• International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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• v.41 no.2
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• pp.45-50
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• 2020

Morus alba has white and/or purple fruits with a very sweet taste and low acidity. Most Korean mulberry trees have purple fruits. However, Baekokwang is a unique mulberry genetic resource in Korea with white fruits. In this study, flavonoids contents of Baekokwang mulberry leaf and fruit were analyzed using ultrahigh performance liquid chromatography coupled with diode array detection and quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry (UPLC-DAD-QTOF/MS) technique. UPLC-DAD-QTOF/MS chromatogram showed that 15 flavonoids and 9 flavonoids were isolated and identified from the mulberry leaf and fruit. Total flavonoids contents of Baekokwang leaves and fruits were 812.7 mg and 35.0 mg, respectively. Baekokwang leaves had 4 major flavonoids including quercetin 3-O-(6"-O-malonyl) glucoside, 235.3 ppm, kaempferol 3-O-(6"-O-malonyl) glucoside, 132.3 ppm, kaempferol 3-O-rutinoside (nicotiflorin), 108.1 ppm, and quercetin 3-O-rutinoside (rutin), 103.8 ppm. Baekokwang fruits had 3 major flavonoids including quercetin 3-O-(6"-O-malonyl) glucoside, 13.0 ppm, quercetin 3-O-rutinoside (rutin), 7.8 ppm, and kaempferol 3-O-rutinoside (nicotiflorin), 5.7 ppm. From the above results, mulberry leaves have rich flavonoids compared to its fruits.

• Korean Journal of Environmental Agriculture
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• v.37 no.3
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• pp.221-228
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• 2018

BACKGROUND: Spoilage fungi can reduce the shelf life of fresh fruits and cause economic losses by lowering quality. Especially, mulberry fruits have high sensitivity to fungal attack due to their high water content (> 70%) and soft texture. In addition, the surface of these fruits is prone to damage during harvesting and postharvest handling. However, any study on postharvest spoilage fungi in mulberry fruit has not been reported in Korea. This study aimed to examine the spoilage fungi occurring in mulberry fruits during storage after harvest. METHODS AND RESULTS: In this study, we isolated postharvest spoilage fungi from mulberry fruits stored in refrigerator (fresh fruits) and deep-freezer (frozen fruits) and identified them. In the phylogenetic analysis based on comparisons of the ITS rDNA sequences, the 18 spoilage fungi isolated from mulberry fruits and the 25 reference sequences were largely divided into seven groups that were subsequently verified by high bootstrap analysis of 73 to 100. Alternaria spp. including A. alternate and A. tenuissima, were the most frequently isolated fungi among the spoilage isolates: its occurrence was the highest among the 18 isolates (38.9%). CONCLUSION: The findings of this study will be helpful for increasing the shelf life of mulberry fruits through the application of appropriate control measures against infection by spoilage fungi during storage.

• Journal of Sericultural and Entomological Science
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• v.47 no.1
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• pp.1-4
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• 2005

As mulerry fruit has been increasingly evaluated as desirable for use in fresh and processed food and drink such as jam, juice and mulberry wine, opportunities for using the mulberry plant as a fruit sources have grown. With the demand for the mulberry fruits, mulberry fields for the production of mulberry fruits are increasing. To establish the mulberry cultivation methods for mulberry fruits production, effects of spacing and branch length on the productivity of mulberry fruits and growth of mulberry were studied.

• Current Research on Agriculture and Life Sciences
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• v.32 no.2
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• pp.67-73
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• 2014

Mulberry fruits were semi-dried using hot air ($60-100^{\circ}C$) or cool air ($20-40^{\circ}C$), and the effects of the drying temperature and processing time on the quality of the final dried mulberry fruits were investigated. Response surface methodology was employed to establish a statistical model and predict the conditions resulting in minimal loss of the total phenolic content (TPC) and ascorbic acid. Thus, using overlapped contour plots, the optimal conditions for producing semi-dried mulberry fruits, which reduced the moisture residue to 45% and minimized the nutrient losses of TPC and ascorbic acid, were determined for the hot-air process ($60.7^{\circ}C$ for 5.4 h) and cool-air process ($34.8^{\circ}C$ for 23.3 h). Plus, a higher drying temperature was found to lead to a faster loss of moisture and ascorbic acid, while the TPC was significantly decreased in the cool-air dried mulberry fruits due to the higher activity of polyphenol oxidase between 30 and $40^{\circ}C$.

