• The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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• 제9권7호
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• pp.219-229
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• 2022

This study aims to analyze the economies of scale of the cottage industry for coconut sugar production in Banyumas, Indonesia. This study applies a survey method to coconut sugar craftsmen. Data analysis was performed by regression analysis based on the Cobb-Douglas production function approach. The findings indicated that decreasing returns to scale was a problem for the domestic production of coconut sugar. These findings show that the production of coconut sugar is not very productive. Labor and financial capital inputs have a significant positive share but the resulting increase in output is less proportional than the increase in the two inputs. Social capital, experience, and education do not affect industrial performance. To increase input productivity and production efficiency, it is necessary to apply more effective production techniques and technologies to produce quality products so that the selling price can be higher. Additionally, it is required to enhance the sap's quality through its extraction methods and the regrowth of high-yielding coconut tree varieties. From the institutional aspect, the development of this industry requires stronger partnerships with related parties such as local governments, exporting companies, cooperatives, and universities through research and development.

• 미생물학회지
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.360-366
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• 1987

For the production of pullulan from the high concentration of sugar, the utilization of sugars by a pullulan-producing fungus, Aureobasidium pullulans was examined. A. pullulans showed the different utilization patterns for sugars such as sucrose, maltose, and maltotriose. Especially for maltotriose, the hydrolysis of sugar was accompanied by a transferase activity. Glucose and maltose showed the inhibitory effect on the cell growth and the pullulan production at the sugar concentration higher than 0.28M, but sucrose showed the inhibitory effect at the sugar concentration higher than 0.14M. Among the sugars examined, sucrose gave the best result for the pullulan production. 27.5g/l of pullulan was obtained from 5% sucrose.

• 식품과학과 산업
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• 제54권2호
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• pp.102-114
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• 2021

In Korea, a sugar company was first established at Pyongyang in 1920. But the real sugar industry began in 1953 when CJ Cheiljedang produced sugar at its Busan plant. Currently, three companies, CJ Cheiljedang, Samyang Corp., and TS Corp. are participating in the sugar industry. Sugar production increased from 647 tons in 1953 to 1,423 thousand tons in 2019. This means that the sugar industry has been grown by 2,200 times compared to 1953. Before 1953, all sugar consumed in Korea was imported, but now about 300 thousand tons, a 20 percent of sugar produced annually is exported. Population increase, economic growth, and food industry development contributed to the growth of sugar industry. However, recently the sugar industry has been stagnated due to the decrease of population and economic growth rate, and campaign of sugars and calories reduction. To overcome it, the continued development of various sugar application using emerging biotechnology is needed.

• International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.29-35
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• 2012

Bumblebees are widely used to pollinate various crops, especially tomato, in greenhouses and fields. Here, we investigated whether different sugar solutions have any effects on the oviposition and colony development of Bombus terrestris queens. The types of sugar solution used were a white sugar solution, brown sugar solution, dark brown sugar solution, and prepared sugar solution; all solution contained with a 40% sugar concentration and 0.3% sorbic acid. Among these sugar solutions, B. terrestris queens reared on the white sugar solution exhibited the best results; the rates of oviposition, colony foundation and progeny-queen production were $75.0{\pm}11.0$, $33.0{\pm}9.6$ and $21.7{\pm}7.3$, respectively, which corresponded to 1.1-33.0-fold increases over the results of other sugar solutions. Queens reared on the prepared sugar solution did not found any colonies. The death rate within one month was lowest for the queens reared on the white sugar solution at $26.1{\pm}10.9%$, which was 1.2-2.0-fold lower than the rate for the other sugar solutions. Furthermore, the numbers of progeny produced by queens reared on the white sugar solution, $131.4{\pm}38.8$ workers and $51.0{\pm}40.6$ queens, were also higher, corresponding to 1.1-1.2-fold increases compared to queens raised on the other sugar solutions. Therefore, the white sugar solution was the favorable sugar solution for the egg-laying and colony developmental characteristics of B. terrestris queens.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제39권5호
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• pp.417-429
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• 2023

Ralstonia solanacearum species complex (RSSC) is a soil borne plant pathogen causing bacterial wilt on various important crops, including Solanaceae plants. The bacterial pathogens within the RSSC produce exopolysaccharide (EPS), a highly complicated nitrogencontaining heteropolymeric polysaccharide, as a major virulence factor. However, the biosynthetic pathway of the EPS in the RSSC has not been fully characterized. To identify genes in EPS production beyond the EPS biosynthetic gene operon, we selected the EPS-defective mutants of R. pseudosolanacearum strain SL341 from Tn5-inserted mutant pool. Among several EPSdefective mutants, we identified a mutant, SL341P4, with a Tn5-insertion in a gene encoding a putative NDP-sugar epimerase, a putative membrane protein with sugar-modifying moiety, in a reverse orientation to EPS biosynthesis gene cluster. This protein showed similar to other NDP-sugar epimerases involved in EPS biosynthesis in many phytopathogens. Mutation of the NDP-sugar epimerase gene reduced EPS production and biofilm formation in R. pseudosolanacearum. Additionally, the SL341P4 mutant exhibited reduced disease severity and incidence of bacterial wilt in tomato plants compared to the wild-type SL341 without alteration of bacterial multiplication. These results indicate that the NDP-sugar epimerase gene is required for EPS production and bacterial virulence in R. pseudosolanacearum.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제18권8호
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• pp.1125-1129
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• 2005

A study was conducted to determine the effect of feeding sugar cane silage compared to chopped whole sugar cane or grass silage on performances of lactating dairy cows during the dry season. Twenty four Holstein Friesian crossbred (>87.5% Holstein Friesian) lactating dairy cows in mid lactation; averaging 15.4${\pm}$3.2 kg of milk, 120${\pm}$23 days in milk, 50.5${\pm}$6.5 months old and 432${\pm}$39 kg live weight, were stratified for milk yield, days in milk, age, stage of lactation and body weight, and then randomly allocated to three treatment groups (8 cows in each group). All cows were fed 7.5 kg/d commercial concentrate plus ad libitum roughage according to treatment groups, which were grass silage, sugar cane silage or chopped whole sugar cane respectively. All cows consumed similar DM and produced similar milk and milk composition yields. However, cows on grass silage lost more weight than the other cows. The present study indicated that, during the dry season, sugar cane silage can be fed to lactating dairy cows, while giving similar milk yield to grass silage or chopped whole sugar cane.

