• 한국식물병리학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국식물병리학회 2004년도 The 2004 KSPP Annual Meeting & International Symposium
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• pp.48-52
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• 2004

We have found the role of rice mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase (MAPKKK), OsEDR1, as controling hypersensitive response (HR) and increased disease resistance to rice blast fungus Magnaporthe grisea. Generation of transgenic rice plants through introduction of the over-expression construct of OsEDR1 using Agrobacterium-mediated transformation results in lesion mimic phenotype. Up-regulation of defense mechanism was detected through detection of increased transcription level of rice PBZ1 and PR1a. Inoculation of rice blast fungus on the lesion mimic transgenic lines displayed significantly increased resistance. The disease symptoms were arrested like HR responses which are commonly detected in the incompatible interactions. High accumulation of phenolic compounds around developing lesions was detected under UV light. There was variation among transgenic lines on the timing of lesion progression as well as the lesion numbers on the rice leaves. Transgenic lines with few lesions also show increased resistance as well as equal amount of grain yields compared to that of wild type rice cultivar Nipponbare. This is the first report of the MAPKKK as a positive regulator molecule on defense mechanism through inducing HR-like cell death lesion mimic phenotype. The application of OsEDR1 is highly expected for the development of resistant cultivars against rice pathogens.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제20권2호
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• pp.115-126
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• 2004

The actinomycete strain PK-A41 was isolated from a soil sample from pepper fields in Ko-yang, Korea. The strain PK-A41 inhibited the mycelial growth of some plant pathogenic fungi and oomycete, Alternaria mali, Colletotrichum orbiculare, Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lycopersici, Magnaporthe grisea, Rhizoctonia solani, and Phytophthora capsici. The presence of LL-diaminopi-melic acid in the cell wall extract and the nucleotide sequence of the 16S rDNA region of the strain PK-A41 was assigned to Streptomyces scabiei. Further morpho-logical, biochemical, and pathological analyses also confirmed the strain PK-A41 to be S. scabiei, which is pathogenic to potato tubers. The maximum antibiotic production of the strain PK-A41 was achieved when grown on the glycerol peptone broth (GPB) medium for 9 days.

• 식물병연구
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• 제20권3호
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• pp.189-195
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• 2014

Genetic engineering is being used to enhance disease resistance and nutritional value of crops including rice plant. Considering the fast-growing agricultural biotechnology and rapidly increasing global area of transgenic crops, the risk evaluation on environment is necessary. In this study, we surveyed the difference of disease occurrence between transgenic rice variety, Iksan526 transformed with peanut stilbene synthase gene and non-transgenic rice varieties, Dongjin and Nampyeong in the field. Moreover, the possibility of gene transfer from transgenic rice to bacterial and fungal pathogens was investigated. The results of this study indicated that there was no significant difference in the occurrence and severity of the diseases between Iksan526 and Dongjin or Nampyeong. In addition, the results suggested that rice pathogen, such as Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae, Rhizoctonia solani and Magnaporthe grisea did not take up stilbene synthase and bar genes under natural conditions. Moreover the transformed DNA was not transferred to the pathogens even in repetitive contacts.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제27권7호
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• pp.1272-1275
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• 2017

Two dimeric sesquiterpenes were separated from Chloranthus japonicus Sieb. and identified as shizukaols C and F. They exhibited potent antifungal activities ($MICs=4-16{\mu}g/ml$) in vitro against various plant pathogenic fungi (Pythium ultimum, Phytophthora infestans, Botrytis cinerea, Colletotrichum lagenarium, Alternaria kikuchiana, and Magnaporthe grisea). Shizukaol C showed 88% and 91% protective activities in the greenhouse against Puccinia recondita (wheat leaf rust) and Phytophthora infestans (tomato late blight), respectively, at $100{\mu}g/ml$; shizukaol F exhibited 93% antifungal activity against Puccinia recondita at the same concentration. Therefore, these compounds might serve as interesting candidates for effective antifungal agents.

