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Energy Budget for Larval Development of Pandalus hypsinotus BRANDT (도화새우, Pandalus hypsinotus의 유생발생)

  • Kim Dae-Hyun;Lee Jeong-Jae;Park Kie-Young
    • Journal of Aquaculture
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    • v.9 no.2
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    • pp.179-186
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    • 1996
  • Zoeal stage's larvae of pandalid shrimp Pandalus hypsinotus, is distributed off the East sea and esteemed as a valuable shrimp resource in Korea, were reared in $10^{\circ}C$ temperature-controlled chambers and inverstigated the energy budget. The total energy intake per larva of zoea I to VI stages fed on Artemia nauplii was 140.88 J. The energy loss by respiration, molting, and excretion were 16.22 J, 1.19 J, and 106,40 J, respectively. The amount of energy used by growth was 17.07 J. Pandalid larvae assimilated $24.47\%$ of the ingested food. The gross efficiency ($K_1$) calculated by the equation of (growth+exuviae)/ingestion $rate{\times}100$ was $12.96\%$, and the net growth rate ($K_2$) calculated by the equation of (growth rate + exuviae)/(growth rate+ exuviae+ respiration rate)${\times}100$ was $52.96\%$. The percentage used for somatic growth and maintenance among the assimilated energy were $49.51\%$ and $47.04\%$ respectively.

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Physiological Characteristics and Morphological Changes of Chinese Cabbage (Brassica rapa L. ssp. campestris) to Potassium Toxicity (칼륨 독성에 의한 배추의 생리적 특성과 형태적 변화)

  • Lee, Taek-Jong;Luitel, Binod Prasad;Heo, Kweon;Choi, Bong-Jun;Kang, Won-Hee
    • Journal of Bio-Environment Control
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    • v.20 no.4
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    • pp.311-319
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    • 2011
  • Overusing chemical fertilizers involves potassium accumulation in the soil, which can become a toxicity problem in agriculture. This study was conducted to investigate the effect of potassium (K) treatment on growth, physiological characteristics, and morphological changes using Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa L. ssp. campestris). With high (600 mM) K treatment, the plant growth traits of leaf length, leaf area, and fresh and dry weight of shoots and roots decreased, whereas chlorophyll content increased. As the concentration of K increasing, total N, P, and K increased in leaves, but concentrations of Ca, Mg, and Na decreased. However, Mn, Fe and Zn contents were highest in 100 mM K treatment. Chlorophyll a, b, and carotenoids increased with increasing K concentration. Maximum photochemical efficiency ($F_v/F_m$) was not significant in the all treatments, whereas $CO_2$ assimilation decreased with increasing K level due to stomatal degradation. Total free amino acids increased with the 10 and 100 mM K but decreased at 600 mM K treatments. Therefore, the growth and physiological characteristics of Chinese cabbage ascertained that tolerance up to 100 mM K when grown with nutrient solution in pot culture.

Effects of Dietary Energy and Protein Levels on Growth, Respiration and Growth Efficiency of Juvenile Rockfish (Sebastes schlegeli) (치어기 조피볼락의 사료내 에너지와 단백질함량에 따른 성장, 호흡 및 생태효율에 미치는 영향)

  • 김강웅;박기영;임영순;김태우;양재형;박헌우;배승철
    • Journal of Aquaculture
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    • v.16 no.2
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    • pp.88-93
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    • 2003
  • Diets containing 3000 kcal/kg at the crude protein (CP) level of 40% (Diet 1) and 4000 kcal/kg at the CP level of 50% (Diet 2) were fed to the juvenile rockfish, Sebastes schlegeli (35.6 g) at 3-4% body weight for a period of 28 days. Diet 2 promoted significantly higher growth and feed efficiency than Diet 1. Oxygen uptake increased with increasing body weight. The oxygen uptake-body weight relationship of diets 1 and 2 were best expressed by y=0.3218 $e^{0.0592x}$ (R=0.8494) and y=0.3612 $e^{0.0532x}$ ($R^2$=0.8805), respectively. Assimilation efficiency (AE), gross growth efficiency ( $K_1$) and net growth efficiency ( $K_2$) of the fish fed on Diet 2 were 73.8, 16.0 and 22.6%, respec- tively. Fish fed on Diet 2 showed significantly higher AE, $K_1$ and $K_2$ than those fed on Diet 1. Hence Diet 2 con- taining 4000 kcal/ kg with crude protein of 50% is recommended for the Korean rockfish.kfish.

