• 한국산림과학회지
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• 제99권2호
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• pp.244-250
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• 2010

The aim of this study was to investigate relationship among seed viability and enzymes activities involved in scavenging reactive oxygen species (ROS), especially, superoxide dismutase (SOD), glutathione reductase (GR), and catalase (CAT). In other respects, osmopriming has been demonstrated to reinvigorate aged seeds. Various viabilities of seeds that were ranged from 80 to 100% of germination rate could be produced using osmopriming and accelerated aging treatments. Priming treatment of Pinus thunbergii seeds for 3 days at $15^{\circ}C$ with a polyethylene glycol solution at -1.2 MPa improved their subsequent germination at $25^{\circ}C$. Accelerated aging (3, 6, 9, and 12 days at $41^{\circ}C$ and 100% relative humidity) decreased seed germination percentage depending on aging treatment duration. Electrolyte conductivities of seeds were measured as assay of membrane integrity. The conductivity from electrolyte leakage of P. thunbergii seed was also correlated with seed germinability. Conductivity for control seeds that had 95% of germination percentage was 3.48 ${\mu}S\;g^{-1}$, but jumped as doubled (7.98 ${\mu}S\;g^{-1}$) in 12-day-aged seed that had 80% of germination percentage. Our results demonstrate that aging of P. thunbergii seeds is associated with changes in the electrolyte leakage, lipid peroxidation, and antioxidant defense system. Priming of aged seeds progressively restored the initial germinative ability and resulted in a marked decrease in the levels of MDA and conductivity of seed leachate. These effects of priming were also well recovered of GR and CAT activities in aged seed. The improved seed quality by priming treatment appears at least partly attributable to reduced lipid peroxidation, resulting from enhanced antioxidative enzyme activities that are suggesting the antioxidant defense systems play a key role in seed vigor.

• 한국작물학회지
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• 제45권5호
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• pp.310-315
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• 2000

Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) plants have been reported to contain water-soluble substances that are autotoxic as well as allelopathic. Laboratory experiment through a petri-dish assay with imbibed seeds was conducted to evaluate both autotoxic and allelopathic effects of alfalfa leaf extracts on the germination and early seedling growth of alfalfa, red clover, crested wheatgrass, and Russian wildrye. Alfalfa seed germination was delayed dependent on extract concentration, with no difference in final germination at 72 hours. Root growth of alfalfa was stimulated up to 14% above control at very low concentrations of both leaf and stem extracts of alfalfa and was significantly reduced at extract concentration of more than 0.5g dry tissue/L (${gL}_{-1}$). Leaf extracts were generally more autotoxic for root growth than were stem extracts. Hypocotyl growth was not affected by all the concentrations of both leaf and stem extracts. Root length of legumes was more sensitive to the autotoxic chemicals from leaf extracts than was germination or shoot length. Hypocotyl growth of two legume plants and plant height of two grasses were not influenced by extracts. Seed germination and root growth of legumes were more inhibited by aqueous extracts of alfalfa leaf than were those of grasses. This result indicates autotoxic effect of alfalfa leaf extracts seems to be greater than allelopathic effect.

• Plant Resources
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• 제3권1호
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• pp.71-78
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• 2000

Autotoxicity restricts reseeding of new alfalfa(Medicago sativa L.) after alfalfa until autotoxic chemical(s) breaks down or is dispersed into external environments, often requiring up to a year or more. One solution for reducing autotoxicity would be to select germplasms or cultivars with tolerance to the autotoxic chemical(5) and use genetically breeding program. Bioassay of seed germination and early seedling growth was conducted to evaluate autotoxic responses of 3 varieties of alfalfa to the water-soluble extracts(at 4 and 8g/L) from alfalfa ‘Cody’leaf by using agar and filter paper medium in a petri-dish assay. Root length at 5 days after seeding was more sensitive to the extract than was hypocotyl length or seed germination, and was a better parameter of autotoxic effects of alfalfa leaf extracts. Use of an agar medium gave better sensitivity of root length than did use of filter paper. Evaluating tolerance with percent of control was more important indicator than was mean of root length because of significant variation among varieties in root length of control treatment. Bioassay ranked varieties in the following order of tolerance on the basis of relative root length; “Cody” >“ Pioneer 5373” >“ Alfagraze”. Seedling growth from old “Cody” seed was more sensitive to the autotoxic chemical(5) than was that from newly produced seed.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.25-32
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• 2014

