• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• 제37권3호
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• pp.327-336
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• 2010

Cysteine proteases have been known as a critical factor in plant defense mechanisms in pineapple, papaya, or wild fig. Papain or ficin is one kind of cysteine proteases that shows toxic effects to herbivorous insects and pathogenic bacteria. However, resistance to bacterial soft rot of plants genetically engineered with cysteine protease has been little examined thus far. We cloned a cysteine protease cDNA from Ananas comosus and introduced the gene into Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa) under the control of the cauliflower mosaic virus 35S promoter. The transgene was stably integrated and actively transcribed in transgenic plants. In comparisons with wild-type plants, the $T_2$ and $T_3$ transgenic plants exhibited a significant increase in endo-protease activity in leaves and enhanced resistance to bacterial soft rot. A cDNA microarray analysis revealed that several genes were more abundantly transcribed in the transgenic than in the wild type. These genes encode a glyoxal oxidase, PR-1 protein, PDF1, protein kinase, LTP protein, UBA protein and protease inhibitor. These results suggest an important role for cysteine protease as a signaling regulator in biotic stress signaling pathways, leading to the build-up of defense mechanism to pathogenic bacteria in plants.

• 식물병연구
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.166-171
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• 2022

Commercial products with antibiotics like streptomycin as active ingredients have been used to control soft rot disease caused by Pectobacterium species for a long time. In this study, antibiotic resistance of twenty-seven Korean strains of Pectobacterium species including P. carotovorum, P. odoriferum, P. brasiliense, and P. parmenteri, which were previously shown to be susceptible to the bacteriophage phiPccP-1 was surveyed using a disk diffusion assay. While all strains were highly susceptible to ampicillin, kanamycin, chloramphenicol, tetracycline, and rifampicin, some strains showed weak susceptibility to 300 ㎍/ml of streptomycin. Furthermore, some of them are partially or completely resistant to commercial pesticides-Buramycinand streptomycin at the concentration of 250 ㎍/ml that is recommended by the manufacturer for streptomycin-based pesticides. These results indicate the presence of streptomycin-resistant Pectobacterium strains in South Korea, and the development of antibiotic alternatives to control soft rot is needed.

• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• 제39권4호
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• pp.295-299
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• 2012

SCaM4 과발현 감자의 무름병에 대한 저항성은 대비 품종인 '대지'에 비해 실내 외 검정에서 저항성인 것으로 나타났으며, SCaM4 과발현 SCaM4-4 계통의 경우 실내 외에서 무름병 저항성이 강하였다. SCaM4 과발현 형질전환 감자 계통들에 대한 포장 검정 결과 공시된 4 계통은 꽃색, 줄기형 등에서 대조품종인 대지와 차이가 없었다. 괴경특성 및 수량성의 경우 주당 괴경수는 유사했으나 과발현체의 경우 줄기 무름병 저항성으로 동화산물의 생성 및 집적이 원활하여 괴경 무게 증가하여 수량이 증가하는 경향성을 보였다. 실내외검정에서 무름병에 강한 저항성을 보인 SCaM4-4 라인은 대조품종인 대지와 실질적인 동등성을 확인할 수 있어 향후 식품학적 안전성과 환경위해성 평가가 이루어진다면 실용화 가능성이 클 것으로 사료된다.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제40권2호
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• pp.151-159
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• 2024