• 유기물자원화
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.119-125
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• 2004

사탕무즙을 이용한 알콜생산에서 배출되는 증류폐액(sugar beet stillage)을 기질로 고온성 효모인 Candida rugosa를 이용해 단세포단백을 생산 할 때 기질의 최적화와 COD 감소를 연구하였다. 인의 첨가는 실험에 사용된 3가지 모든 시료기질에 꼭 필요한 것으로 나타났고 질소첨가는 기질의 잔당농도가 높을 경우에 필요하였다. 모든 시료에 있어서 인의 첨가는 생균생산율(Biomass production)을 23-61% 까지 크게 높였다. 이에 비해 질소의 첨가는 잔당함량이 높을 경우 생균생산율을 약간 상승시켰으나 질소와 함께 첨가할 경우 90%까지 크게 높였다. COD는 인의 첨가로 인해 26-46%까지 더 감소되었으며 질소와 함께 첨가할 경우 85%까지 크게 감소되었다.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.10-16
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• 2013

제당폐수를 산 또는 알카리 전 처리한 후 생물학적 수소생산율과 유기산의 생성특성을 평가하였다. 제당 폐수의 수소발생량은 산 전처리된 경우 보다 알칼리 전처리된 시료에서 약 70%의 발생량 증가를 나타내었다. 또한 제당폐수 원액에 적절한 영양염류(질소 인)를 공급하였을 때 보다 양호한 수소생성률을 보여주었다. 제당폐수의 혐기발효에 있어서 탄수화물의 분해와 수소생성의 직접적인 연관성은 나타나지 않았다. Butyric acid/Acetic acid (B/A)비와 수소생산의 연관성을 살펴보았을 때, 영양염류를 첨가한 제당폐수는 순수 제당폐수보다 B/A비가 약 3배 증가하였으며 알카리 전처리와 영양염류를 첨가한 시료에서 B/A비가 4.02로 가장 높게 나타났다. 실험에 사용된 전체 시료에서 B/A비가 클수록 수소생성률이 높았다.

• 한국미생물·생명공학회지
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• 제14권5호
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• pp.355-358
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• 1986

M. inyoensis NRRL 3292에 의한 시소마이신 생산에 영향을 미치는 인자들에 관해 조사한 결과 cobalt chloride 및 methionine 모두가 시소마이신 생산을 현저히 촉진하였으며, 탄소원으로서는 전분 또는 덱스트린이 포도당에 비해 시소마이신 생성에 적합하였다. 특히 시소마이신 발효공정중 항생물질 생성시기에 발효액내의 용존 이산화탄소 농도가 낮을수록 시소마이신 생성 농도가 증가하였다.

• 유통과학연구
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.7-17
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• 2012

The aim of this study is to empirically explore micro and macroeconomic factors affecting the Pakistani sugar industries and searching the energy potential of this industry, through the survey of literature. The empirical part has been explored by employing Vector Autoregression (VAR), Granger Causality tests and simultaneous equation models through quarterly data for the period of 1991q2-2008q4. The study also aims to devise policies for the development of sugar industries and identify its growing importance for the energy sector of Pakistan. Empirical tests applied on the domestic prices of sugar, domestic interest rates, and exchange rate, productive capacities of sugar mills, per capita income, world sugar prices on cultivable area and sugar production reveal very useful results. Results reveal an improvement of productive capacity of the sugar mills of Pakistan on account of increasing crushing capacity of this sector. Negative effect of rising wholesale prices on the harvesting area was also observed. Profit earnings of the sugar mills significantly increase with the rise of sugar prices but the system does not exist for the farming community to share the rising prices of sugar. The models indicate positive and significant effect of local prices of sugar on its volume of import. Another of the findings of this study positively relates the local sugar markets with the international prices of sugar. Additionally, the causality tests results reveal exchange rate, harvesting area and overall output of sugarcane to have significant effects on the local prices of sugar. Similarly, import of sugar, interest rate, per capita consumption of sugar, per capita national income and the international prices of sugar also significantly affect currency exchange rate of Pakistani rupee in terms of US$. The study also finds sugar as an essential and basic necessity of the Pakistani consumers. That is why there are no significant income and price effects on the per capita consumption of sugar in Pakistan. All the empirical methods reiterate the relationship of variables. Economic policy makers are recommended to improve governance and management in the production, stock taking, internal and external trading and distribution of sugar in Pakistan using bumper crop policies. Macroeconomic variables such as interest rate, exchange rate per capita income and consumption are closely connected with the production and distribution of sugar in Pakistan. The cartelized role of the sugar industries should also be examined by further studies. There is need to further explore sugar sector of Pakistan with the perspective of energy generation through this sector; cartelized sugar markets in Pakistan and many more other dimensions of this sector. Exact appraisal of sugar industries for energy generation can be done appropriately by the experts from applied sciences.