• Animal cells and systems
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.31-36
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• 2010

The pinewood nematode Bursaphelenchus xylophilus causes pine wilt disease and is a serious economic concern for the forest industry of South Korea. To achieve effective control with limited resources, it is necessary to clarify the transmission routes and mechanisms of dispersal of this organism. Highly polymorphic and easy-to-use molecular markers can be used for investigating this aspect. In this study, we evaluated the usefulness of amplified fragment length polymorphisms (AFLPs) for investigating the genetic variations of B. xylophilus and related individuals from China, Japan, and South Korea. The AFLP patterns obtained in our study were similar to the microsatellite patterns reported in a previous study; our AFLP patterns indicated high genetic variability and cryptic genetic structure, but did not indicate any peculiar geographic structure. Moreover, the genetic distances between individuals suggested that the Korean population was affected to a greater extent by the Chinese population than the Japanese population. Further, the gene flow among the related species appeared to be limited; however, there may be also the possibility of genetic introgression among species. These results confirm the usefulness of AFLPs for understanding the epidemiology of pine wilt disease, thereby contributing to the effective control of this disease.

• Mycobiology
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• 제41권1호
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• pp.59-62
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• 2013

Japanese pine sawyer beetle (Monochamus alternatus) is an economically important pest in coniferous trees. Ophiostoma ips was isolated from the beetle and identified based on analysis of morphological properties and the ${\beta}$-tubulin gene sequence. The fungus easily produced perithecia with a long neck on malt extract agar and its ascospores were rectangular shaped. This is first report of Ophiostoma species associated with the pinewood nematode vector beetle in Korea.

• 한국육종학회지
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• 제41권4호
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• pp.377-384
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• 2009

Three-year-old seedlings of susceptible Pinus densiflora and resistant Pinus x rigitaeda were each inoculated with the pinewood nematode, Bursaphelenchus xylophilus, to compare disease development. Needle dehydration was evident on seedlings of P. densiflora by 20 days after inoculation, 10 days earlier than this symptom was observed on P. ${\times}$ rigitaeda. Xylem drying was more frequent in seedlings of P. densiflora than in that of P. ${\times}$ rigitaeda between 20 and 60 days after inoculation. No significant differences were found between P. densiflora and P. ${\times}$ rigitaeda for stem water content or for stem and leaf relative water content in current-year branches after nematode inoculation, but the average number of B. xylophilus recovered from stems differed significantly between the two groups. The number of B. xylophilus recovered from stems was negatively correlated with the stem water content and with stem and leaf relative water content. By the time the experiment was terminated at 60 days after inoculation, all 3 of the last group of P. densiflora seedlings had died, but 2 of the 3 remaining P. ${\times}$ rigitaeda hybrid seedlings were still alive. Additional studies are needed to further explore the specific mechanisms preventing nematode multiplication in the seedlings of resistant P. ${\times}$ rigitaeda.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제25권3호
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• pp.241-246
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• 2009

Korean pine (Pinus koraiensis Sieb. et Zucc.), a five-needle pine, has recently been suffering pine wilt disease caused by non-native pinewood nematode, Bursaphelenchus xylophilus. Three-year-old Korean pine seedlings were inoculated with 10,000 pathogenic nematodes in a greenhouse to investigate disease development, water content and the density of nematodes in stems. Needle dehydration, xylem drying and pith browning started 20 days after inoculation (DAI). There were significant differences between seedlings inoculated with nematodes and control seedlings in the relative water content of stems and leaves at 20 and 30 DAI. At 60 DAI, all remaining seedlings inoculated with nematodes had died, but control seedlings all remained alive. The average number of nematodes recovered from stems of Korean pine dramatically increased from 10 to 20 DAI, and then decreased at the end of the experiment at 60 days. This study suggests that the relative water content of stems and leaves in current-year branches could be used as a useful physiological indicator for early diagnosis of pine wilt disease.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제25권12호
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• pp.1445-1449
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• 2015

소나무재선충(Bursaphelenchus xylophilus)은 소나무재선충병을 유발하여 한국의 소나무 숲에 심각한 영향을 미치고 있다. 소나무재선충에 감염된 소나무는 일반적으로 훈증 또는 파쇄처리되지만 소나무재선충병 피해지역의 방제효과를 검증할 수 있는 효과적인 방법은 아직 없다. 본 연구에서는 소나무재선충병 방제효과 검증에 적합한 솔수염하늘소 집합페로몬의 농도를 알아보기 위해 2-(Undecyloxy)ethanol, 알파-피넨, 에탄올을 이용하여 경상북도 포항시의 소나무재선충병 피해지역에서 필드테스트를 시행하였다. 총 27마리의 솔수염하늘소가 유인되었으며 고농도(700 mg)의 집합페로몬을 사용한 트랩이 가장 효과적이었다. 집합페로몬 2-(Undecyloxy)ethanol은 솔수염 하늘소 개체수 조사와 소나무재선충병 방제효과 검증에 사용할 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

