

  • 최용수
    • 수도
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    • 제24권5호통권86호
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    • pp.29-44
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    • 1997
  • Sewage sludge produced in Korea was 1,275,800 tons (dewatered sludge cake) per year in 1996, which is 3,495 tons per day, 0.303% of 11,526,100 tons per day of sewage treated in 79 sewage treatment plants. Sludge production has been and will be increasing in accordance with construction of new facilities for sewage treatment. Most of the sludge is currently disposed by landfill and ocean dumping, but it is becoming difficult to find suitable sites for landfill, particularly in big cities such as Seoul. In addition, rapid increase of landfill cost is anticipated in a near future. Current trend for sludge disposal in advanced countries is land application. Over the past 10 to 20 years in the United States, sludge management practices have changed significantly, moving from disposal to beneficial use. They use biosolid for utilization instead of sludge for disposal. Under the Clean Water Act of 1972, amended in 1987 by Congress, the U.S. EPA was required to develop regulations for the use and disposal of sewage sludge. The EPA assessed the potential for pollutants in sewage sludge to affect public health and the environment through a number of different routes of exposure. The Agency also assessed the potential risk to human health through contamination of drinking water sources or surface water when sludge is disposed on land. The Final Rules were signed by the EPA Administrator and were published (Federal Register, 1993). These rules state that sewage sludge shall not be applied to land if the concentration of any pollutant in the sludge exceeds the ceiling concentration. In addition, the cumulative loading rate for each pollutant shall not exceed the cumulative pollutant loading rate nor should the concentration of each pollutant in the sludge exceed the monthly average concentration for the pollutant. The annual pollutant loading rate generally applies to applications of sewage sludge on agricultural lands. The most popular beneficial use of sewage sludge is land application. The sludge has to be stabilized for appling to land. One of the stabilization process for sewage sludge is lime stabilization process. The stabilization process is consisted of the stabilizing process and the drying process. Stabilization reactor can be a drum type reactor in which a crossed mixer is equipped. The additive agents are a very reactive mixture of calcium oxide and others. The stabilized sludge is dried in sun drier or rotary kiln.

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The Bioenergy Conversion Characteristics of Feedlot Manure Discharging from Beef Cattle Barn

  • Oh, Seung-Yong;Kim, Chang-Hyun;Yoon, Young-Man
    • 한국토양비료학회지
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    • 제48권6호
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    • pp.697-704
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    • 2015
  • This study was carried out to assess bioenergy conversion efficiency by biogas and solid fuel production in the cattle feedlot manure discharged from beef cattle barn. Feedlot manure was sampled from the cattle farmhouse located in Yong-in, Gyeonggi during the mid-fattening stage, periodically. The chemical characteristics, BMP (Biochemical methane potential) and HV (Heating values) of feedlot cattle manures were analyzed. Total solid contents of cattle feedlot manure were in the range of 29.98~44.28%, and volatile solid contents were in the range of 23.53~24.47%. In the anaerobic digestion of cattle feedlot manure, the methane production potential has increased from 0.141 to $0.187Nm^3kg^{-1}-VS_{added}$. The methane production of fresh cattle feedlot manure showed the range $0.141{\sim}0.187Nm^3kg^{-1}$-Manure (average $0.047Nm^3kg^{-1}$-Manure), the LHVs (lower heating values) of the produced methane were in the range of $316{\sim}560kcalkg^{-1}$-Manure (average $400kcalkg^{-1}$-Manure). In the direct combustion of fresh cattle feedlot manure, the LHVs were measured in the range of $747{\sim}1,271kcalkg^{-1}$-Manure (average $916kcalkg^{-1}$-Manure), and LHVs of solid fuel which have the water content of 20% were in the range of $2,694{\sim}2,876kcalkg^{-1}$-Manure (average $2,791kcalkg^{-1}$-Manure). Then, the drying energy of average $443kcalkg^{-1}$-Manure was consumed in the production of solid fuel which has a water content of 20%. Therefore, the direct combustion of cattle feedlot manure showed about 2.3 times higher LHV than the LHV of methane produced by anaerobic digestion. And LHV of solid fuel was about 6.0 times higher than the LHV of methane produced by anaerobic digestion. Then, the production of solid fuel presented more bioenergy conversion efficiency than the biogas production in the bioenergy use of cattle feedlot manure.

