• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제40권4호
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• pp.335-344
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• 2015

Purpose: Soybean growth is adversely affected by environmental stresses such as drought, extreme temperatures, and nutrient deficiency. The objective of this study was to develop a method for rapid measurement of drought stress in soybean plants using a hyperspectral fluorescence imaging technique. Methods: Hyperspectral fluorescence images were obtained using UV-A light with 365 nm excitation. Two soybean cultivars under drought stress were analyzed. A partial least square regression (PLSR) model was used to predict drought stress in soybeans. Results: Partial least square (PLS) images were obtained for the two soybean cultivars using the results of the developed model during the period of drought stress treatment. Analysis of the PLS images showed that the accuracy of drought stress discrimination in the two cultivars was 0.973 for an 8-day treatment group and 0.969 for a 6-day treatment group. Conclusions: These results validate the use of hyperspectral fluorescence images for assessing drought stress in soybeans.

• 농촌지도와개발
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.301-328
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• 2007

The purposes of this study were to classify the silver farming types and to investigate proper crops for silver farmers. Data were collected from 408 farmers returned from the urban area. Descriptive statistics were employed using SPSS/PC windows program. After then, researchers discussed the silver farming patterns and their proper crops, and tried to analyze the silver farming model. Major results were as follows: The farming aims of retirees, urban residents as well as farmers returned from the urban area were various from hobby/ leisure to income generating activities. Fourteen types of silver farming were classified by farming aim and residential area of retirees. Retirees in the hobby/leisure-oriented silver farming type can select and enjoy the various plants, animals, and insects as well as crops due to their small scale. Silver farmers in the self-sufficiency type may select crops for their food. Income-oriented silver farmers may have difficulties in choosing the proper crop. They must consider their income needs, health status and field location. Profit-oriented silver farmers with venture mind can have some business opportunities in the agricultural sectors in spite of severe competition. As the aged silver farmers have poor health, they must keep work safety rules, use the proper work-aids, and utilize the labor-saving farming system.

• 한국작물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국작물학회 2017년도 9th Asian Crop Science Association conference
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• pp.35-35
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• 2017

How do plants take up water from soils especially when water is scarce in soils? Plants have a strategy to respond to water deficit to manage water necessary for their survival and growth. Plants regulate water transport inside them. Water flows inside the plant via (i) apoplastic pathway including xylem vessel and cell wall and (ii) cell-to-cell pathway including water channels sitting in cell membrane (aquaporins). Water transport across the root and leaf is explained by a composite transport model including those pathways. Modification of the components in those pathways to change their hydraulic conductivity can regulate water uptake and management. Apoplastic barrier is modified by producing Casparian band and suberin lamellae. These structures contain suberin known to be hydrophobic. Barley roots with more suberin content from the apoplast showed lower root hydraulic conductivity. Root hydraulic conductivity was measured by a root pressure probe. Plant root builds apoplastic barrier to prevent water loss into dry soil. Water transport in plant is also regulated in the cell-to-cell pathway via aquaporin, which has received a great attention after its discovery in early 1990s. Aquaporins in plants are known to open or close to regulate water transport in response to biotic and/or abiotic stresses including water deficit. Aquaporins in a corn leaf were opened by illumination in the beginning, however, closed in response to the following leaf water potential decrease. The evidence was provided by cell hydraulic conductivity measurement using a cell pressure probe. Changing the hydraulic conductivity of plant organ such as root and leaf has an impact not only on the speed of water transport across the plant but also on the water potential inside the plant, which means plant water uptake pattern from soil could be differentiated. This was demonstrated by a computer simulation with 3-D root structure having root hydraulic conductivity information and soil. The model study indicated that the root hydraulic conductivity plays an important role to determine the water uptake from soil with suboptimal water, although soil hydraulic conductivity also interplayed.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제42권4호
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• pp.249-256
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• 2009

오리농업재배가 이뤄지고 있는 소유역 하류에 위치한 자연습지가 오리농업시 유출되는 영양염류 부하량 저감에 미치는 영향을 평가하였다. 오리농업재배가 이뤄지고 있는 소유역은 논면적이 61.9ha로서 총 논면적의 74%에서 오리농업재배가 이뤄지고 있었으며 하류에 위치한 자연습지의 면적은 5.9ha를 차지하고 있었다. 재배기간 중 오리농업이 이뤄지고 있는 논물의 영양염류 함량을 조사한 결과 T-N 13.7, $T-P2.5kg\;ha^{-1}$로 나타났는데, 이는 동일기간 중 관행재배에 비해 1.2~2.5배 높은 결과였다. 하류에 위치한 자연습지의 우점초생은 갈대, 줄, 고마리 등이었으며, 이들 식생이 함유하고 있는 영양염류량은 T-N 761 kg, T-P103 kg으로서 오리재배논으로부터 유출되는 영양염류 부하량의 94%와 79%에 해당되는 양이었다. 이와 같은 연구결과를 볼 때, 오리재배농업단지 하류에 습지를 유지하는 것은 오리농업 재배시 발생할 수 있는 영양염류 부하량을 저감시킬 수 있는 하나의 방법이 될 수 있으리라 생각된다.

• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• 제38권4호
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• pp.251-257
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• 2011

벼의 염기서열 분석이 완료됨에 따라 유전자의 세포내 기능을 밝히기 위한 기능유전체 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있다. 이를 위해 효율적으로 아그로박테리움을 이용해 원하는 유전자를 식물체 내로 형질전환을 하기 위한 노력은 지금도 계속 진행되고 있다. 본 실험에서는 캘러스를 유기한 후 아그로박테리움을 이용해 접종하는 기존의 방법과 달리, 성숙 종자를 소독한 후 2,4-D가 포함된 액체배지에 24시간 침종하여 배 부분이 발아하기 시작하는 종자를 이용해 바로 아그로박테리움을 접종하여 체세포변이의 발생을 최소화하고 유전자를 포함하고 있는 아그로박테리움이 식물 조직내로 침투할 수 있는 효율을 증가시키며, 그 후 캘러스를 유기하여 재분화 시킴으로써 형질전환 식물체를 얻는 방법을 새롭게 수립하였다. 배양과정 중 공동배양 배지에 아그로박테리움 성장억제물질인 silver nitrate와 항산화 물질인 DTT를 첨가하여 공동 배양 기간을 7일 이상으로 늘림으로써 벼 형질전환효율을 증가시킬 수 있었고, PCR 분석을 통해 원하는 목표 유전자가 형질전환체에 안정적으로 도입이 되는 것도 확인할 수 있었다. 또한, 이 방법은 형질전환 효율이 낮은 일품벼와 같은 품종에도 적용할 수 있을 것으로 판단된다. 이러한 결과를 종합해 볼 때, 본 실험을 통해 얻어진 새로운 공동배양 방법은 우수한 농업적 형질을 가진 벼 육종 소재 및 품종 개발시 효율적으로 이용할 수 있을 것으로 생각된다.

• 한국균학회소식:학술대회논문집
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• 한국균학회 2014년도 추계학술대회 및 정기총회
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• pp.11-11
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• 2014

Fungal pathogens have huge impact on health and economic wellbeing of human by causing life-threatening mycoses in immune-compromised patients or by destroying crop plants. A key determinant of fungal pathogenesis is their ability to undergo developmental change in response to host or environmental factors. Genetic pathways that regulate such morphological transitions and adaptation are therefore extensively studied during the last few decades. Given that epigenetic as well as genetic components play pivotal roles in development of plants and mammals, contribution of microbial epigenetic counterparts to this morphogenetic process is intriguing yet nearly unappreciated question to date. To bridge this gap in our knowledge, we set out to investigate histone modifications among epigenetic mechanisms that possibly regulate fungal adaptation and processes involved in pathogenesis of a model plant pathogenic fungus, Magnaporthe oryzae. M. oryzae is a causal agent of rice blast disease, which destroys 10 to 30% of the rice crop annually. Since the rice is the staple food for more than half of human population, the disease is a major threat to global food security. In addition to the socioeconomic impact of the disease it causes, the fungus is genetically tractable and can undergo well-defined morphological transitions including asexual spore production and appressorium (a specialized infection structure) formation in vitro, making it a model to study fungal development and pathogenicity. For functional and comparative analysis of histone modifications, a web-based database (dbHiMo) was constructed to archive and analyze histone modifying enzymes from eukaryotic species whose genome sequences are available. Histone modifying enzymes were identified applying a search pipeline built upon profile hidden Markov model (HMM) to proteomes. The database incorporates 22,169 histone-modifying enzymes identified from 342 species including 214 fungal, 33 plants, and 77 metazoan species. The dbHiMo provides users with web-based personalized data browsing and analysis tools, supporting comparative and evolutionary genomics. Based on the database entries, functional analysis of genes encoding histone acetyltransferases and histone demethylases is under way. Here I provide examples of such analyses that show how histone acetylation and methylation is implicated in regulating important aspects of fungal pathogenesis. Current analysis of histone modifying enzymes will be followed by ChIP-Seq and RNA-seq experiments to pinpoint the genes that are controlled by particular histone modifications. We anticipate that our work will provide not only the significant advances in our understanding of epigenetic mechanisms operating in microbial eukaryotes but also basis to expand our perspective on regulation of development in fungal pathogens.