• 식물병연구
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.101-108
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• 2012

소나무재선충에 자연 감염된 소나무와 잣나무로부터 소나무재선충을 분리하여 수종 간 분리율과 수종 내 부위별 밀도 등을 비교하고, 분리한 선충을 소나무 묘목에 접종하여 묘목 내에서의 이동을 알고자 하였다. 2006년, 소나무재선충에 감염되어 말라죽었거나 죽어가고 있는 소나무와 잣나무로부터 소나무재선충을 분리한 결과, 소나무재선충은 두 수종 모두에서 높은 밀도로 분리되어 수종 간에 차이를 보이지 않았다. 또한, 각 수종의 변재부 위에서만 분리되었으며, 분리한 조직을 채취한 줄기의 높이에 따른 분리율에는 차이가 없었다. 즉, 말라죽은 나무의 주간은 모든 조직이 소나무재선충에 감염되어 있었다. 소나무 묘목에의 접종실험을 통하여 감염목 내 이동을 조사한 결과, 감염초기에 소나무 조직 내로 침입한 소나무재선충은 증식에 앞서 감염목 내에서 빠르게 이동하여 퍼지기 시작하였고, 그 이후에 왕성한 증식활동을 하였으며, 이 시기가 바로 소나무 시들음병의 외부병징이 나타나는 시기가 일치함을 알 수 있었다. 소나무재선충의 이동경로를 조사하기 위해 접종한 소나무 줄기횡단면을 현미경으로 관찰하고, 또 높이별로 선충을 분리하여 조직 내 선충의 분포를 관찰한 결과, 줄기의 피층에 있는 수지도를 통해 접종부위로부터 다른 부위로 빠르게 이동을 하고, 시간이 경과하면서 조직 내에서 증식한 소나무재선충은 피층의 수지도뿐만 아니라 목질부수지도나 가도관까지 분포하여 감염목내 전 부위에 걸쳐 고루 분포하였다. 그러나 수조직에서는 분리할 수 없었다. 소나무재선충 분리밀도가 높았던 묘목은 뿌리의 발달이 불량하거나, 목질부 변색균에 감염된 것들이었으며, 비교적 튼튼한 외양을 한 묘목에서는 선충의 분리밀도가 낮았다.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.81-86
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• 2008

RNA interference (RNAi) was performed on several essential genes in the pinewood nematode Bursaphelenchus xylophilus, which causes pine wilt disease. Double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) was delivered to larvae or adult worms by soaking, electroporation, or microinjection. Soaking and electroporation of L2-L3 stage worms in solutions containing dsRNA for essential genes induced over 25% lethality after 5 days, and gene-specific phenotypes were observed. This lethality agreed with significant reductions of the targeted transcripts, as assayed by reverse-transcription coupled with real time PCR. Microinjection was the most efficient route as measured by the hatching rate of F1 embryos, which was reduced by 46%. When adult worms were soaked in dsRNA, lethality was induced in the F1 larvae, revealing the persistence of knockdown phenotypes. The penetrance of the RNAi phenotypes for essential genes was relatively low but consistent, indicating that RNAi should be useful for studying the in vivo functions of B. xylophilus gene products.

• Entomological Research
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• 제48권5호
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• pp.448-452
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• 2018

The aggregation pheromone of Monochamus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) beetles, 2-(undecyloxy) ethanol (hereafter referred to as monochamol), has gained considerable attention because of its usefulness in monitoring and population control of pine sawyer beetles. The hydroxyether structural motif is conserved in pheromones of the subfamily Lamiinae of the Cerambycidae. In this study, we investigated the effects of C10- and C12-chain length alkyl analogs of monochamol, 2-(decyloxy) ethanol and 2-(dodecyloxy) ethanol, on attracting M. saltuairus in Andong, Gyeongsangbuk-do, Korea. The C10 and C12 analogs attracted M. saltuarius when used in combination with ${\alpha}$-pinene and ethanol, but the responses of these alkyl chain analogs were lower than those of monochamol. Furthermore, the addition of either C10 or C12 analog to the use of monochamol with ${\alpha}$-pinene and ethanol had no effect on attraction of M. saltuarius, indicating high sensitivity of M. saltuarius to monochanol. Taken together, the results of this study suggest that chemical communication within a Monochamus species depends not only on monochamol, but also on other semiochemicals.