Milk Fat Substitution by Microparticulated Protein in Reduced-fat Cheese Emulsion: The Effects on Stability, Microstructure, Rheological and Sensory Properties

  • Urgu, Muge;Turk, Aylin;Unluturk, Sevcan;Kaymak-Ertekin, Figen;Koca, Nurcan
    • 한국축산식품학회지
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    • 제39권1호
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    • pp.23-34
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    • 2019
  • Fat reduction in the formulation of cheese emulsion causes problems in its flowability and functional characteristics during spray-dried cheese powder production. In order to eliminate these problems, the potential of using microparticulated whey protein (MWP) in cheese emulsions was examined in this study. Reduced-fat white-brined cheese emulsions (RF) with different dry-matters (DM) (15%, 20%, and 25% excluding emulsifying salt) were produced using various MWP concentrations (0%-20% based on cheese DM of emulsion). Their key characteristics were compared to full-fat cheese emulsion (FF). MWP addition had no influence on prevention of the phase separation observed in the instable group (RF 15). The most notable effect of using MWP was a reduction in apparent viscosity of RF which significantly increased by fat reduction. Moreover, increasing the amount of MWP led to a decrease in the values of consistency index and an increase in the values of flow behavior index. On the other hand, using high amounts of MWP made the emulsion more liquid-like compared to full-fat counterpart. MWP utilization also resulted in similar lightness and yellowness parameters in RF as their full-fat counterparts. MWP in RF increased glossiness and flowability scores, while decreased mouth coating scores in sensory analyses. Fat reduction caused a more compact network, while a porous structure similar to FF was observed with MWP addition to RF. In conclusion, MWP showed a good potential for formulation of reduced-fat cheese emulsions with rheological and sensorial characteristics suitable to be used as the feeding liquid in the spray drying process.

Potential of Activated Carbon Derived from Local Common Reed in the Refining of Raw Cane Sugar

  • D-Abdullah, Ibrahim;Girgis, Badie S.;Tmerek, Yassin M.;Badawy, Elsaid H.
    • Carbon letters
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    • 제11권3호
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    • pp.192-200
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    • 2010
  • Common reed (Fragmites australis), a local invasive grass, was investigated as a possible feedstock for the production of activated carbon. Dried crushed stems were subjected to impregnation with phosphoric acid (30, 40 and 50%) followed by pyrolysis at $400{\sim}500^{\circ}C$ with final washing and drying. Obtained carbons were characterized by determining: carbon yield, ash content, slurry pH, textural properties and capacity to remove color bodies from factory-grade sugar liquor. Produced carbons possessed surface area up to 700 $m^2/g$, total pore volumes up to 0.37 $cm^3/g$, and proved to be microporous in nature. Decolorization of hot sugar liquor at $80^{\circ}C$ showed degrees of color removal of 60 up to 77% from initial color of 1100~1300 ICU, at a carbon dose of 1.0 g/100 ml liquor. No correlation seems to hold between synthesis conditions and % R but depends on the degree of microporosity. A commercial activated carbon N showed a comparative better color removal capacity of 91%. Common reed proved to be a viable carbon precursor for production of good adsorbing carbon suitable for decolorization in the sugar industry, as well as in other environmental remediation processes.

