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Induction of antioxygenic enzymes as defense systems in plant cells against low temperature stress : (II) $Mn^{+2}-induced$ SOD activation and enhancement of cold tolerance in rice seedlings (식물의 냉해에 대한 생체방어기구로서 항산소성 효소의 유도 : (II) $Mn^{+2}$이온에 의한 세포내 SOD의 활성화와 벼 유묘의 내냉성 향상)

  • Hahn, Chang-Kyun;Kim, Jong-Pyung;Jung, Jin
    • Applied Biological Chemistry
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    • v.34 no.2
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    • pp.168-173
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    • 1991
  • The uptake of $Mn^{+2}$, a metal cofactor Mn-SOD, by rice seedings resulted in not only a substantial increase in SOD activity in leaf tissues of the plants, but also a significant enhancement of their cold tolerance : the relative extent of the cold tolerance appeared to accord with relative level of the SOD activity. In contrast, $Fe^{+3},\;Cu^{+2}$ and $Zn^{+2}$, which are the cofactors of Fe-SOD and Cu/Zn-SOD, were found to be ineffective for increasing the SOD activity as well as for improving the chilling-resistant capacity of the plants. The results suggest that Mn-SOD, which is most likely induced by its substrate(superoxide) and activated by the presence of $Mn^{+2}$a at high level, is the enzyme acting as an active component of the defense system against low temperature stress in rice plants. In addition, the application of abscisic acid which has been know to protect to some extent certain plants from chilling injury brought about an increase in SOD activity in rice tissues, providing another affirmative information for the crucial role of SOD under the circumstance of cold stress in plants.

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The Effect of Cold-adaptation on Stress Responses and Identification of a Cold Shock Gene, capA in Bradyrhizobium japonicum (Bradyrhizobium japonicum의 저온 전처리에 의한 환경스트레스 내성 증진에 대한 연구)

  • 유지철;노재상;오은택;소재성
    • Korean Journal of Microbiology
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    • v.38 no.1
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    • pp.45-49
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    • 2002
  • Bradyrhizobium japonicum is a soil bacterium with a unique ability to infect the roots of leguminous plants and establish a nitrogen-fixing symbiosis, which has been used as a microbial manure. In this study, we examined the stress response after pretreatment of cells with cold temperature. When pre-treated with cold temperature ($4^{\circ}C$) for 16 hr, B. japonicum increased the viability in subsequent stress-conditions such as alcohol, $H_2O_2$, heat, and dehydration. For cold adpatation, cultured B. japonicum was exposed to $4^{\circ}C$. Upon subsequent exposure to various conditions, the number of adapted cells pretreated by cold adaptation was 10-1000 fold higher than that of non-adaptated ones. It appeared de novo protein synthesis occurred during adaptation, because a protein synthesis inhibitor, chloramphenicol abolished the increased stress tolerance. By using a degenerate PCR primer set, a csp homolog was amplified from B. japonicum genome and sequenced. The deduced partial amino acid sequence of the putative Csp (Cold shock protein) shares a significant similarity with known Csp proteins of other bacteria.

Ecophysiological Changes in a Cold Tolerant Transgenic Tobacco Plant Containing a Zinc Finger Protein (PIF1) Gene

  • Yun, Sung-Chul;Kwon, Hawk-Bin
    • Korean Journal of Environmental Agriculture
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    • v.27 no.4
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    • pp.389-394
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    • 2008
  • The ecophysiological changes occurring upon cold stress were studied using cold tolerant transgenic and wild-type tobacco plants. In a previous study, cold tolerance in tobacco was induced by the introduction of a gene encoding the zinc finger transcription factor, PIF1. Gas-exchange measurements including net photosynthesis and stomatal conductance were performed prior to, in the middle of, and after a cold-stress treatment of $1{\pm}2^{\circ}C$ for 96 h in each of the four seasons. In both transgenic and wild-type plants, gas-exchange parameters were severely decreased in the middle of the cold treatment, but had recovered after 2-3 h of adaptation in a greenhouse. Most t-test comparisons on gas-exchange measurements between the two plant types did not show statistical significance. Wild-type plants had slightly more water-soaked damage on the leaves than the transgenic plants. A light-response curve did not show any differences between the two plant types. However, the curve for assimilation-internal $CO_2$ in wild-type plants showed a much higher slope than that of the PIF1 transgenic plants. This means that the wild-type plant is more capable of regenerating Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (Rubisco) and has greater electron transport capacity. In conclusion, cold-resistant transgenic tobacco plants demonstrated a better recovery of net photosynthesis and stomatal conductance after cold-stress treatment compared to wild-type plants, but the ecophysiological recoveries of the transgenic plants were not statistically significant.

