• Journal of Distribution Science
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• v.10 no.10
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• pp.25-33
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• 2012

Purpose - The Garak agricultural wholesale market ('Garak Market') plays a central role in the distribution of agricultural products in Korea and is important in connecting consumers with producers. However, problems regarding inefficiencies and the high-cost structure of the wholesale market's distribution/logistical system are being raised in relation to severe competition among retailers. Furthermore, the service needs of retailers and market users are not being fulfilled due to the inconsistency of the wholesale market's functions and facilities, thus reducing the competitiveness of the market. In this regard, innovative changes are being requested of the agricultural wholesale market according to changes in the agricultural product distribution environment. In particular, the lack of unloading facilities and the outdated unloading system of the wholesale market must be improved to enhance system efficiency. Research design, data, and methodology - This study observed the problems of the unloading system of the agricultural wholesale market in order to present relevant measures for improvement. The need for unloading auctions was also researched in this study. The survey of 70 forwarders belonging to the producing district distributor association of the Garak market was conducted by post. Additionally, 20 auction dealers and 59 shippers and transporters were individually interviewed. The survey on the need for unloading auctions used five-point Likert Scales. The statistical analysis was conducted with SPSS WIN 12.0 software. Results - First, the wholesale market must employ members of the unloading labor union to allow these employees to directly manage the unloading process. Second, it is crucial to revise regulations to ensure that the principal agent pays the unloading cost according to the standard unloading cost system. Third, the vehicle auction carried out for certain vegetable products must be converted to the unloaded auction system. According to the related interviews with the wholesale market's distribution agents, whereas shippers and transporters recognized the need for unloaded auctions, auction dealers tend to have a negative view of this system. Furthermore, the stated reasons in favor of unloaded cabbage, radish, and other vegetable auctions were prevention of constraint, creation of transparent trade conditions, and reduction of corrected seller tickets. Many of the respondents answered that the transport cost reduction rate in unloaded auctions must be below 20%. Fourth, the unloading system must be mechanized and a detailed, reasonable plan must be provided to settle the existing conflict with the unloading labor union. Conclusions - The proposals in this study are expected to play an important role in improving the cargo handling system of the wholesale agricultural product market in the future. Improving the system is expected to help shore up the competitiveness of the industry. If all the related bodies closely cooperate with each other and work harder, taking advantage of the synergies created by the facility modernization project, the Garak market will play a pivotal role in the distribution of agricultural products.

• Korean Journal of Weed Science
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• v.12 no.1
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• pp.52-60
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• 1992

There was no significant difference in the final germination percentages(Experiment 1-3) as affected by sunflower root exudates between the control and the treated for the test species. In general(Experiment 1), however, germination onset was delayed the treated bottles. Germination rate was, also, reduced for both radish(Raphanus sativus L.) and rice(Oryza sativa L.). Therefore, the germination index was low in the treated bottles but germination gradually increased with time in the greated bottles in all test species so that the final germination percentages were similar between treatments. The root exudates of sunflower had significant inhibitory effects(Experiment 1-3) on the lengths of the shoots and roots of all the test species. Fresh weight was also significantly reduced in all test species. Sunflower seedlings(Experiment 3) in the treated(with the XAD-4 resin column) were larger and healthier than those in the control (without XAD-4 resin column) because of the removal of allelochemicals. The fresh weight of sunflower seedlings was markedly inhibited by sunflower root exudates. These mean that sunflower probably is an autotoxic crop.

• Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer
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• v.6 no.1
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• pp.9-16
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• 1973

In order to observe the effect of a continuous application of herbicides on the chemical properties of upland soil, samples were collected and analysed from a field experiment continuously applied with herbicides and from two pot experiments, one with a heavy dose and the other with a normal dose of herbicides, applied continuously. The soil samples were collected after three harvests of radish. The results of these analysis were summarized as follows; 1. Of herbicides, M.O., Lorox, 2, 4-D, Lasso, and P.C.P., the Lorox decreased soil pH and organic carbon content in soil and increased exchange and hydrolytic acids, and exchangeable potassium. The herbicide also showed an indication to decrease the exchangeable calcium, magnessium and sodium in soil. It seemed that such changes are mainly due to the indirect effect of Lorox or its metabolites, such as stimulating soil microorganisms, rather than direct chemical nature of them. 2. The other herbicides investigated in this study seemed to increase the organic carbon content in soil. 3. In addition, the continuous application of herbicides may result in an alteration of weed species in the field. All such facts might affect the properties of soil, which may call for a further detailed investigation having a set up of a long term experiment.

