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Microbiological characteristics of farm-made organic liquid fertilizers (농가자가제조 유기농액비의 미생물학적 특성 구명)

  • An, Nan-Hee;Suh, Jang-Sun;Yoo, Jae-Hong
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Organic Agriculture Conference
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    • 2009.12a
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    • pp.309-309
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    • 2009
  • 국내외 환경문제와 관련하여 농업환경보전 및 안전한 먹거리에 대한 소비자의 요구가 커지면서 친환경농업에 대한 관심이 높이지고 있다. 친환경농업은 화학비료와 농약의 사용을 양분종합관리 및 병해충종합관리등을 통해 저투입하는 농법과 화학비료와 농약의 대체 농자재를 사용하는 유기농법으로 나누어져 있다. 대체 농자재는 목초액, 키토산 등 시판되는 자재를 비롯하여 천혜녹즙, 한방영양제, 아미노산액비 등과 같이 농가를 중심으로 자가 제조되어 활용되고 있는 것이 특징이다. 그러나 대부분 효능이 제대로 검증되지 않고 임의로 사용되고 있기 때문에 본 연구는 농가 자가제조 유기농액비의 미생물학적 특성을 구명하여 유기농 액비의 농업적 활용 제고를 위한 표준화를 확립하기 위해 수행하였다. 농가자가 제조 유기농액비는 성환과 제주에서 5점을 수집하여 액비의 화학성과 미생물상을 비교하였다. 액비 제조시 종균으로 사용되고 있는 부엽토를 5지역에서 채취하여 세균군집의 차이를 보기위해 denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE)를 수행하여 분석하였다. 주요 결과를 요약하면 수집된 액비의 화학성 분석결과, pH는 3.3~4.3로 강한 산성을 나타났으며 EC는 $32.8dS{\cdot}m^{-1}{\sim}552.33dS{\cdot}m^{-1}$ 이었다. 수집된 액비내 미생물상을 조사한 결과, 세균과 방선균은 존재하였지만 사상균은 검출되지 않았다 또한 성환에서 수집된 액비로부터 세균을 분리하여 16S rRNA 염기서열을 분석한 결과, 대부분 Bacillus속으로 95%이상의 높은 유사성을 갖는 것으로 나타났다. 액비 발효 시 종균으로 사용되고 있는 부엽토의 미생물상을 조사한 결과, 지역에 따라 세균은 0.8~$110{\times}10^5cfu{\cdot}g^{-1}$, 방선균은 1.0~$10.9{\times}10^4cfu{\cdot}g^{-1}$, 그리고 사상균은 2.6~$64{\times}10^3cfu{\cdot}g^{-1}$의 균수를 보였다. 부엽토간의 세균군집의 차이를 비교하기 위해 DGGE를 수행한 결과, gel 상에서 다양한 위치의 밴드를 확인할 수 있으며, 부엽토별로 공통적 및 특이적 밴드를 확인할 수 있었다.

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Changes in Benthic Polychaete Community after Fish Farm Relocation in the South Coast of Korea (어류양식장 이전 후 저서다모류 군집 변화)

  • Park, Sohyun;Kim, Sunyoung;Sim, Bo-Ram;Park, Se-jin;Kim, Hyung Chul;Yoon, Sang-Pil
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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    • v.27 no.7
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    • pp.943-953
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    • 2021
  • The purpose of this study is to investigate sediment recovery after the relocation of fish cage farms, by examining the changes in sediments and the benthic polychaete community. A preliminary survey was carried out in October 2017, before the relocation of the farms, and monthly surveys were conducted from November 2017 to October 2018 after the farms were moved. Subsequently, it was conducted every 2-3 months until October 2020. The survey was carried out at three stations (Farm1-3) at the location of the removed fish farms and at three control stations (Con1-3) without farms. The overall organic carbon content of the farm stations was higher than the control stations, but it gradually decreased after the farm was demolished, and there was no statistically significant difference about one year after the relocation of the farms (p<0.05). In the benthic polychaete community, abiotic community appeared at the farm stations in the summer, and consequently, the community transitioned to a low-diversity region with the predominant species Capitella capitata, which is an indicator of pollution. Until the abiotic period in the summer of the next year, the species diversity increased and the proportion of indicator species decreased, showing a tendency of recovering the benthic polychaete community, and these changes were repeated every year. In this study, the abiotic community appeared every year owing to the topographical characteristics, but as the survey progressed, the period of abiotic occurrence became shorter and the process of community recovery progressed expeditiously. Biological recovery of sediments after the relocation of the fish farms is still in progress, and it is imperative to study recovery trends through continuous monitoring.