Bacterial soft rot caused by Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. carotovorum (Pcc) is one of the most severe diseases in radish cultivation. To control this plant disease, the most effective method has been known to cultivate resistant cultivars. Previously, we developed an efficient bioassay method for investigating resistance levels with 21 resistant and moderately resistant cultivars of radish against a strain Pcc KACC 10421. In this study, our research expanded to investigate the resistance of radish cultivars against six Pcc strains, KACC 10225, KACC 10421, ATCC 12312, ATCC 15713, LY34, and ECC 301365. To this end, the virulence of the six Pcc strains was determined based on the development of bacterial soft rot in seedlings of four susceptible radish cultivars. The results showed that the Pcc strains exhibited different virulence in the susceptible cultivars. To explore the race differentiation of Pcc strains corresponding to the resistance in radish cultivars, we investigated the occurrence of bacterial soft rot caused by the six Pcc strains on the 21 resistant and moderate resistant cultivars. Our results showed that the average values of the area under the disease progress curve were positively correlated with the virulence of the strains and the number of resistant cultivars decreased as the virulence of Pcc strains increased. Taken together, our results suggest that the resistance to Pcc of the radish cultivars commercialized in Korea is more likely affected by the virulence of Pcc strains rather than by race differentiation of Pcc.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제31권7호
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• pp.609-616
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• 2021

세균성 무름병 균[Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. carotovorum (Pcc)]에 의해서 일어나는 무름병은 아시아 국가에서 재배되는 무에 있어서 심각한 질병 중의 하나로 알려져 있다. 이번 연구의 목적은 상업적으로 시판되는 무 품종의 세균성 무름병의 저항성에 대한 효율적인 생물검정법을 확립하고자 하였다. 첫째, 무 품종에 대해 세균성 무름병의 효율적인 생물검정 방법을 조사하였다. 6개의 무 품종을 다양한 조건[두 가지 온도(25℃와 30℃), 3가지 접종방법(관주, 분무, 침지), 두 발생단계(2와 4잎 단계)]으로 조사하였다. 연구 결과는 무름병균 1×10⁶ cfu/ml 농도를 분무한 4잎 단계와 30℃에서 배양한 생물검정 방법이 무 품종에 대해 가장 효율적인 방법임을 알 수 있었다. 둘째, 41개의 무 품종에 5가지 세균(KACC 10225, KACC 10343, KACC 10421, KACC 10458, KACC 13953)을 접종하여 저항성을 조사하였다. KACC 10421가 세균성 무름병의 감수성 및 저항성 질병 정도를 가장 잘 나타냈다. 41개의 무 품종 중 13개는 무름병 균에 대해 중도 저항성을 나타냈고 28개는 감수성을 나타냈다. 이 연구에서 중도저항성 무 품종은 세균성 무름병 저항성 육종을 위한 저항성 자원으로 활용 가능하고 육종가, 농민, 연구자, 최종 소비자에 의해서 다양한 목적을 위해 사용 가능할 것으로 사료된다.

• 식물병연구
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• 제26권3호
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• pp.159-169
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• 2020

Pactobacterium carotovorum subsp. carotovorum (Pcc)에 의한 무름병은 전세계적으로 문제가 되고 있고 특히 온난 다습한 지역에서 문제가 심각하다. 본 연구는 Pcc에 의해 발생하는 배추 무름병에 대한 효율적인 저항성 검정법을 확립하기 위하여 실험하였다. 시판 배추 품종 65개의 Pcc KACC 10225에 대한 저항성 정도를 조사하고, 추후 실험을 위해 저항성에 차이를 보이는 3개 품종을 선발하였다. 이들 3개 품종의 접종하는 배추의 생육 시기, 접종원 농도, 접종 후 재배 온도 등의 발병 조건에 따른 무름병 발생을 조사하였다. 이들 실험의 결과로부터 배추의 무름병에 대한 저항성을 검정하기 위해서는, 배추 종자를 파종하고 온실(25±5℃)에서 21일 동안 재배한 유묘에 Pcc 균주의 세균현탁액(1×10⁷ cfu/ml)을 식물체 기부에 5 ml씩 관주하여 접종하고, 접종한 식물은 25℃ 습실상에 24시간 동안 배양한 후에 25℃, 상대습도 80%의 생육상으로 이동하여 재배하는 것을 제안하고자 한다.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.362.1-362
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• 2001

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제26권9호
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• pp.1542-1550
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• 2016

