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MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION OF INDENTATION ON SILVER COATED COPPER NANOSTRUCTURE

  • Kim, Am-Kee;Trandinh, Long;Kim, Il-Hyun
    • Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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    • 2008.11a
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    • pp.1794-1799
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    • 2008
  • The effect of misfit on the indentation behaviour of silver coated copper multilayer was studied by molecular dynamics simulation. It was found that the misfit bands on interface formed by the mismatch of lattice structure between copper and silver in slip direction [110] and the dislocation band width depended on the mismatched lattice constants of materials. More dislocations were created and glided by indentation, which created a "four-wing flower" structure consisting of pile. up of dislocation at the interface. The size of "flower" depended on the thickness of silver layer. The critical thickness for "flower" was approximately 4nm above which the "flower" disappeared. As the result, deformation mechanisms such as dislocation pile-up, dislocation cross-slip and movement of misfit dislocation were revealed. Only silver atoms in the dislocation pile-up were involved in the creation of the "flower" while the dislocations in copper were glided in slip direction on interface.

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In-vitro Anticancer and Antioxidant Activity of Gold Nanoparticles Conjugate with Tabernaemontana divaricata flower SMs Against MCF -7 Breast Cancer Cells

  • Preetam Raj, J.P;Purushothaman, M;Ameer, Khusro;Panicker, Shirly George
    • Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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    • v.54 no.1
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    • pp.75-80
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    • 2016
  • Biologically stabilized gold nanoparticles were synthesized from the flower aqueous extract of T. divaricata. The synthesized nanoparticles were characterized by UV-Vis spectrophotometer, Zeta sizer, FTIR and TEM analysis. T. divaricata reduced gold nanoparticles having particle size and potential of 106.532 nm and -10.2 mV, respectively, with a characteristic peak of 550 nm in UV-visible spectrophotometer. FTIR graph after comparison between the crude flower extract and gold nanoparticles showed three major shifts in the functional groups. The morphology and size of the gold nanoparticles were examined by HRTEM analysis, which showed that most of the nanoparticles were nearly spherical with size of 100 nm. The gold nanoparticles synthesized demonstrated potent anticancer activity against MCF-7 cell line. The findings conclude that the antioxidant molecule present in T. divaricata may be responsible for both reduction and capping of gold nanoparticles which possess potential applications in medicine and pharmaceutical fields.

Characteristics of lateral bud development, necrosis and genesis of flower primordium in 'Kyoho' grapevines

  • Park, Jun Young;Jung, Myung Hee;Kim, Bo Min;Park, Yo Sup;Kim, Jun Hyeok;Park, Hee-Seung
    • Korean Journal of Agricultural Science
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    • v.47 no.4
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    • pp.987-993
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    • 2020
  • This study investigated the effective harvest of 'Kyoho' grapevines by examining their characteristics including bud development, necrosis types and flower primordium formation. The size of the axillary bud did not show any difference in the 5th node or more, but it was smaller because it was closer to the base in the 4th node or less. In the 1st node, the rates of main bud necrosis (MBN), accessory bud necrosis (ABN), and whole bud necrosis (WBN) were high, and the rate of flower primordium formation was low, but there was no significant difference in the other nodes. Therefore, it was expected that using other nodes than the 1st node would be advantageous to secure production. Because the growth progresses after sprouting, the main bud necrosis rate increases, showing a very low flower primordium formation rate in March of the following year. Therefore, a method is needed to increase the storage nutrients in the winter and the rate of flower primordium formation after March. This study found that the thickness of the shoots should be less than 8.5 mm between the 3rd and 4th nodes, and the length should be less than 60 cm for nodes up to the 10th node.

Microspore-derived Embryo Formation and Morphological Changes during the Isolated Microspore Culture of Radish (Raphanus sativus L.)

