• Journal of Life Science
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.14-21
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• 2001

To investigate the changes of carbohydrate metabolism in the senescing leaves of Zea mays during dark-induced senescence, the changes in the contents of reducing sugar, sucrose and starch as well as the activities of sucrose synthase, three isozymes of invertase, and ${\alpha}$-amylase were measured. In the senescing leaves, the content of reducing sugars temporarily increased at 4 d and rapidly decreased thereafter, whereas sucrose contents gradually decreased thereafter, whereas sucrose contents gradually decreased until 3 d of senscence and significantly decreased thereafter. The activities of intracellular invertases such as soluble acid and alkaline formed gradually enhanced until 4 d of leaf senescence and significantly declined thereafter. The extracellular invertase activity showed no significant changes during leaf senescence. The deactivation of sucrose synthase was observed within 3 d of leaf senscence. On the other hand, the starch contents gradually declined during 2 d of leaf senescence, and showed a temporary increase at 3 d, which is similar to the pattern of sucrose synthase activity., These results imply that sucrose in the senescing leaves. The major enzymes which correlated to the breakdown of sucrose during dark-induced senescence were soluble acid and alkaline invertases, not sucrose and ABA accelerated leaf senescence by inducing the accumulation of reducing sugar. These result, therefore, that leaf senescence may be mediated by the temporary quantitative changes of reducing sugar induced by the activation of intracellualr inveertases.

• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.180-186
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• 1986

Photosynthesis and respiration of leaf and root of field grown Panax ginseng were investigated according to aerial part sensecence. No apparent photosynthesis activity was detected in senescenced leaf(less than 0.7mg total chlorophyll/g FW) and leaf dark respiration was consistent relation with senescence. Leaf respiratory Q$_{10}$ consistently increased with senscence. Root respiration and Q$_{10}$ tended to decrease with aerial part senescence only in the range of optimum temperature of leaf growth. Apparent photosynthesis or respiration of leaf was negatively or positively correlated, respectively with the increase of air temperature. Root respiration with temperature was well accordance with Arrhenius plot which was not consistent with aerial part senescence. Accelerated senescence may be recommendable for better root yield unless any reserve in stem or leaves contributes to root through translocation.

• Journal of Photoscience
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.61-66
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• 2001

Using maize green- and white-leaf tissue, we have examined the effect of various chemicals on cytoplasmic leakage with respect to the light requirement or chloroplast targeting for their activities. Oxyfluorfen, oxadiazon, diuron, and paraquat, which are known as representative herbicides acting on plant chloroplasts, caused the electrolyte leakage only in the green tissues, whereas 2, 4-dinitrophenol, rose bengal (singlet oxygen producing chemical) and methyl-jasmoante (senscence-stimulating chemical) play a role both in green- and white-tissue. Benzoyl(a) pyrene, generating superoxide radical upon light illumination, functions only in white tissues. Tralkoxydim, metsulfuron-methyl and norflurazon showed no effect in two tested plant samples. In terms of light requirement in electrolyte leakage activity, diuron, oxyfluorfen, oxadiazon, rose bengal, and benzoyl(a) pyrene absolutely require the light for their functions, but other chemicals did not. based on these results, we could classify into four different response types according to whether chemicals require light or chlroplasts for their action. This classification is likely to be applied to simply and rapidly identify the requirement of light and chlroplasts for the actions of chemicals, thereby it makes easy to characterize many new herbicides that their action mechanisms are unclear, and to elucidate the mode of action of them.

