• Korean Journal of Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
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• v.22 no.4
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• pp.287-298
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• 2020

It is predicted that future climate warming will occur, and the subtropical climate zone currently confined to the south coast of Korea will gradually rise north. The shift of climate zone implies a change in area for cultivating crops. This study aimed to evaluate the current and future status of climate zones based on the high-resolution climate data of South Korea to prepare adaptation measures for cultivating crops under changing agricultural climate conditions. First, the climatic maps of South and North Korea were produced by using the high-resolution monthly maximum and minimum daily temperature and monthly cumulative precipitation produced during the past 30 years (1981-2010) covering South and North Korea. Then the climate zones of the Korean Peninsula were classified based on the Köppen climate classification. Second, the changes in climate zones were predicted by using the corrected monthly climate data of the Korean Peninsula (grid resolution 30-270m) based on the RCP8.5 scenario of the Korea Meteorological Administration. Köppen climate classification was applied based on the RCP8.5 scenario, the temperature and precipitation of the Korean Peninsula would continue to increase and the climate would become simpler. It was predicted that the temperate climate, appearing in the southern region of Korea, would be gradually expanded and the most of the Korean Peninsula, excluding some areas of Hamgkyeong and Pyeongan provinces in North Korea, would be classified as a temperate climate zone between 2071 and 2100. The subarctic climate would retreat to the north and the Korean Peninsula would become warmer and wetter in general.

• Journal of the Korea Organic Resources Recycling Association
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• v.28 no.4
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• pp.77-85
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• 2020

This study analyzes the effects of mixed fermented organic fertilizer on chinese cabbage growth and soil properties in order to investigate the nutritional effects of organic fertilizers, which are developed as an alternative fertilizer for imported castor oil cake. In this study, four treatments were set up: 100% and 200% rate of nitrogen application (320 kg ha-1 for Chinese cabbage) on mixed fermented organic fertilizer A(FA) and mixed fermented organic fertilizer B(FB), respectively, 100% rates of the mixed expeller cake (MEC) fertilizer, and the untreated control. Results revealed that the growth and yield of Chinese cabbage increased as more fermented organic fertilizer was used. However, while there were no significant differences in growth characteristics between treatments of 100% rate of mixed fermented organic fertilizer and 100% rate of MEC, the impacts on yields resulted similar. The nitrogen use efficiency (NUE) of Chinese cabbage was measured a range of 20-31% depending on the response to treatment. The 100% FA showed the same as NUE and nitrogen absorption with 100% rate of MEC. Regarding soil properties after cultivation, there were no significant differences among the effects of fertilizers in pH, EC, soil organic matter, and available phosphate. However, the content of exchangeable cations(K, Ca, Mg) was higher in areas treated with mixed fermented organic fertilizer than in untreated areas. Furthermore, the bacterial population density in the soil was higher in areas treated with mixed fermented organic fertilizer than in untreated areas and increased as more mixed fermented organic fertilizer was used. There were no significant differences in the population density of actinomycetes and fungi when fertilizer was applied to the soil. These results also show that FA, as a alternative organic fertilizer for imported castor oil cake, has similar nutritional effects as that of MEC. Therefore, further research the appropriate amounts of fertilizer is required to achieve economical and eco-friendly nutrient management.

• Research in Plant Disease
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• v.25 no.1
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• pp.8-15
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• 2019

Plum pox virus (PPV) is a significant viral disease in Prunus spp. worldwide. A nationwide survey was started in Prunus spp. orchards, since PPV was first detected from peach in Korea, 2015. During 2016-2017, samples were collected from 30,333 trees in 1,985 orchards of stone fruits in 8 provinces and 4 cities, Korea and tested by RT-PCR using specific PPV primer set. As a result, 21 trees including peach (9 trees), Japanese apricot (4 trees), plum (1 tree), apricot (7 trees) in 10 orchards were infected and controlled by eradication program. Amplicons of the expected size (547 bp) were obtained from total RNA of seven peach trees in 2016, and directly sequenced. BLAST analysis revealed the highest nucleotide (NT) identity (99%) with a PPV D isolates (LC331298, LT600782) in Genbank. The seven isolates from shared nt sequence identities of 98 to 100% with one another. Phylogenetic analysis showed the isolates in peach clustered closely with the PPV-D isolates from Korea, Japan, USA, and Canada. This is, to our knowledge, the first report of the presence of PPV in Prunus spp. orchards in Korea, 2016-2017, we hope that our results and efforts will contribute to effective measures for eradication of PPV.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology
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• v.9 no.3
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• pp.125-130
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• 2015

RI & RG are used in various field such as medical field, industrial field, agricultural and food&life field. The number of small nuclear facilities is on the increase. We need to take an interest in decommissioning of small nuclear facility and predict the occurring problem from facility decommissioning. Because of the relatively low radiation risk, the preparation of the small nuclear facility dismantling is often neglected. As the accident in Goiania, Brazil showed, the impact of the decommissioning of small nuclear facilities is not less than the large nuclear facilities although it may seem dangerless. Therefore, we analyzed the each institutional characteristics of the decommissioning of small nuclear facilities through foreign case study on this research. Also, we proposed several considerations on decommissioning such as reuse of facility and source, lack of space, stakeholder involvement and failures of protection. Through these study, we tried to make guideline of the small nuclear facilities decommissioning.

