• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• v.14 no.9
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• pp.1228-1232
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• 2001

Forty five Soviet Chinchilla rabbits weaned at 35 d of age were fed 5 experimental diets prepared by using oat plant meal ($T_2,\;T_4$) and tall fescue hay ($T_3,\;T_5$) at 25% and 50% level along with control ($T_1$). The gain in body weight at 84 d of age decreased with test material substitution, however, the differences were non significant when compared with oat plant meal and were significant (p<0.05) with tall fescue hay at both the levels. Feed conversion ratio also deteriorated with test material and its increasing proportion and the differences were significant (p<0.05). The performance-index calculated were 42.1, 36.7, 29.4, 33.3 and 18.8 in $T_1,\;T_2,\;T_3,\;T_4$ and $T_5$, respectively. Digestibility of all the organic nutrients decreased significantly (p<0.05) with test material incorporation, as a result nutritive value of the test diets decreased linearly. Nitrogen balance as per cent of intake was higher in oat plant meal substituted diet compared to tall fescue substituted diet. Cost per kg live weight gain was lowest with 50% oat plant meal followed by 25% oat plant meal incorporation. It was highest with tall fescue hay substitution. Nutritive value of oat plant meal as calculated was DCP 5.1%, TDN 35.8% and that of tall fescue hay was DCP 6.5%, TDN 30.8%. Thus, oat plant meal can be substituted safely up to 25% in the feeding regime of weaner rabbits whereas, for tall fescue hay the safe limit is below 25% level and needs to be ascertained.

• Korean Journal Plant Pathology
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• v.14 no.6
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• pp.729-731
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• 1998

A black leg disease in wasabi occurred, showed black spots on the leaves, changed a rhizome color to black by invading the vascular bundles of stem and root, thus lowered the quality of the rhizome. The mycelium of the pathogen was yellow at first and then turned to dark yellow on oat meal agar medium. The pycnidium was globose or subglobose, dark brown in color, and 44~120$\times$28~170 ${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$ in size and had one or two ostioles on the upper part. The pycnidiospores are single-celled, hyaline, and 4~6$\times$1.2~2.3 ${\mu}{\textrm}{m}$ in size. The causal pathogen was identified as Phoma wasabiae. The black leg disease of wasabi occurred within the range of 28 to 32% at Chonbuk province in 1994~1995. The disease was appeared from April to October and severe in June and July. The black leg caused by P. wasabiae was first described in Korea.

• Research in Plant Disease
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.66-71
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• 2005

The effect of medium components such as wheat bran, rice bran, oat meal, and soybean meal as basic ingredients and KH2PO4, glucose, and molasses as additives on mass production and anti-potato common scab activ ity of a streptomycete A020645 strain as a biocontrol agent (BCA) candidate was investigated. Of basicingredients, oat meal was the best one for mass poduction and enhancement of anti-potato common scabactivity. The biomass production of the active strain was more enhanced when 0.1-0.01.% glucose or molassesas additive were added into the basic medium. These information may have important implications in applying for effective formulation of BCA.

• Research in Plant Disease
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.16-19
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• 2001

The cultural caracteristics of Monosporascus cannonballus causing root rot of Cucurbitaceae plants were examined in vitro, and population density of the fungal ascospores were measured and compared aoming diferent host species and soil depths. Potato-dextrose agar(PDA) was the most appropriate medium for the mycelial growth and perithecial formation among the 5 media tested. Corn-meal agar(CMA), oat-meal agar (OMA) and V-8 juice agar were moderate media for the mycelial growth and perithecial formation, whereas water agar(WA) was poor medium. Perithecia were not formed on WA. Optimum temperature for the formation of perithecia was about 25 to 30$^{\circ}C$. distribution of ascospores in the infested fields was variable amount the curcubitaceae plants and within the same plant species, ranging from 1.7 to 14.6 ascospores in 20 g of soil, but no ascospore was detected in the uninfested field soils. Ascospores were distributed more at 20cm of soil depth than at 10cm or 30cm of soil depth.