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The Production of Folic Acid by Microorganisms Isolated from Fermenting Corn Meal (옥수수 가루 발효 과정에서 분리한 미생물에 의한 Folic Acid의 생산)

  • Yoa, Fu-Gen;Marion L. Fields;Hee J. Chung
    • Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters
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    • v.16 no.5
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    • pp.352-357
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    • 1988
  • Twenty-five out of 35 strains isolated from fermented corn meal produced folic acid. Bacillus licheniformis strain 6 and Enterobacter cloacae strain 18 produced the largest quantities of 1830$\pm$271 ng and 1350$\pm$161 ng per 100$m\ell$ of the assay broth, respectively. B. licheniformis produced maximum yields when initial pH values were 6,7, or 8 and were incubated at 35$^{\circ}C$ for 5 days. The initial pH (range 4-8) had no effect on folic acid production by E. cloacae; 55 $^{\circ}C$ for 5 days was optimal for this bacterium. Added carbohydrates had no effect on the production of total folic acid in the bacterial cells in pure or mixed cultures. However, in their growth media, carbohydrates enhanced the production of free and total folic acid by E. cloacae and in the mixed cultures. Added carbohydrates had no significant (P < 0.05) effect on the production of free and total folic acid by B. licheniformis.

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Comparison of Soil Testing Methods for Plant Available Phosphate

  • Kim, Myung Sook;Kwak, Han Kang;Kim, Yoo Hak;Kang, Seong Soo;Gong, Myung Suk;Zhang, Yong Seon;Yoon, Hong Bae;Lee, Chang Hoon
    • Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer
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    • v.46 no.3
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    • pp.153-162
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    • 2013
  • Most test methods for plant available soil phosphate are based on the extraction with a chemical solution. The objective of this study is to evaluate available phosphate of various tests at different soil phosphate levels. Two experiments were conducted as follows: i) Extracting capacities of soil phosphate tests - Mehlich III, Mehlich II, Bray I, Olsen, Kelowna, and Modified Lancaster(Mod. Lancaster) - were compared with that of Lancaster test for the soils collected from 32 paddy and 27 upland fields with various soil chemical properties. ii) Field trials on comparing to phosphate uptake by plant were accomplished by cultivating rice and corn plants in the pots filled with the soils. Available phosphate of Lancaster test was significantly correlated with those of Mehlich III, Mehlich II, Bray I, Olsen, Kelowna, and Mod. Lancaster. In upland soils, available phosphates of all the tests were curvilinearly regressed with phosphate uptake by corn. The determination coefficients ($R^2$) of the regression equation between available phosphate in soils and phosphate uptake by plants were ranged from 0.861 (Mehlich III) to 0.741 (Olsen). In paddy soils, the available phosphate measured by Mehlich III and Lancaster was significantly correlated with phosphate uptake by rice. In conclusion, Lancaster and Mehlich III tests could be used for predicting available phosphate in upland and paddy soils.

Agronomic Characteristics and Yield Performance of Different Corn Hybrids Harvested in Drained-Paddy and Upland Fields