Study about Real-time Total Monitoring Technique for Various Kinds of Multi Weather Radar Data (이기종-다중 기상레이더 자료의 실시간 통합 모니터링 기법 연구)

  • Jang, Bong-Joo;Lee, Keon-Haeng;Lim, Sanghun;Lee, Dong-Ryul;Kwon, Ki-Ryong
    • Journal of Korea Multimedia Society
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    • v.19 no.4
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    • pp.689-705
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    • 2016
  • This paper proposed an realtime total monitoring platform for various kind of multi weather radars to analyze and predict weather phenomenons and prevent meteorological disasters. Our platform is designed to process each weather radar data on each radar site to minimize overloads from conversion and transmission of large volumed radar data, and to set observers up the definitive radar data via public framework server separately. By proposed method, weather radar data having different spatial or temporal resolutions can be automatically synchronized with there own spatio-temporal domains on public GIS platform having only one spatio-temporal criterion. Simulation result shows that our method facilitates the realtime weather monitoring from weather radars having various spatio-temporal resolutions without other data synchronization or assimilation processes. Moreover, since this platform doesn't require some additional computer equipments or high-technical mechanisms it has economic efficiency for it's systemic constructions.

Growth and Energv Budget of Opossum Shrimp, Neomysis awatschensis (Neomysis awatschensis의 성장과 에너지 수지)

  • Kim, Heung-Yun;Chin, Pyung
    • The Korean Journal of Zoology
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    • v.34 no.4
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    • pp.594-609
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    • 1991
  • 연안 천해에 서식하는 반부유성 갑각류인 감eomysis awatschensis를 수온 16$^{\circ}C$$25^{\circ}C$에서 Anemiusalina유생을 먹이로 공급하며 사육하면서 성장과 탈피에 미치는 수온의 영향을 조사, 성장, 탈피, 생식 및 호흡에 쓰인 에너지량과 체를필의 화학적 조성 및 에너지 함량을 측정한 자료로부터 개체의 사용 에너지 수지를 계산하였다. N. awatschensis 자웅의 총평균 체장성장율은 16$^{\circ}C$에서 0.08 mm/day, $25^{\circ}C$에서는 0.12maydaY였다. 수온은 동물의 각 탈피간 체장증가 백분율(growth factor)에는 영향을 미치지 않았으나 탈피기간에는 뚜렷한 영향을 나타내었다. 암컷의 체장별 각 탈피간 체장증가율은 수컷에 비하여 평균 3oye 정도 높았다. 성장과 탈피에 사용하는 평균 에너지는 각각 5.55 cal/mg X (건중, mg) 및 0.337 col/mg X (건중, mg)이였다. 난 1개의 에너지 함량은 0,057 cal이고, 암컷이 생식에 사용하는 에너지는 체장별 포란수와 관련되었다. 호흡계수는 4.5 col/ml 02였고, 회분비방법에 의한 동화효율은 70.9%였다. N. owotschensis의 총사용 에너지 중 성장에 사용하는 에너지는 갑각류의 다른 종에 비하여 높았다.

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Cytokinin and Nitrogen-Mediated Gene Regulation for $C_4$ Photosynthesis

  • Sugiyama, Tatsuo;Takei, Kentaroch;Deji, Atsushi;Tanguichi, Mitsutaka;Sakakibara, Hitoshi
    • Proceedings of the Botanical Society of Korea Conference
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    • 1996.06a
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    • pp.50-63
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    • 1996
  • Nitrogen (N) is an important regulator of the expression of genes involved in carbon and N assimilation pathways in plants by selectively altering the levels of proteins and/or mRNAs. These in C4 plants include genes for such as phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase, carbonic anhydrase, and pyruvate-Pi dikinase. The C4 genes are regulated in mesophyll cells by N availability both transcriptionally and posttranscriptionally through cytokinins and glutamine as signals. The level of both the signals is up-regulated by N availability: cytokinins in roots and glutamine in leaves. The level of glutamine is controlled by the differential expression by N of glutamine synthetase and ferrdoxin-dependent glutamate synthase genes which locate in the mesophyll cells of C4 plants. The results is discussed as molecular mechanism for the greater N use efficiency of the plants as well as N partitioning is the photosynthetic cells.

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Transcription Factor OsDOF18 Controls Ammonium Uptake by Inducing Ammonium Transporters in Rice Roots

  • Wu, Yunfei;Yang, Wenzhu;Wei, Jinhuan;Yoon, Hyeryung;An, Gynheung
    • Molecules and Cells
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    • v.40 no.3
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    • pp.178-185
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    • 2017
  • Nitrogen is one of the most important mineral elements for plant growth. We studied the functional roles of Oryza sativa DNA BINDING WITH ONE FINGER 18 (OsDOF18) in controlling ammonium uptake. The growth of null mutants of OsDOF18 was retarded in a medium containing ammonium as the sole nitrogen source. In contrast, those mutants grew normally in a medium with nitrate as the sole nitrogen source. The gene expression was induced by ammonium but not by nitrate. Uptake of ammonium was lower in osdof18 mutants than in the wild type, while that of nitrate was not affected by the mutation. This indicated that OsDOF18 is involved in regulating ammonium transport. Among the 10 ammonium transporter genes examined here, expression of OsAMT1;1, OsAMT1;3, OsAMT2;1, and OsAMT4;1 was reduced in osdof18 mutants, demonstrating that the ammonium transporter genes function downstream of OsDOF18. Genes for nitrogen assimilation were also affected in the mutants. These results provide evidence that OsDOF18 mediates ammonium transport and nitrogen distribution, which then affects nitrogen use efficiency.