• 농약과학회지
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.338-346
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• 2004

홀아비꽃대(Chloranthus japonicus) 뿌리 조직의 메탄을 추출물은 벼 도열병(Magnaporthe grisea), 벼 잎집무늬마름병(Corticium sasaki), 토마토 잿빛곰팡이병(Botrytis cinerea), 토마토 역병(Phytophthora infestans) 및 밀 붉은녹병(Puccinia recondita) 등의 다양한 식물병을 효과적으로 방제하였다. 이 메탄올 추출물로부터 3개의 항균물질을 분리하였고 이들은 질량분석과 핵자기공명분석을 통하여 shizukanol B, C 및 D로 동정되었다. 이들 세 개의 물질들 중에서 shizukanol C가 실험한 식물병원균들의 균사생육 저해 활성이 가장 큰 것으로 나타났다. 즉, $12.5{\mu}g/m\ell$ 이상의 농도에서 벼 도열병균과 고추 탄저병균(Colletotrichum gloeosporioides와 C. acutatum)의 균사 생육을 완전히 억제하였고, $3.13{\mu}g/m\ell$ 이상의 농도에서는 토마토 역병균의 균사 생육이 완전히 억제되었다. 세 가지 물질은 또한 in vivo에서 벼 도열병과 밀 붉은녹병에 대하여 특히 높은 방제효과를 보였다. 다른 한편으로 세 가지 물질들은 밀과 보리 잎에 약해를 유발하였고, 또한 좀개구리밥(Lemna paucicosta)의 생장을 억제하였으며, shizukanol B, C, D의 50% 생육억제 농도는 각각 $30.0{\mu}g/m\ell$, $49.9{\mu}g/m\ell$ 및 $154{\mu}g/m\ell$였다. 그리고 shizukanol C는 시험한 5종류의 해충중에서 벼멸구(Nilaparavata lugens), 복숭아혹진딧물(Myzus persicae), 배추좀나방(Plutella xylostella) 및 담배거세미나방(Spodoptera litura)에 대해서 $1,000{\mu}g/m\ell$ 수준에서 60% 이상의 살충활성을 보였다.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.431-439
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• 2009

Rice Oryza sativa accelerated cell death and resistance 1 (OsACDR1) encodes a putative Raf-like mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase (MAPKKK). We had previously reported upregulation of the OsACDR1 transcript by a range of environmental stimuli involved in eliciting defense-related pathways. Here we apply biochemical, gain and loss-of-function approaches to characterize OsACDR1 function in rice. The OsACDR1 protein showed autophosphorylation and possessed kinase activity. Rice plants overexpressing OsACDR1 exhibited spontaneous hypersensitive response (HR)-like lesions on leaves, upregulation of defense-related marker genes and accumulation of phenolic compounds and secondary metabolites (phytoalexins). These transgenic plants also acquired enhanced resistance to a fungal pathogen (Magnaporthe grisea) and showed inhibition of appressorial penetration on the leaf surface. In contrast, loss-of-function and RNA silenced OsACDR1 rice mutant plants showed downregulation of defense-related marker genes expressions and susceptibility to M. grisea. Furthermore, transient expression of an OsACDR1:GFP fusion protein in rice protoplast and onion epidermal cells revealed its localization to the nucleus. These results indicate that OsACDR1 plays an important role in the positive regulation of disease resistance in rice.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.108-114
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• 2007

The mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) signaling cascade is critical for regulating plant defense systems against various kinds of pathogen and environmental stresses. One component of this cascade, the MAP kinase kinases (MAPKK), has not yet been shown to be induced in plants following biotic attacks, such as those by insects and fungi. We describe here a gene coding for a blast (Magnaporthe grisea)- and insect (Nilaparvata lugens)-responsive putative MAPK kinase, OmMKK1 (Oryza minuta MAPKK 1), which was identified in a library of O. minuta expressed sequence tags (ESTs). Two copies of OmMKK1 are present in the O. minuta genome. They encode a predicted protein with molecular mass 39 kDa and pI of 6.2. Transcript patterns following imbibition of plant hormones such as methyl jasmonic acid (MeJA), ethephone, salicylic acid (SA) and abscisic acid (ABA), as well as exposure to methyl viologen (MV), revealed that the expression of OmMKK1 is related to defense response signaling pathways. A comparative analysis of OmMKK1 and its O. sativa ortholog OsMKK1 showed that both were induced by stress-related hormones and biotic stresses, but that the kinetics of their responses differed despite their high amino acid sequence identity (96%).

