Heteroplasmic rice plastid transformant was generated using suspension cells as bombardment materials. PCR analyses confirmed incorporation of aadA and cp4-epsps genes into the rice plastid genome by homologous recombination events via the flanking sequences of the trnI and trnA. Transplastomic calli were actively proliferated when cultured on AAM2 medium supplemented with various concentrations (500-3000 mg/L) of streptomycin in dark condition, and transplastomic suspension cells showed resistance to nonselective herbicide, glyphosate. Through 'agarose pie selection' method, heteroplastomic calli, containing considerably high level of transplastome and expressing the CP4 EPSPS protein, were obtained. They were further regenerated to green shoots with healthy roots.

Flavanone 3$\beta$-hydroxylase (FHT)는 flavonoid 생합성 경로의 가장 중심부에 작용하는 효소로 flavanone으로부터 dihydroflavonol으로의 변환을 촉매하는 역할을 한다. 본 연구에서는 색소유전자의 전이를 통하여 새로운 색소발현체계를 가진 품종을 육종하기 위한 기초연구로 숙성안개초 (Gypsophila paniculata L.)의 꽃봉오리로부터 cDNA-library를 합성하였고 카네이션의 FHT 유전자를 probe로 사용하여 anthocyanin 합성경로의 중요 효소의 하나인 FHT 유전자를 분리하였다. 염기서열분석을 수행하여 분리유전자의 크기가 1471 bp 이며 이 중 coding region은 1047 bp 임을 확인하였다. 이미 밝혀진 다른 식물체의 FHT 유전자와 서로 염기서열의 일치성을 비교해 본 결과 아라비돕시스, 오렌지, 카네이션, 고구마, 스톡, 페튜니아, 감자 및 포도에서 각각 69% 이상을 나타내었다. 분리유전자의 발현을 확인하기 위하여 Northern blot분석 및 인위적으로 기내에서의 transcription과 translation을 수행하였고, 분리한 유전자의 효소활성을 측정해 본 결과 dihtydrokaempferol의 작은 peak을 확인하였다. Southern blot 분석의 결과 안개초의 FHT 유전자는 다른 대부분의 식물체와 유사하게 한 개가 존재함을 확인하였다

농작물 생산에 있어서 병원균 침입에 의한 피해를 줄이는 것은 아주 중요한 과제이다. 식물은 스스로도 생체 방어 신호 전달 기작을 가지고 있지만 그 피해를 줄이는데 있어서 한계가 있다. 본 연구는 콩과 식물에서 분리한 식물생체방어 신호전달 유전자인 SCaM-5를 토마토에 형질전환하여 형질전환 식물체를 작성하고 병 저항성에 관한 실험을 수행한 것이다. SCaM-5 유전자가 형질전환 된 토마토에서는 pathogen-related(PR-5) 유전자를 항상 발현시킴으로서 계속적으로 식물 생체방어 신호기작을 활성 시킨다는 사실을 확인하였다. 또한, SCaM-5를 형질전환 시킨 토마토는 식물에 막대한 피해를 주는 중요한 곰팡이 (P. capsici와 F. oxysporm)와 bacteria (Pst DC3000)에 대하여 병 저항성을 가진다는 것을 검증하였다.

L. longifilorum Georgia $\times$ L. elegans Kakutanohikari 잡종 배로부터 유식물체를 분화시키고, 이때 유도된 캘러스의 증식과 이 캘러스로부터 유식물체 분화과정을 조직학적으로 관찰하였다. 잡종 배는 배양한 60개 절편 중 48개 절편에서 86개체의 배주가 발아되었으며, 1 mg/L NAA가 캘러스로부터 식물체의 재분화에 가장 효과적이었으며, 재분화를 억제한 캘러스만을 증식시키기 위해서는 0.1 mg/L NAA + 1 mg/L BA가 가장 양호하였다. 또한 Pyridoxin-HCI을 첨가하지 않은 경우에는 유식물체의 재분화가 거의 보이지 않았으며 50 mg/L의 Pyridoxin-HCI을 첨가한 배지에서 유식물체의 재분화가 가장 효과적이었다. 배에서 발생된 캘러스의 원형성층 지역으로부터 체세포배가 형성되었으며, NAA가 전형성층 부분에서 배발생적 세포 또는 전배 발생의 증식을 자극하는 것으로 생각되었다.