  • Han, NaRae;Kim, Sung Un;Park, Han Young;Na, Haeyoung
    • Horticultural Science & Technology
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    • v.32 no.3
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    • pp.382-389
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    • 2014
  • Raphanus sativus L. cv. Taebaek, a efficiently microspore-derived embryo (MDE)-forming cultivar, and 'Chungwoon', a non-MDE-forming cultivar were selected as donor plants for isolated microspore culture. Radish flower bud of 2.0 (small, S), 4.0 (medium, M), and 6.0 (large, L) ${\pm}$ 0.5 mm in length were isolated to determine the temporal relationship between flower bud size and MED yield. Anatomical observations revealed no difference in the structure of the flower buds between the two cultivars. In both cultivars, the stigmas were much longer than the floral leaf in M-sized flower buds. The MDE yields for 'Taebaek' per petri dish were 6.6 and 1.3 for M- and L-sized of flower buds, respectively, but MDE formation was not induced in the S flower buds. On the other hand, 'Chungwoon' failed to form MDEs in all flower buds. The microspore density of 'Taebaek' was 1.3 times more than that of 'Chungwoon' for M sized flower buds. Of the M-sized buds from 'Taebaek' and 'Chungwoon', 92.1 and 81.6%, respectively, were in the late uninucleate microspore stage, which is characterized by the highest frequency of MDE formation. Anatomical observations of MDE formation revealed that the microspores were able to divide to form a primordium from which cell division took place continuously in the 'Teabeak' cultivar. However, the microspores of 'Chungwoon' failed to progress beyond the primodium stage, resulting in lack of MDE formation. By contrast, after the formation of the primordium, various developmental stages of embyos from microspore were observed in the 'Taebaek' cultivar. These results can be used to determine MDE forming potentials of radish cultivars.

Characteristics of the Flower Industry in Gyeongnam Province (경남지역 화훼산업의 현황과 특징)

  • Shim, In-Sun;Kim, Yun-Shik
    • Journal of agriculture & life science
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    • v.43 no.5
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    • pp.63-72
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    • 2009
  • The flower industry in Gyeongnam Province is the second largest flower producing area after Gyeonggi Province in Korea. Gyeongnam Province is also one of the provinces where flower industry was first introduced, which has started in the middle of 1960s. The share of Gyeongnam Province was 16.2% in area and 14.3% in sales in 2006. The most outstanding feature of Gyeongnam's flower industry is that it has been particularly specialized in cut-flower industry, the share of which was 77.6% of Gyeongnam Province in area. Another feature is that the industry continued to be shrunk in size due to the expansion of urban area. For Gyeongnam's floral industry to be competitive not only in domestic market but in international market, its competitiveness in quality and price is kept being promoted. In addition, the availability of land is essential to the growth of the flower industry of Gyeongnam Province.

Approach for Cloning and Characterization of Blue/White Flower Color Specific cDNA Clones from Two Commelina Species

  • Lee Gunho;Yeon Mooshik;Hur Yoonkang
    • Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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    • v.7 no.1
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    • pp.45-50
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    • 2005
  • To clone blue and white flower color specific genes, mRNA differential display was carried out with two different Commelina species, C. communis Linne for blue color and C. coreana Leveille for. leucantha Nakai for white color. Fifty two and 100 cDNA clones specific for blue or white flower color, respectively, were ranging from 200 to 700 bp in size. From the reverse northern blot analysis, 12 and 7 positive clones were selected for blue and white flower, respectively. These clones appear to be novel cDNAs for these Commelina plants, but not color specific. This finding was supported by the northern blot analysis. However, two clones, B18 and B19, derived from blue flowered Commelina were highly expressed than in the white Commelina species, implying that further study will be valuable. The results indicated that both mRNA display experiment and dot blot analysis may not sensitive enough to clone color-determining gene from the plant, leading to explore more advanced method, like high-density colony array study (HDCA).