• Research in Plant Disease
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• v.26 no.4
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• pp.222-228
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• 2020

Erwinia amylovora, a causal bacterium of fire blight disease, is registered as a prohibited quarantine pathogen in Korea. To control the disease, the government should diagnose the disease, dig and bury the host trees when fire blight occurs. Fire blight was the first reported in 43 orchards of Anseong, Cheonan, and Jecheon in 2015, and 42.9 ha of host trees were eradicated. However, the disease spread to eleven cities, so that 348 orchards and 260.4 ha of host trees were eradicated until 2019. Fire blight of Asian pear occurred mainly in the southern part of Gyeonggi, and Chungnam province, on average of 29±9.2 orchards per year. And the age of the infected trees were mostly 20-30 years old. In apple trees, the disease occurred mainly in the northern part of Gyeonggi, Gangwon, and Chungbuk province, on average of 41±57.6 orchards per year, increased highly in 2018 and 2019. The age of infected apple trees were under 20 years old. Therefore, because the disease spread rapidly in young apple trees, spraying control agents to the trees in a timely manner and removing infected trees quickly are important to prevent the spread of fire blight in the orchard of immature trees.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2020.06a
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• pp.220-220
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• 2020

영산강수계는 상류에 4개의 농업용 댐이 위치하여 환경대응용수 확보 및 하천유지유량이 절대적으로 부족하고, 갈수기 하천 유량의 약 67 %가 광주 제 1, 2 하수처리장 방류수가 차지하고 있어 하천의 수질과 수생태계를 위협하고 있다. 이에 최근에는 오염된 하천의 건강성을 회복하기 위한 방법으로 수생태계의 정화능력을 활용한 인공습지가 각광받고 있다. 영산강 유역에서도 자연의 정화능력을 활용하여 하천 오염원을 저감시키기 위한 사업의 일환으로 2016년 광주 제 2 하수처리장 방류구에 서창오미공원 습지를 조성하였다. 이 습지는 유입량이 적어 정상적 기능이 어려운 기존 습지를 재조성한 것으로 하수처리장 방류수 약 5만 ㎥/day을 습지로 유입시켜 수질정화용 식재식물을 이용하여 하수처리장 방류수 수질을 개선한 사업이다. 2016~2017년 모니터링 결과, 습지 유입 전·후 BOD는 평균 33.5 %, 최대 73.1 % 저감 되었으며, T-P 또한 평균 59.3 %, 최대 91.6 % 저감 되었다. 그러나 습지는 운영기간 경과 시 퇴적물 축적, 고사체로 인한 T-P 용출 등으로 인하여 처리수의 수질이 더 악화될 우려가 있기 때문에 습지 조성 후 지속적인 유지관리와 모니터링이 필요하다. 그 예로 하수처리장 방류수와 비점오염원 처리를 위해 주암호에 조성된 인공습지의 경우, 2001년 준공 후 지속적인 관리 및 모니터링을 통하여 약 17년이 지난 2018년에도 BOD 49.3 % T-N 65.1 %, T-P 19.2 % 로 저감되어 오염원 및 영양염류 제거에 큰 효과가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 따라서 본 조사에서는 서창오미공원과 주암호 인공습지 운영 결과를 토대로 습지 모니터링의 중요성과 적정 운영 방안을 제시하고자 하며, 영산강 하천의 점·비점오염원 저감을 위한 신규 인공습지 조성 사업에 기초자료로 활용하고자 한다.

• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• v.42 no.2
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• pp.88-92
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• 2015

Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is a useful root crop for food, animal feed and various industrial materials including biofuel. Despite of its importance as an industrial crop, the genetic engineering approaches to manipulate transgenic plant development in cassava are limited. In this study, to develop new cultivar with high level of carotenoids and enhanced tolerance to environmental stresses, sweetpotato IbOr gene involved in accumulation of carotenoids was introduced into an Indonesian IDB high-yielding cassava cultivar under the control of oxidative stress-inducible SWPA2 promoter through Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of friable embryogenic calli. The 19 transgenic lines were successfully generated on the basis of gDNA-PCR and IbOr transcript levels for further characterization in terms of carotenoid contents and environmental stresses. Therefore, IbOr transgenic cassava plants may be developed for enhanced biomass production with high levels of carotenoids on marginal lands.

• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• v.38 no.4
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• pp.251-257
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• 2011

Rice is the most important crop as a model plant for functional genomics of monocotyledons. Rice is usually transformed using Agrobacterium tumefaciens. However, the transformation efficiency using previous method is still low. In this study, we established a new method by modifying the general Agrobacterium protocol especially in the inoculation and co-cultivation step. We directly inoculated Agrobacterium containing a CIPK15 gene under the control of CaMV 35S promoter and NOS terminator in the pCAM1300 vector into the pre-soaked seeds in N6D media for 24 hours. After 7 days of culture at $25^{\circ}C$, calli were formed on seeds cultured on the co-cultivation medium containing an antioxidant compound (1 mM dithiothreitol) and of Agrobacterium growth-inhibiting agent (3 mg/L silver nitrate). We obtained 35 and 22 transgenic plants in rice cultivars, Gopumbyeo and Ilpumbyeo, with increase of transformation efficiency by 30.4% and 22.6%, respectively compared to the general transformation method. The new method in this study would lead to reduction of substantial labor and time to generate transgenic plants.