Fusarium head blight (FHB; scab) caused mainly by Fusarium graminearum is a devastating disease of wheat and barley around the world. FHB causes yield reductions and contamination of grain with trichothecene mycotoxins such as deoxynivalenol (DON) which are a major health concern for humans and animals. The objective of this research was to develop an easy seed or seedling inoculation assay, and to compare these assays with whole plant resistance of twenty-nine Korean winter wheat cultivars to FHB. The clip-dipping assay consists of cutting off the coleoptiles apex, dipping the coleoptiles apex in conidial suspension, covering in plastic bag for 3 days, and measuring the lengths of lesions 7 days after inoculation. There were significant cultivar differences after inoculation with F. graminearum in seedling relative to the controls. Correlation coefficients between the lesion lengths of clip-dipping inoculation and FHB Type II resistance from adult plants were significant (r=0.45; P<0.05). Results from two other seedling inoculation methods, spraying and pin-point inoculation, were not correlated with adult FHB resistance. Single linear correlation was not significant between seed germination assays (soaking and soak-dry) and FHB resistance (Type I and Type II), respectively. These results showed that clip-dipping inoculation method using F. graminearum may offer a real possibility of simple, rapid, and reliable for the early screening of FHB resistance in wheat.

• 한국산림과학회지
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• 제108권3호
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• pp.290-295
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• 2019

본 연구는 멸종위기야생식물 II급인 한라송이풀(Pedicularis hallaisanensis)을 대상으로 종자를 통한 번식체계 확립 가능성을 조사하기 위해 수행하였다. 한라송이풀의 종자 형태는 난형이고, 종피는 진갈색을 띠고 있다. 종자의 단면을 잘라 확인한 배는 왜소형(Dwarf type)이었다. 종자의 길이는 평균(${\pm}$표준편차) $0.47{\pm}0.07mm$이고, 너비는 $0.16{\pm}0.006mm$, 두께는 $0.12{\pm}0.01mm$로 나타났다. 종자 1립의 무게는 $0.0003{\pm}0.0001mg$이며, 천립중은 $4.59{\pm}0.02mg$으로 나타났다. Tetrazolium (TZ) 검정에 의한 한라송이풀 종자의 활력도는 75.33%로 나타났다. 한라송이풀을 4주간 $4^{\circ}C$에 저장한 후의 발아율은 71%로 가장 높았고, 6주간 처리 64%, 8주간 처리 60%로 나타나 저장 기간이 증가할수록 발아율은 낮아지는 경향을 보였다. 한라송이풀 종자에 영향을 미치는 숙주식물의 영향은 쑥에서 파종 후 53.5일에, 구절초는 62.5일에 최초로 발아를 하였다. 두 숙주식물에서 164일 이후에는 발아한 종자를 확인하지 못하였다. 쑥을 사용한 경우, 한라송이풀의 발아율은 평균 45.5%, 구절초는 19.5%로 나타났다. 평균 발아일수는 쑥에서 70.2일, 구절초에서는 46.8일로 나타났다.

• 농약과학회지
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.64-71
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• 2002

Pseudomonas cepacia로부터 유래한 quinolinone 대사물질인 2-(2-hepteny)-3-methyl-4-quinolinone (1), 2-heptyl-3-methyl-4-quinolinone, 2-nonyl-3-methyl-4-quinolinone 및 합성물질 ethyl 2-methyl-3-alkyl-4-quinolinone carboxylate의 식물생장촉진 효과를 보기 위해 종자발아검정 및 경엽처리 후의 생장량을 측정하였다. 또한 종자침지 및 관주 처리후의 초고, 생체중, 과실수도 조사하였다. 화합물 1은 종자발아 효과와 경엽처리 후에 일관된 생장촉진 효과를 보였다. 종자침지와 관주처리 후에, 화합물 1과 합성물질 ethyl 2-methyl-4-quinolinone-3-carboxylate (5)를 처리한 식물에서의 생체중과 과실수는 크게 증가하였다. 화합물1과 5는 대조관보다 각각 44%와 84%의 과실수 증가를 나타냈다.

• 한국약용작물학회지
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.154-161
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• 1997

본연구는 서양삼(西洋蔘)(Panax quinquefolium Linne) 과육(果肉)에 의한 Brassica(Brassica chinensis Linne) seed를 대상으로 발아(發芽) 억제작용을 검토하였다. 서양삼과즙(果汁)에는 발아(發芽)억제물질이 존재하고. 그 억제작용은 희석도에따라 감소하였다. 즉 희석배수가 0, 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100일때 배근(胚根)의 길이는 각각 0, 0.32, 0.72, 3.13, 483, 16.07, 16.73, 23.50 mm이였다(CK=25.98 mm). 과육의 존재는 종배(種胚)의 성장을 현저하게 억제하였다. 수확(收穫)후 과육이 종자 표면에 부착한 시간이 0, 15, 30, 60일 때 종자 생장에 대한 억제 시간은 각각 30, 75, 135, 135일로 나타났다. 종자 썩는 비율도 높아졌다. 과육의 부착한 시간이 0, 15, 30, 60, 270일 때 종자 썩는 비율은 각각 5.47, 5.71, 19.05, 27.14, 33.33%로 나타났다. 이러한 결과는 과육에 서양삼종자휴면(西洋蔘種子休眠)을 일으키는 주요한 억제성분이 함유되어 있다는 것 을 시사하였다.