Improvement of Abiotic Stress Resilience for Stable Rice Production

  • Dongjin Shin;Hyunggon Mang;Jiyun Lee
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Crop Science Conference
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    • 2022.10a
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    • pp.13-13
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    • 2022
  • Recently, stable crop production is threatened by the effects of climate change. In particular, it is difficult to consistently maintain agricultural policies due to large price fluctuations depending on the difference in total domestic rice production from year to year. For stable rice production amid changes in the crop growing environment, development of varieties with improved disease resistance and abiotic stress stability is becoming more important. In here, drought and cold tolerant trait have been studied. First, for the development of drought tolerant varieties, we analyzed which agricultural traits are mainly affected by domestic drought conditions. As a result, it was observed that drought caused by the lack of water during transplanting season inhibits the development of the number of tiller and reduces the yield. 'Samgang' was selected as a useful genetic resource with strong drought tolerant and stable tiller number development even under drought conditions by phenotype screening. Three of drought tolerant QTLs were identified using doubled haploid (DH) population derived from a cross between Nacdong and Samgang, a drought sensitive and a tolerant, respectively. Among these QTLs, when qVDT2 and qVDTl1 were integrated, it was investigated that the tiller number development was relatively stable in the rainfed paddy field conditions. It is known that the high-yielding Tongil-type cultivars are severely affected by cold stress throughout the entire growth stage. In this study, we established conditions that can test the cold tolerance phenotype with alternate temperature to treat low temperatures in indoor growth conditions similar to those in field conditions at seedling stage. Three cold tolerant QTLs were explored using population derived from a cross between Hanareum2 (cold sensitive variety, Tongil-type) and Unkwang (cold tolerant variety, Japonica). Among these QTLs, qSCT12 showed strong cold tolerant phenotype, and when all of three QTLs were integrated, it was investigated that cold tolerant score was relatively similar to its donor parent, Unkwang, in our experimental conditions. We are performing that development of new variety with improved cold tolerant through the introduction of these QTLs.

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Comparison of Environmental Stress Tolerance Between Lactobacillus fermentum Strains with High and Low Cell Surface Hydrophobicity

  • Li, Shao-Ji;Jeon, Jeong-Min;Hong, Sang-Won;So, Jae-Seong
    • Food Science and Biotechnology
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    • v.17 no.2
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    • pp.257-261
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    • 2008
  • Previous studies have suggested a possible correlation between cell surface hydrophobicity (CSH) and stress tolerance in Bifidobacterium. In this study, the relationship was examined between CSH and environmental stress tolerance in Lactobacillus spp. By measuring the adhesion to hexadecane, 2 Lactobacillus fermentum strains- KLB 261 and KLB 231 were found to have high and low CSH, respectively. To measure their tolerance to various stresses, cells were subjected to salt (2 M NaCl), acid (pH 2), $H_2O_2$ (0.01 %, v/v), ethanol (20%, v/v), heat ($60^{\circ}C$), and cold ($-20^{\circ}C$). Compared with KLB 231, the hydrophobic KLB 261 was found to be much more resistant to the various stresses examined. After being subjected to different stresses for a period of time, KLB 261 and KLB 231 showed 50 and 0% survivability in 2 M NaCl, 108.2 and 0.6% in 0.01 %(v/v) $H_2O_2$, 40.2%(v/v), and 3.7% at $60^{\circ}C$ incubation, 4 and 0.6% at $-20^{\circ}C$, 12.9 and 0.1 % in pH 2, 33.8 and 0.2% in 20%(v/v) ethanol, respectively. Autoaggregation test and morphological observation were also conducted in an attempt to explain these differences. These results suggested that high CSH could strengthen the stress tolerance of lactobacilli.