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.323-328
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• 2006

Serratia marcescens W1, isolated from cucumber-cultivated soil in Suwon, Korea, evidenced profound antifungal activity and produced the extracellular hydrolytic enzymes, chitinase and protease. In order to isolate the antifungal genes from S. marcescens W1, a cosmid genomic library was constructed and expressed in Escherichia coli. Transformants exhibiting chitinase and protease expression were selected, as well as those transformants evidencing antifungal effects against the rice blast fungus, Magnaporthe grisea, and the cucumber leaf spot fungus, Cercospora citrullina. Cosmid clones expressing chitinase or protease exerted no inhibitory effects against the growth of fungal pathogens. However, two cosmid clones evidencing profound antifungal activities were selected for further characterization. An 8.2 kb HindIII fragment from these clones conditioned the expression of antagonistic activity, and harbored seven predicted complete open reading frames(ORFs) and two incomplete ORFs. The deduced amino acid sequences indicated that six ORFs were highly homologous with genes from S. marcescens generating pyrroloquinoline quinone(PQQ). Only subclones harboring the full set of pqq genes were shown to solubilize insoluble phosphate and inhibit fungal pathogen growth. The results of this study indicate that the functional expression of the pqq genes of S. marcescens W1 in E. coli may be involved in antifungal activity, via as-yet unknown mechanisms.

• International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.131-136
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• 2005

Beauveria bassiana F-101, which has high toxicity toward Acantholyda parki as well as Thecodiplosis japonensis, was an isolate to develop an alternative control system against the major forest pests. Up to now, in B. bassiana, only one pr1 gene has been isolated and characterized. Therefore, we here reported the identification of a pr1-like gene, which would be a factor of toxicity from B. bassiana F-101. The oligonucleotides for the amplification of the pr1-like gene, were chosen based on the conserved regions of the subtilisin family enzymes, pr1 genes of B. bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae, and proteinase K of Tritirachium album. The cloned PCR fragment had 1111 bp including 52 bp intron. The deduced Pr1-like peptide showed a low identity with Pr1s of entomopathogenic fungi such as B. bassiana Pr1 (BbPr1) and M. anisopliae Pr1 (MaPr1) as well as the proteinase K of T. album (TaPrK). Instead, the deduced peptide had a substantially high amino acid sequence identity $(>65\%)$ with the serine proteases of Magnaporthe grisea (MgSPM1) and Podospora anserina (PaPspA). These results, therefore, appear to suggest that the putative Pr1-like peptide of B. bassiana F-101 belongs to the subtilisin-like serine protease family and may be a novel gene.

• 식물병연구
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.69-72
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• 2004

Carbosulfan과 합제로 개발한 isoprothiolane과 tricyclazole, 그리고 probenazole을 벼 육묘상자에 처리하고, 처리 당일에 본답에 이앙한 후, 잎도열병과 목도열병에 대한 방제 효과를 조사하였다. 세 가지의 살균제는 모두 이앙하고 3개월 후까지도 잎도열병을 방제할 수 있었다. 특히 tricyclazole 합제의 경우에는 시간이 경과하면서 그 효과가 더 상승하였으며, 9월 6일 조사 때에 85.5％의 잎도열병 방제 효과를 보였다. 목도열병에 대한 효과는 probenazole이 가장 우수하였는데, 10월 14일에 조사한 probenazole 처리구의 목도열병 이병수율은 6.9％로 78.7％의 무처리구에 비하여 91.2％의 방제 효과를 보였다. Isoprothiolane과 tricyclazole 합제는 잎도열병보다 목도열병에 대한 방제 효과가 저조하였으며, 두 처리구는 각각 47.5％와 61.1％의 효과를 보였다. 이상의 결과처럼 침투이행효과가 우수한 살균제가 벼의 육모상 처리제로 개발이 가능해진다면 포장에서의 도열병 방제가 효과적이고 간편하게 수행될 수 있을 것이다.