Pathological Studies on Experimental Poisoning of Organic Phosphate Insecticide (유기인제 중독에 관한 병리학적 연구)

  • Lee, Cha Soo;Lim, Chang Hyeong
    • Korean Journal of Veterinary Research
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    • v.15 no.1
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    • pp.39-45
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    • 1975
  • The authors believe that farm livestok will be greatly affected by the marked increasing use of organic phosphate. This study was carried out to observe the clinical signs and histopathological changes of mouse, guinea pig, hamster and rabbit that were orally administered with diazinon used usually as agricultural insecticide, and cholinesterase (ChE) activity was histochemically examined in the liver, heart, kidney, adrenal gland, duodenum and salivary gland of these experimental animals administered with diazinon. The results obtained were as follows: 1. Clinical signs such as dullness, severe salivation, ataxia, dyspnea, irregular slight convulsion and inappetance and as the histopathological changes cloudy swelling, congestion and hemorrhage of parenchymal organs, catarrh or local necrsois of the gastrointestinal tract, congestion or hemorrhage of the other organs were observed. Especially, hemorrhage of adrenal glands (rabbit, guinea pig) and pulmonary congestion and hemorrhage were necessarily constant. 2. In the histochemical study, ChE activity appeared intensely in the liver, heart, medulla of adrenal glands and salivary glands (submaxillary and parotid) of control animals, but ChE activity was negative or markedly decreased in experimental animals administered with diazinon. There was no marked difference between the control and experimental animals in ChE activity of the kidney. 3. Histochemical observation of ChE activity was helpful to explain the clinical signs and histopathological changes and was regarded as a diagnostic method for organic phosphate poisoning.

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A Study on the Morphological Management of Major Landscape Elements in Organic Farming (유기농업단지 주요경관요소의 물리적 관리방안에 관한 연구)

  • An, Phil Gyun;Kong, Min Jea;Lee, Sang Min;Kim, Sang Bhum;Jo, Jung Lae;Kim, Nam Chun;Shin, Ji Hoon
    • Journal of Korean Society of Rural Planning
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    • v.26 no.2
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    • pp.107-116
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    • 2020
  • Up to date, the majority research on the major landscape elements in organic farming has been mainly focused on the practice of seeking efficiency. The problem is that this type of study contributes to polluting the agricultural environment and damaging the ecological circulation system. As an alternative, there is a growing body of research on organic farming, but it is not widely applied that research on how to manage the landscape considering the scenic characteristics of farming villages practicing organic farming. Therefore, this study was carried out in the conservative aspects of rural landscapes in order to effectively manage the landscape of organic agriculture and, intended to be used to maintain and preserve natural and ecologically harmonious landscapes by deriving management methods suitable for landscape elements targeting the major landscape elements of the organic farming complex. To carry out, this study performed the experts survey which is composed of 13 major landscape elements, including rice paddies and fields, monoculture and diverse crops, dirt roads, windbreak trees, accent planting, dum-bung(small pond), natural small river, natural waterways, plastic film houses, one-storied houses, and pavilion. As a result, Farm land was formed in a square shape, concentrated in an independent space, planted companion plants around the crop, and covered with plants to manage the borders. As for the surrounding environment, it was analyzed that the aspart road system circulating through the village, the evergreen broad-leaved windbreak forest around the cultivated land, and the accent plant located at the entrance of the village were suitable. The hydrological environment consists of Round small pond made of stone in an open space, natural rivers around the village, and natural channels around the farmland, and The Major facilities are suitable for greenhouses that are shielded by plants in independent regions, and wooden duck houses located inside the cultivation area are suitable and The settlement facilities were analyzed to be suitable for single-story brick houses located in independent residential areas, pavilion located with greenery in the center of the village, and educational spaces shielded with wood from arable land. If supplementary evaluation criteria suitable for the management of organic farming landscape are additionally supplemented based on the results derived from this study, It is expected to enhance the landscape value of ecologically superior organic farming.

Physiochemical Treatment of Feed and Utilization of Feed Additives to Control Salmonella in Poultry (가금의 살모넬라 제어를 위한 사료의 이화학적 처리와 사료첨가제의 활용)

  • Kim, Ji-Hyuk;Kim, Hack-Youn;Kim, Bong-Ki;Kim, Gye-Woong
    • Korean Journal of Poultry Science
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    • v.45 no.1
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    • pp.1-15
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    • 2018
  • Salmonella infections in livestock industry cause various problems such as worsening animal welfare and productivity, damaging consumer confidence in the food safety of animal products. Chicken meat and eggs are known as major source of pathogen causing human foodborne infections. Therefore food safety concerns have prompted the poultry producers and governments to introduce the strategy and regulation to control these pathogens. Salmonella can persist for long periods of time in a wide range of spaces including feed bin, feed processing facilities, poultry farm, slaughterhouse, processing plants, etc. For the effective and constant Salmonella control, combination of pre-harvest, harvest and post-harvest measures should be considered comprehensively. The control measures would be most effective at farm level where the contamination initiates. Transmission of pathogen from feed origin to the live poultry and finally to the products was proven already. To control bacteria in the feed ingredients and formula feed, thermal processing, irradiation or chemical treatment may be applied. Chemical treatments to inhibit Salmonella in the feed involve the use of products containing organic acids, formaldehyde, or a combination of such compounds. However, recontamination which might occur during storage and transport process and/or by other various factors should always be under control and eliminated. Feed additives used to control Salmonella in birds' gastrointestinal track can be of various types, including prebiotics, probiotics, organic acids and bacteriophages. Although their mode of action varies, they ultimately inhibit the colonization of Salmonella in the gut and improve the performance of birds. This review describes the strategies that could be adapted to the management of feedstuffs and the use of feed additives in pre-harvest stage to control Salmonella contamination in poultry farming.

