• 식물병과 농업
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.105-110
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• 1999

Bacterial leaf spot by Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria has been known to cause serious problem in red pepper in Korea. However recent survey showed that most smptoms in the leaves were mixed with two different symptoms one was leaf spot and the other was canker. bacteria isolated from canker were identified as Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis on the basis of biochemical and physiological characteristics. The causal bacteria were non-motile rod-shaped and Gram-positive. The lesions on pepper leaves appeared at first as small blisters or pimple-like white spots which enlarged in size at a later stage. The centers of some of the spots became necrotic and brown and were surrounded by a white halo. Pathogenicity tests were performed on pepper cv. Alchan seedling by spraying of bacterial suspension. During 1997 and 1998 total 17% of 527 fields surveyed were infected by C. michiganensis subsp. michiganensis. The canker of red pepper caused by C. michiganensis subsp. michiganensis was first identified in this study in Korea, and new name "gueyangbyung" was tentatively given to the disease.

• 식물병연구
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.290-293
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• 2010

국내에서 Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis에 의한 궤양병은 토마토 농가에 심각한 피해를 주고 있다. 이에 병 발생의 감소와 방제를 위해서는 저항성 품종이 최선의 해결책으로 제시되고 있다. 따라서 국내에서 시판되고 있는 완숙토마토 39품종, 방울토마토 20품종, 대목토마토 13품종에 대한 궤양병 저항성 품종을 선별하기 위해 저항성 검정을 실시하였다. 시판되는 72품종 중 선명, 스위트, 다다끼, 아기꼬, 매치, 마그네트, 프렌즈, 그린파워, 품종이 궤양병에 대해 저항성을 나타내었다.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.245-253
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• 2014

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are small but effective cationic peptides with variable length. In previous study, four hexapeptides were identified that showed antimicrobial activities against various phytopathogenic bacteria. KCM21, the most effective antimicrobial peptide, was selected for further analysis to understand its modes of action by monitoring inhibitory effects of various cations, time-dependent antimicrobial kinetics, and observing cell disruption by electron microscopy. The effects of KCM21 on Gram-negative strain, Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000 and Gram-positive strain, Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis were compared. Treatment with divalent cations such as $Ca^{2+}$ and $Mg^{2+}$ inhibited the bactericidal activities of KCM21 significantly against P. syringae pv. tomato DC3000. The bactericidal kinetic study showed that KCM21 killed both bacteria rapidly and the process was faster against C. michiganensis subsp. michiganensis. The electron microscopic analysis revealed that KCM21 induced the formation of micelles and blebs on the surface of P. syringae pv. tomato DC3000 cells, while it caused cell rupture against C. michiganensis subsp. michiganensis cells. The outer membrane alteration and higher sensitivity to $Ca^{2+}$ suggest that KCM21 interact with the outer membrane of P. syringae pv. tomato DC3000 cells during the process of killing, but not with C. michiganensis subsp. michiganensis cells that lack outer membrane. Considering that both strains had similar sensitivity to KCM21 in LB medium, outer membrane could not be the main target of KCM21, instead common compartments such as cytoplasmic membrane or internal macromolecules might be a possible target(s) of KCM21.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.123-131
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• 2015

Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. sepedonicus (Cms) multiplies very rapidly, passing through the vascular strands and into the stems and petioles of a diseased potato. Therefore, the rapid and specific detection of this pathogen is highly important for the effective control of the pathogen. Although several PCR assays have been developed for detection, they cannot afford specific detection of Cms. Therefore, in this study, a computational genome analysis was performed to compare the sequenced genomes of the C. michiganensis subspecies and to identify an appropriate gene for the development of a subspecies-specific PCR primer set (Cms89F/R). The specificity of the primer set based on the putative phage-related protein was evaluated using genomic DNA from seven isolates of Cms and 27 other reference strains. The Cms89F/R primer set was more specific and sensitive than the existing assays in detecting Cms in in vitro using Cms cells and its genomic DNA. This assay was also able to detect at least $1.47{\times}10^2copies/{\mu}l$ of cloned-amplified target DNA, 5 fg of DNA using genomic DNA or $10^{-6}$ dilution point of 0.12 at $OD_{600}$ units of cells per reaction using a calibrated cell suspension.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제34권2호
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• pp.104-112
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• 2018