  • Souvandouane, Souliya;Son, Tae-Kwon;Esguerra, Mannuel;Heo, Kyu-Hong;Rico, Cyren M.;Lee, Sang-Chul
    • Korean Journal of Plant Resources
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    • v.21 no.3
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    • pp.178-183
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    • 2008
  • The growth and yield performance of 19 new com hybrids were evaluated. Results showed that all hybrids had a superior growth performance in the drained-paddy than in the upland field except for daeyul ${\times}$ cheongdo and hyoryeong ${\times}$ cheongdo in plant height, cheongdoyeop ${\times}$ wx-3 in tassel1ength, and cheongdo (black) ${\times}$ wx-3 in number of tassel branch. The same hybrids, except cheongdoyeop ${\times}$ wx-3, obtained lower ear quality in drained-paddy field compared to upland in terms of ear weight, and ear and grain setting length. The highest yield in the drained-paddy and upland fields was obtained in the hybrids ks5wx ${\times}$ ks6wx ${\times}$ cheongdo (1,633.3kg ${\cdot}$ $10a^{-1}$) and daeyul ${\times}$ wx-3 (1,516.7kg ${\cdot}$ $10a^{-1}$), respectively. Highest yield among the wx-3 crosses was obtained in daeyul which was 1,583.3kg ${\cdot}$ $10a^{-1}$ and 1,516.7kg ${\cdot}$ $10a^{-1}$ in drained-paddy and upland field, respectively. For the crosses of wx-8, highest yields were recorded in the cultivar bugye50 (1,466.7kg ${\cdot}$ $10a^{-1}$) and seokgu12 (1,384.6kg ${\cdot}$ $10a^{-1}$) for drained-paddy and upland field, respectively. In the case of cheongdo, highest yields were obtained in ks5wx ${\times}$ ks6wx (1,633.3kg ${\cdot}$ $10a^{-1}$) and seokgu14 (1,111.1kg ${\cdot}$ $10a^{-1}$) for drained-paddy and upland field, respectively. Result also showed that the drained-paddy soil had better physicochemical properties than the upland. The relatively high performance in terms of growth parameters and yield of com hybrids planted in the drained-paddy field is in agreement with the higher organic matter and micro-element content of drained-paddy field.

Natural 15N Abundances of Corn Treated with Urea and Composted Pig Manure in a Pot Experiment (요소와 돈분퇴비 시용에 따른 포트 재배 옥수수의 질소동위원소 자연존재비 차이)

  • Choi, Woo-Jung;Lee, Sang-Mo;Kim, Kyoung-Cheol;Kim, Pan-Gun;Yoo, Ji-Hyeok;Yoo, Sun-Ho
    • Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer
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    • v.34 no.4
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    • pp.284-291
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    • 2001
  • To study whether N isotope composition (${\delta}^{15}N$) of crop reflects the kind of fertilizer (chemical or organic) applied to field, a pot experiment was conducted. Corn (Zea mays L.) was cultivated under greenhouse conditions for 70 days. Composted pig manure and urea were applied at 0 and 0 (C0U0), at 0 and 300 (COU2), at 300 and 0 (C2U0) and at 150 and $150kg\;N\;ha^{-1}$ (C1U1), respectively. The ${\delta}^{15}N$ values of composted pig manure and urea were + 13.9‰ and -2.3‰, respectively. The ${\delta}^{15}N$ values of whole parts (roots + stems + leaves + grains) were + 12.7, + 12.9, + 14.0 and + 13.0‰ for C0U0, C0U2, C2U0 and C1U1 treatments, and were not significantly affected by the application of isotopically different N sources (P<0.05). However, leaves or grains showed significantly (P<0.05) different ${\delta}^{15}N$ values between treatments. The ${\delta}^{15}N$ values of leaves and grains were + 14.3 and + 16.2‰ for C2U0, +13.2 and +13.9‰ for C0U0, +10.1 and + 12.6‰ for C1U1 and +10.1 and +12.4‰ for C0U2 treatments. The different ${\delta}^{15}N$ values of corn from the values of N sources (compost and urea) applied to soil showed that the ${\delta}^{15}N$ values of corn were affected not only by the isotope composition of N source, but also by N pool mixing and isotope fractionation accompanying N transformation. This study suggests that although the ${\delta}^{15}N$ values of crop are not identical to the ${\delta}^{15}N$ values of N sources applied to fields, the application of isotopically different N sources such as compost and chemical fertilizer may result in qualitative difference in ${\delta}^{15}N$ values of crop.

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Analysis of Soil Erosion Vulnerability at Alpine Agricultural Fields of HongCheon County (홍천군 산지농업지대의 토양침식취약성 분석)

