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Study on the Characteristics of Cultivation Period, Adaptive Genetic Resources, and Quantity for Cultivation of Rice in the Desert Environment of United Arab Emirates (United Arab Emirates 사막환경에서 벼 재배를 위한 재배기간, 유전자원 및 수량 특성 연구)

  • Jeong, Jae-Hyeok;Hwang, Woon-Ha;Lee, Hyeon-Seok;Yang, Seo-Yeong;Choi, Myoung-Goo;Kim, Jun-Hwan;Kim, Jae-Hyeon;Jung, Kang-Ho;Lee, Su-Hwan;Oh, Yang-Yeol;Lee, Kwang-Seung;Suh, Jung-Pil;Jung, Ki-Yuol;Lee, Jae-Su;Choi, In-Chan;Yu, Seung-hwa;Choi, Soon-Kun;Lee, Seul-Bi;Lee, Eun-Jin;Lee, Choung-Keun;Lee, Chung-Kuen
    • Korean Journal of Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
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    • v.24 no.3
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    • pp.133-144
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    • 2022
  • This study was conducted to investigate the cultivation period, adaptive genetic resources, growth and development patterns, and water consumption for rice cultivation in the desert environment of United Arab Emirates (UAE). R esearch on rice cultivation in the desert environment is expected to contribute to resolving food shortages caused by climate change and water scarcity. It was found that the optimal cultivation period of rice was from late November to late April of the following year during which the low temperature occurred at the vegetative growth stage of rice in the UAE. Asemi and FL478 were selected to be candidate cultivars for temperature and day-length conditions in the desert areas as a result of pre-testing genetic resources under reclaimed soil and artificial meteorological conditions. In the desert environment in the UAE, FL478 died before harvest due to the etiolation and poor growth in the early stage of growth. In contrast, Asemi overcame the etiolation in the early stage of growth, which allowed for harvest. The vegetative growth phases of Asemi were from early December to early March of the following year whereas its reproductive growth and ripening phases were from early March to late March and from late March to late April, respectively. The yield of milled rice for Asemi was 763kg/10a in the UAE, which was about 41.8% higher than that in Korea. Such an outcome was likely due to the abundant solar radiation during the reproductive growth and grain filling periods. On the other hand, water consumption during the cultivation period in the UAE was 2,619 ton/10a, which was about three times higher than that in Korea. These results suggest that irrigation technology and development of cultivation methods would be needed to minimize water consumption, which would make it economically viable to grow rice in the UAE. In addition, select on of genetic resources for the UAE desert environments such as minimum etiolation in the early stages of growth would be merited further studies, which would promote stable rice cultivation in the arid conditions.

High-resolution Land Cover Mapping of Rural Area Using IKONOS Imagery (IKONOS 영상을 이용한 고해상도 토지피복도 작성)

  • Jung, In-Kyun;Hong, Seong-Min;Kim, Seong-Joon
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers Conference
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    • 2003.10a
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    • pp.71-74
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    • 2003
  • The purpose of this study is to extract agriculture-related information from high-resolution satellite imageries. Calendar of cropping pattern for crops detected on the image was diagrammed, and field investigation was done to check crop status, agricultural facilities and structures. As a result, high-resolution agricultural land cover map from IKONOS imageries was made out.

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Rethink the interlink between land degradation and livelihood of rural communities in Chilga district, Northwest Ethiopia

  • Gashu, Kassahun;Muchie, Yitbarek
    • Journal of Ecology and Environment
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    • v.42 no.4
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    • pp.139-149
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    • 2018
  • Background: Ethiopia is among the poorest countries where land degradation caused livelihood problem to its inhabitants. The livelihood of rural communities in Ethiopia is seriously threatened by land degradation. Land is the major natural resource that economic, social, infrastructure, and other human activities are undertaken on. Thus, land resources play an important role in shaping rural livelihoods, and lack of sustainable land management practices leads to land degradation. Thus, this study aimed to analyze interlink between land degradation and livelihood of rural communities in Chilga district, Northwest Ethiopia. It also addresses the factors which influence income diversification for livelihood of households in the study area. Result: The result depicts that the major causes of land degradation are both natural and anthropogenic. Land degradation and livelihood are negatively interlinked with each other. The livelihood of the majority of the population in the study area is dependent on subsistence agriculture both farming and animal husbandry with low diversification. The survey result showed that more than half (69%) of the sample households have farm size of less than 2 ha, nearly one third (31%) have 2.0-2.5 ha, and insignificant number of farmers have more than 2.5 ha. More than 80% of the respondents pointed out that land degradation has impacts both on crop yield and livestock production. Most of the explanatory variables such as gender, age, education level, farmland size, and family size have statistical significant influence (at P < .01 and P < .05 levels) for income diversification of households, while marital status on the other hand is not statistically significant though it has positive relation with income diversification in this study. Conclusions: Our results suggest awareness should be created in the community about the livelihood diversification mechanisms which enabled them to engage in different income-generating activities and comprehensive watershed management should be implemented.