Study on the Selection of Promising Cultivars with Unique Flower Characteristics in the Recently Developed Cultivars of Rose of Sharon (Hibiscus spp.) for Landscape Uses (최근 국내외에서 육성된 무궁화 127 품종 중 조경적 활용가치가 높은 유망품종 선발)

  • Kim, Kwang-Ho;Lee, Chun-Suk;Kang, Ho-Chul
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Traditional Landscape Architecture
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    • v.34 no.3
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    • pp.124-139
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    • 2016
  • This study was carried out to characterize 127 recently developed cultivars of Rose of Sharon (Hibiscus spp.) in Korea and foreign Countries for landscape uses. The examined factors were growth characteristics such as tree height of a 1-year grafted plant(cm), plant type, growth habit, leaf characteristics such as shape and size, flower characteristics such as color, shape, size, and red eye during 2014 and 2015 for landscape uses. The results are obtained as follows; In the results of flower color of the 127 recently developed cultivars, pink color with red eye spot, white color with red eye spot, purplish red color with red eye spot, violet purple color with red eye spot, crimson color with red eye spot, asadal, blue color with red eye spot, and white color were distributed. In the flower characteristics, Hibiscus hybrid 'Daewangchun' had the largest flower size of 16.0cm out of the 127 cultivars. H. syriacus 'Antong', 'Lil Kim', and 'Ggoma' were cultivars with smaller flowers than other cultivars. H. syriacus 'Hunjang' had largest red eye, of 5.2cm of length compared to the other cultivars. The cultivars with unique flower color for landscape uses are H. syriacus 'Kwangmyung', 'Nanpa', 'North face', 'Bulsae', 'Bidan', 'Songam', 'Youngchang', 'Jukpeoso', 'Kiho', 'Tamla', 'Hwasoored' and 'Hwanhee'. These flowers had a purplish red color and were developed in Korea. H. syriacus 'Aphrodite', 'Dr. Uemoto', 'Freedom', 'Pink Cup', 'PS 80-1', 'Purpureus Variegatus', 'Red Giant', 'Woodbridge' also had unique flowers with a purplish red color and were introduced from foreign countries. In addition, cultivars with violet pink flowers were H. syriacus 'Ggoma', 'Doturak', 'Myungmi', 'Byunghwa', 'Sancheonyu', 'Taehwa', 'Hikari-hanagasa', and 'Little Kim Violet'. 'Jongmoo' and 'Ruffled Satin' had flowers with crimson color. Therefore, the new cultivars with unique flower colors were a promising cultivars to a woody landscape plant. Cultivars with large flower sizes were Hibiscus hybrid 'Daewangchun', Hibiscus hybrid 'Daemang', and Hibiscus hybrid 'Jina'. H. syriacus 'Ggoma', 'Mibeak', 'Antong', 'Lil Kim', and 'Eunhasu' had small flower sizes. Cultivars with long red eye were H. syriacus 'Hunjang' and H. syriacus 'Hi Lea Red'. Therefore, the new cultivars, Hibiscus hybrid 'Daewangchun', Hibiscus hybrid 'Daemang', Hibiscus hybrid 'Jina' with large flower sizes, H. syriacus 'Ggoma', 'Mibeak', 'Antong', 'Lil Kim', and 'Eunhasu' with small flower sizes, H. syriacus 'Hunjang' and H. syriacus 'Hi Lea Red' with long red eye, were promising cultivars to a woody landscape plant.

Genetic Variation of Flower Production in Breeding Seedling Seed Orchards of Quercus acuta and Q. glauca