배지 내 식물생장조절물질, 무기물 농도, 질소원 비율이 G. sylvestre 세포배양에 미치는 영향을 알아보고자 실험을 수행하였다 1.0 mg L$^{-1}$ 이상2,4-D 처리시 세포 생장량이 급격히 감소한 반면, 0.5 mg L$^{-1}$ 이하 kinetin 처리구들은 세포 생장량이 큰 차이가 없었다. 따라서 G. sylvestre 세포배양의 경우 2,4-D 1.0 mg L$^{-1}$와 kinetin 0.1 mg L$^{-1}$를 함께 사용하는 것이 세포 생장량 증대에 효율적이라고 판단되었다. 무기물 농도가 G. sylvestre 세포 생장량에 미치는 영향을 조사한 결과 1x MS에서 세포 생장량이 가장 높았으며, 배지 내 무기물 농도가 1x MS 이상일 경우 배지의 낮은 수분포텐셜로 인해 세포생장이 크게 억제되었다. $NH_4^+:NO_3^-$ 비율이 0:60에서 가장높은 생장량을 나타내었으나 세포의 크기가 작고 백색을 나타내었으며 연속배양시 생장량이 점차 감소하므로, G. sylvestre 세포를 연속 배양할 경우 $NH_4^+:NO_3^-$를 20:40으로 사용하는 것이 효과적이라고 생각되었다.

Rot 3 유전자로 형질전환된 들깨를 이용하여 aromatic compounds, brightness, 안토시아닌 함량, leaf index를 조사하여 모본과의 품질적인 차이가 있는가를 조사하여 형질전환체의 안정성을 확보하기 위한 연구이다. Rot 3 유전자는 T1 과T2 세대에서 유전자발현이 되었으며, 형질전환이 확인된 개체는 주요 농업형질이 형질전환 되지 않은 들깨와는 차이가 없는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 aromatic compounds와 leaf brightness도 차이를 나타내지 않았다. 그러나 leaf index는 유전자의 표현을 나타내어 형질전환체와 형질전환되지 않은 들깨잎의 모양은 차이가 나타났다.

Comparative studies on medium supply in bioreactors (raft, immersion and ebb and flood) have revealed that multiplication and growth of Alocasia Amazonica were greatest in the raft system, while lowest in ebb and flood system. In the raft system, the basal part of the shoots was continuously in contact with medium, which enabled a constant uptake of nutrients as well as aeration to the explants. The number and the size of leaf stomata were higher in the raft system compared with immersion and ebb&flood system. In the immersion system, plantlets were deformed and epidermal cells in leaves were irregular with a large intercellular space. The results suggested that the medium supply should be controlled properly to maintain normal and healthy plantlets during liquid cultures in bioreactors Which affects morphology and physiology Of the plantlets.

Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa ssp. pekinesis) is one of the most important vegetable crops in korea and other East Asian countries. Cytosolic fructose-1,6-bisphospha-tase (cytFBPase) is a key enzyme in sucrose biosyn-thesis, which controls the sucrose levels as well as the productivity at plants. The Chinese cabbage cytFBPase gene, BrFBPase, encodes the 340 amino acid polypep-tide, giving a theoretical molecular weight of 37.2 kD and a isolectric point of 5.4. BrFBPase showed high sequence identity with Brassica homologs and its functional domains, such as 12,6P$_2$ binding site or active site and F6P binding site, were highly conserved in diverse sources of organisms. Although the genome of Chinese cabbage seemed to be triplicated, BrFBPase appears to be a single copy gene. The expression of BrFBPase was examined at transcript and protein levels under various conditions. BrFBPase expression was observed only in photosynthetic source tissue, not in sink tissue. The expression was slightly higher during the day than at night, and it showed a diurnal cycle with circadian rhythmicity. Short-term exposure to low temperature inhibited the expression of the BrFBPase, while long-term exposure increased the expression, supporting that sugar levels are high in late autumn when temperature are low.

