• Korean journal of applied entomology
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• v.27 no.1
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• pp.41-46
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• 1988

Growth of Metarrhizium flavoviride var. minus and Hirsut lle strigosa showed good yield in the carbon source media adding dextrose, starch and saccharose, but Hirsutella sp. from korea greq well in the other media except in the dextrose media. Yeast extract was necessary for the mecelial growth of the fungi, but the fungi tested in this experiment showed a difference in the amount of required yeast extract. Growth of Nomurea rileyi was fastidious in the carbon and nitrorgen sourced media and the optimum pH of the media for growth was at 6.7. Sporulation of M. Flavoviride var. minus was high on media, containing 1%~2% of yeast extract as nitrogen and carbon source media, but N. rileyi sporulated abundantly on the media with nitrogen and dextrose.

• Journal of Bio-Environment Control
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.8-15
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• 2004

Seedling mechanization of lettuce is known to be difficult due to the small seed size and the irregular seed shape. The purpose of seed pelleting is to make seedling mechanization possible by enlarging the seed size. After that, it can reduce seedling and thinning labours and can also save seeds. According to the results, there were significant differences on the percent germination and day to 50% final germination in accordance with the pelleting polymer. Among the pelleting polymer, gemination of seeds using polynimyl alcohol (PVA) was generally smooth, and followed by polyvinyl pyrrolidone (PVP), hydroxyethyl cellulose (HEC), methyl cellulose (MC), and wteen 80. The germination rate was also different according to the pelleting particulate matters. Generally, percent germination and speed of seed using the mixture of diatomaceous earth, talc and calcium carbonate were higher and faster than using other polleting materials, respectively. Thus, it should be suitable pelleting particulate matter for the pelleting of lettuce seeds. On the other hands germination of seeds using limestone, calcium oxide and benonite were low. The seed size of lettuce after pelleting was 33 times as large as the raw seed size. During the process of seed pelleting, netrient addition induced the decrement on the germination and the delay of germination speed. Also, there was differences in the germinability of pelleted seeds in accordance with the addition of nutrient sources. MS medium was generally lower than monosodium phosphate in inhibition of seed germination. Germination of pelleted seeds after priming was higher than the seeds without the treatment, and also showed the trend of early germination.