Distribution of Scirpus planiculmis F. Schmidt on the Ploder Land of Southwest Seashore (남서해안(南西海岸) 간척지(干拓地)에 있어서 새섬매자기(Scirpus planiculmis F. Schmidt) 의 분포(分布))

  • Lee, K.S.;Yu, S.J.;Park, S.H.;Choi, S.Y.
    • Korean Journal of Weed Science
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    • v.11 no.1
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    • pp.19-25
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    • 1991
  • This studies were conducted to get the basic information for the control of Scirpus planiculmis F. Schmidt in polder land. S. planiculmis was found to be the dorminant species all over the polder land of southwest seashore in Korea, while S. fluviatilis A. Gray was observed alone or with S. planiculmis at pond, waterway, and riverside. The degree of appearance of S. planiculmis was gradually increased with time and showed the peak at 4th and 5th year after cultivation. The density of S. planiculmis were higher in higher salinity area than in lower area. The control of S. planiculmis has been practised by herbicides and hand weeding together.

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Influences of Application Methods of NPK Fertilizer and Ameliorator on Job′s Tears(Coix Lacryma-Jobi L.) Yield and Soil Properties at Newly-reclaimed Land (신개간지에서 삼요소와 토양개량제 시용방법이 율무수량과 토양특성에 미치는 영향)

  • 허봉구;한영희;김주현
    • KOREAN JOURNAL OF CROP SCIENCE
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    • v.39 no.2
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    • pp.175-179
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    • 1994
  • This experiment was carried out to investigate the effect of improved NPK fertilizer and ameliorator application methods on job's tears yield and soil properties in the newly-reclaimed land from 1985 through 1988. Job's tears height of integrated improvement plot was higher than the other plots, and increased from the 1st and the 2nd year, but decreased from the 3rd year when soil conditioner was not applied. Average yield of the crop in the integrated improvement plot was 2.16 t /ha being increased by 49% more than the control plot, and the yield was the greatest in order of integrated improvement>subsoiling>phosphate>lime>compost>control plot. Soil bulk density and hardness of the topsoil decreased to the 3rd year, but increased in the 4th year. Soil pH of the topsoil was not changed significantly by different soil depths and cultivated years.

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Effect of Spatial Soil Salinity Variation on the Growth of Soiling and Forage Crops Seeded at the Newly Reclaimed Tidal Lands in Korea (신 간척지토양의 공간적 염농도 변이가 녹비·사료작물의 생육에 미치는 영향)

  • Sohn, Yong-Man;Jeon, Geon-Yeong;Song, Jae-Do;Lee, Jae-Hwang;Park, Moo-Eon
    • Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer
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    • v.42 no.3
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    • pp.179-186
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    • 2009
  • Relation between soil salinity and forage yield of five upland crops such as sudan grass, sesbania, barnyard grass, corn and soybean was studied in the three reclaimed lands of Korea during two years from 2007 to 2008. Although plant number emerged was obtained satisfactory by desalting treatment, further growth of crops was sharply affected by re-salting process according to soil drying. Soil salinity varied place by place and changed constantly, crop growth was differently responded to soil salinity according to the specific conditions of the reclaimed lands. In the Iweon reclaimed land with higher soil water conductivity and sandy soil texture, crop growth and yield sharply decrease with increase of soil salinity. Relation between soil salinity and crop growth and yield was well expressed as logarithmic function. Surface soil EC to reach at 50% of growth reduction to the tallest height of crops was $5dS\;m^{-1}$ for soybean, $6dS\;m^{-1}$ for corn and $7dS\;m^{-1}$ for sudan grass, sesbania, and barnyard grass by logarithmic function. In the Hwaong and Yeongsangang reclaimed lands with low soil conductivity and finer soil texture, plant growth response to salt stress was statistically vague by mixing of harmful influence from flooding and wet injury. However, it is observed that crop growth and yield on the place of lower salinity was better than crop growth on the place of higher salinity. It is accordingly concluded that flooding control during summer rainy season is vary important as well as desalting process for good growth of soiling and forage crops in the newly reclaimed land from tidal flat.