• Environmental Sciences Bulletin of The Korean Environmental Sciences Society
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• 제3권3호
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• pp.177-188
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• 1999

The effect of ABA on the chloroplast disassembly of Zea mays was investigated by measuring the changes in the relative distribution of chlorophyll(Chl) between the Chl-protein complexes in ABA treated and untreated sensecting leaves. The reaction center(RC)-light harvesting complex(LHC) regions were rapidly disassembled in the late stage of dark-induced senescence. Plus, during dark-induced senescence, the disassembly of a reaction center of P700 apoproteins containing mainly Chl a was faster than that of a reaction center of LHCI apoproteins containing both Chl a and Chl b. The increase in the relative distribution of Chl-protein complexes in the RC-Core2 in the late stage of senescence was due to the accumulation of core complexes such as CP47/43 and reaction centers including D1/D2 apoproteins disassembled from the RC-Corel containing the dimer of D1/D2 apoproteins. The LHCII region was more stable than the other Chl-protein complexes throughout leaf senscence. Accordingly, it is suggested that the preferential breakdown of Chl a gives rise to the disassembly of Chl a-binding proteins, particularly reaction centers and core complexes during dark-induced senescence, plus the primary target of the photosynthetic apparatus in sensecing leaves would seem to be Chl a along with the proteins associated with Chl a. The application of ABA promoted the disassembly of the P700 apoproteins in the PSI reaction center and the dimer of D1/D2 apoproteins, and the conversion of the trimeric LHCII apoprotein to the monometirc LHCII apoprotein during the middle stage of leaf senescence, thereby suggesting that ABA accelerates the disassembly of both Chl a-binding and Chl a+b-binding proteins, particularly Chl a-binding proteins during the middle stage of leaf senescence.

• Journal of Plant Biology
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.79-86
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• 1995

은행나무와 곰솔의 잎은 pH 3.2 이하의 인공산성비 처리구에서 괴사반점과 황화현상 및 조기노화 현상이 나타났다. 잎표면 구조의 관찰에서 은행나무 잎은 pH 2.4의 처리구에서 잎표면 왁스층의 침식이 심하게 일어난 반면 곰솔의 경우 pH 4.0 이하의 처리구에서 왁스층의 침식이 심하게 일어났다. 은행나무 잎은 pH 3.2 이하에서 표피세포와 해면조직에서 구조의 변화가 나타났으나 유관속조직은 정상적인 구조를 나타냈다. 엽육세포의 크기는 산도가 높아질수록 작아지고 세포간극이 커졌다. 곰솔의 잎은 표피세포보다 엽육조직과 유관속조직의 피해가 현저하였다. 은행나무의 기공의 크기와 모양은 인공산성비의 영향을 받지 않았으나 기공지수와 기공의 공극 크기는 높은 산도에서 증가하였다. 또한 인공산성비가 처리된 은행나무와 곰솔 잎의 기공들은 열려 있었다.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.297-308
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• 1997

NAA, GA$_{3}$ 및 BA등의 식물 호르몬이 노화중인 강남콩 잎의 엽록소-단백질 복합체의 분해에 미치는 효과를 조사하였다. 노화의 대표적인 특징인 엽록소의 소실은 엽록소-단백질 복합체의 분해를 수반하였다. 암유도 노화과정동안, PSI 복합체는 급격히 감소한 반면 RC-Core3은 오히려 조화 중기까지 조금씩 증가하다가 이후 서서히 분해되었다. 그리고 LHCII는 노화 과정 후기부터 점진적으로 분해되었다. NAA와 GA$_{3}$는 노화동안 엽록소-단백질 복합체의 분해를 억제하는데 거의 영향을 미치지 못 하였다. 그러나 BA는 노화 과정동안 엽록소-단백질 복합체, 특히 RC-Core1, RC-Core2와 SC-1의 분해를 억제하는데 매우 효과적이었다. 한편 식물 호르몬과 광선의 동시 처리에 있어서, BA와 광선의 동시 처리는 노화 과정동안 엽록소-단백질 복합체, 특히 PSI, LHCII, RC-Core2, RC-Core3과 SC-1의 분해를 억제하는데 가장 효과적이었다. 이와 같은 결과에서 노화 과정동안 엽록소-단백질 복합체는 BA 혹은 광선의 단독 처리보다 BA와 광선의 동시 처리에 의하여 보다 높은 안정성을 가질 것으로 사료된다.