• Journal of Ginseng Research
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• v.31 no.1
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• pp.14-22
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• 2007

As the zygotic embryo of North American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius L.) matured during stratification over 203 days it grew from 0.75 to 5.2 mm. Embryo excision and culturing on media containing different concentrations of two growth regulators, gibberellic acid ($GA_3$, 1 to 10 ${\mu}M$) and benzyladenine (BA, 1 to 5 ${\mu}M$), during stratification, showed that shoot and root number and the shoot, root and cotyledon length increased with increased stratification time. Gibberellic acid was the more effective growth regulator for increasing shoot and root number and shoot, root and cotyledon lengths. Immature embryos (stratified for up to 63 days) needed growth regulators for further development. Cultures on $GA_3$ at the last culture date (stratified for 203 days) when embryos were mature, produced multiple shoots but there was no effect of $GA_3$ concentration. Benzyladenine inhibited shoot and root growth regardless of embryo stratification. Growth regulators had little effect on cotyledon length of mature embryos. Embryos cultured on $GA_3$ combined with BA were green on all culture dates whereas greening in the control and BA treatments increased with culture date. The BA treatments induced 100% swelling of the embryos on the final culture date while in the control and $GA_3$ treatments there was no swelling. There was little or no curling in the control and BA treatments and a linear decrease in curling with culture date in the $GA_3$ and $GA_3$ + BA treatments.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Crop Science Conference
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• 2017.06a
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• pp.146-146
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• 2017

The pod shattering or dehiscence is essential for the propagation of pod-bearing plant species in the wild, but it causes significant yield losses during harvest of domesticated crop plants. Identifying novel molecular makers, which are linked to seed-shattering genes, is needed to employ the molecular marker-assisted selection for efficiently developing shattering-resistant soybean varieties. In this study, a genetic linkage map was constructed using 115 recombinant inbred lines (RILs) developed from crosses between the pod shattering susceptible variety, Keunol, and resistant variety, Sinpaldal. A 180 K Axiom(R) SoyaSNPs data and pod shattering data from two environments in 2001 and 2015 were used to identify quantitative trait loci (QTL) for pod shattering. A major QTL was identified between two flanking single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers, AX-90320801 and AX-90306327 on chromosome 16 with 1.3 cM interval, 857 kb of physical range. In sequence, genotype distribution analysis was conducted using extreme phenotype RILs. This could narrow down the QTL down to 153 kb on the physical map and was designated as qPDH1-KS with 6 annotated gene models. All exons within qPDH1-KS were sequenced and the 6 polymorphic SNPs affecting the amino acid sequence were identified. To develop universally available molecular markers, 38 Korean soybean cultivars were investigated by the association study using the 6 identified SNPs. Only two SNPswere strongly associated with the pod shattering. These two identified SNPs will help to identify the pod shattering responsible gene and to develop pod shattering-resistant soybean plants using marker-assisted selection.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• v.40 no.2
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• pp.89-106
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• 2016

Many plant species have two modes of reproduction: sexual and asexual. Both modes of reproduction have often been viewed as adaptations to temporally or spatially variable environments. The plant should adjust partitioning to match changes in the estimated success of the two reproductive modes. Perennial plants showed that favorable habitats in soil nutrients or water content tend to promote clonal growth over sexual reproduction. In contrast, under high light-quantity conditions, clonal plants tend to allocate more biomass to sexual reproduction and less to clonal propagation. On the other hand, plants with chasmogamous and cleistogamous flowers provides with a greater tendency of the opportunity to ensure some seed set in any stressful environmental conditions such as low light, low soil nutrients, or low soil moisture. It is considered that vegetative reproduction has high competitive ability and is the major means to expand established population of perennial plants, whereas cleistogamous reproduction is insurance to persist in stressful sites due to being strong. Chasmogamous reproduction mainly enhances established and new population. Therefore, the functions of sexual and asexual propagules of perennial or annual plants differ from each other. These traits of propagule thus determine its success at a particular region of any environmental gradients. Eventually, if environmental resources or stress levels change in either space or time, species composition will probably also change. The reason based on which the plants differ with respect to favored reproduction modes in each environmental condition, may be involved in their specific realized niche.

• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• v.43 no.1
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• pp.132-137
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• 2016

The genus Cypripedium, known as lady's slipper orchid, has been considered to have a considerable marketability as a potted and garden plant with beautiful flowers; however, this species is becoming endangered and, in some places extinct, due to habitat destruction and illegal collections. As such, an optimized artificial propagation system is necessary for its conservation and horticultural cultivation. For the establishment of the in vitro proliferation of the endangered Cypripedium macranthos Sw., native to Korea, the effects of medium strength and sucrose concentrations on germination, protocorm formation and seedling growth were investigated through asymbiotic seed culture. The highest germination rate and protocorm formation rate were obtained with a 1/4 MS medium; higher MS medium strengths did not generate the favorable conditions required for germination and protocorm growth. The overall growth characteristics of roots and buds developed from protocorms were best in cultures of 1/4 MS medium. On this medium containing $10g{\cdot}L^{-1}$ sucrose, both the germination rate and protocorm formation rate increased significantly. The general growth properties of seedlings developed on the medium with $10g{\cdot}L^{-1}$ sucrose were best, showing the highest bud formation rate and root number. Our results demonstrate that the 1/4 MS medium, supplemented with $10g{\cdot}L^{-1}$ sucrose, could improve in vitro germination, and facilitate the growth of seedlings developed from the protocorms of C. macranthos Sw.

• Journal of Aquaculture
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• v.2 no.1
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• pp.1-7
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• 1989

Axenic tissue culture of a marine red algae Porphyra yezoensis foma narawaensis was established for the vegetative propagation of tissues as a seed stock and for the development of a low salinity-tolerant cell line. Callus tissues have been induced from the vegetative area of blade away from the hold fast when grown on PES-agar medium. The brownish red fragile callus was maintained under fluorescent light of ca. 2000 lux with 12 : 12 hr L : D at $16^{\circ}C$. Amounts of carbohydrate and protein was determined against the weight of callus. Optimum temperature of the callus growth was $14^{\circ}C\~18^{\circ}C$. Optimun concentration of sodium chloride was $2.0\%$ for the callus growth in PES-agar medium.

• Korean Journal of Environment and Ecology
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.57-68
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• 2001

해안지역의 녹화 및 조경용으로 유용한 내염성 식물자원임과 동시에 서식지가 급격히 감소하고 있는 순기비나무를 대상으로 하여 생장특성과 번식방법을 규명하기 위한 연구를 수행하였던 바, 그 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 1. 줄기의 생장형태는 포복줄기와 직립줄기가동시에 생장하고, 5개 주요 군락지에 직립줄기의 길이는 평균 46.6cm 이고, 포복경의 초대 길이는 7.6cm에 달하였다. 2. 종작발아율은 황적색의 무처리 종자와 $GA_3$처리 종자에서 71.0~72.3%로 가장 높았으나, 두 처리군사이에는 발아율의 차이가 없었다. 종피현화를 목적으로 한 황산처리는 오히려 종자의 발아를 억제하였다. 3. 종피 색깔이 황적생인 종자는 흑갈색 종자에 비해 평균 21.1%(13~30%)발아율이 높았다. 실득모율은 30% 미만으로 아주 낮았으나 흑갈색 종자에 비해 황적색 종가자 약 2배 높았다. 또한 $LD_{50}$은 황적색 종자가 흑갈색 종자보다 10~20일 짧았다. 4. 종피 색깔과 화학처리가 같은 조건에서 기건저장한 종자와 노천매장한 종자사이에는 발아율, 식득묘율, $LD_{50}$등의 차이가 없었다. 5. 기건저장한 황적색 종자가 바다모래에서 30.3%의 발아율과 10.1%의 실득모율을 나타냈으나, 갯벌흙에서는 전혀 발아되지 않았다. 6. 삽목번식의 경우 추삽에서 발근육은 녹지삽이 가장 높았고, 다음이 반지숙삽, 숙지삽의 순이었다. 발근율이 가장 높은 것은 NAA 200ppm+sucrose 2%를 처리한 녹지로서 96.7%의 발근율을 나타내었다. 발근수는 전반적으로발근율에 비례하는 경향이었다. 7. 하삽에서 NAA 200ppm+sucrose 2%를 처리한 녹지, 반숙지, 숙지의 토양별 발근율은 vermiculite+ perlite(1:1)와 마사토에서는 81.1~87.8%로 높았고, 모래와 해상에서 48.9~77.8%로 낮았다.

• KOREAN JOURNAL OF CROP SCIENCE
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• v.42 no.6
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• pp.673-677
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• 1997

It has been reported that E. senticosus is effective for strengthening the liver, reduction of blood sugar levels, antistress and rainforcement of stamina. However, most of the extraction from this medicinal plant is imported from foreign countries. Therefore, farmers have tried to grow it in this country even though it is difficult to propagate by seeding method. This study was carried out to improve seeding propagation using seeds in National Honam Agricultural Experinment Station from '92 to '93. The seeds of E. senticosus were immature embryo at the time of gathering seeds in autumn, and needed wet stratification treatment for after-ripening. Embryo elongated slowly for a few days after stratification treatment, and cotyledon started to develop from 40 days after treatment. There were significantly positive correlation between after-ripening period and the ratio of embryo length. Dehiscence was the highest in the ratio of embryo length of 60∼70％, and percentage of dehiscent seed after treatment for 150 days was 76.5％.