• Mycobiology
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• 제46권2호
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• pp.147-153
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• 2018

Certain beneficial microorganisms isolated from rhizosphere soil promote plant growth and induce resistance to a wide variety of plant pathogens. We obtained 49 fungal isolates from the rhizosphere soil of paprika plants, and selected 18 of these isolates that did not inhibit tomato seed germination for further investigation. Based on a seed germination assay, we selected four isolates for further plant tests. Treatment of seeds with isolate JF27 promoted plant growth in pot tests, and suppressed bacterial speck disease caused by Pseudomonas syringae pathovar (pv.) tomato DC3000. Furthermore, expression of the pathogenesis-related 1 (PR1) gene was higher in the leaves of tomato plants grown from seeds treated with JF27; expression remained at a consistently higher level than in the control plants for 12 h after pathogen infection. The phylogenetic analysis of a partial internal transcribed spacer sequence and the b-tubulin gene identified isolate JF27 as Aspergillus terreus. Taken together, these results suggest that A. terreus JF27 has potential as a growth promoter and could be used to control bacterial speck disease by inducing resistance in tomato plants.

• Food Science and Biotechnology
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.689-693
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• 2009

Germination is well-known to enhance the digestibility, functionality, and palatability of plant seeds. To examine the functionality of germinated-safflower seed (GSS), proliferative and differentiative effects of GSS extract on the mouse calvarial bone cells were determined by 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolinbromide (MTT) assay and alkaline phosphatase activity, respectively. Water extract of GSS increased dose-dependently proliferative and differentiative effects on calvarial bone cell, and its effects were stronger than those of ungerminated-safflower seeds (UGSS) extract. One major component was isolated from GSS extract by a series of purification procedure of solvent fractionation, Diaion HP-20, and Sephadex LH-20 column chromatographies. Its chemical structure was identified as trachelogenin (TC) by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and mass spectrometry (MS) spectral analysis. Trachelogenin showed significant proliferative (125.7%) and differentiative (132.1%) effects on calvarial bone cells at $10^{-8}M$, and its effects were significantly higher than those of $17{\beta}-estradiol\;(E_2)$. TC was found to be a major active compound responsible for high proliferative and differentative effects of the water extract of GSS. Therefore, these results suggest that TC in GSS may be useful as potential therapeutic agent for the prevention and treatment of bone loss.

• 농약과학회지
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.36-45
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• 2001

본 연구는 새로운 제초제 후보물질을 탐색하기 위하여 식물특이적 효소 저해제로 알려진 107개 기존 화합물에 대하여 생물활성을 조사하였다. Germination test, seedling assay, wheat leaf disc assay, cyanobacteria assay, whole plant assay를 통하여 15종의 저해제를 선발하였고 이들은 34종 효소를 저해하는 것으로 확인되었다. 이들 화합물 중에서 phenylhydrazine, purine, o-phenanthroline, oleylamine, 7,8-benzoquinoline, aminooxyacetic acid, dicyclohexylcarbodiimide 등은 성체를 이용한 온실 실험에서 높은 제초활성을 나타내었다. 7,8-benzoquinone, 8-hydroxyquinoline, 2,2'-dipyridyl 및 o-phenanthroline 등은 피, 벼, 토마토의 발아를 $1.25{\sim}5{\mu}M$의 농도에서도 억제하였다. 7,8-benzoquinoline, cyanuric fluoride, 4-methylpyrazole, tranylcypromine, oleylamine과 trifluoperazine 등은 $30{\sim}100{\mu}M$ 농도에서 cyanobacteria의 생육을 저해하였다. Dicyclohexyl carbodiimide와 chlorpromazine은 $100{\mu}M$ 농도에서 wheat leaf disc의 백화현상을 유기시켰다. 이상과 같이 생물학적 활성을 갖는 식물 특이적 효소저해제들은 신규제초제 후보물질을 선발하기 위한 새로운 대상효소로 이용될 수 있을 것으로 생각된다.