• Journal of Sericultural and Entomological Science
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• v.45 no.1
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• pp.1-5
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• 2003

This study was carried out to investigate the anthocyanin pigments in the fruits of mulberry and grape. The anthocyanin pigments in the fruits of mulberry and grape were extracted with l% methanolic hydrochloric acid. The cyanidin-3-glu-coside (C3G) was separated and quantified by HPLC system using a Nova-Pack C$\sub$18/ column. The cyanidin-3-glucoside (C3G) contents of mulberry fruits were higher than that of grapes. Especially, anthocyanin pigments of mulberry fruits showed only C3G peak, but anthocyanin pigments of grapes showed some species peaks.

• Journal of Sericultural and Entomological Science
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• v.38 no.2
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• pp.100-107
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• 1996

This study was designed to evaluate the antidiabetic effect of mulberry fruits using insulin-dependent and/or non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus animal models. The administration of mulberry fruit did not affect either body wight or blood glucose level in the normal ICR mice and streptozotocin induced-type I diabetic mice group. In second experiment, prolonged mulberry fruits treatment did not significantly attenuate the blood glucose level in type I diabetes induced by streptozotocin. In third experiment, the antidiabetic effect of mulberry fruits have been investigated using type II diabetes animal model that was induced by administration of streptozotocin to 2-day-old rats. Significant decrease in blood glucose level was observed in prolonged mulberry fruits treated group. In these treated group, the weight of liver significantly decreased than that of control group. In fourth experiment using KK mice showing genetical type II diabetes mellitus, glucose tolerance has been significantly recovered in mulberry fruits treated group but not in control group. In conclusion, prolonged administration of mulberry fruits significantly reduced the blood glucose level in type II diabetic animals. However, the blood glucose level was not significantly reduced by prolonged mulberry treatment. These data suggest that mulberry fruits can be developed as functional food that has effect on the insulin-independent diabetus mellitus(type II daibetus mellitus).

• International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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• v.37 no.2
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• pp.55-62
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• 2018

We bred a mulberry cultivar named 'Saealchan' through local adaptability test, which is under registration as a new cultivar for fruit production. Local adaptability test had been carried out at four local places (Jeonju, Gongju, Jangseong, and Sangju) for five years from 2013. This variety 'Saealchan' belongs to Morus alba L. selected from seedlings collected from mother mulberry 'Shimheung'. Saealchan was resistant to popcorn disease and high yielding variety in fruit productivity by 194% compared to control cultivar 'Shimheung (Morus alba L.)' for three years. Although fruits of 'Saealchan' was smaller in size and lower in sugar content of mulberry fruits compared to control variety 'Shimheung', it showed strong resistance to sclerotial disease compared to 'Shimheung'.

• International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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• v.33 no.1
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• pp.36-40
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• 2016

Mulberry fruits also have tremendous potential for providing various valuable industrial products of very high economic value for human beings. Nevertheless, through global warming, the popcorn disease caused by sclerotia forming fungi reduces the productivity of mulberry fruits in worldwide. So, in this study, we investigated damage ratio of mulberry popcorn disease in mulberry fruit production farm (Buan, Jeongueb, Sangju, Gochang in Korea). In Jeonbuk Buan, popcorn disease rate was the highest about 30%, on the other hand, in case of Gyungbuk Sangju and Jeonbuk Gochang, not damage. Also, we investigated about popcorn disease prevention by various of chemical treatment methods.

• Korean Journal of Medicinal Crop Science
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.191-200
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• 2010

Anthocyanin and polyphenolic compounds present in fruits of mulberry (Morus alba L.) were determined and the influence of temperature and UV irradiation on stability of the anthocyanin-copigment complex were investigated. The copigmentation substance selected in non-anthocyanin fraction from mulberry for the study included: phenolic acid (hydroxybenzoic acid) and flavonoid (quercetin-3-O-$\beta$-D-glucopyranoside). The copigmentation effect increased with the copigment content. UV irradiation had a stronger degradation effect on the copigmentation complex than heating at $80^{\circ}C$. The non-anthocyanin fraction of mulberry and isolated flavonoid (quercetin-3-O-$\beta$-D-glucopyranoside) from mulberry fruit predominated over other copigment substances.

• International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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• v.41 no.1
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• pp.11-14
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• 2020

This work was preliminary report on the shape of mulberry fruits and mulberry flowers. The shape of mulberry was varied with mulberry cultivars as bended oval shape (Daeshim), oval shape (Gwasang No. 2), oval-cylindrical shape (Sagyeppong), uneven heart shape (Suwonppong), and roundish shape (Cheonggangsang). The style of female flowers was also varied with cultivars as no style (Palchung), short style (Gwasang No. 2), cone style (Susungppong), and rectangular style (Daedangsang). This observation suggested that the shape and flower of mulberries are different among mulberry cultivars. It needs to further systematic study to know the shape and flower of mulberry cultivars and to elucidate the relationship between the morphological characters and mulberry cultivars.