• Korean Journal of Plant Tissue Culture
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• v.21 no.5
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• pp.277-280
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• 1994

This study was conducted to obtain some basic information needed for the propagational system of high quality garlic trough the culture of healthy tissues. non shoot-tips of bulbil obtained in mid May were cultured on MS medium containing 8% sucrose supplemented with 0.1 mg/L NAA, in vitro bulbli were formed, but the shoots were formed at the early to middle in June. Multiple shoots were induced by the culture of receptacles on MS medium supplemented with 0.1 mg/L NAA and 10mg/L BA..Among the flower bud, bulbil and receptacle, receptacle showed most suitable in terms of shoot formation efficiency, More than 50 shoots per single involucre were produced under the optimum condition. Results indicate that in vitro culture of involucre has a high potential for the micropropagation of high quality seed bulbs.

• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• v.45 no.4
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• pp.347-356
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• 2018

Chionanthus retusus is a small deciduous tree that is widely used in landscaping due to its beautiful white spring flowers and ornamental value. Conventional propagation through seeds requires one to two years of breaking dormancy. The objective of this study was to determine the conditions of in vitro germination in C. retusus. In vitro embryo culture was carried out to investigate the effects of six factors: basal media (McCown Woody Plant Medium (WPM) and Murashige and Skoog (MS)); plant growth regulators (different combinations and concentrations of naphthaleneacetic acid (NAA), 6-Benzylaminopurine (BA), and gibberellic acid ($GA_3$)); embryo age (collected weekly beginning 36 days after fruit setting); low temperature pretreatment (storing $4^{\circ}C$ for 1, 2, 3, and 4 weeks); coconut additives (100, 200, and $300ml{\cdot}L^{-1}$); and genotype (grouping plants depending on their flowering nature). The basal medium used in this study was WPM with $2mg{\cdot}L^{-1-1}\;GA_3$, $20g{\cdot}L^{-1}$ sucrose, and $6g{\cdot}L^{-1}$ Agar. WPM medium mixed with $GA_3$, resulted in higher germination rate as compared to when using a combination of auxin and cytokinin. $GA_3$ at $2mg{\cdot}L^{-1}$ was the most effective of all combinations and concentrations of PGRs. WPM medium with $2mg{\cdot}L^{-1}GA_3$ resulted in better and faster germination (75.93%). Embryos collected at 57 days after fruit setting had the highest percent of germinated seeds (87.04%) while low-temperature pretreatment of fruits at $4^{\circ}C$ for two weeks produced the highest germination (95.37%). These results of this study could be an open ground for development of an efficient protocol for commercial production of the ornamental tree.

• Journal of agriculture & life science
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• v.53 no.2
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• pp.65-75
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• 2019

Stem and root of elm trees have used as traditional medical materials, but there is little information on the distribution and resources of habitats. Korean native growing Ulmus spp. (U. davidiana var. Japonica, U. parvifolia, U. davidiana, and U. macrocarpa) genetic resources studied through The National Forest Inventory of Korea data and field survey. The distributions of U. davidiana var. japonica according to elevation distributed evenly. Both U. parvifolia and U. davidiana were inhabited mostly at less than 200 m of altitude. Each Ulmaceae species widely were distributed nationwide, but a dominant species was different depending on locals. It observed that Ulmaceae inhabits mainly in steep slopes of 31-45 degrees. Most of the habitats regenerated by natural seeding and the most abundant species were a codominant tree. Distribution of trees in U davidiana var. japonica was 7 m-13 m, and in young U. parvifolia and U. macrocarpa, more than 25% of young trees less than 7 m observed. The distribution of the diameter of breast height of the U. davidiana var. japonica was 46.4% for 11-20 cm, 52.6% for 11-20 cm in U. parvifolia. The average T/R ratio was 0.83, and the mean weight ratio of root bark was 62%. As the results of this study, the domestic Ulmaceae biomassare very small. It is difficult to harvest in that the habitat on the slope. Thus, it is too hard to develop functional materials using biomass at present. Therefore, it is necessary to develop technology for the selection and propagation of elite trees of Ulmaceae.