• Journal of Sericultural and Entomological Science
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• v.51 no.2
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• pp.89-94
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• 2013

The aim of the present study is to investigate food consumption, hatching periods, adult mortality, the mean number of hatchlings and ovipositional trend of Gryllus bimaculatus De Geer. The rearing and experiments were conducted in the rearing room ($28{\pm}2^{\circ}C$, $60{\pm}10%$RH). As the adult rearing density increased from 50 to 400, it did not affect the average daily food consumption of adult crickets which was $0.067{\pm}0.008$ g a day. However, the daily radish consumption decreased from 0.128 to 0.068 g per day. 95.8% of eggs hatched by the sixth day after the beginning of hatching. The average mortality of the adults gradually increased, and reached 93.9% by the 8th week. Total number of hatchlings per female was $172.2{\pm}10.6$ ($mean{\pm}SD$) in 200 females rearing cages, which was noticeably less than $248.8{\pm}17.8$ ($mean{\pm}SD$) in 100 females rearing cages. Sex ratio of the crickets given in the rearing cages did not affect both the number of hatchlings and ovipositon rate. Oviposition rate periodically fluctuated as progressed, and it reached 81.5% of the total oviposition by the $3^{rd}$ week since the beginning of ovipoisiton.

• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.24 no.1
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• pp.59-64
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• 1992

Salted and then washed flounder muscles with salting levels of 10%, 15% and 20% were mixed with boiled foxtail millet and spices(radish, garlic, ginger and red pepper) and fermented at $15^{\circ}C$ for 7 days. The changes of taste constituents of fermented flounder Sikhae, such as sugars, free amino acids and 5'-nucleotides, were investigated. The content of fructose decreased significantly during Sikhae fermentation, but the content of mannitol that was not detected from raw material was estimated to be $6.26%{\sim}8.97%$ in Sikhae. The content of total free amino nitrogen in the 15% salted Sikhae was 290.6 mg% and the highest value with 53.4% of its extract nitrogen. It is believed that leucine, alanine, arginine, glutamine, isoleucine, valine, glutamic acid and lysine may play an important role as the taste constituents in Sikhae. The detected 5'-nucleotides were CMP, UMP, CTP, AMP, ADP and ATP and among them the nucleotide showing the hightest level irrespective of treatment was UMP estimated to be $761.0\;{\mu}g{\sim}849.0\;{\mu}g/g$. ATP and ADP were significantly decreased in Sikhae, but CMP and CTP were significantly increased in the 15% salted Sikhae compared with those of raw material.

• Research in Plant Disease
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• v.26 no.2
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• pp.116-119
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• 2020

To investigate the effects of Brassicaceae cover crops on clover cyst nematode, Heterodera trifolii, 10 cultivars consisting of six of oil radish and four of white mustard were planted in the nematode infected field at Jeongseon city. Two months after planting, the cover crops were plow down and incorporated into the soil using rotavator, decomposed for 1 month, then transplanted kimchi-cabbages. After 70 days, the density of eggs inside of the cyst and the number of females in the soil were examined. As a result, the reproduction rates of eggs in each plots of Adios and Anaconda cultivars, which were 0.04 and 0.02, respectively, were greatly reduced. The number of females in the plots of above two cultivars showed means at 2.5 and 3.5 per 300 ㎤ soil, which were lower than those of other plots. In addition, fresh weights of three plants in the two plots, which were 7.67 and 7.35 kg, were significantly higher than that of the control plot. Collectively, these results suggest that the two cultivars of Brassicaceae cover crops, Adios and Anaconda, could be used for reducing the cyst nematode density.

