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Occurrence of Alternaria dianthi on Carnation in Korea (한국에서 카네이션에 발생하는 Alternaria dianthi)

  • Yu, Seung-Hun;Kang, Hi-Wan;Lee, Hyang-Burm;Kim, Hong-Gi
    • The Korean Journal of Mycology
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    • v.17 no.4
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    • pp.229-232
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    • 1989
  • A blight disease of carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus L.) caused by Alternaria dianthi was found in greenhouses and vinylhouses in southern Korea. In severely affected beds, many carnation plants were blighted and died. The growth of the fungus id vitro was optimum between 24 and $28^{\circ}C$. In controlled inoculations, A. dianthi caused lesions on leaves and stems of carnation plants.

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Visualization of Artificially Deposited Submicron-sized Aerosol Particles on the Surfaces of Leaves and Needles in Trees

  • Yamane, Kenichi;Nakaba, Satoshi;Yamaguchi, Masahiro;Kuroda, Katsushi;Sano, Yuzou;Lenggoro, I. Wuled;Izuta, Takeshi;Funada, Ryo
    • Asian Journal of Atmospheric Environment
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    • v.6 no.4
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    • pp.275-280
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    • 2012
  • To understand the effect of aerosols on the growth and physiological conditions of trees in forests, it is important to know the state of aerosols that are deposited on the surface of the leaves or needles. In this study, we developed methods of visualization of submicron-sized aerosols that were artificially deposited from the gas-phase or liquid phase onto tree leaves or needles in trees. Firstly, we used field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) to observe black carbon (BC) particles that were artificially sprayed onto the leaves or needles. The distribution of BC particles deposited on the leaves and needles were distinguished based on the size and morphological features of the particles. The distribution and agglomerates size of BC particles differed between two spraying methods of BC particles employed. Secondly, we tried to visualize gold (Au) particles that were artificially sprayed onto the leaves using energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry (EDX) coupled to FE-SEM. We detected the Au particles based on the characteristic X-ray spectrum, which was secondarily generated from the Au particles. In contrast to the case of BC particles, the Au particles did not form agglomerates and were uniformly distributed on the leaf surfaces. The present results show that our methods provide useful information of adsorption and/or behavior of fine particles at the submicron level on the surface of the leaves.

PQQ-Dependent Organic Acid Production and Effect on Common Bean Growth by Rhizobium tropici CIAT 899

  • Cho, Young-Shin;Park, Ro-Dong;Kim, Yong-Woong;Hwangbo, Hoon;Jung, Woo-Jin;Suh, Jang-Sun;Koo, Bon-Sung;Krishnan, Hari-B.;Kim, Kil-Yong
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • v.13 no.6
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    • pp.955-959
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    • 2003
  • Rhizobium tropici CIAT 899 is capable of synthesizing inactive apo-glucose dehydrogenase (GDH). To become an active holo enzyme, the GDH requires a cofactor, PQQ. When R. tropici CIAT 899 was grown in a broth culture medium containing hydroxyapatite and pyrrolo quinoline quinone (PQQ), pH decreased while the concentration of soluble P increased. The solubilization of hydroxyapatite was associated with the production of gluconic acid and 2-ketogluconic acids. The organic acid production and P solubilization were greatly enhanced when the bacterium was grown with air supply. Effect of R. tropici CIAT 899 with (CI+PQQ) and without PQQ (CI) on the common bean growth was examined. Shoot and root weight, and N and P contents in CI+PQQ treatment, were significantly higher than those in control and CI treatment. Nodule weight and acetylene reducing activities were also significantly higher in CI+PQQ treatment than in other treatments.