• 한국균학회지
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.89-91
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• 1986

Sixteen seed samples of nine vegetable crops imported from Japan were tested for plant quarantine by routine methods of seed health testing. Nineteen species of fungi including Alternara alternata were identified from the seed samples. Some species were very frequently detected in the seeds. In this experiment, Verticillium albo-atrum, V. dahliae and Macrophomina sp. from the seeds of spinach, and Cercospora capsici, Drechslera hawaiiensis and V. albo-atrum from the seeds of sweet pepper were detected for the first time, respectively. It has been reported that they had a pathogenicity on some vegetable crops in Japan and other countries. The data suggest that an epidemic damage may be occurred if the infected seeds are sown and cultivated in Korea.

• Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.135-144
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• 1999

Environmental toxicities of priority water pollutants were evaluated by two selected bioassays, Lettuce seed germination/elongation test and Microtox acute toxicity test. Toxic chemicals (heavy metals, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and phenolic compounds) inhibited the germination rate and root elongation of Lettuce seed, as well as the bioluminescence of Microtox bacteria. When test biota were exposed to target chemicals, the sensitivity of Lettuce bioassay was relatively lower than that of Microtox bioassay. However, Lettuce bioassay may be a good candidate for prescreening the environmental toxicities of priority water pollutants, since the testing method with Lettuce seed was relatively easier and more economic than with Microtox bacteria. Toxicity tests were conducted to compare the validity and sensitivity of both bioassays for sediment from a small stream passed through urban area as well as leachate from a municipal solid waste landfill. From experimental results, we found that Lettuce test and Microtox test are compensated each other as a battery of bioassay for evaluating the environmental toxicities of field samples obtained from a small stream contaminated by pollutants.

• Mycobiology
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• 제39권3호
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• pp.206-218
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• 2011

The seed-borne mycoflora of sorghum and foxtail millet collected from different growing areas in South Korea were isolated and taxonomically identified using dry inspection, standard blotter and the agar plate method. We investigated the in vitro and in vitro germination rates of disinfected and non-disinfected seeds of sorghum and foxtail millet using sterilized and unsterilized soil. The percent recovery of seed-borne mycoflora from the seed components of sorghum and foxtail millet seeds was determined and an infection experiment using the dominant species was evaluated for seedling emergence and mortality. A higher number of seed-borne fungi was observed in sorghum compared to that of foxtail millet. Eighteen fungal genera with 34 fungal species were identified from the seeds of sorghum and 13 genera with 22 species were identified from the seeds of foxtail millet. Five dominant species such as Alternaria alternata, Aspergillus flavus, Curvularia lunata, Fusarium moniliforme and Phoma sp. were recorded as seed-borne mycoflora in sorghum and 4 dominant species (Alternaria alternata, Aspergillus flavus, Curvularia lunata, Fusarium moniliforme) were observed in foxtail millet. The in vitro and in vitro germination rates were higher using disinfected seeds and sterilized soil. More seed-borne fungi were recovered from the pericarp compared to the endosperm and seed embryo. The percent recovery of seed-borne fungi ranged from 2.22% to 60.0%, and Alternaria alternata, Curvularia lunata and 4 species of Fusarium were isolated from the endosperm and embryo of sorghum and foxtail millet. Inoculation of the dominant seed-borne fungi showed considerable mortality of seedlings. All the transmitted seed-borne fungi might well be a primary source of infection of sorghum and foxtail millet crops.

• 한국응용곤충학회지
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.126-131
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• 1984

1. 영남작물시험장, 호남작물시험장 및 충남농촌진흥원에서 분양받은 18개의 벼종자시료와 충남지역 일반농가에서 수확한 8개의 벼종자시료 등 모두 26개의 종자시료를 공시하여 표준습지법으로 조사하였던 바 21종의 균류가 검출되었으며, 벼 갈샐잎마름병균(Gerlachia oryzae)은 22개의 벼 종자시료에서 $1.0\~45.0\%$의 범위로 검출되었다. 2. 종자전염성 G. oryzae의 효과적인 검출방법을 찾기 위하여 표준습지법, 냉동습지법, 물한천법 등으로 비교 조사한 결과, 냉동습지법에서 검출율이 가장 높았다. 3. 벼종자의 각 부위를 무균적으로 분리하여 부위별로 G. oryzae의 감염여부를 표준습지법으로 조사한 결과, 벼 종자의 껍질에서 가장 많이 검출되었으며, 심하게 이병된 종자는 배유 및 종피 뿐 만 아니라 배에 까지 감염되어 있었다. 4. G. oryzae에 감염된 벼 종자를 파종하여 심하게 이병된 종자는 종자부패 및 묘입고를 일으켰으며, 약하게 이병된 종자는 초엽, 1엽, 2엽에 갈색의 병징감염을 초래하였다.

