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A Taxonomic Review of the genus Liriomyza (Diptera: Agromyzidae) from Korea (한국산 애잎굴파리 속의 분류 (파리 목: 굴파리 과))

  • Sang Jae Suh;Yong Jung Kwon
    • Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity
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    • v.14 no.4
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    • pp.311-318
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    • 1998
  • In this paper, a total of eight species of the genus Liriomyza are treated. Among them, three species are reported for the first time from Korea. A key to Korean species, host plants and domestic localities are given. Some illustrations of male genitalic features are included.

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Distribution and Characterization of Bacillus thuringiensis isolated fro soils in Korea (한국 토양에서 분리된 Bacillus thuringiensis의 분포와 특성조사)

  • 김호산;박현우;이대원;유용만;김정일;강석권
    • Korean journal of applied entomology
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    • v.34 no.4
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    • pp.344-349
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    • 1995
  • To isolate naturally occurring novel Bacillus thuringiensis strains for useful pest con시 agents, A total of 64 isolates of B. thuringiensis producing spore and crystal were obtained from 583 soil samples in Korea. Toxicity of isolates was assayed against Lepidoptera (Bombyx ori), Diptera (Culex pipens) and Coleoptera (Sitophilus oryzae), respectively. The results showed that B. thuringiensis isolates toxic Lepidoptera are 42.2% , both Lepidoptera and Diptera are 31.3% and Diptera are 20.3%, demonstrating that spectrum of insecticidal activity of B. thuringiensis isolates is various. But no B. thuringiensis isolates have toxicity against Coleoptera.

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Synergistic Effect in Mosquitocidal Activity of Crystal Proteins from Bacillus thuringiensis NT0423 Transformed with cryIVD Gene (cryIVD 유전자로 형질전환된 Bacillus thuringiensis NT0423 균주 내독소 단백질의 모기 유충에 대한 독성의 상승효과)

  • 박현우;유용만;오현우;진병래;김인기;강석권
    • Korean journal of applied entomology
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    • v.35 no.1
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    • pp.85-90
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    • 1996
  • Bacillus thuringiensis NT0423 produces quite a typical bipyramidal crystals of a common major band of ca. 130 kDa, and has dual specificity against Lepidoptera and Diptera. To enforce the Diptera-toxicity of B. thuringiensis NT0423, cryND gene was transformed 30 B. thuringiensis NT0423. The transfonnant B. thuringiensis PT1227 was obtained from introduction of pCGl0 into B. thuringiensis NT0423 by electroporation. The result showed that cryND and resident crystal protein genes in transformant were stably expressed with its own shape. Furthermore, the toxicity of B. thuringiensis PT1227 against Diptera was highly enforced, suggesting that the enforced toxicity of B. thuringiensis PT1227 was due to synergistic effect of both introduced and resident crystal proteins in transformant.

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Molecular Phylogeny of the Subfamily Tephritinae (Diptera: Tephritidae) Based on Mitochondrial 16S rDNA Sequences

  • Han, Ho-Yeon;Ro, Kyung-Eui;McPheron, Bruce A.
    • Molecules and Cells
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    • v.22 no.1
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    • pp.78-88
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    • 2006
  • The phylogeny of the subfamily Tephritinae (Diptera: Tephritidae) was reconstructed from mitochondrial 16S ribosomal RNA gene sequences using 53 species representing 11 currently recognized tribes of the Tephritinae and 10 outgroup species. The minimum evolution and Bayesian trees suggested the following phylogenetic relationships: (1) monophyly of the Tephritinae was strongly supported; (2) a sister group relationship between the Tephritinae and Plioreocepta was supported by the Bayesian tree; (3) the tribes Tephrellini, Myopitini, and Terelliini (excluding Neaspilota) were supported as monophyletic groups; (4) the non-monophyletic nature of the tribes Dithrycini, Eutretini, Noeetini, Tephritini, Cecidocharini, and Xyphosiini; and (5) recognition of 10 putative tribal groups, most of which were supported strongly by the statistical tests of the interior branches. Our results, therefore, convincingly suggest that an extensive rearrangement of the tribal classification of the Tephritinae is necessary. Since our sampling of taxa heavily relied on the current accepted classification, some lineages identified by the present study were severely under-sampled and other possible major lineages of the Tephritinae were probably not even represented in our dataset. We believe that our results provide baseline information for a more rigorous sampling of additional taxa representing all possible major lineages of the subfamily, which is essential for a comprehensive revision of the tephritine tribal classification.

Studies on the Feeding Habits of Korean aucha perch, Coreoperca herzi in the Geum River, Korea (금강에 서식하는 꺽지(Coreoperca herzi)의 식성)

  • Byeon, Hwa-Keun
    • Korean Journal of Environment and Ecology
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    • v.31 no.5
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    • pp.472-478
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    • 2017
  • The feeding habits of Coreoperca herzi were investigated from specimens collected in the Geum River, from March to December 2016. The specimens were separated into groups of 38~70 mm, 71~109 mm, and over 110 mm in total length. The live foods of C. herzi included Ephemeroptera, Odonata, Plecoptera, Coleoptera, Diptera, Trichoptera, and fishes. The Korean aucha perches fed mostly on aquatic insects which took up 98.8% of food regarding the number, 55.8% regarding the biomass, and 97.1% in terms of iregarding the index of relative importance. They were carnivorous in diet and predators (stalker) in food intake characteristics and forms when applying Keenleyside's classification. The main food sources of C. herzi were Ephemeroptera, Diptera, and Trichoptera while Odonata, Plecoptera, Coleoptera, and fishes were rare. A food migration was observed since less Ephemeroptera was found and more Trichoptera and fishes were found in the biomass of the feed consumed by larger species. The amount of Coleoptera and Diptera did not change much with the size of the species. The overall composition of live food was not seasonal. The result of the study indicates that, when restoring the streams to be the habitat for the natural population increase of Coreoperca herzi, the environment should be inhabitable to Ephemeroptera, Diptera, and Trichoptera which are the main foods.