• 한국작물학회지
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• 제36권6호
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• pp.560-567
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• 1991

콩잎의 광합성능력이 잎의 내부형태 변이와 관련되어 있는지 검토하기 위해 대두품종 ‘Hodg-son 78’을 공시하여 포장실험을 수행하였다. 잎의 내부 형태면이를 촉진시키기 위해 착협시(R3 stage)에 유아주기 (1m이랑당 26주에서 6.5주)와 곁가지 치기를 통해 source활성 증대를, 계속적인 꼬투리 제거 (절위당 한개의 꼬투리만 남김)를 통해 sink활성 감소를 시도하였다. 협신장기(R4 stage)로부터 3-4일 간격으로 5회에 걸쳐 제 10절위 복엽의 중앙소엽을 대상으로 기체교환특성, 잎의 두께, 엽육세포의 체적 및 표면적, 그리고 주변 미기상변수를 측정하였다. 가설검증을 위해 기존의 광합성모형을 엽육세포의 표면적이 기체확산과, 엽육세포의 체적이 생화학적 활성과 관련되도록 수정하였다. 실측 광합성속도의 변이가운데 79%는 이 수정된 모형에 의해 설명 가능하였으며, 엽내부형태의 영향을 무시한 기존의 광합성모형에 비해 평균 14.5%의 추정능력 향상을 확인할 수 있었다.

• 한국작물학회지
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• 제55권4호
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• pp.365-370
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• 2010

본 연구는 유전자 조작 옥수수의 유전자 유출을 막기 위한 관리방법 개발의 목적으로 고려대학교 GMO 격리포장에서 2010년에 수행된 화분 비산실험의 결과를 이용하여 Yamamura(2004)의 Gamma model로 모델링하였다. 1. 모델의 결정계수는 0.44로 예측치가 실측치를 잘 설명하였다. 2 옥수수 화분의 최대 비산 방향은 북서쪽으로 나타났다. 3. 최대 비산 방향으로 타가수분율이 0.001까지 낮아지는 거리인 '유전자유출 한계거리(0.001)'는 525 m 그리고 국내법상 비의도적 GMO 혼입허용치인 0.03 까지 낮아지는 거리인 '최소 동일작물 재배 한계거리(0.03)'는 35 m로 나타났다.

• 생물환경조절학회지
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.192-201
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• 1999

본 연구는 ASKAM모델로 $CO_2$, 광 및 엽면적지수가 단고추의 동적 광합성율에 추정가능성을 평가하기 위하여 수행되었다 $CO_2$ 농도는 2구획으로 구분된 반밀폐된 생장상에서 3수준 (400, 700 or 1000$\mu$mo1 mol$^{-1}$)으로 조절하였다. 온도와 습도는 21$^{\circ}C$ 및 80-95%로 조절하였고, 양액이 순환되는 용기내에서 재배하였다. 일태양복사, 온도 및 $CO_2$농도의 단기 자료를 기초로 하여 일중 단기간격에 대한 작물 순$CO_2$흡수량를 ASKAM모델로 추정하였고, 광합성 측정 중 각 구획과 기부에서의 $CO_2$농도를 매분마다 측정하였다. 순수 $CO_2$의 구획으로의 흐름, 지상방사, 구획내의 광합성유효방사, 은도 및 상대습도를 측정하였다. 본 작물생장모델은 작물의 광합성율을 적절하게 추정할 수 있는 것으로 평가되므로 생장해석, 작물관리 및 온실관리에 광범위하게 적용될 수 있을 것으로 판단되었다.

• 한국응용곤충학회지
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• 제62권4호
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• pp.227-243
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• 2023

The Asiatic pink stem borer, Sesamia inferens (Walker, 1856) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) is a pest that attacks rice stems. In this study, we estimated the annual generation of insect in several regions of the Republic of Korea. Adult trapping using a sex pheromone trap detected the occurrence of S. inferens adults in the three northernmost areas around 38° latitude and showed that the insect inhabits all of Korea. In most areas investigated, the seasons of the adult generations estimated using the single-sine degree-day model did not deviate from the corresponding observed seasons of adult occurrence. We estimated that the overwintering larvae hypothetically-estimated using the model could be originated from the last generation of adults. When larvae collected in paddy fields during the autumn season in a few middle and southern areas were reared at 25℃, ca. 70% of pupae did not show additional larval molting before their pupation. All larvae collected in early March in a southern area (Goseong, Gyeongsangnam-do) pupated without additional larval molting when reared at 25℃. Based on these results, we presumed that S. inferens could overwinter as mainly the last instar larval stage in the area. Taken together, we conclude that S. inferens primarily has two generations per year in areas around 38° latitude, and three generations in the areas between 35.3° and 37.3° latitude. In addition, approximately 35% of insects captured by the sex pheromone trap were species other than S. inferens, as determined by analyzing the nucleotide sequences of the cytochrome c oxidase 1 gene. These species were not morphologically misidentified as S. inferens.