• Proceedings of the Korea Water Resources Association Conference
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• 2019.05a
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• pp.129-129
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• 2019

UAV는 시 공간적인 제약을 받지 않고, 경제적 효율적으로 자료를 수집할 수 있는 장점이 있어 토목, 방재, 농업분야 등 다양한 분야에서 차세대 관측 장비로 각광받고 있다. 특히 수자원 분야에서는 하천측량, 수심측량, 지하수 등 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있으나, 현재까지 적설에 대하여 UAV를 활용한 연구가 미비한 실정이다. 본 연구에서는 UAV 측량을 통하여 임의지역의 수치 표고 모형(DEM)을 추출하는 기술을 활용하여 적설깊이를 측정하는데 활용하였다. 먼저 강설 사상 이전 UAV를 통하여 연구지역의 고도를 측정하였으며, 강설 이후 재촬영 및 두 자료의 고도 차이를 계산하여 적설깊이를 계산하였다. UAV 적설깊이 자료의 검증을 위해 지상 관측지점을 설정하여 목측으로 적설을 관측하였으며, 추가적으로 건축물에 가해지는 하중을 계산하기 위해 적설밀도 및 SWE(Snow Water Equivalent)를 관측하였다. 연구지역은 평창군 대관령면 $1.3km^2$크기 내외 지역이며, 2019년 2, 3월 3개의 강설 사상에 대하여 분석하였다. 분석 결과 적설깊이는 토지피복 및 온도와 크게 상관되었으며, 적설하중은 융설의 영향으로 적설깊이와는 크게 상관되지 않는 것으로 확인되었다. 본 연구의 결과는 적설 피해 예측 및 예방에 활용될 수 있을 것이며, UAV를 통한 적설 측정의 적용가능성을 확인할 수 있었다.

• Journal of the korean veterinary medical association
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• v.46 no.12
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• pp.1106-1117
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• 2010

과거 한국의 식품 오염원 중 법적인 규제 등을 통해 구체적인 통제가 이루어지지 못하고 있는 것이 축산물의 항생제로 알려져 항생제 오 남용으로 인한 내성균의 출현으로 비상이 걸렸던 적이 있었다. 요즘은 항생제를 지나치게 많이 사용해 가축이나 인체 내의 병원성 미생물들이 내성이 생겨 문제가 되고 있어 2011년 7월부터 가축용 사료에 항생제 첨가가 금지하게 된다. 한국은 항생제 내성률 1위로, 2000년 세계보건기구(WHO)에 따르면 대표적 항생제인 페니실린에 대한 폐렴구균의 내성률이 70%로 세계 1위이다. 어느 보고서에 따르면, 축산물 1톤을 생산하는 데 사용되는 항생제가 스웨덴이나 뉴질랜드, 덴마크 등 축산 선진국이 31~44g에 불과한데 비해 한국은 911g에 이른다. 투여 경로는 배합사료에 포함된 양이 54%, 농가의 임의 치료가 40%, 수의사 처방은 겨우 6% 순으로 나타났다. 그러나 OECD 회원국 중 수의사 처방 없이 항생제의 임의 투여를 허용하고 있는 나라는 한국뿐이다. 세계보건기구(WHO)에서는 가축사료에 항생제를 첨가하지 말 것을 권장하고 있으며, 유럽연합(EU)도 항생제는 반드시 수의사의 처방에 의해서만 사용토록 제한하고 있다. 최근 국립수의과학검역원에 의하면, 축산용 항생제 사용량이 2008년에 비해 18%, 2001년에 l해 무려 38%가 감소되었으며, 이중 닭은 20%, 소의 항생제 사용량은 36%가 감소하였다고 밝혔다. 사육 가축들의 항생제 오남용을 줄이기 위해서는 사료에 첨가하는 항생제나 성장호르몬, 비소 투여 등의 투여 대신에 미생물 생균사료나 녹차사료, 한약재사료 등의 천연면역물질을 함유한 사료를 먹여 스트레스를 덜 받고 면역력 증강에 좋은 사료를 먹여 키운 건강한 가축으로 생산한 육류는 맛도 특별히 좋다. 본 자료의 대부분은 금년부터 3년간 농촌진흥청 국립축산과학원과 중국청도농업대학과 "고품질 축산물생산을 위한 중약제를 이용한 질병방지체제 연구"라는 과제로 공동협력연구를 수행하게 됨에 따라 지난 11월 4일부터 10일까지 필자가 중국 청도농업대학을 방문하여 세미나시 발표한 자료임을 밝혀두며, 국내 수의학 연구에도 도움이 되고 저 소개한다.