• The Korean Journal of Ecology
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.187-193
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• 1998

Seasonal changes of nitrogen fixation and growth characteristics of Melilotus suaveolens population under different light conditions were quantitatively analyzed during growting period. Height growth of M. suaveolens population was promoted after April and the shade (site 2) showed 10-20% increase of height growth in compared with that of sunny (site 1). Seasonal changes of biomass were in creased after March, the biomass at site 1 attained 78.5% that of site 2 in May. Chlorophyll content was maintained high value from March to April but, Chlorophyll content of leaf at site 1 was decreased 11.7% compared to that of site 2 in May. The nitrogen content of each organ of M. suaveolens showed higher value in March and then decreased, the high nitrogen contents of reproductive organ were achieved at the flowering stage at site 1. The root nodule of M. suaveolens population appeared in March and showed maximum value in early June and decreased remarkably after July, the amount of nodule formation of M. suaveolens at site 2 showed higher than that of site 1. The nitrogen fixation activity of root nodule of M. suaveolens initiated with shoot growth and showed maximum value in mid April, and attained second peak in early June and then decreased after July. The total nitrogen fixation of the plant showed higher value at site 2 than that of site 1. From the overall results, M. suaveolens showed increased growth under half-shady, well ventilated barren soil than fertile sunny site.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제12권5호
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• pp.544-548
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• 2002

대두의 질소고정 근류균들 중 우리나라 토착균, USDA110, USDA122, RJl-29, R2l4 등으로 종자분의접종한 삼남콩을 폿트에 재배하여 개화기에 한발처리한 것과 관행으로 폿트에 재배한 것과의 근류균별 질소고정력 조사와 콩의 제요인에 미치는 근류균의 영향, 한발조건시 근류균 질소고정력과 협중과의 상관관계, 식물체 호흡량과 엽면적과의 상관관계 등을 시험한 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 관행재배에서는 근류균의 질소고정력이 R2l4와 토착균이 높게 나타났으나, 개화기에 한발처리를 한 구에서는 토착근류균 보다 R2l4와 Rll-29의 균들이 질소고정력을 높게 나타내었다. 토착근류균에 비하여 USDA122와 RJl-29의 근류균을 접종한 구가 한발조건에서 식물체 호흡량을 적게 유지하여 엽면적 및 협중의 상대지수를 높게 나타내었다. 한발조건에서 근류균 질소고정력과 협중 상대지수와의 상관관계는 r=0.85'로서 유의적인 정의 상관관계를 나타내었다. 한발조건에서 식물체 호흡량과 엽면적 상대지수와의 상관관계는 r=-0.89'로서 유의적인 부의 상관관계를 나타내었다.

• 한국유기농업학회지
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• 제19권spc호
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• pp.161-164
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• 2011

Nitrogen fixation by legumes can be valuable sources for organic farming. This study was to investigate the effect of different legume mixtures on nitrogen fixation and transfer to grasses on spring paddy field. Three different mixtures were used (rye+hairy vetch, Italian ryegrass+crimson clover, oat+pea) in a randomized complete block design with three replications and sowed in pots with different sowing rate (5:5 rye:hairy vetch,7:3=Italian:crimson, 6:4=oat:pea) on early March. $(^{15}NH_4)SO_4$ solution at. 99.8 atom%$^{15}N$ was applied to the each pot at the rate of 2kg N $ha^{-1}$ on $16^{th}$ April. Forage were harvested at ground level in heading stage and separated into legume and grass. Total N content and $^{15}N$ value were determined using a continuous flow stable isotope ratio mass spectrometry. DM yield of rye+vetch, Italian+crimson and oat+pea were 6,607, 3,213 and 4,312kg/ha, respectively. Proportion of N from fixation was 0.73(rye+vetch), 0.42(Italian+crimson) and 0.93(oat+pea). The percentages of N transfer from legume to grass were from 61% to 24% in different method by treatments and -35% to 21% in isotope dilution method.

