• Journal of Korean Society of Environmental Engineers
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• v.32 no.8
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• pp.795-801
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• 2010

The acute toxicity of arsenic compounds was assessed and compared using following four bioassays; bioluminescence activity of the recombinant strain RB1436, germination of four different seeds, ${\alpha}$-glucosidase activity produced by Bacillus lichemiformis, acute genetic revertant mutation using mutant strain Salmonella typhimurium. Different sensitivities were observed among tested bioassays, but generally the toxicity by arsenite was greater than that of arsenate. Among tested four seeds, sensitivities of Lactucus and Raphanus were greater than others, and these two seed types were appeared as proper type for bioassay. High revertant mutation ratio (5.1) was observed with 1 mg/L arsenite, indicating high mutagenicity. The sensitivity of ${\alpha}$-glucosidase activity on arsenic compounds was much lower than other methods. The evaluation of interactive toxic effects using various bioassays may comprise a useful tool for the bioassessment of environmental pollutants.

• Korean Journal of Environmental Agriculture
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• v.23 no.4
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• pp.258-263
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• 2004

Bioassay was employed to assess toxicity of soil which had been treated with sewage sludges for seven years. The $Microtox^{(R)}$ and root elongation test of lettuce (Lactuca Sativa.) elucidated that the intensity of soil toxicity was closely related with the types and amount of sewage sludges applied. Both bioassay methods proved to be useful in an assessment of soil toxicity and were consistent to some extent with the conventional chemical analysis methods. $EC_{50}$ values resulted from $Microtox^{(R)}$ were highly correlated with concentration of heavy metals in soils amended with sewage sludges : Cu ($r^2=\;0.86^{**}$), Cr ($r^2\;=\;0.84^{**}$), Ni ($r^2\;=\;0.83^{**}$), and Zn ($r^2\;=\;0.69^{**}$). This demonstrated that both bioassay techniques could be employed as tools for soil toxicity assessment when the soil was exposed to solid wastes such as sewage sludge.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Fisheries Technology Conference
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• 2003.05a
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• pp.146-147
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• 2003

우리나라에서의 환경 오염 관리는 BOD, COD를 비롯한 총 20여가지 항목에 대한 이화학적 분석에 기초를 두고 있기때문에 분석 항목에 포함되지 않는 물질에 의한 독성의 영향은 간과되고 있다. 선진국에서는 이러한 한계점을 극복하기 위해 이화학적 분석기법 이외에 생물검정법을 이용하여 유해화학물질에 대한 독성 판별, 수질환경기준, 퇴적물환경기준, 오염진단과 생태계위해도 평가, 오염정화와 환경복원 등에 활용하고 있다. (중략)

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• v.40 no.4
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• pp.357-360
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• 1997

The biological activity of monoglycerides, diglycerides, triglycerides and free fatty acids were investigated by the rice inclination test that is specific bioassay for brassinosteroids. The experimental results revealed that some diglycerides, triglycerides and free fatty acids as well as monoglycerides showed positive response. ${\alpha}-Monoolein$ and diolein as active principles showed higher activity than indole-3-acetic acid at the same concentration. From the results, it can be confirmed that the active principles are related to olein which especially have a high activity.

• Proceedings of the Korea Society of Environmental Toocicology Conference
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• 2003.10a
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• pp.156-157
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• 2003