Economical Feasibility of Cultivation under Structure Due to the Introduction of New and Renewable Energy -Comparative Analysis of Wood-Pellet, Geothermal Heat and Diesel- (신재생에너지 도입에 따른 시설재배의 경제성 분석 -목재팰릿, 지열과 경유의 비교분석을 중심으로-)

  • Kim, Hyung Woo;Yoon, Sung-Yee
    • Korean Journal of Organic Agriculture
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    • v.22 no.2
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    • pp.255-268
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    • 2014
  • We are now currently facing serious climate changes such as super typhoon, flood, intense heat, severe cold, super hurricane, drought, desertification, destruction of ecosystem, marine pollution, reduction of food production, destruction of tropical forests, exhaustion of water resources, climate refugees, etc. All of the above mainly derive from greenhouse gas exhaustion. Such harmful consequence might directly affect mankind's sustainable development. If we keep using resources that emits greenhouse gases, the global temperature will rise about $3.2^{\circ}C$ by year 2050. In case of $3^{\circ}C$ rise in temperature, it will result in abnormal climate which will bring about severe property damage. Moreover, 20~50% of the ecosystem will become extinct. As Korea's economy increasingly expands, so do our energy consumption rises. And because of the consequences that can be driven by increasing rate of resource use, not just Korea itself, but also the whole world should seriously concern about greenhouse gases. Although agricultural division only takes up about 3.2% of total greenhouse gas emission, the ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs are taking voluntary actions to gradually reduce $CO_2$ and so does each and every related organizations. In order to reduce $CO_2$, introduction of new and renewable energy in farm house warming is crucial. In other words, implementing wood-pellet boiler and geothermal heat boiler can largly reduce $CO_2$ emission compared to diesel boiler. More importantly, not only wood-pellet and geothermal heat is pollution-free but they also have economic advantages some-what. In this thesis, the economic advantage and sustainablity will be introduced and proved through comparing practical analysis of surveyed farm house under structure employing wood-pellet boiler and geothermal heat boiler with Agriculture-Economic Statistic of 2012 who uses diesel boiler.

Determinant Factors of Rice Farmers' Selection of Adaptation Methods to Climate Change in Eastern Rwanda (동부 르완다 쌀 농업인의 기후변화에 대한 적응 방법 결정 요인)

  • Butera, Tonny;Kim, Tae-Kyun;Choi, Se-Hyun
    • Korean Journal of Organic Agriculture
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    • v.30 no.2
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    • pp.241-253
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    • 2022
  • The negative impact of climate change on the agricultural sector is rapidly increasing, and it is urgent to prepare policies at the government level to mitigate it. In the case of Rwanda's agricultural sector, which lacks the government's budget and farmers' capital, efficient and effective policy implementation is of paramount importance. To this end, rather than establishing related policies in the public sector from the top down, it is necessary to establish a bottom-up customized policy that is reflected in policy establishment by identifying the characteristics and behaviors of farmers who actually participate in adaptation activities. In this study, the effects of farmers' characteristics and farmers' perception status/adaptation status to climate change on the selection of adaptation methods for climate change were analyzed. 357 rice farmers randomly selected from Eastern Rwanda were surveyed to explore the information related to farmers' perception to climate change and adaptation methods as well as basic information of the farm. Research shows that the probability of selecting a variety of adaptation methods rather than not responding to climate change increases the younger the age, the higher the education level, and the easier access to climate information and credit. As a policy proposals, it is judged that public support such as strengthening agricultural technology support services, including more detailed guidance for elderly and low-educated farmers, and improving access to farm loan services by agricultural financial institutions is needed. In addition, it is necessary to adjust the planting time and cultivation method, provide timely information related to climate change, and provide crop variety improvement services to farmers.