  • Jeon, Koeun;Ro, Hee Seung;Kim, Ye-Ji;Gu, Da-Eun;Park, Ji-Min;Ryu, Sungryul;Kang, Kyu-Suk
    • Journal of Forest and Environmental Science
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    • v.38 no.2
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    • pp.102-109
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    • 2022
  • This study was conducted to test the significant difference of fertility variation among families and to select superior families for acorn production in the breeding seedling seed orchards (BSSOs) of Quercus acuta and Quercus glauca. The seed orchards were located in Jeju island and established by seedlings raised from selected parents for genetic testing in 2006. In the spring of 2021, the numbers of female and male flower were counted from 5 to 10 individuals per family in the BSSOs. To test statistical significance of which parameter is not satisfied through the normality test, we used a nonparametric analysis. Correlation analysis was performed to quantify the association between female and male flower production. As the results, the significant difference of flower production among families was found in both seed orchards. The averages of female flower production were 65.3 and 181.9 in Q. acuta and Q. glauca. The positive Spearman's rank correlation was existed between male and female flower production. Broad-sense heritability on female and male flower production were 0.191 and 0.147 in Q. acuta, and 0.285 and 0.068 in Q. glauca, respectively. Sexual asymmetry (e.g., maleness index) between female and male, and contribution variation among families (e.g., parental balance) were analyzed to find reasonable alternatives in the management of seed orchards. Effective population size of seed crops was predicted as a concept of status number. Loss of gene diversity (accumulation of group coancestry) would not be alarming in the BSSOs. Our results would be helpful to select breeding materials for establishing new seed orchards and to supply genetically improved seeds of evergreen oaks, which is one of the backbones of the strategy of carbon sink in the 2050 Carbon Neutrality of Korea Forest Service.

Effect of Cutting Time on Growth and Flowering of Double Flowered Hydrangea serrata for. acuminata (겹꽃산수국의 삽목시기가 개화에 미치는 영향)

  • Lee, Jong Suk;Kim, Hyun Jin
    • FLOWER RESEARCH JOURNAL
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    • v.18 no.1
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    • pp.33-37
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    • 2010
  • Effects of cutting time of double flowered Hydragea serrata for. acuminata native to Korea on flowering and growth of following year were investigated in order to develop as a pot plant. Cuttings were carried out every 10th day from April to September in 2008. The cuttings were directly placed in 15 cm diameter pots. Longest plant was obtained from May cuttings and their average heights were 31.7 cm, and followed by April and July cuttings. Plant heights of August and September cuttings were 23.6 cm and 22.0 cm, respectively. In contrast, growth and height of June cutting were abnormally small. Leaf length, leaf width and petiole length of August and September cutting were reduced, but numbers of leaves were not changed. Average flower cluster numbers of May cuttings were 4 flower clusters, and July, August and September cuttings were 3 clusters while only 1 flower cluster per a plant was obtained during June. Biggest diameter of flower crown was observed from May cuttings and the size was 10.3 cm diameter; however, smaller flower crown size was observed after July cuttings. The best overall flower appearance was observed from May cuttings, and the worst was June cuttings. Even though plant height of August and September cuttings were reduced, flowering aspect and ornamental value were normal, but blooming times were retarded according to late cutting time.

A Dark Purple Cymbidium Cultivar 'Purple Star' with Medium Sized Plant for Pot Flower (진자주색계 중형 심비디움 'Purple Star' 육성)

  • Kim, Mi-Seon;Rhee, Hye-Kyung;Park, Sang-Gun;Shin, Hak-Ki;Jung, Hyang-Young;Lim, Jin-Hee
    • Korean Journal of Breeding Science
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    • v.43 no.6
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    • pp.559-563
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    • 2011
  • Cymbidium 'Purple Star' (Miake 'Pieta' ${\times}$ 'Allstar Mariane') was developed from a cross between hybrids at the National Institute of Horticultural & Herbal Science (NIHHS), Rural Development Administration (RDA) in 2008. A cross was made between purple colored flower C. Miake 'Pieta' as maternal line and dark pink colored flower, C. 'Allstar Mariane' as paternal line in 1995. The seed germination, cultivation, selection, and characteristic trials were conducted from 1996 to 2002. The line was named as Wongyo 'F1-21' and phenotype was characterized in 2007 as a new cultivar. The 'Purple Star' has dark purple basal color (RHS, GP186A) on both of sepal and petal with red lip (RHS, RP59A). 'Purple Star' has about 10.7 flowers per flower stalk and flower size of 7.6 cm. General appearance of petals and sepals is slightly incurved shape. The plant size is intermediate having erect peduncle. Blooming is started from the late of January (mid-winter) under optimal culture condition. Leaf attitude and twisting is erect and weak respectively. This hybrid has attractive floral arrangement, long flower stalk (78.4 cm) and vigorous growth. 'Purple Star' has a great potential for exporting to Chinese market.