Screening of Multiple Abiotic Stress-Induced Genes in Italian Ryegrass leaves

  • Lee, Sang-Hoon;Rahman, Md. Atikur;Kim, Kwan-Woo;Lee, Jin-Wook;Ji, Hee Chung;Choi, Gi Jun;Song, Yowook;Lee, Ki-Won
    • Journal of The Korean Society of Grassland and Forage Science
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    • v.38 no.3
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    • pp.190-195
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    • 2018
  • Cold, salt and heat are the most critical factors that restrict full genetic potential, growth and development of crops globally. However, clarification of genes expression and regulation is a fundamental approach to understanding the adaptive response of plants under unfavorable environments. In this study, we applied an annealing control primer (ACP) based on the GeneFishing approach to identify differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in Italian ryegrass (cv. Kowinearly) leaves under cold, salt and heat stresses. Two-week-old seedlings were exposed to cold ($4^{\circ}C$), salt (NaCl 200 mM) and heat ($42^{\circ}C$) treatments for six hours. A total 8 differentially expressed genes were isolated from ryegrass leaves. These genes were sequenced then identified and validated using the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) database. We identified several promising genes encoding light harvesting chlorophyll a/b binding protein, alpha-glactosidase b, chromosome 3B, elongation factor 1-alpha, FLbaf106f03, Lolium multiflorum plastid, complete genome, translation initiation factor SUI1, and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase. These genes were potentially involved in photosynthesis, plant development, protein synthesis and abiotic stress tolerance in plants. However, this study provides new insight regarding molecular information about several genes in response to multiple abiotic stresses. Additionally, these genes may be useful for enhancement of abiotic stress tolerance in fodder crops as well a crop improvement under unfavorable environmental conditions.

Compound Backup Technique using Hot-Cold Data Classification in the Distributed Memory System (분산메모리시스템에서의 핫콜드 데이터 분류를 이용한 복합 백업 기법)

  • Kim, Woo Chur;Min, Dong Hee;Hong, Ji Man
    • Smart Media Journal
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    • v.4 no.3
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    • pp.16-23
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    • 2015
  • As the IT technology advances, data processing system is required to handle and process large amounts of data. However, the existing On-Disk system has limit to process data which increase rapidly. For that reason, the In-Memory system is being used which saves and manages data on the fast memory not saving data into hard disk. Although it has fast processing capability, it is necessary to use the fault tolerance techniques in the In-Memory system because it has a risk of data loss due to volatility which is one of the memory characteristics. These fault tolerance techniques lead to performance degradation of In-Memory system. In this paper, we classify the data into Hot and Cold data in consideration of the data usage characteristics in the In-Memory system and propose compound backup technique to ensure data persistence. The proposed technique increases the persistence and improves performance degradation.

Breeding for Inprovement of Fatty Acid Composition in Rapeseed, Brassica napus L. Ⅶ. Studies on Classification of Spring Nature Grade of Double Zero Rapeseed Varieties (유채 지방산조성 개량육종에 관한 연구 제15보 양질유ㆍ양박 유채 육성계통들의 춘파성 정도 분류)

  • Lee, J.I.;Kwon, B.S.;Kim, S.K.;Bang, J.K.
    • KOREAN JOURNAL OF CROP SCIENCE
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    • v.28 no.2
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    • pp.233-239
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    • 1983
  • In order to obtain basic date for the cultivation and the breeding of double zero varieties of rapeseed, spring nature grade were investigated. Spring nature grade could be classified to 8 classes by the method of material maturity. The double zero varieties, Ⅶ group of spring adaptability has been developed from the cross "Oro" and "Midas" classified as summer type. A significant negative correlation was found between the spring adaptability and seed yield. On the other hand, a highly significant negative correlation was found between maturation and spring adaptability, cold resistnce and spring adaptability, plant from and spring adaptability. Ⅵ and Ⅶ group close to summer type showed spring growing adaptability, and 0, I and II group were appeared as winter type, autumn growing adaptability with cold tolerance.with cold tolerance.