• 한국작물학회지
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• 제50권1호
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• pp.1-4
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• 2005

This experiment was conducted to investigate the soil nitrogen credit of biological nitrogen fixation (BNF) and the nitrogen balance of soybean in soybean-barley cropping systems. Soybean cultivar, Shinpaldalkong2 and barley cultivar, Olbori, were used in soybean mono-cropping (SM), barley monocropping (BM), and barley­soybean double cropping system. The barley-soybean double cropping system was treated with two different levels of nitrogen fertilizers, 0 nitrogen fertilizer (BS-F0), and standard nitrogen fertilizer (BS-F1). Nitrogen and organic matter concentrations in soil of BS-F1 plot on October, 2001 were increased $4.8\%\;and\;5.9\%$, respectively, compared with those on October, 2000. The ranges of BNF rate in soybean were $69.1\~ 88.2\%$ in two years, and the rate was the highest in BS-F0 plot and the lowest in SM plot. The ranges of nitrogen harvest index (NHI) in all treatments were $83.9\~86.7\%$. The yield was 270 kg/10a in BS­F1 plot and 215 kg/10a in BS-F0 plot. However, the nitrogen balances were +0.6 kg/10a of gain of soil nitrogen in BS-F0 plot and -0.4 kg/10a of loss of soil nitrogen in BS-F1 plot. In comparisons of SM and BS-F1 plots, although the seed yields were similar in two plots, the loss of soil nitrogen was higher in SM than BS-F1 plot. Overall, our results suggest that barley-soybean double cropping system was more effective in respect to seed productivity and soil nitrogen conservation than soybean monocropping system, and the N credit to following crops by soybean cultivation was identified in soybean double cropping system.

• 한국유기농업학회지
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.49-63
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• 2002

In order to supply 85% of total organic feed in ruminants and 80% in non-ruminants for organic animal production, nitrogen fixation ability of legume should be used in domestic roughages production. 50% of Europe organic farmer use intercropping legume in as green manure. This article is dealing with amount of biologically fixed nitrogen used by legumes and methods for estimating the transfer of biologically fixed N in rotation and separating the N benefit into fixed N and non-fixed N components are reviewed. Available data indicate that transfer amount of N to non legumes was from 50∼9.6(kg/ha) in legume-cereal rotations and proportion of legume N varied with seasons, 90% in summer, 50% in autumn. The important point in cropping system for legumes have to be included for organic forage production 6 year rotation is based on pasture system of 3 year pasture + 2 year annual(com, sudangrass), again pasture. Rye, barly and Italian ryegrass+legumes(vetch, crimson and pea) can be one of option in spring, com, soybean, sudangrass and Japanese bamyard millet would be seeded after spring harvest in the field. Farmer can make good use of rice paddy field as forge production potential area after harvesting rice. Italian, burly and rye+vetch and crimsonclover may be grown in autumn or spring time at the rice field.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제25권8호
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• pp.1339-1348
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• 2015

Until now, considerable effort has been made to engineer novel nitrogen-fixing organisms through the transfer of nif genes from various diazotrophs to non-nitrogen fixers; however, regulatory coupling of the heterologous nif genes with the regulatory system of the new host is still not well understood. In this work, a 49 kb nitrogen fixation island from P. stutzeri A1501 was transferred into E. coli using a novel and efficient transformation strategy, and a series of recombinant nitrogen-fixing E. coli strains were obtained. We found that the nitrogenase activity of the recombinant E. coli strain EN-01, similar to the parent strain P. stutzeri A1501, was dependent on external ammonia concentration, oxygen tension, and temperature. We further found that there existed a regulatory coupling between the E. coli general nitrogen regulatory system and the heterologous P. stutzeri nif island in the recombinant E. coli strain. We also provided evidence that the E. coli general nitrogen regulator GlnG protein was involved in the activation of the nif-specific regulator NifA via a direct interaction with the NifA promoter. To the best of our knowledge, this work plays a groundbreaking role in increasing understanding of the regulatory coupling of the heterologous nitrogen fixation system with the regulatory system of the recipient host. Furthermore, it will shed light on the structure and functional integrity of the nif island and will be useful for the construction of novel and more robust nitrogen-fixing organisms through biosynthetic engineering.