• 한국균학회소식:학술대회논문집
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• 한국균학회 2014년도 춘계학술대회 및 임시총회
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• pp.41-41
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• 2014

Pinewood nematode (PWN, Bursaphelenchus xylophilus) is a serious pathogenic worm that quickly dry pine trees to death. Recently, PWN has been devastating huge amounts of conifer trees in Korea. As a first step to explore the association and ecological roles of fungi in PWN life cycle in Korea, in this study we first isolated and indentified fungi from PWN-infested Korean pine and Japanese black pine wood sampled in Jinju, Sacheon, Pocheon, Chuncheon, Gwangju, and Hoengseong in Korea. A total of 144 fungal isolates were obtained from Japanese black pine wood and 264 fungal isolates from Korean pine wood. Their morphology and nucleotide sequences of the ITS rDNA and ♌-tubulin gene were examined for species identification. Ophiostoma ips, Botrytis anthophila, Penicillium sp., Hypocrea lixii, Trichoderma atroviride, O. galeiforme, Fusarium proliferatum were identified from Japanese black pine wood. Leptographium koreanum, L. pini-densiflorae, Ophiostoma ips, Penicillium raistrick, Trichoderma sp. were isolated from Korean pine wood. O. ips and L. koreanum were the major species on the two different PWN-infected pine tree. The cultivation of PWN on fungal mat of the identified species did some enhance PWN reproduction. The ambrosia beetle, Platypus koryoensis, is a serious pest of oak trees in Korea. In this study we investigated filamentous fungi present in the body of the beetle. Fourteen genera of filamentous fungi belonging to Ascomycota and Basidiomycota were isolated. All the obtained genera were isolated in the mitosporic state. The identified fungi were classified in 11 distinct orders including the Ascomycota (Eurotiales, Hypocreales, Microascales, Ophiostomatales, Pleosporales, and Sordiales) and Basidiomycota (Agaricales, Corticiales, Polyporales, and Russulales Xylariales). Within Ascomycota, 13 species were found. Meanwhile five species were found within Basidiomycota. The results showed the presence of diverse fungi in P. koryoensis. Among the isolated fungi, some were able to produce wood degrading enzymes. Further fungal isolation was performed with P. koryoensis infested Quercus mongolica trees sampled at Kumdan mountain in Hanam-Si, Gyeonggi province from June of 2009 to June of 2010. Penicillin spp. and Trichoderma spp. were the major species of mold fungi group. Pichia guilliermondii was the major species of mold yeast group. Raffaelea quercus-mongolicae was also isolated, but its isolation frequency was not high. Other species identified were Ambrosiella xylebori, Fusarium solani, Cryphonectria nitschke, Chaetomium globosum, and Gliocladium viride, Candida kashinagacola, C. maritima, C. vanderkliftii, Saccharomycopsis crataegensis.

• 한국산림과학회지
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• 제99권3호
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• pp.337-343
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• 2010

소나무재선충을 접종한 소나무묘목에서 잎의 수분포텐셜 변화를 식물수분시스템으로 측정하였다. 소나무재선충 접종 후 35일째 12시경에 소나무의 잎 수분포텐셜은 소나무소나무재선충 접종묘에서 -1.04 MPa, 비접종묘에서 -0.94 MPa로 소나무재선충 접종묘가 비접종묘보다 더 낮았다. 접종 후 56일째에는 해뜨기 직전 잎 수분포텐셜은 소나무재선충 접종묘가 -0.71 MPa, 비접종묘가 -0.26 MPa로 소나무재선충 접종묘가 더 낮았다. 접종 후 63일째에는 소나무소나무재선충 접종묘의 1년생 잎이 옅은 황색으로 되었다. 이때 접종묘의 근원부 단면에서는 수지가 나오지 않았다. 소나무재선충의 밀도는 접종 후 28일째에 최대가 되었다가 68일째에 급감하였다. 접종묘의 체관부와 수조직은 갈변되었으며 수지 유출은 접종 후 계속 감소하였다. 결론적으로 소나무재선충은 접종 1개월부터 소나무묘목에 수분 스트레스를 일으켰다.