Evaluation of physiological performance of trehalose-producing transgenic rice line was conducted to investigate drought tolerance at early growth stage. Under artificially induced drought condition of 8% polyethylene glycol 6000, this transgenic rice line had leaf photosynthetic rate of 11.08 uml CO$_2$ $m^{-2}s^{-1}$, leaf transpiration rate of 8.38 mmol $H_2O$ $m^{-2}s^{-1}$ and leaf water potential of -1.12 MPa after 96 hours of treatment. Nakdongbyeo, the parent of this tyansgenic rice line, had photosynthetic rate of 15.42 $\mu$mol CO$_2$ $m^{-2}s^{-1}$, leaf transpiration rate of 8,04 mmol $H_2O$ $m^{-2}s^{-1}$ and leaf water potential of -0.88 MPa. The other variety used in this experiment for comparison, IR 72, showed higher values than both tyansgenic rice line and variety Nakdonbyeo on all three parameters; leaf photosynthetic rate of 20.61 $\mu$mol CO$_2$ $m^{-2}s^{-1}$, leaf transpiration rate of 12.88 mmol $H_2O$ $m^{-2}s^{-1}$, and leaf water potential of -0.82 MPa. So this transgenic rice line did not show superior performance in leaf transpiration rate, leaf photosynthetic rate and leaf water potential compared to variety Nakdongbyeo. This result along with visual observation on leaf rolling and drying during the experimental period indicated poor physiological performance of this transgenic rice line. Further studies on metabolic status of stress-induced trehalose, along with study on physiological response of this transgenic rice line during drought stress would shed more light on overall physiological performance of this transgenic rice line.

The present study is the first report of molecular variations in different accessions of Rauvolfia tetraphylla L.f, a medicinally important plant collected from seven locations of Andhra Pradesh, India. Molecular analysis was carried out using RAPD markers. Out of the 40 primers screened from OPA and OPC Kts, a total of 205 scorable polymorphic markers out of 397 total markers were generated. Polymorphism of 51.6% was found with 3 unique markers. Levels of genetic diversity within accessions i.e., the genetic distance ranged from 0.816-0.932. Cluster analysis based on Dice coefficient showed two major groups indicating that mostly in cross-pollinated plants, high levels of differentiation among accessions exists independent of geographical distance. Hence the results of the present study can be seen as a starting point for future researches on the population and evolutionary genetics of this species. Understanding such variation would also facilitate their use in various conservational management practices, rootstock breeding and hybridisation programmes.

This work was carried out to establish adventitious root culture system in three Panax species (wild-grown P. ginseng, P. quinquefolium, and P. japonicum) to analyze their ginsenoside productivity. Adventitious roots were induced directly from segments of seedlings after cultured on MS(Murashige andSkoog 1962) solid medium containing 3.0 mg/l IBA. Omission of $NH_4NO_3$ from the medium greatly enhanced both the frequency of adventitious root formation and number of roots per explants in all the three Panax species. However, elongation of post-induced adventitious roots was enhanced on medium with $NH_4NO_3$. Two-step culture protocol: $NH_4NO_3$-free medium for first two weeks of culture, followed by $NH_4NO_3$ containing medium for further 4 weeks, greatly enhanced the fresh weight increase of adventitious roots in all the three ginseng species. The fresh weight of adventitious roots was high in P. quinquefolium and low in P. ginseng, followed by P. japonioum regardless of the composition of medium. Pattern and content of ginsenosides in adventitious roots differed among the three Panax species. Total ginsenoside content of adventitious roots in P. quinquefolium, P. ginseng, and p. japonicum was 8.03, 15.7 and 1.2 mg/g dry weight, respectively. Among the three speices, adventitious roots in P. quinquefolium produced hig-hamount of ginsenosides. The pattern of ginsenoside fractions between P. ginseng and P. quinquefolium was similar but the amount of ginsenoside differed between the two, While, in P japonicum, total ginsenoside content was very low and some ginsenosides such as ginsenoside Rb2 and Rf were not detected. Conclusively, we demonstrate that same culture condition was required for induction and elongation of adventitious roots of three ginseng species but growth of adventitious roots and their ginsenoside production were different among them.