  • Kim, Ki-Sung;Heo, Sung-Gu;Jung, Yeoug-Sang;Kim, Ji-Man;Lim, Kyoung-Jae
    • Journal of Korean Society of Rural Planning
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    • v.11 no.2 s.27
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    • pp.51-57
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    • 2005
  • It has been well known that soil erosion and sediments from alpine agricultural fields are causing severe water quality and turbidity problems in receiving waters. Also these result in the loss of money because farmers have to buy top soils to provide enough root zone in the following year. Thus, there have been needs to reduce soil erosion and sediment discharge into the stream networks. To accomplish this end, an effective erosion control plans should be developed based on scientific research, not by rule of thumb. The Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) has been widely used to estimate the soil erosion in many countries over the years. In this study, the USLE was used to estimate soil erosion potential under different cropping scenarios in HongCheon County, Kangwon. The soil erosion potential for continuous corn cropping was the highest compared with those from continuous potato find average cropping scenarios. This indicates the soil erosion plans need to be established considering cropping system in the field. The Unit Stream Power Erosion-Deposition (USPED) was applied for HongCheon County to estimate soil erosion and deposition areas. The USPED estimated results can be used to complement USLE results in developing effective erosion control plans.

Soil quality Assessment for Environmentally Sound Agriculture in the Mountainous Soils - Installation of Monitoring System and Background Data Collection - (산지에서의 환경보전형 농업을 위한 토양의 질 평가 -모니터링 시스템의 구축과 기초자료의 수집-)

  • 최중대;김정제;정진철
    • Magazine of the Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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    • v.39 no.2
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    • pp.113-123
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    • 1997
  • This study was initiated to build runoff plots, install soil and water quality monitoring systems and collect background data from the plots and neighboring soils as the 1st year study of a 5 year project to assess soil quality and develop the management practices for environmentally sound agriculture in mountainous soils. Eleven $3{\times}15m$ runoff plots and monitoring systems were installed at a field of National Alpine Agricultural Experiment Station to monitor soil quality and discharge of nonpoint source pollutants. Corn and potato were cultivated under different fertilizer, tillage and residue cover treatments. The soil has a single-layered cluster structure that has a relatively good hydrologic properties and can adsorb a large amount of nutrient. Concentrations of T-N, $NH_4$-N, and $NO_3$-N of surface soil sampled in the winter were relatively high. Runoff quality in the winter and thawing season in the spring was largely dependent on surface freezing, snow accumulation, temperature, surface thawing depth and so on. Runoff during the thawing season caused serious soil erosion but runoff quality during the winter was relatively good. Serious wind erosion from unprotected fields after the fall harvest were obserbed and best management practices to reduce the erosion need to be developed.

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Flooded Analysis for Multi-Utilization of Reclaimed Tidelands in the West Coast District (서해안지역 간척농지의 다각적 활용을 위한 침수안전지역 설정 연구)

  • Park, Myeong Soo;Yun, Dong Koun;Han, Guk Heon;Oh, Sung Tae;La, Min Chul
    • KCID journal
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    • v.19 no.1
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    • pp.50-63
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    • 2012
  • Many reclaimed tideland projects in Korea have been conducted to secure the food self-sufficiency. In fact, the domestic food self-sufficiency has been greatly improved and reclaimed tideland projects contribute to Korea's economic and social development directly or indirectly replacing agricultural lands from urbanization, industrialization. As result, current self-sufficiency of rice reach the demand(104.6%) while rate of upland crops has less than 30% of self-sufficiency rate and corn, wheat, soybeans, etc. are virtually dependent on imports. Domestic price of crop is expected to be unstable by trend of international grain prices. Therefore, developing reclaimed tidelands as upland which is originally constructed for paddy fields could be a good option to become steady in domestic crop market and dedicate to ensure a stable food security. The study to prepare measures for dealing with disasters in reclaimed tidelands of west coast district is required in order to utilize those sites for infra construction of multi-utilization in those sites and The result of flooding analysis in this study can suggest policy direction for practical utilization of reclaimed tidelands in yellow sea area.

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A Comparative Study of the Linear-elastic and Hyperelastic Models for Degradation of PLA Prepared using Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF 방식으로 제작된 PLA의 열화에 따른 선형탄성 및 초탄성 모델의 비교에 관한 연구)

  • Choi, Na-Yeon;Shin, Byoung-Chul;Zhang, Sung-Uk
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Process Engineers
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    • v.19 no.3
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    • pp.1-7
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    • 2020
  • Fused filament fabrication (FFF) is a process extruding and stacking materials. PLA materials are one of the most frequently used materials for FFF method of 3D printing. Polylactic acid (PLA)-based materials are among the most widely used materials for FFF-based three-dimensional (3D) printing. PLA is an eco-friendly material made using starch extracted from corn, as opposed to plastic made using conventional petroleum resin; PLA-based materials are used in various fields, such as packaging, aerospace, and medicines. However, it is important to analyze the mechanical properties of theses materials, such as elastic strength, before using them as structural materials. In this study, the reliability of PLA-based materials is assessed through an analysis of the changes in the linear elasticity of these materials under thermal degradation by applying a hyperelastic analytical model.