Effect of Nitrogen Top Dressing at Later Stages on the Growth and Grain Yield of Rice (질소(窒素)의 만기추비(晩期追肥)가 수도(水稻)의 생육(生育)과 수량(收量)에 미치는 영향(影響))

  • Han, Moon Kab;Ahn, Su Bong
    • Korean Journal of Agricultural Science
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    • v.12 no.2
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    • pp.174-182
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    • 1985
  • In order to obtain information necessary for attaining maximum yield of rice by increasing nitrogen efficiency, effects of top dressing of nitrogen fertilizer at the later part of growing season were investigated and results obtained are summurized as follows: 1. The increased application of nitrogen fertilizer was very effective in increasing leaf areas and net assimilation rate of rice plants. The spikelets number per hill was also increased due to heavy nitrogen fertilizer. 2. The concentrated top dressing at the later part of plant growth apparently increased the crop growth rate at the reproduction stage and ripening stage of rice, respectively. The nitrogen efficiency was greatly improved by the concentrated top nitrogen dressing through the increase of effective tiller number and the improvement of production organ to non productive organ ratio. 3. The concentrated top nitrogen dressing at the later growing season was considered to be one of the most effective methods of fertilizer applications as well as cultivation of fertilizer resistant varieties for the high yield of rice and improving soil fertility.

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Genetically Engineered Yeast by Heterologous Transformation and Intergeneric Two-Step Protoplast Fusion for Ethanol Fermentation

  • Kim, Young-Ho;Lee, Jae-Ran;Seu, Jung-Hwn
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • v.3 no.4
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    • pp.232-237
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    • 1993
  • A strain of yeast which can convert starch directly to ethanol was developed by the intergeneric protoplast fusion between Schwanniomyces alluvius possessing $\alpha$ amylase as well as glucoamylase with debranching activity and FSC-14-75 which previously had been formed from a heterologous transformation and subsequent intergeneric protoplast fusion. Fusants were selected on minimal medium after protoplasts of auxotrophic mutant of S. alluvius fused with heat-treated protoplasts of FSC-14-75 in the presence of 30%(w/v) PEG and 20 mM $CaCl_2$. The fusion frequency was in the range of $10^{-6}$ order. All fusants tested were intermediate types of parental strains for carbon compound assimilation, and their cell volumes were approximately 1.1 times larger than FSC-14-75 and 1.8 times larger than S. alluvius. The fusants were unable to sporulate like FSC-14-75, while S. alluvius could sporulate. In flask scale the most promising fusant, FSCSa-R10-6, produced 7.83%(v/v) and 10.17%(v/v) ethanol from 15% and 20% of liquefied potato starch, respectively, indicating that the fermetation efficiency of each case increased 1.2 times and 1.6 times than that of FSC-14-75. The elution pattern on DEAE-cellulose chromatography showed that FSCSa-R10-6 has four distinct amylase peaks of which two peaks originated from S. alluvius and the other two from FSC-14-75. These results suggest that the enhanced fermentation efficiency of the fusant might be due to almost-complemented parental amylases.

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Growth, Dry Matter Partitioning and Photosynthesis in North American Ginseng Seedlings

  • Proctor, John T.A.;Palmer, John W.;Follett, John M.
    • Journal of Ginseng Research
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    • v.34 no.3
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    • pp.175-182
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    • 2010
  • North American ginseng seedlings (Panax quinquefolius L.) were grown in pots in heated greenhouses, in a cool greenhouse, or in the field, in 11 experiments at various times over 16 years. Crop establishment, dry matter partitioning, photosynthesis, radiation use efficiency and carbon budget were measured and/or calculated in some years. Once the seedling canopy, of about $20\;cm^2$ per seedling, and a leaf area index of 0.37, was established, about 40 days after germination, full canopy display lasted about 87 days. Only 16.6% of the incoming solar radiation was intercepted by the crop, the remainder falling on the mulched soil surface. Total and root dry matter accumulations in the cool greenhouse and in the field were about double that in the heated greenhouses. Partitioning of dry matter to roots (economic yield or harvest index) in the cool greenhouse and in the field was 73% whereas it was 62.5% in the heated greenhouses. The relationship between root dry matter and radiation interception during the full canopy period was linear with growth efficiencies of $2.92\;mg\;MJ^{-1}$ at 4.8% of incoming radiation and $0.30\;mg\;MJ^{-1}$ at 68% of incoming radiation. A photosynthetic rate of $0.39\;g\;m^{-2}\;h^{-1}$ was attained at light saturation of about $150\;{\mu}mol\;m^{-2}\;s^{-1}$ (7.5% of full sunlight); dark respiration was $0.03\;g\;m^{-2}\;h^{-1}$, about 8.5% of maximum assimilation rate. Estimates of dry matter accumulation by growth analysis and by $CO_2$ uptake were similar, 6.21 vs. 7.62 mg $CO_2$, despite several assumptions in $CO_2$ uptake calculations.