This is the first report that paromomycin, an antibiotic derived from Streptomyces sp. AG-P 1441 (AG-P 1441), controlled Phytophthora blight and soft rot diseases caused by Phytophthora capsici and Pectobacterium carotovorum, respectively, in chili pepper (Capsicum annum L.). Chili pepper plants treated with paromomycin by foliar spray or soil drenching 7 days prior to inoculation with P. capsici zoospores showed significant (p < 0.05) reduction in disease severity (%) when compared with untreated control plants. The disease severity of Phytophthora blight was recorded as 8% and 50% for foliar spray and soil drench, respectively, at 1.0 ppm of paromomycin, compared with untreated control, where disease severity was 83% and 100% by foliar spray and soil drench, respectively. A greater reduction of soft rot lesion areas per leaf disk was observed in treated plants using paromomycin (1.0 μg/ml) by infiltration or soil drench in comparison with untreated control plants. Paromomycin treatment did not negatively affect the growth of chili pepper. Furthermore, the treatment slightly promoted growth; this growth was supported by increased chlorophyll content in paromomycin-treated chili pepper plants. Additionally, paromomycin likely induced resistance as confirmed by the expression of pathogenesis-related (PR) genes: PR-1, β-1,3-glucanase, chitinase, PR-4, peroxidase, and PR-10, which enhanced plant defense against P. capsici in chili pepper. This finding indicates that AG-P 1441 plays a role in pathogen resistance upon the activation of defense genes, by secretion of the plant resistance elicitor, paromomycin.

• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.62-68
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• 2011

원예작물의 생육을 저하시키는 각종 병충해로 인한 과도한 농약과 화학비료의 사용은 환경오염뿐만 아니라 작물의 생산량에도 큰 영향을 미치고 있다. 식물생명공학기술을 이용하여 농약이나 화학비료 사용량을 획기적으로 줄일 수 있는 식물체의 개발, 즉 형질전환을 이용한 분자 육종기술은 병충해 내성 농작물을 개발하여 과도한 화학비료의 사용에 따르는 여러가지 문제점들을 극복할 수 있는 대안으로 대두되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 모델식물인 애기장대에서 분리한 식물생체방어 신호전달에 관련된 AtCBP63 유전자를 감자에 과발현시켰고, 이러한 형질 전환 감자에서 병저항성에 관여하는 유전자인 PR-2, PR-3, PR-5 유전자들의 발현이 증가되어 지속적으로 식물 방어 기작이 활성화되어 있음을 확인하였다. 또한, 감자에서 무름병 (soft rot disease)을 일으켜 막대한 피해를 유발하는 병원성 세균인 Erwinia carotovora subsp. Carotovora (Ecc)를 이용하여 AtCBP63 유전자를 과발현한 감자에 감염시켰을 때, 병 저항성이 증가한다는 사실을 검증하였다. 앞으로, 다양한 곰팡이 균에 대응하여 AtCBP63 유전자를 과발현한 감자에 저항성을 검증하고자 한다.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.174-181
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• 2013

The plant growth-promoting rhizobacterium Ochrobactrum lupini KUDC1013 elicited induced systemic resistance (ISR) in tobacco against soft rot disease caused by Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. carotovorum. We investigated of its factors involved in ISR elicitation. To characterize the ISR determinants, KUDC1013 cell suspension, heat-treated cells, supernatant from a culture medium, crude bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and flagella were tested for their ISR activities. Both LPS and flagella from KUDC1013 were effective in ISR elicitation. Crude cell free supernatant elicited ISR and factors with the highest ISR activity were retained in the n-butanol fraction. Analysis of the ISR-active fraction revealed the metabolites, phenylacetic acid (PAA), 1-hexadecene and linoleic acid (LA), as elicitors of ISR. Treatment of tobacco with these compounds significantly decreased the soft rot disease symptoms. This is the first report on the ISR determinants by plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) KUDC1013 and identifying PAA, 1-hexadecene and LA as ISR-related compounds. This study shows that KUDC1013 has a great potential as biological control agent because of its multiple factors involved in induction of systemic resistance against phytopathogens.