Establishment of Foliar Application Assays for Developing Natural Herbicides

천연물 제초제 개발을 위한 전식물체 수준의 경엽처리 검정법 확립

This study was carried out to establish an improved bioassay system, whole-plant bioassay which is more effective in developing natural herbicides for foliar treatment such as herbicidal essential oils. Two bioassay systems using four weed species (Echinochloa crus-galli, Digitaria sanguinalis, Aeschynomene indica, and Abutilon theophrasti), spraying method and spotting method, were established. Spraying method is applicable if the amount of test compounds is enough, while spotting method is useful for the small amount of test compounds. The initial application rate was desirable at $2,500{\sim}5,000\;{\mu}g\;mL^{-1}$. Herbicidal activities were higher in the NOP treatment when compared to the Tween 20 treatment. To efficiently evaluate volatile compounds such as essential oils, if the compound-treated pots were incubated in dew chamber for about 10hrs, better results were obtained in the degree and stability of herbicidal responses. When the efficiency of bioassay systems established in this study was compared, the spraying method was minimized four times to the conventional method that has beed used for screening of synthetic compounds in KRICT. On the other hand, in the spotting method, screening for development of a natural herbicides was possible even in level of 1/100 test volume and 1/200 amounts of test compound compared to the spraying method.

본 연구는 식물정유의 활용과 개발을 포함한 천연물 제초제의 개발을 효과적으로 추진하기 위한 방안으로서 식물정유 성분의 특성이 고려된 개선된 전식물체(whole-plant) 검정법을 확립하기 위해 수행되었다. 잡초 4초종을(피, 바랭이, 자귀풀, 어저귀) 이용하는 전식물체 경엽살포 검정법은 검정 화합물 량이 충분할 경우, 전식물체 생장점 점적처리법은 검정화합물이 미량일 때 추천할 수 있는 방법으로 판단되었다. 각 식물정유 처리시 초기 처리농도는 $2,500{\sim}5,000{\mu}g\;mL^{-1}$ 수준이 필요하였으며 계면활성제는 Tween 20 보다 NOP를 첨가하였을 경우에 보다 높은 살초활성을 나타내었다. 식물정유와 같이 휘발성이 있는 천연물의 활성을 평가하기 위해서는 약제를 처리한 후 과습 상태에 일정시간 두면 제초활성 발현이 증진되었다. 또한 전식물체 생장점 점적처리법은 경엽살포 검정법에 비해 약 1/100의 약제처리량(부피), 약 1/200의 성분량(무게)에서도 살초효과의 검정이 가능하였다.