• Korean Journal of Soil Science and Fertilizer
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.72-76
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• 1983

Absorption pattern and sensitivity of radishes to boron were compared with different boron treatment: soil application, foliar spray and no boron application. Six radish cultivars were planted on April 7 and harvested on June 23. Borax 1.5 Kg per 10 a was applied to soil before seeding and the 150 litters of 0.5 ppm solution with bolic acid was sprayed on leaves 3 times during the growing period. Boron content in plant was markedly increased by the soil application but no significant difference in boron contents in plants was observed between foliar spray and no application, presumably because of the insufficient dose of foliar spray. The darkening rot in root, a boron deficiency, was negligible in radishes grown in soil application plots whereas a relatively higher percentage of boron deficient plant was found from foliar spray or no application plots. The appearance of root darkening rot occurred at the rapid root enlargement stage, apparently from 55 days to 65 days after seeding. The boron contents in plants of soil application plots slightly increased at this stage while those of no boron application and foliar spray decreased. This obviously verified that boron deficiency should cause root rots showing highly significant relationship.

• Journal of Food Hygiene and Safety
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• v.2 no.3
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• pp.121-136
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• 1987

As a part of continuing monitoring program since 1983, a study on pesticide residues on Korean agricultural products has been conducted to offer the tolerance of pesticide residues suiting Korean reality. The samples used in this experiment were collected from four areas in five provinces of Korea. The residue, levels of organochlorine pesticide (two kinds), organophosphoric pesticide (eight kinds) and carbamate pesticide (three kinds) on lettuce, garland chrysanthemum, radish Korean, potato, egg plant, green onion, persimmon and sweet potato, and the residue levels of captan and captafol on tomato, green pepper fresh, apple, peach, soybean, cucumber and cabbage Korean were determined by GC-NPD and ECD.

• The Korean Journal of Food And Nutrition
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• v.25 no.1
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• pp.149-155
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• 2012

Although bacterial outbreaks from ready-to-eat foods such as sprouts have increased, the information on microbial biocontrol by means of sanitizers is limited. Twenty sprouts of red cabbage, baby radish, alfalfa, and broccoli each were collected from the wholesale markets in Seoul. Ethanol and organic acids including acetic acid, citric acid, and lactic acid were used to control the amount of mesophilic bacteria and Bacillus cereus. Sanitizer mixtures of ethanol and organic acids showed a remarkable reduction of viable counts and, in particular, the sanitizer mixture comprised of 20% ethanol and 1% lactic acid seemed to be best by a reduction of 7~8 log CFU/g on the sprouts after a 10 minute exposure. At the same time, the sanitizer comprised of 20% ethanol and 1% lactic acid showed the same reduction for Escherichia coli, Salmonella typhimurium, B. cereus, Staphylococcus aureus, and Enterococcus faecalis, with more effect toward the Gram-negative bacteria. Sensory evaluation by texture, browning, off-flavour, and overall acceptability seemed better just after treatment when compared to one day after treatment with the sanitizer. Therefore, the sanitizers of ethanol-organic acid might be an effective means to control the bacterial contamination of sprouts in palce of sodium hypochloric acid.

• Korean journal of food and cookery science
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• v.13 no.5
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• pp.578-584
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• 1997

Fermentation temperature and salt concentration of Dongchimi were studied for the development of low salt Dongchimi juice. The juice was prepared by soaking the radish in brine solution of 0.3∼3.0% and fermented at the temperature range of 10∼30$^{\circ}C$. The fermentation proceeded faster at higher temperature. However, the salt concentration effect was dependent on the temperature. Fermentation in 3.0% NaCl solution resulted the fastest reach to pH 3.8 followed by 0.5% NaCl at 10 and 20$^{\circ}C$, while higher NaCl concentration caused a decrease in the fermentation rate at 30$^{\circ}C$. Comparison of flavor of the juice of pH 3.9 showed that fresh sourness was high in the juice prepared at 20$^{\circ}C$ and in 0.5% NaCl. The preference test also showed the juice of pH 3.8∼4.0 fermented in 0.5% NaCl at 20$^{\circ}C$ to be the most preferable one. The salt concentration lower than 0.5% at 20$^{\circ}C$ resulted in faster fermentation and high values in turbidity. However 0.5% NaCl was scored high in flavor acceptability.