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Comparative Transcriptome Analysis of the Response of Two Lines of Rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) to Cold Stress (유채 두 계통에서 저온 스트레스에 반응하는 전사체 발현 비교 분석)

  • Lee, Ji-Eun;Kim, Kwang-Soo;Cha, Young-Lok;An, Da-Hee;Byun, Jong-Won;Kang, Yong-Ku
    • KOREAN JOURNAL OF CROP SCIENCE
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    • v.66 no.1
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    • pp.37-71
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    • 2021
  • Rapeseed is a typical winter crop, and its freezing stress tolerance is a major feature for winter survival. Therefore, it is important to comprehend clearly the physical and molecular mechanisms of rapeseed under freezing stress conditions. This study investigates the physical and transcriptome changes of two rapeseed lines, 'J8634-B-30' and 'EMS26', under cold acclimation and freezing temperature treatments. The proline content of 'J8634-B-30' at 5 ℃ increased 8.7-fold compared to that before treatment, and there was no significant change in that of 'EMS26' RNA-sequencing analysis revealed 5,083 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) of 'J8634-B-30' under cold acclimation condition. Among the genes, 2,784 (54.8%) were up-regulated and 2,299 (45.2%) were down-regulated. The DEGs of 'EMS26' under cold acclimation condition were 5,831 genes, and contained 2,199 up-regulated genes (37.7%) and 3,632 down-regulated genes (62.3%). Among them, only DEGs annotated in the cold response-related signaling pathways were selected, and their expression in the two rapeseed lines was compared. Comparative DEGs analysis indicated that cold response related signaling pathways are proline metabolism and ABA (Abscisic acid) signaling. And ICE (Inducer of CBF expression) - CBF (C-repeat-binding factor) - COR (Cold-regulated) signaling were the significantly differentially expressed transcripts in the two rapeseed lines. The major induced transcripts of 'J8634-B-30' induced P5CS (Δ'-pyrroline-5-carboxylate synthetase), which is related to proline biosynthesis, PYL (pyrabactin resistance-like protein, ABA receptor) and COR413 (cold-regulated 413 plasma membrane 1). In conclusion, these result provide a foundation for understanding the mechanisms of freezing stress tolerance in rapeseeds. Further functional studies should be performed on the freezing stress-related genes identified in this study, which can contribute to the transgenic and molecular breeding for freezing stress tolerance in rapeseed.

A Study on the fracture behavior of surface hardening treated aluminum alloy under the high velocity impact (고속충격을 받는 표면처리된 알루미늄 합금의 거동에 관한 연구)

  • 손세원;김희재;황도연;홍성희
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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    • 2001.04a
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    • pp.784-789
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    • 2001
  • In order to investigate the fracture behaviors(penetration modes) and the resistance to penetration during ballistic impact of cold-rolled Al 5052 H34 alloy laminates, anodized Al 5052 H34 alloy laminates, and Al 5052 H34 alloy after cold-rolling, ballistic testing was conducted. In general, superior armor material is brittle materials which have a high hardness. Ballistic resistance of these materials was measured by protection ballistic limit(V50), a statical velocity with 50% probability for incomplete penetration. Fracture behaviors and ballistic tolerance, described by penetration modes, are observed respectfully, resulting from V50 test and Projectile Through Plate(PTP) test at velocities greater than V50. PTP tests were conducted with 0$^{\circ}$obliquity at room temperature using 5.56mm ball projectile. V50 tests with 0$^{\circ}$obliquity at room temperature were also conducted with projectiles that were able to achieve near or complete penetration during PTP tests. Surface Hardness, resistance to penetration, and penetration modes of Al 5052 H34 alloy laminates compared to those of cold-rolled Al 5052 H34 alloy laminates and anodized Al 5052 H34 alloy laminates anodized Al 5052 H34 alloy after cold-rolling.

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