• Proceedings of The Korean Society of Agricultural and Forest Meteorology Conference
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• 2018.06a
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• pp.109-110
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• 2018

• Molecules and Cells
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• v.22 no.1
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• pp.58-64
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• 2006

WRKY family proteins are a class of plant-specific transcription factors involved in stress response signaling pathways. In this study a gene encoding a putative WRKY protein was isolated from a pepper EST database (http://genepool.kribb.re.kr). The cDNA, named Capsicum annuum WRKY2 (CaWRKY2), encodes a putative polypeptide of 548 amino acids, containing two WRKY domains with zinc finger motifs and two potential nuclear localization signals. Northern blot analyses showed that CaWRKY2 mRNA was preferentially induced during incompatible interactions of pepper plants with PMMoV, Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae 61, and Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. vesicatoria race 3. Furthermore, CaWRKY2 transcripts were strongly induced by wounding and ethephon treatment, whereas only moderate expression was detected following treatment with salicylic acid and jasmonic acid. CaWRKY2 was translocated to the nucleus when a CaWRKY2-smGFP fusion construct was expressed in onion epidermal cells. CaWRKY2 also had transcriptional activation activity in yeast. Taken together our data suggest that CaWRKY2 is a pathogen-inducible transcription factor that may have a role in early defense responses to biotic and abiotic stresses.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• v.37 no.3
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• pp.307-314
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• 2021

Pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) is an important agricultural crop worldwide. Recently, Colletotrichum scovillei, a member of the C. acutatum species complex, was reported to be the dominant pathogen causing pepper anthracnose disease in South Korea. In the present study, we isolated bacterial strains from rhizosphere soil in a pepper field in Gangwon Province, Korea, and assessed their antifungal ability against C. scovillei strain KC05. Among these strains, a strain named BS1 significantly inhibited mycelial growth, appressorium formation, and disease development of C. scovillei. By combined sequence analysis using 16S rRNA and partial gyrA sequences, strain BS1 was identified as Bacillus velezensis, a member of the B. subtilis species complex. BS1 produced hydrolytic enzymes (cellulase and protease) and iron-chelating siderophores. It also promoted chili pepper (cv. Nockwang) seedling growth compared with untreated plants. The study concluded that B. velezensis BS1 has good potential as a biocontrol agent of anthracnose disease in chili pepper caused by C. scovillei.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Plant Biotechnology Conference
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• 2003.04a
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• pp.191-191
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• 2003

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Plant Biotechnology Conference
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• 2005.04a
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• pp.22-23
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• 2005

• Proceedings of The Korean Society of Agricultural and Forest Meteorology Conference
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• 2012.07a
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• pp.114-118
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• 2012

• The Korean Journal of Pesticide Science
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• v.18 no.4
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• pp.422-428
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• 2014

Endophytic bacterial strains from root tissue of strawberry were screened for their efficacy in growth improvement and control of Phytophthora blight disease of chili pepper plant under greenhouse condition. Plants treated with the strain EP103, identified as Pseudomonas fluorescens, showed growth improvement in terms of fresh weight and root length compared to the untreated control and other endophytic strains. When challenged with Phytophthora capsici, there was significant reduction of disease in EP103 treated plants with an efficacy of 78.7%. There was no direct inhibition of the target pathogen by EP103 when tested under in vitro antibiosis assay. Analysis of differential expression of selected marker genes for induced systemic resistance (ISR) in plants treated with EP103 and challenged with P. capsici showed up-regulation of PR1 and PR10 pathogenesis-related (PR) proteins. PCR analysis showed that EP103 produced secondary metabolites such as pyoluteorin, pyrrolnitrin, hydrogen cyanide and orfamide A. This study indicated the potential of endophytic P. fluorescens strain EP103 as an efficient biocontrol agent against P. capsici in chili pepper plant.

• Korean Journal of Environmental Agriculture
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• v.26 no.4
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• pp.319-324
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• 2007

This study was conducted to evaluate the persistence of DNA in the transgenic chili pepper resistant to cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) in the field condition. We analyzed the persistence of genes in the leaf samples obtained from two field conditions, below and above soil. Transgenic and non-transgenic leaf tissues were buried in the soil at a depth of 10 cm or placed on the soil surface. Qualitative and quantitative PCR analysis showed that the amount of transferred genes from the transgenic peppers below and above soil was dropped to 28.3-42.7% one month after buried and it was rapidly reduced to 0.9-3.3% after two months. The transgenes were not detected three to four month after buried. In addition, DNA of the leaves placed below soil decomposed about 8%more than those on soil surface. The gene transfer from decomposing leaves of the transgenic pepper to soil was investigated by PCR analysis with the soil attached to the samples. The PCR result indicated that the gene transfer from the transgenic pepper to soil was not occurred.

• Korean Journal of Environmental Biology
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• v.39 no.4
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• pp.479-485
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• 2021

A semi-selective agar medium was developed for detecting and enumerating Colletotrichum scovillei in chili (Capsicum annum) plant material. Potato-dextrose-agar(PDA) was used as the basic medium. The composition of the semi-selective agar medium was established after several attempts to favor the development of C. scovillei and inhibit the growth of other fungi and bacteria. The semi-selective agar medium contained PDA amended with pyribencarb and pydiflumetofen at 40 ㎍ mL^-1 each and streptomycin at 100㎍ mL^-1 for preventing bacterial growth. The pH was adjusted to 4.8 with 85% lactic acid. The inhibition of the mycelial growth of C. scovillei was significantly less than that of most other fungi including Fusarium species when grown on the semi-selective medium. C. scovillei was detected from naturally infected chili plants by plating fruit and stem tissue suspensions on the semi-selective medium, which was found to be reliable and quantifiable. This was the first report of a semi-selective agar medium to detect the presence of C. scovillei in naturally infected chili tissue.

• Journal of Bio-Environment Control
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• v.31 no.4
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• pp.311-318
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• 2022

Salicylic acid (SA), a phenolic compound, plays a pivotal role in regulating a wide range of physiological and metabolic processes in plants such as antioxidant cellular defense, photosynthesis, and biotic and abiotic stress responses during the growth and development. We examined the effect of exogenous SA application (100 mg·L^-1) on the growth, yield, photosynthetic characteristics, lipid peroxidation, and antioxidant enzyme activity of chili pepper plants under high temperature and drought stress conditions. SA treatment induced increases of net photosynthetic rate (Pn), stomatal conductance (Gs) and transpiration rate (Tr) under the stress condition with the highest level after the third treatment. The contents of malondialdehyde and H₂O₂ were significantly lower in the third treatment of SA compared to the control. The activity of ascorbate peroxidase, catalase, peroxidase and superoxide dismutase, increased in treated plants by up to 247, 318, 55 and 54%, respectively compared to the nontreated control. There was no significant difference in the growth characteristics between SA-treated and nontreated plants, while the SA treatment increased marketable yield (kg/10a) by about 15% compared to the nontreated control. Taken together, these results suggest that foliar application of SA alleviates physiological damages caused by the combination of drought and heat stress, and enhances the photosynthetic capacity and antioxidant enzyme activities, thereby improving tolerance to a combination of water deficit and heat stress in chili pepper plants.