지금까지 국내에서는 해양과 하천, 호소 둥을 포함한 수생환경의 오염을 평가하기 위하여 COD 등 20여 가지의 일반수질항목을 조사하는 이화학적 분석 기술만을 사용하여 왔다 그러나 이러한 이화학적 분석 결과는 중금속이나 유기화합물 등 다양한 유해물질의 생태계에 대한 위해성을 정확하게 반영하는 데에 많은 한계가 있다 이에 따라 선진국에서는 생물을 이용하여 환경내 유해물질의 위해성을 평가할 수 있는 다양한 생물검정법을 개발하여 널리 이용하고 있다. 국내에서도 최근 여러 종류의 생물검정법을 개발하여 오염평가에 이용하고자하는 노력이 있어왔다. 이러한 노력의 일환으로 본 연구진은 다양한 국내산 생물을 이용하여 수생환경내 유해물질의 생물독성 평가기술을 개발하고있다. 본 연구에서는 기수역 어류인 황복의 독성평가 시험생물로서의 적합성을 평가하고 이 생물을 이용한 독성평가기술의 표준화를 위하여 다양한 유해 물질에 농도별로 실험 생물을 노출하는 일련의 급성 독성 평가를 수행하였다.

• Korean journal of applied entomology
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• v.31 no.4
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• pp.452-460
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• 1992

To establish the economical and reliable routine bioassay system for developing new insecticidal compounds, effects of leaf-dipping time, application methods, insect species and their developmental stages on susceptibilities of insects to insecticides were studied. The stable insecticidal activity appeared at the dipping time for 30-60 seconds in leaf-dipping method, and the most effective application methods were leaf-dipping method for apterous green peach aphid adults, and third instars of diamond-back moth and tobacco cutworm, whereas seedling+insect spray method for adults or third instars of brown planthoppers. For two-spotted spider mite, leaf-dipping or intact plant spray method was favorable. In the bioassay for chitin synthesis inhibitors, the inoculation of third instars of brown planthopper, diamond-back moth, tobacco cutworm and green peach aphid, and larvae of two-spotted spider mite to the young host plants treated by spray method were adequate bioassay methods.

• Proceedings of the Korea Society of Environmental Biology Conference
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• 2004.12a
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• pp.72-73
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• 2004

• Journal of Sericultural and Entomological Science
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• v.20 no.2
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• pp.36-39
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• 1978

With the current advances in insect toxicant bioassay, the need for easy methods of estimating the dosage-mortality regression equation has become vital. The Probit analysis seems to be not convenient for estimating the dosage-mortality regression equation and median lethal dose(LD50) because of its complexity in calculation. This study presents a comparision between Probit and Losit transformation for the estimation from bioassay results. Validation of the two methods is presented for the pathogenecity of nuclear polyhedrosis virus to the larva of fall web worm, Hyphantria cunea D.

• The Korean Journal of Pesticide Science
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• v.3 no.3
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• pp.37-44
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• 1999

Two sulphamide (dichlofluanid and tolylfluanid) and three dicarboximide fungicides (iprodione, vinclozolin, procymidone) were used to investigate the correlation between in vitro antifungal activities and in vivo disease controlling activities against Botrytis cinerea, a causal agent of tomato gray mold and to develop efficient in vitro assays. They controlled effectively the development of tomato gray mold disease in vivo and their controlling activities were similar one another. However, several in vitro assays revealed that their in vitro antifungal activities were quite different between sulphamide and dicarboximide fungicides; the formers showed stronger inhibition activities for spore germination than the latters, whereas the formers inhibited mycelial growth less severely than the latters. The results indicate that the fungicides having different modes of action can show different in vitro antifungal activities according to in vitro assays, even if they have similar in vivo disease controlling activities. On the other hand, two rapid and efficient in vitro assays named Microtiter plate methods I (MPM I) and II (MPM II) were developed for the evaluation of fungicides for inhibitory activities against spore germination and mycelial growth of B. cinerea, respectively. The antifungal activities of five fungicides of two chemical groups in MPM I and II were correlated with the inhibitory activities against spore germination and mycelial growth using solid media, respectively.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• v.29 no.1
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• pp.22-28
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• 1986

To establish the bioassay system not only for brassinosteroids and auxins but also for growth retardants with the lamina joints of rice, excellent domestic cultivars were selected and affectable factors, condition of test material, pH, temperature, concentration of test solution, coexisting metallic ions ana combination with growth regulators, on the assay system were discussed.