• Korean Journal of Plant Resources
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.15-28
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• 2006

The flora of vascular plants and the present vegetation status of Minjujisan and its adjacent regions were investigated from 2000 to 2004, total 27 times. The plant taxa of these areas consist of 764 taxa totally; 172 families, 397 genera, 631 species, 3 subspecies, 105 varieties and 25 forms. There were many useful plants such as 35 taxa of Korean endemics, 12 taxa of rare and endangered plants, and 101 taxa of specially designated plants which were determined by the Ministry of Environment. Furthermore, 46 taxa of naturalized alien plants were also investigated in the boundary of developing areas. The vegetation status of investigated area was comparatively well conserved, but the degree of damage was increasing rapidly by development, deforestation, and tramp which were induced by the disturbances of human beings. Therefore, more active conservation strategies such as expanded designation of conservation area. should be established, and carried out continuously based on the results of long-term monitoring studies.

• Journal of Plant Biology
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• v.35 no.3
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• pp.283-305
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• 1992

Phytoliths (plant stones) mean all types of mineral deposition formed in or between plant cells. However, most of the researches on the phytoliths so far have been focused on the opaline silica bodies (silicified phytoliths) formed by grasses. Therefore, the phytolith is usually refered to opaline silica body in a narrow sense. Phytoliths are very useful in grass classification, and their usefulness as microfossils is also proved in several other fields, including soil science, paleoecology, and archaeology. Recently attention has been paid to the possibility that they might function as carcinogen. The purpose of this review is to present an overview of the nature and analysis of phytoliths and their applications in botany as well as other fields of sciencess.encess.

• Proceedings of the Plant Resources Society of Korea Conference
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• 2018.10a
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• pp.44-44
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• 2018

경상북도 봉화군에 위치한 각화산(1,177m)은 태백산맥에서 소백산맥으로 갈라지는 기점을 이루는 산으로 구령산, 청옥산, 옥석산 등과 함께 백두대간 일대의 중요한 산으로 인식된다. 특히 각화산은 조선왕조실록을 보관했던 태백산 사고지터(사적 제 348호)를 품고 있는 역사적인 장소이기도 하다. 본 연구는 각화산 일대 관속식물의 분포상을 파악하고자 2017년 5월부터 2018년 9월까지 진행되었다. 연구 결과 조사지 내 관속식물은 92과 291속 413종 4아종 38변종 6품종으로 총 461분류군이 확인되었다. 이는 경상북도 관속식물 1,684분류군(Korea National Arboretum, 2016)의 27.4%, 한반도 관속식물 4,499분류군(Korea National Arboretum, 2018; Http://www.nature.go.kr/kpni/)의 10.2%에 해당되는 것으로 분석되었다. 각화산 일대의 주요 식물 가운데 한국특산식물은 12분류군(할미밀망, 진범, 처녀치마, 지리대사초 등)이 확인되었고, 산림청 지정 희귀식물은 VU등급(꼬리진달래, 노랑무늬붓꽃) 2분류군, LC등급(너도바람꽃, 쥐방울덩굴, 도깨비부채) 3분류군으로 총 5분류군의 희귀식물이 분포하는 것으로 조사되었다. 또한, 식물구계학적 특정식물 IV등급 5분류군, III등급 13분류군, II등급 21분류군, I 등급 25분류군이 확인되었고, 외래식물은 총 24분류군으로 도시화지수(%) 6.8%, 귀화율은 5.2%에 해당되는 것으로 분석되었다. 조사된 식물의 유용성 분석 결과, 식용식물 348분류군(75.5%), 섬유용식물 1분류군(0.2%), 약용식물 기분류군(15.4%), 관상용식물 18분류군(3.9%), 목초용식물 102분류군(22.1%) 목재용식물 14분류군(3.0%) 등으로 확인되었다. 본 연구 결과물은 각화산의 식물 현황을 제시함과 동시에 생태축으로 연결된 백두대간 일대의 효율적인 관리 및 보전 방안을 마련하기 위한 기초자료로 활용 될 것이라 기대한다.

• Korean Journal of Environmental Biology
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• v.24 no.3
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• pp.282-293
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• 2006

Mt. Seokseong is located $37^{\circ}15'15'{\sim}37^{\circ}17'00'N$ in latitude at $127^{\circ}09'30'{\sim}127^{\circ}11'00'E$ in longitude in Yongin. The investigated vascular plants consist of total 293 taxa: five forms, 45 varieties, 243 species, 175 genera, 75 families, 34 orders, four classes. Twenty two special plants designated by Environment Ministry were investigated: five grade for one taxon, four grade for one taxon, three grade for six taxa, two grade fay three taxa, and one grade for 11 taxa. As for the useful plants, there were 141 taxa of edible ones (48.1%), 68 taxa of medicinal ones (23.2%), 33 taxa of ornamental ones (11.3%), 62 taxa of industrial ones (21.2%), and two taxa of poisonous ones (0.7%) respectively. As the above results, there are abundant plant resources in this area. But it needed to protect natural resources in this area, because of threatening factors such as urbanization and/or industralization in the adjacent area.

• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• v.33 no.3
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• pp.209-222
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• 2006

The whole genome sequence was completed in arabidopsis and rice. Large amounts of EST data have been available from many other plants. Also, vast quantities of diverse biological data have been generated by various '-omics' technologies such as transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics. Bioinformatics plays an essential role in extracting useful information from these tremendous amounts of biological data. In this review we introduced experimental methods to generate massive data, applications to plant science such as plant disease resistance and molecular breeding and bioinformatics tools and web sites available in plant biotechnology R&D. We concluded that new experimental methods and bioinfomation analysis techniques have made major contributions to the development of plant biotechnology and that bioinformatics has become a critical factor in plant biotechnology R&D.

• Journal of Life Science
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• v.24 no.2
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• pp.196-208
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• 2014

During the life cycle of plants, water deficit leads to an adverse effect on its growth and development. To increase the productivity of crops, overcoming such drought stress is one of the most important issues in the field of plant study. Among plant hormones, the phytohormone, abscisic acid (ABA) plays a crucial role in eliciting resistance to drought stress as well as in multiple developmental processes, such as seed germination, stomatal closure, and seedling growth. Therefore, further understanding of the ABA-mediated signal transduction pathway in plants is an effective strategy to generate drought-tolerant plants. Posttranslational modification, such as phosphorylation and ubiquitination, is an efficient mechanism for plants to acquire quick adaptation against environmental stress conditions since this process directly affects pre-existing signaling components by modulating protein activity and stability. Here, recent reports on ABA signaling are reviewed, especially focusing on ABA transport, perception, signaling, and posttranslational modification in ABA-mediated cellular responses. Also, we present future prospects on how the control of such a mechanism can be applied to generate useful agricultural crops.

• Korean Journal of Plant Resources
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• v.36 no.5
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• pp.469-489
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• 2023

Six field surveys were conducted at 29 locations from April 2020 to April 2022 to identify the freshwater flora of the Taean Peninsula. Based on the collected specimens, the vascular plants of the Taean Peninsula were summarized as 391 taxa: 94 families, 248 genera, 362 species, 5 subspecies, and 24 varieties. Freshwater plants in the Taean Peninsula consisted of 104 taxa, 45 taxa for aquatic plants, and 59 taxa for wetland plants. When classified by life history, annuals accounted for 33 taxa, winter annuals 5 taxa, biennial 6 taxa, and perennials accounted for most of the 60 taxa. Among the 391 identified taxa, 2 taxa of Endangered plants, 3 taxa of Korean endemic plants, 5 taxa of IUCN red list plants, 49 taxa of Korean floristic target plants, 38 taxa of biological resources subject to the approval of outbound transfer, 55 taxa alien plants and 7 taxa of ecosystem disturbing plant. The results of this study are intended to be used as basic data on the freshwater environment and distribution of aquatic plants in the Taean Peninsula.

• The Korean Journal of Food And Nutrition
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.138-146
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• 2004

This study was designed to investigate antioxidative activity of substances isolated from 25 kinds of useful plants resources toward free radical and human low density lipoprotein(LDL). Methanol extracts of Oenothers odorate had the highest antioxidative activity similar with ${\alpha}$-tocopherol. Methanol extracts of Oenothers odorate was extracted again by the ethylacetate. The ethylacetate soluble acidic fraction obtained from methanol extract of Oenothers odorate showed highest activity toward human LDL. Each fraction was purified through Sepadex LH-20 chromatography by elution of chloroform-methanol mixture (90:10 v/v). Fraction, F-2 obtained from Oenothers odorate showed at highest levels of electron donating activity. Fraction, F-2 was identified as 3,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid and 3-hydroxycinnamic acid.

• Korean Journal of Plant Taxonomy
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• v.38 no.3
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• pp.251-270
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• 2008

Members of the genus Asarum of Korea were reviewed taxonomically, and classified into seven species. Among them, four species - A. koreanum, A. maculatum, A. patens and A. versicolor - were recorded as Korean endemics. The most valuable taxonomic characters in identifying the Asarum taxa were shape, size and color of the calyx tube and lobe. In addition, the presence of white spots on the adaxial surface, size and color of leaf, presence of trichome, shape and size of the stylar protuberance and thickness of the calyx lobe were also important characters. Keys to the species including descriptions and figures of floral structures of each taxon were provided here for the accurate identification of each species.

• Korean Journal of Organic Agriculture
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• v.28 no.3
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• pp.417-430
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• 2020

Drought stress is one of major environmental stresses in plants; this leads to reduce plant growth and crop yield. In this study, we selected fungal isolate for mitigating drought stress in pepper plants. To do this, 41 fungi were isolated from rhizosphere or bulk soils of various plants in Jeju, Gangneung, Hampyeong in Korea. Out of 41 isolates, we screened two isolates without phytotoxicity through seed germination of tomato, pepper, and cabbage treated with fungal spores; through following plant assay, we selected GL02 as a candidate for alleviating drought stress in pepper plants. As a result of greenhouse test of pepper plants in drought condition, the stomatal conductance on leaves of pepper plants treated with GL02 was increased, whereras the malondialdehyde (MDA) and electrolyte leakage were decreased compared to that in control plants. When stressed plants were rewatered, stomatal conductance of the plants treated with GL02 was increased; the electrolyte leakage was decreased. Based on internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequencing analysis, isolate GL02 was belonging to genus Trichoderma. Taken together, drought stress in pepper plants treated with GL02 was alleviated, when it was rewatered after drought-stressed, the plants could be recovered effectively. Therefore, Trichoderma sp. GL02 could be used as a bio-fertilizer to alleviate drought stress in pepper plants.