• Journal of Crop Science and Biotechnology
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.31-38
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• 2008

Improvement of $N_2$ fixation by symbiotic rhizobia is considered an effective means for enhancing its productivity without high input of nitrogen(N) fertilizer. Several methods to improve $N_2$ fixation have been proposed including the use of supernodulating mutants. The objective of this research was to identify the varietal difference in N and $N_2$-fixation ability among the soybean supernodulating mutants, SS2-2 and Sakukei 4, with different nodulation abilities using $^{15}N$ in field conditions in both Korea and Japan. The dry weight(DW) was higher in wild-type soybeans. The distribution rate of DW in each plant part was high in seeds of supernoduating and wild-type soybeans but high in stems and leaves of non-nodulating mutants. Although the supernodulating mutants had a low DW rate at maturity, they showed a similar $N_2$ fixation ability compared with wild-type. Supernodulating mutant plants mainly obtained N from $N_2$ fixation, while soil N was the main resource for obtaining N in non-nodulating mutants. The percentage of N derived from atmospheric dinitrogen(Ndfa) was higher in supernodulating mutants than in wild-type and relatively high in seeds between plant parts at maturity. In particular, supernodulating mutants showed higher N content in roots than those of wild-type and non-nodulating mutants. It was considered that supernodulating mutants have the advantage of saving nitrate in soil and being beneficial for N absorption of subsequent crops due to their conserving more N in the field and releasing considerable amounts of N from roots and leaves fallen to the soil.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.455-461
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• 1988

질소고정력(窒素固定力)이 큰 두과작물(豆科作物)로 알려진 Sesbania를 Growth cabinet에서 Leonard-Jar법(法)으로 재배(栽培)한 시험결과(試驗結果)는 다음과 같다. 1. 근류균접종시(根瘤菌接種時) Sesbania의 부위별(部位別) 건물중(乾物重)은 경(莖)>엽(葉)>근(根)> Stem nodule > Root nodule순(順)으로 많으며 총건물중(總乾物重)은 근(根)+경근류균접종(莖根瘤菌接種)>근근류균(根根瘤菌) 접종(接種)> 무접종(無接種)으로 경(莖)에 근류균(根瘤菌) 접종효과(接種效果)가 인정(認定)되었다. 2. 질소고정력(窒素固定力)은 총건물중(總乾物重)과 같이 건물중(乾物重)이 많은 것이 질소고정력(窒素固定力)도 큰 경향(傾向)이며 뿌리외(外) 경(莖)에서도 질소고정력(窒素固定力)이 컸다. 3. 공기중(空氣中)에 $^{15}N$을 기준(基準)해서 자연(自然)에 존재(存在)하는 물질(物質)의 동위체(同位體)의 부위별(部位別) ${\delta}^{15}N$증가(增加)는 근(根)+경(莖)>근(根)> 무접종구(無接種區)의 순(順)이고 Root nodule 과 Stem nodule은 positive 근(根), 경(莖), 엽등(葉等)은 Negative이었다.

• The Korean Journal of Ecology
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.377-386
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• 1992

Seasonal changes of symbiotic nitrogen-fixation activity and growth characteristics of four different natural populations of kummerowia striata were quantitatively analyzed during the growing period. the nitrogen-fixation activity of root nodules attained the maximum rates of 148, 132, 102 and 100$\muM\;C_2H_4\;\cdot\;g\;fw\;nodule^{-1}\;\cdot\;hr^{-1}$, respectively for sunny, multibranched, shade and unibranched populations at the optimum growth conditions. and the seasonal changes showed fluctuations by environmental conditions such as light, temperature, nutrient contents, water stress and plant ages, etc. The multibranched plant showed the greater amount of leaf and root nodule biomass, and the higher nitrogenase activity than the unibranched plant. the optimum conditions of leaf chloropht11 and water content of each organ indicated the active growth and the maximum fresh biomass of 4 different populations were 1.92, 1.85, 0.97 and 0.56 g $fw\cdotplant^{-1}$ for shade multibranched, sunny and unibranched populations, respectively.

• 한국토양비료학회지
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.47-48
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• 1979

Lemnaceae의 반공생적 질소고정(窒素固定)을 확인(確認)하기 위(爲)하여 SEM으로 관찰(觀察), 조사(調査)한 바 다음과 같은 결과(結果)를 얻었다. 1) 반공생적 질소고정(窒素固定)을 하고 있는 암조(藍藻)는 Calthrix sp.와 Microcrate sp.가 많았으나 L. gibba에서는 Anabaena sp.도 보였다. 2) L. oligorhiza는 거의 공생적(共生的) 질소고정(窒素固定)을 하고 있는 것으로 보였으나, 타(他)의 Lemnaceae는 이와같이 보이지 않았다.