Korean Journal of Breeding Science (한국육종학회지)

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Current Statues of Phenomics and its Application for Crop Improvement: Imaging Systems for High-throughput Screening

작물육종 효율 극대화를 위한 피노믹스(phenomics) 연구동향: 화상기술을 이용한 식물 표현형 분석을 중심으로

  • Lee, Seong-Kon (Bio-crop development division, National Academy of Agricultural Science, Rural Development Administration) ;
  • Kwon, Tack-Ryoun (Bio-crop development division, National Academy of Agricultural Science, Rural Development Administration) ;
  • Suh, Eun-Jung (Bio-crop development division, National Academy of Agricultural Science, Rural Development Administration) ;
  • Bae, Shin-Chul (Bio-crop development division, National Academy of Agricultural Science, Rural Development Administration)
  • 이성곤 (농촌진흥청 국립농업과학원 신작물개발과) ;
  • 권택윤 (농촌진흥청 국립농업과학원 신작물개발과) ;
  • 서은정 (농촌진흥청 국립농업과학원 신작물개발과) ;
  • 배신철 (농촌진흥청 국립농업과학원 신작물개발과)
  • Received : 2011.08.13
  • Published : 2011.09.30
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Abstract

Food security has been a main global issue due to climate changes and growing world population expected to 9 billion by 2050. While biodiversity is becoming more highlight, breeders are confronting shortage of various genetic materials needed for new variety to tackle food shortage challenge. Though biotechnology is still under debate on potential risk to human and environment, it is considered as one of alternative tools to address food supply issue for its potential to create a number of variations in genetic resource. The new technology, phenomics, is developing to improve efficiency of crop improvement. Phenomics is concerned with the measurement of phenomes which are the physical, morphological, physiological and/or biochemical traits of organisms as they change in response to genetic mutation and environmental influences. It can be served to provide better understanding of phenotypes at whole plant. For last decades, high-throughput screening (HTS) systems have been developed to measure phenomes, rapidly and quantitatively. Imaging technology such as thermal and chlorophyll fluorescence imaging systems is an area of HTS which has been used in agriculture. In this article, we review the current statues of high-throughput screening system in phenomics and its application for crop improvement.

식물 피노믹스 분야에서 초고속 대량선발이 가능하도록 만든 화상기술(imaging technology)을 온실자동화 기술, 이미지 촬영 및 분석기술 등으로 분류하여 개념을 정리하고, 화상기술을 개발 및 응용하고 있는 주요 연구기관의 현황을 소개하였다. 연구동향 파악을 위해 작물의 내재해성 검정, 병해충진단, 종자활력 검정, 수확후 관리, 생체리듬 연구 등 다양한 분야에서 응용되고 있는 사례들을 살펴보았다. 향후 열 화상, 형광 화상 기술을 UV-induced blue green fluorescence, hyperspectral imaging 등과 상호 보완해서 multi-sensor 개념으로 발전시켜 나간다면, 식물의 생산량 증대를 위한 스트레스 내성자원 선발의 효율성을 극대화할 수 있을 뿐만 아니라 다양한 파장대의 영상정보로부터 각 스트레스의 특징을 catalogue화하는 것이 가능하여 다양한 스트레스를 정확히 진단하고 정량화할 수 있을 것으로 보이며, 나아가 각종 스트레스에 대한 조기 경보시스템으로도 활용할 수 있을 것이다. 호주 Plant Phenomics Centre에서는 온실과 포장을 포함한 Phenomics 기술의 종합적 개념도를 그림 4와 같이 제시하고 각 부문별 필요기술을 개발 중에 있는데, 종합기술로 완성된다면 현재의 작물 품종개량 속도를 획기적으로 향상시킬 수 있을 것으로 기대된다. 호주는 그 동안 분자생물학, 식물생리학 분야에서는 기술력을 확보해 왔지만 BT, IT 등 융복합농업기술분야에서는 다른 나라에 비해 역량을 결집하지 못하고 뒤쳐져 있었다고 볼 수 있는데, 연구개발의 궁극적인 목표인 실용화 단계에서의 기술우위를 선점함으로써 그간의 약세를 만회하고자 Phenomics 연구시설을 설치하였다고 한다. 이점은 BT 후발주자이면서 국제적 경쟁력을 확보하려는 우리에게 시사하는 바가 크다. Phenomics 연구는 생명공학기술을 통해 창출된 GM 식물체, 전통육종을 통해 육성된 육종재료 등 모든 유용 유전자원을 평가, 검정할 수 있는 신품종 육성의 기본 기술로 부상하고 있다. 지난 수년간 정체되어 있는 국내 종자시장을 고부가 수출산업으로 육성하기 위해서는 유용 유전자원, 농업생명공학산물의 실용화를 가속화하여야 하며, 이를 위해 피노믹스 기술 확보 및 시설 인프라 구축을 전략적으로 신중히 검토해봐야 할 시점이다.

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Acknowledgement

Supported by : 농촌진흥청

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