A Charecteristics of Marine Environments in a Blood Cockle Farm of the Northwestern Yeoja Bay, Korea. 1. Spatio-temporal Distributions of Chlorophyll a Concentration, Particulate Organic Carbon & Nitrogen (여자만 북서부 꼬막양식어장의 해양환경 특성. 1. 먹이생물로서 Chlorophyll a 농도, 입자태 유기탄소 및 유기질소의 시·공간적 분포 특성)

  • Yoon, Yang Ho
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.20 no.7
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    • pp.299-309
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    • 2019
  • This study was designed to assess the quality and quantity of food resources such as the chlorophyll a concentration (Chl-a), the particulate organic carbon (POC) and the particulate organic nitrogen (PON), on blood cocke (Tegillarca granosa Linnaeus) farms from May to November 2017 in the northwestern area of Yeoja Bay, Korea. The values of Chl-a, POC and PON were $1.69-7.68{\mu}g{\cdot}L^{-1}$ (average: $3.48{\mu}g{\cdot}L^{-1}$ in the surface), 0.88-2.58 mM (average: 1.97 mM) and 0.17-0.90 mM (average: 0.54 mM), respectively, and these values were higher in the spring and summer and lower in the autumn. Furthermore, Chl-a and POC had higher values on the bottom layer than those vales on the surface, while PON had higher values on the surface than those values on the bottom. The POC/PON ratio and POC/Chl-a ratio were 1.56-7.88 (average: 3.71 on the surface of the water) and 216-967 (average: 700 on the bottom of the water), respectively, with most of the carbon sources being sediment-accumulated particle organic matter, and the contribution by phytoplankton was assessed as being low. These results show that the food source of the blood cockle farms in the northwest area of Yeoja Bay seems to be abundant in quantity, but this is considered to be very poor in quality.

Comparison of Mathematical Models Applied to F1 Dairy Sheep Lactations in Organic Farm and Environmental Factors Affecting Lactation Curve Parameter

  • Angeles-Hernandez, J.C.;Albarran-Portillo, B.;Gomez Gonzalez, A.V.;Pescador Salas, N.;Gonzalez-Ronquillo, M.
    • Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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    • v.26 no.8
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    • pp.1119-1126
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    • 2013
  • The objective of this study was to compare the goodness of fit of four lactation curve models: Wood's Gamma model (WD), Wilmink (WL), and Pollott's multiplicative two (POL2) and three parameters (POL3) and to determine the environmental factors affecting the complete lactation curve of F1 dairy sheep under organic management. A total of 5,382 weekly milk yields records from 150 ewes, under organic management were used. Residual mean square (RMS), determination coefficients ($R^2$), and correlation (r) analysis were used as an indicator of goodness of fit for each model. WL model best fitted the lactation curves as indicated by the lower RMS values (0.019), followed by WD (0.023), POL2 (0.025) and POL3 (0.029). The four models provided total milk yield (TMY) estimations that were highly correlated (0.93 to 0.97) with observed TMY (89.9 kg). The four models under estimated peak yield (PY), whereas POL2 and POL3 gave nearer peak time lactation estimations. Ewes lambing in autumn had higher TMY and showed a typical curve shape. Higher TMY were recorded in second and third lambing. Season of lambing, number of lambing and type of lambing had a great influenced over TMY shaping the complete lactation curve of F1 dairy sheep. In general terms WL model showed the best fit to the F1 dairy sheep lactation curve under organic management.

Photo-Transistors Based on Bulk-Heterojunction Organic Semiconductors for Underwater Visible-Light Communications (가시광 수중 무선통신을 위한 이종접합 유기물 반도체 기반 고감도 포토트랜지스터 연구)

  • Jeong-Min Lee;Sung Yong Seo;Young Soo Lim;Kang-Jun Baeg
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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    • v.36 no.2
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    • pp.143-150
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    • 2023
  • Underwater wireless communication is a challenging issue for realizing the smart aqua-farm and various marine activities for exploring the ocean and environmental monitoring. In comparison to acoustic and radio frequency technologies, the visible light communication is the most promising method to transmit data with a higher speed in complex underwater environments. To send data at a speedier rate, high-performance photodetectors are essentially required to receive blue and/or cyan-blue light that are transmitted from the light sources in a light-fidelity (Li-Fi) system. Here, we fabricated high-performance organic phototransistors (OPTs) based on P-type donor polymer (PTO2) and N-type acceptor small molecule (IT-4F) blend semiconductors. Bulk-heterojunction (BHJ) PTO2:IT-4F photo-active layer has a broad absorption spectrum in the range of 450~550 nm wavelength. Solution-processed OPTs showed a high photo-responsivity >1,000 mA/W, a large photo-sensitivity >103, a fast response time, and reproducible light-On/Off switching characteristics even under a weak incident light. BHJ organic semiconductors absorbed photons and generated excitons, and efficiently dissociated to electron and hole carriers at the donor-acceptor interface. Printed and flexible OPTs can be widely used as Li-Fi receivers and image sensors for underwater communication and underwater internet of things (UIoTs).