Evaluation of NPS Pollutant Loads from Clayey Loam Fields (점토질 롬 밭과 논의 비점오염원 부하량 평가)

  • Choi, Joong-Dae;Kwun, Soon-Kuk;Kwon, Gi-Seok
    • Journal of The Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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    • v.46 no.2
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    • pp.107-114
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    • 2004
  • NPS pollutant loads from sandy clayey and clayey loam runoff plots were measured. Runoff plots were 2$\times$10 m in size and 8~10% in slope and paddy area was 4,620 $m^2$. Soybean, corn, tobacco and control (natural weed) were cultured. Precipitation during the growing season of June to October, 2002 was 869.5 mm. Runoff and water quality were measured more than 10 times during the measurements depending on the growing stage. Pollutants loads were estimated by using respective concentration and runoff volume. Runoff occurred when daily rainfall exceeded about 30 mm. The largest runoff was observed from the paddy but pollutant loads were larger from upland crops than those from paddy. SS loads from paddy and upland were 1.4 ton/ha/yr and 3.1~4.3 ton/ha/yr, respectively. COD loads 30 kg/ha/yr and 66~90 kg/ha/yr, T-N loads 13 kg/ha/yr and 14~23 kg/ha/yr, T-P loads 1 kg/ha/yr와 4 kg/ha/yr, nitrate nitrogen loads 1 kg/ha/yr and 4~8 kg/ha/yr, and phosphate phosphorus loads 0 kg/ha/yr and 4~6 kg/ha/yr, respectively. It was concluded that NPS pollutant loads from upland crop culture have greater impact on the quality of the receiving water body than those from paddy culture.

Effect of temperature on oviposition of Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) and ovipositional characteristics in corn fields (온도가 열대거세미나방 산란에 미치는 영향 및 옥수수 포장에서의 산란 특성)

  • Hyung Cheol Moon;Min Kyung Choi;Su Ji Jang;Jang Ho Lee;Ju Hee Kim;Hyong Gwon Chon
    • Korean Journal of Environmental Biology
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    • v.40 no.3
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    • pp.281-289
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    • 2022
  • The effect of five different constant temperatures (18, 21, 24, 27, and 30±1℃) and a photoperiod of 14 : 10 (L :D) h on the reproduction parameters of Spodoptera frugiperda was studied. The longevity of adult female S. frugiperda decreased with increasing temperature (22.4 days at 21℃ and 13.9 days at 30℃) but not at 18℃. The pre-oviposition period and oviposition period was the shortest at 30℃ compared to the other temperatures. The total fecundity egg count was 887.4, 1,246.4, 1,348.9, 1,154.9, and 1,034.2 at 18, 21, 24, 27 and 30℃, respectively, during its life span. The survival rate of female S. frugiperda decreased rapidly after 13 days at 18℃, after 14 days at 21℃, after 15 days at 27℃, and after 9 days at 24℃, and 30℃. On the third day after the start of oviposition, 50% of the total fecundity was accomplished. In corn fields at less than the 10-leaf stage, the distribution of S. frugiperda egg masses was observed in the middle and lower plant regions, corresponding to 46.8% and 41.4% of the total egg masses, respectively. Egg masses were mostly found on the underside of the leaf blade (abaxial) of corn(66.7%). After releasing S. frugiperda adults on May 12, May 17, May 25, and May 30, the number of eggs per egg mass was 89.9, 88.5, 126.6, and 127.9, respectively. Egg masses of the subsequent generations of S. frugiperda were observed from late June, and the number of eggs per egg mass was 155.8 in late June, 270.7 in early July, and 303.5 in mid-July.