주요식량작물 종자세 개선에 관한 연구 (Studies on Practical Methods to Control Seed Vigour in Several Food Crops)

  • 김진기
    • 한국작물학회지
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    • 제39권2호
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    • pp.128-138
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    • 1994
  • 발아의 신속성과 균일성을 높이기 위하여 벼, 보리, 콩 종자에 대하여 몇가지 화학물질처리와 종자의 흡습건조처리를 통하여 종자퇴화지연효과를 검토하였다. 처리한 생장촉진제 및 노화지연제간에 경미한 차이는 있었으나 GA$_3$가 벼의 발아율을 높인것 외에는 뚜렷한 종자세 개선의 효과를 보이지 않았다. 노화종자를 PEG용액에 흡습건조처리할 경우 용액농도가 높을수록 평균발아일수가 길어지고 발아율이 낮아지는 경향이나 발아율 유지의 효과나 발아균일성향상의 효과는 없었다. 저온, 과습 및 삼투조건 등 불량한 환경에 대한 발아반응도 미미하였다. 어느 처리도 종자세 개선에 뚜렷한 효과를 보이지는 않았으나 GA$_3$ 처리가 전체적으로 발아반응이 그 중 좋은 편이었다.

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광개시제 특성에 따른 터치 패널용 UV 경화형 Ag 페이스트의 물성 연구 (A Study on Properties of UV-Curing Silver Paste for Touch Panel by Photoinitiator Characteristic)

  • 남수용;구용환;김성빈
    • 한국인쇄학회지
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    • 제29권2호
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    • pp.1-13
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    • 2011
  • The recent spotlight on electronic touch-screen display, a rapid breakthrough in the information society is evolving. Touch panel input device such as a keyboard or mouse without the use of, the on-screen character or a specific location or object on the person's hand touches a particular feature to identify the location of a panel is to be handled. The touch screen on the touch panel is used in the Ag paste is used mostly for low-curable paste. The thermal-curing paste according to the drying process of thermal energy consumption and improve the working environment of organic solvents have problems. In this study, Ag paste used in the non-thermal curing friendly and cost-effective UV curable paste was prepared. Current commercially available thermal-curable binder, was used instead of the flow characteristics of UV-curable oligomers and monomers with functional groups to give a single conductive Ag paste with the addition of a pattern could be formed. Ag paste as a result, thermal-curing adhesive, hardness, resistance and excellent reproduction of fine patterns and was available with screen printing environmentally friendly could see its potential as a patterning technology.

A NEWLY DEVELOPED CONTINUOUS TOXICITY TEST SYSTEM USING A LUMINOUSLY MODIFIED TERRESTRIAL BACTERIUM

  • Cho, Jang-Cheon;Lee, Kyu-Ho;Lee, Dong-Hun;Jahng, Deok-Jin;Park, Han-Oh;Kim, Sang-Jong
    • 한국미생물생명공학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국미생물생명공학회 2000년도 Proceedings of 2000 KSAM International Symposium and Spring Meeting
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    • pp.108-113
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    • 2000
  • Freshwater borne bacteria transformed with luxAB-containing plasmid were optimized for the toxicity tests of various organic carbons and heavy metals. The EC$\sub$50/ values obtained from tests using the most sensitive bacterium to toxicants, YH9-RC, revealed to be much less than those from the Microtox$\^$/. In addition, some physiological characteristics of this bacterium under the toxic stress conditions such as potential bioluminescence, specific growth rate, and intracellular ATP contents, reproducibly and reliably correlated to the toxicity of the chemicals exposed. The higher concentrations of COD in wastewater samples, the lower EC$\sub$50/ values, therefore the developed toxicity test was found to be easily applicable to the toxicity test for wastewater samples and effluents. The conditions for constructing 384-multiwell plate containing freeze-dried bacterium were also optimized through the addition of 0.16 M trehalose before freeze-drying. Consequently, the advanced test system featuring a continuous measurement of the toxicity, an automated real-time monitoring of its results, and an alerting function was designed and constructed in combination with the microbiological, mechanical, and electronic compartment.

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