Accurate and rapid detection of bacterial plant pathogen is the first step toward disease management and prevention of pathogen spread. Bacterial plant pathogens Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. nebraskensis (Cmn), Pantoea stewartii subsp. stewartii (Pss), and Rathayibacter tritici (Rt) cause Goss's bacterial wilt and blight of maize, Stewart's wilt of maize and spike blight of wheat and barley, respectively. The bacterial diseases are not globally distributed and not present in Korea. This study adopted comparative genomics approach and aimed to develop specific primer pairs to detect these three bacterial pathogens. Genome comparison among target pathogens and their closely related bacterial species generated 15-20 candidate primer pairs per bacterial pathogen. The primer pairs were assessed by a conventional PCR for specificity against 33 species of Clavibacter, Pantoea, Rathayibacter, Pectobacterium, Curtobacterium. The investigation for specificity and sensitivity of the primer pairs allowed final selection of one or two primer pairs per bacterial pathogens. In our assay condition, a detection limit of Pss and Cmn was $2pg/{\mu}l$ of genomic DNA per PCR reaction, while the detection limit for Rt primers was higher. The selected primers could also detect bacterial cells up to $8.8{\times}10^3cfu$ to $7.84{\times}10^4cfu$ per gram of grain seeds artificially infected with corresponding bacterial pathogens. The primer pairs and PCR assay developed in this study provide an accurate and rapid detection method for three bacterial pathogens of grains, which can be used to investigate bacteria contamination in grain seeds and to ultimately prevent pathogen dissemination over countries.

• 식물병연구
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.168-173
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• 2023

본 연구에서는 시중에 판매되고 있는 3종의 농용 항생제를 대상으로 Pectobacterium carotovorum, Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae, Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis, C. michiganensis subsp. capsici 및 Xanthomonas arboricola pv. pruni를 포함하는 식물병원세균 91 균주에 대한 저항성을 평가하였으며 다양한 농도의 발리다마이신에이 단독성분에 의한 흡광도 측정을 통해 분광학적으로 균주 생장을 확인하였다. 주성분으로 옥시테트라사이클린과 스트렙토마이신이 합제된 농용 항생제의 경우 안전사용기준 농도의 100배에서도 모든 균주가 생장하지 않았다. 그러나 스트렙토마이신이 주성분인 농용 항생제의 경우 안전사용농도와 그 10배의 농도에서 91개 균주 중 각각 4%와 2%에서 생장하는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 발리다마이신에이의 경우에는 안전사용농도와 그 10배, 100배의 농도에서 각각 97%, 93%, 73%의 균주가 저항성을 가지는 것으로 확인되었으며 그 중에서도 특히 P. carotovorum이 발리다마이신에이에 가장 높은 저항성을 가지는 것으로 나타났다. 발리다마이신에이 단독성분을 통한 저항성을 확인한 결과, 농용 항생제 발리다마이신에이에 저항성을 가지는 균주와 가지지 않는 균주 간의 경향성은 보이지 않는 것으로 나타났다. 그러므로, 식물병원세균에서 항생제 저항성 발달을 이해하기 위한 추가적인 연구가 필요할 것으로 생각된다.

• 식물병연구
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.44-51
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• 2011

우리나라에서 주로 재배되는 가지과작물의 종자 전염 병원균 중에서 세균성 병원균 Xanthomonns campestris pv. vesicatoria(Xcv), Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis (Cmm), Erwinia carotovora subsp. carotovora (Ecc)와 바이러스 병원균 Pepper mild mottle virus (PMMoV) and Tobacco mild green mosaic virus (TMGMV)를 종자로부터 동시검출하기 위한 One-step Multiplex RT-PCR을 개발하였다. 각각의 병원균을 특이적으로 증폭시키는 병원균 검출용 프라이머 15세트를 primer-blast 프로그램을 이용하여 제작하였고 각각의 병원균을 특이적으로 검출할 수 있는 5세트의 프라이머 세트(Cmm-F/R, Ecc-F/R, Xcv-F/R, PMMoV-F/R, TMGMVF/R)를 선발하였다. 이들 프라이머 세트는 프라이머간의 또는 병원균 cDNA간의 간섭없이 타겟 병원균만을 검출하였다. 가지과 작물 중에서 유통 중인 고추종자 20품종과 토마토종자 10품종에 대한 종자 감염 병원균 검출을 위한 PCR을 수행한 결과, 2개 품종의 토마토종자에서 Ecc가 검출되었고 4개 품종의 고추종자에서도 Ecc가 검출되었다. 특히 고추 종자에선 Ecc가 검출된 4개 품종 외에 1개 품종에서 PMMoV, TMGMV가 동시 검출되었다. 이로 인해 개발된 One-step multiplex RT-PCR은 서로 간섭 현상 없이 병원균을 효율적으로 검출할 수 있음을 보여 주었다.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제34권5호
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• pp.381-392
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• 2018

Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganesis (Cmm) is a quarantine-worthy pest in $M{\acute{e}}xico$. The implementation and validation of new technologies is necessary to reduce the time for bacterial detection in laboratory conditions and Raman spectroscopy is an ambitious technology that has all of the features needed to characterize and identify bacteria. Under controlled conditions a contagion process was induced with Cmm, the disease epidemiology was monitored. Micro-Raman spectroscopy ($532nm\;{\lambda}$ laser) technique was evaluated its performance at assisting on Cmm detection through its characteristic Raman spectrum fingerprint. Our experiment was conducted with tomato plants in a completely randomized block experimental design (13 plants ${\times}$ 4 rows). The Cmm infection was confirmed by 16S rDNA and plants showed symptoms from 48 to 72 h after inoculation, the evolution of the incidence and severity on plant population varied over time and it kept an aggregated spatial pattern. The contagion process reached 79% just 24 days after the epidemic was induced. Micro-Raman spectroscopy proved its speed, efficiency and usefulness as a non-destructive method for the preliminary detection of Cmm. Carotenoid specific bands with wavelengths at 1146 and $1510cm^{-1}$ were the distinguishable markers. Chemometric analyses showed the best performance by the implementation of PCA-LDA supervised classification algorithms applied over Raman spectrum data with 100% of performance in metrics of classifiers (sensitivity, specificity, accuracy, negative and positive predictive value) that allowed us to differentiate Cmm from other endophytic bacteria (Bacillus and Pantoea). The unsupervised KMeans algorithm showed good performance (100, 96, 98, 91 y 100%, respectively).

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.25-32
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• 2022

Plant pathogens pose major threats on agriculture and horticulture, causing significant economic loss worldwide. Due to the continuous and excessive use of synthetic pesticides, emergence of pesticide resistant pathogens has become more frequent. Thus, there is a growing needs for environmentally-friendly and selective antimicrobial agents with a novel mode of action, which may be used in combination with conventional pesticides to delay development of pesticide resistance. In this study, we evaluated the potentials of lichen substances as novel biopesticides against eight bacterial and twelve fungal plant pathogens that have historically caused significant phytopathological problems in South Korea. Eight lichen substances of diverse chemical origins were extracted from axenic culture or dried specimen, and further purified for comparative analysis of their antimicrobial properties. Usnic acid and vulpinic acid exhibited strong antibacterial activities against Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis. In addition, usnic acid and vulpinic acid were highly effective in the growth inhibition of fungal pathogens, such as Diaporthe eres, D. actinidiae, and Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. Intriguingly, the growth of Rhizoctonia solani was specifically inhibited by lecanoric acid, indicating that lichen substances exhibit some degrees of selectivity to plant pathogens. These results suggested that lichen substance can be used as a selective biopesticide for controlling plant disease of agricultural and horticultural significance, minimizing possible emergence of pesticide resistant pathogens in fields.

• 농업과학연구
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• 제39권1호
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• pp.117-123
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• 2012

Pathogenic fungi and bacteria such as Pectobacterium atrosepticum, Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. sepedonicus, Verticillium albo-atrum, and Rhizoctonia solani were the major microorganism which causes diseases in seed potato during postharvest process. Current detection method for disease-infected seed potato relies on human inspection, which is subjective, inaccurate and labor-intensive method. In this study, a reflectance spectroscopy was used to classify sound and disease-infected seed potatoes with the spectral range from 400 to 1100 nm. Partial least square discriminant analysis (PLS-DA) with various preprocessing methods was used to investigate the feasibility of classification between sound and disease-infected seed potatoes. The classification accuracy was above 97 % for discriminating disease seed potatoes from sound ones. The results show that Vis/NIR reflectance method has good potential for non-destructive sorting for disease-infected seed potatoes.