First Report of Stem Rot in Statice Caused by Rhizoctonia solani in Korea (Rhizoctonia solani에 의한 스타티스 줄기썩음병)

  • Kang, Mi-Hyung;Cheong, Dong-Chun;Choi, Chang-Hak;Lim, Hoi-Chun;Song, Young-Ju;Noh, Tae-Hwan;Lee, Du-Ku;Kim, Hyung-Moo
    • Research in Plant Disease
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    • v.15 no.1
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    • pp.54-56
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    • 2009
  • Stem rot of perennial statice (Limonium sinuatum) was observed in Un bong, Jeonbuk from 2006 to 2007. Affected plants were randomly distributed in the greenhouses and infection rate was more than 10%. Stem and leaf of statice at soil line were dried and turned brown, initially. As the disease became severe, other stem parts and crowns were turned dark brown and then sunken. The fungal isolates were showed initially white aerial mycelium and turned brown with age. They produced few sclerotia which small, irregularly shaped with pinpoint sized. Mycelia were branched at $90^{\circ}$ angles and multinucleate in one cell. The pathogenicity of causal organism was proved according to Koch's postulates. The causal fungus of stem rot was identified as Rhizoctonia solani based on the cultural and morphological characteristics. This is the first report on stem rot of statice by R. solani in Korea.

Comparison of Crop Growth and Evapotranspiration Simulations between Noah Multi Physics Model and CERES-Rice Model (Noah Multi Physics 모델과 CERES-Rice 모델의 작물 생육 및 증발산 모의 비교)

  • Kim, Kwangsoo;kang, Minseok;Jeong, Haneul;Kim, Joon
    • Korean Journal of Agricultural and Forest Meteorology
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    • v.15 no.4
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    • pp.282-290
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    • 2013
  • Biophysical and biochemical processes through which crops interact with the atmosphere have been simulated using land surface models and crop growth models. The Noah Multi Physics (MP) model and the CERES-Rice model, which are a land surface model, and a crop growth model, respectively, were used to simulate and compare rice growth and evapotranspiration (ET) in the areas near Haenam flux tower in Korea. Simulations using these models were performed from 2003 to 2012 during which flux measurements were obtained at the Haenam site. The Noah MP model failed to simulate the pattern of temporal change in leaf area index (LAI) after heading. The simulated aboveground biomass with the Noah MP model was underestimated by about 10% of the actual biomass. The ET simulated with the Noah MP model was as low as 21% of those with the CERES-Rice model. In comparison with actual ET measured at Haenam flux site, the root mean square error (RMSE) of the Noah MP model was 1.8 times larger than that of the CERES-Rice model. The Noah MP model seems to show less reliable simulation of crop growth and ET due to simplified phenology processes and assimilates partitioning compared with the CERES-Rice model. When ET was adjusted by the ratio between leaf biomass simulated using CERES-Rice model and Noah MP model, however, the RMSE of ET was reduced by 30%. This suggests that an improvement of the Noah MP model in representing rice growth in paddy fields would allow more reliable simulation of matter and energy fluxes.

Monitoring of Particulate Matter Concentration for Forage Crop Cultivation during Winter Season in Saemangeum (새만금 내 동계 사료작물 재배에 따른 미세먼지 농도 변화 모니터링)

  • Lee, Seong-Won;Kang, Bang-Hun;Seo, Il-Hwan
    • Journal of Bio-Environment Control
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    • v.31 no.2
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    • pp.114-124
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    • 2022
  • The Saemangeum has a dry surface characteristic with a low moisture content ratio due to the saline and silt soil, so the vegetation cover is low compared to other areas. In areas with low vegetation cover, wind erosion has a high probability of scattering dust. If the vegetation cover is increased by cultivating crops that can withstand the Saemangeum reclaimed environment, scattering dust can be reduced by reducing the flow rate at the bottom. Thus, the purpose of this study is to analyze the effect of suppressing the generation of fine dust and scattering dust by cultivating winter forage crops on the Saemangeum reclaimed land. While growing 0.5 ha of barley and 0.5 ha of triticale in Saemangeum reclaimed land, the concentration of fine dust was monitored according to agricultural work and growth stage. Changes in the concentrations of PM-10, PM-2.5, and PM-1.0 were monitored on the leeward, the windward and centering on the crop field. As a result of monitoring, PM-1.0 had little effect on crop cultivation. the concentration of PM-10 and PM-2.5 increased according to tillage and harvesting, and tillage had a higher increasing the concentration of PM-10 and PM-2.5 than that of harvesting. According to the growth stage of crops, the effect of suppressing scattering dust was shown, and the effect of suppressing scattering dust was higher in the heading stage than in the seedling stage. So, it was found that there was an effect of suppressing scattering dust other than the effect of land covering. Through this study, it was possible to know about the generation and suppression effect of scattering dust according to crop cultivation.