• 농업과학연구
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.275-283
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• 1982

우리나라 주요작물(主要作物)의 종자전염균(種子傳染菌)에 대(對)한 기초자료(基礎資料)를 얻기 위하여 벼, 콩, 보리, 참깨와 시판중(市販中)인 12종(種)의 주요채소류(主要菜蔬類)에서 모두 144개(個)의 종자시료(種子試料)를 수집(收集)하여 종자건전검사(種子健全檢査)를 하였던 바 다음과 같은 결과(結果)를 얻었다. (1) 벼, 콩, 보리, 종자(種子)에서는 각각(各各) 18종(種), 15(種), 7(種)의 진균(眞菌)이 검출(檢出)되었다. 벼의 변색종자(變色種子)에서는 Epicoccum purpurascens, Pyricularia oryzae, Trichoconiella padwickii가 많이 검출(檢出)되었고, 콩종자(種子)에서는 탄저병균(炭疽病菌)인 Macrophomina phaseolina가 우리나라의 콩에서는 처음으로 검출(檢出)되었다. (2) 참깨종자(種子)에서는 12종(種)의 진균(眞菌)이 검출(檢出)되었으며 그 중(中) Alternaria속(屬)과 Corynespora cassiicola가 많이 검출(檢出)되었다. (3) 12종(種)의 시판(市販) 채소종자(菜蔬種子)에서는 모두 21종(種)의 진균(眞菌)이 검출(檢出)되었는데 특(特)히 Alternaria속(屬), Colletotrichum속(屬)과 Fusarium속(屬)이 많이 검출(檢出)되었다. 공시(供試)한 시판(市販) 채소종자(菜蔬種子)의 시료중(試料中)에는 각종(各種) 병원균(病原菌)에 심(甚)하게 오염(汚染)되어 낮은 발아율(發芽率)과 유묘감염(幼苗感染)을 일으키는 것이 있었다.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.103-108
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• 2017

World wheat production is now under threat due to the wheat blast outbreak in Bangladesh in early March 2016. This is a new disease in this area, indicating the higher possibility of this pathogen spreading throughout the Asia, the world's largest wheat producing area. Occurrence of this disease caused ~3.5% reduction of the total wheat fields in Bangladesh. Its economic effect on the Bangladesh wheat market was little because wheat contributes to 3% of total cereal consumption, among which ~70% have been imported from other countries. However, as a long-term perspective, much greater losses will occur once this disease spreads to other major wheat producing areas of Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan due to the existing favorable condition for the blast pathogen. The wheat blast pathogen belongs to the Magnaporthe oryzae species complex causing blast disease on multiple hosts in the Poaceae family. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that the Bangladesh outbreak strains and the Brazil outbreak strains were the same phylogenetic lineage, suggesting that they might be migrated from Brazil to Bangladesh during the seed import. To protect wheat production of Bangladesh and its neighbors, several measures including rigorous testing of seed health, use of chemicals, crop rotation, reinforcement of quarantine procedures, and increased field monitoring should be implemented. Development of blast resistant wheat varieties should be a long-term solution and combination of different methods with partial resistant lines may suppress this disease for some time.

• 한국균학회지
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• 제6권1호
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• pp.15-20
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• 1978

본(本) 실험(實驗)은 몇 종류(種類)의 종자상(種子上)에 형성(形成)된 7종의 Alternaria의 생육습성(生育習性)을 조사(調査)하고 종자건전도검사시(種子健全度檢査時) 쉽게 동정(同定)할수 있는 방법(方法)을 강구(講究)하기 위해서 실시(實施)하였다. Alternaria의 종류별(種類別)로 기생범위(寄生範圍)와 피해상황(被害狀況)을 설명하였고 사진을 통해서 설명(說明)을 보충(補充)하였다. 조사(調査)된 Alternaria는 A. tenuis A. brassicicola, A. brassicae, A. raphani, A. dauci, A. radicina 및 A. sesami등이고 서로 비슷한 종(種)에 대해서는 식별(識別)에 도움이 되도록 고찰(考察)하였다.

• Toxicological Research
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• 제17권
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• pp.167-171
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• 2001

The introduction of genetically modified crops has raised concerns regarding safety issues over the insertion of foreign genes into plant genomes using recombinant DNA technology. Since 1991 in Japan, 29 foods and 6 food additives have been evaluated, based on the "Guideline for Safety Assessment", before these foods were marketed. The MHW, however, decided that safety assessment of such foods and food additives should be legally imposed. because soon such foods and food additives are expected to circulate globally and a new system for assessing safety of such foods and food additives at a pre-market stage is necessary, in order to avoid the distribution of any genetically modified foods that have had no safety assessment. The MHW published relevant announcements to amend existing regulations on 1 May 2000. "Standards for safety assessment of seed plant" is established based on a concept of substantial equivalence, and applicable to the products which are regarded as equivalent to the existing products used as foods and food additives. The characterization of the food products entails consideration of the molecular characterization. phenotypic and compositional characteristics, key nutrients and toxicants, and toxicity and allergenicity of the introduced proteins, and if there are indications of unintended effects of the modification, whether further safety testing (animal studies etc.) is needed should be considered. Safety and wholesomeness studies with whole foods should be care fully designed in order to avoid nutritional imbalances causing artifacts and uninterpretable results as was the case of Dr. Pusztaiis report. A case study of genetically modified soybeans (glyphosate-tolerant soybeans) on the immune system of rats and mice is shown. Chemical compositions were also compared with those of the non-GM soybeans. The studies failed to detect any differences in immuno-toxic activity.muno-toxic activity.