• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.296-300
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• 2005

Human-induced soil salinity is becoming a major threat to agriculture across the world. This salinisation occurs in both irrigated and rain-fed agricultural zones with the highest proportions in the arid and semi-arid environments. Livestock can play an important role in the management and rehabilitation of this land. There are a range of plants that grow in saline soils and these have been used as animal feed. In many situations, animal production has been poor as a result of low edible biomass production, low nutritive value, depressed appetite, or a reduction in efficiency of energy use. Feeding systems are proposed that maximise the feeding value of plants growing on saline land and integrate their use with other feed resources available within mixed livestock and crop farming systems. Salt-tolerant pastures, particularly the chenopod shrubs, have moderate digestible energy and high crude protein. For this reason they represent a good supplement for poor quality pastures and crop residues. The use of salt-tolerant pasture systems not only provides feed for livestock but also may act as a bio-drain to lower saline water tables and improve the soil for growth of alternative less salt tolerant plants. In the longer term there are opportunities to identify and select more appropriate plants and animals for saline agriculture.

• Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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• 제23권12호
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• pp.1737-1746
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• 2013

IbMYB1, a transcription factor (TF) for R2R3-type MYB TFs, is a key regulator of anthocyanin biosynthesis during storage of sweet potatoes. Anthocyanins provide important antioxidants of nutritional value to humans, and also protect plants from oxidative stress. This study aimed to increase transgenic potatoes' (Solanum tuberosum cv. LongShu No.3) tolerance to environmental stress and enhance their nutritional value. Transgenic potato plants expressing IbMYB1 genes under the control of an oxidative stress-inducible peroxidase (SWPA2) promoter (referred to as SM plants) were successfully generated through Agrobacterium-mediated transformation. Two representative transgenic SM5 and SM12 lines were evaluated for enhanced tolerance to salinity, UV-B rays, and drought conditions. Following treatment of 100 mM NaCl, seedlings of SM5 and SM12 lines showed less root damage and more shoot growth than control lines expressing only an empty vector. Transgenic potato plants in pots treated with 400 mM NaCl showed high amounts of secondary metabolites, including phenols, anthocyanins, and flavonoids, compared with control plants. After treatment of 400 mM NaCl, transgenic potato plants also showed high DDPH radical scavenging activity and high PS II photochemical efficiency compared with the control line. Furthermore, following treatment of NaCl, UV-B, and drought stress, the expression levels of IbMYB1 and several structural genes in the flavonoid biosynthesis such as CHS, DFR, and ANS in transgenic plants were found to be correlated with plant phenotype. The results suggest that enhanced IbMYB1 expression affects secondary metabolism, which leads to improved tolerance ability in transgenic potatoes.

• 식물병연구
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.212-227
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• 2017

Pseudomonas chlororaphis O6, isolated from the roots of dryland, field-grown commercial wheat in the USA, enhances plant health and therefore it is used in agriculture as a biofertilizer and biocontrol agent. The metabolites produced by this pseudomonad stimulate plant growth through direct antagonism of pathogens and by inducing systemic resistance in the plant. Studies upon P. chlororaphis O6 identify the pathways through which defined bacterial metabolites generate protection against pathogenic microbes, insects, and nematodes. P. chlororaphis O6 also triggers plant resistance to drought and salinity stresses. The beneficial determinants are produced from bacterial cells as they form biofilms during root colonization. Molecular control these processes in P. chlororaphis O6 involves the global regulatory Gac/Rsm signaling cascade with cross-talk between other global regulatory pathways. The Gac/Rsm regulon allows for coordinate phasing of expression of the genes that encode these beneficial traits among a community of cells. This review provides insights on the Gac/Rsm regulon in expression of beneficial traits of the P. chlororaphis O6 which can contribute to help yield enhancement and quality in agricultural production.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.32-37
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• 2005

Under a typical Mediterranean environment in southern Australia, the evaporation rate increases significantly in hot summers, resulting in highly saline drinking water for grazing animals. Also in the cropping areas, dryland salinity is a problem. Grazing animals under these environments can ingest excessive amount of salt from feed, drinking water and soil, which can lead to a reduction in growth rate. To understand the impact of high salt intake on grazing deer, two experiments were conducted to assess the effect of salt levels in drinking water on feed intake and growth rate of red and fallow weaner deer. The results revealed that fallow deer did not show any abnormal behaviour or sickness when salt level in drinking water was increased from 0% to 2.5%. Feed intake was not affected until the salt content in water exceeded 1.5%. Body weight gain was not affected by 1.2% salt in drinking water, but was reduced as salt content in water increased. Compared with deer on fresh water, the feed intake of red deer on saline water was 11-13% lower when salt level in drinking water was 0.4-0.8%. An increase in salt level in water up to 1% resulted in about a 30% reduction in feed intake (p<0.01). Body weight gain was significantly (p=0.004) reduced when salt level reached 1.2%. The deer on 1% salt tended to have a higher (p=0.052) osmotic pressure in serum. The concentration of P, K, Mg and S in serum was affected when salt level in water was over 1.0%. The results suggested that the salt level in drinking water should be lower than 1.2% for fallow weaner deer and 0.8% for red weaner deer to avoid any reduction in feed intake. Deer farmers need to regularly test the salt levels in drinking water on their farms to ensure that the salt intake of grazing deer is not over the levels that deer can tolerate.

• 지구물리와물리탐사
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.98-109
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• 2007

지난 20 년 동안, 서부 오스트레일리아 농부들은 염분이 농토에 마치는 영향을 최소화하기 위해 토지경영방법들에 변화를 주기 시작했다. 농지 계획은 자주 농기구 변화의 지침서로 활용되어 왔으나, 이제까지의 대부분의 계획들은 지표수의 흐름과 최소한의 자료에 기초하여 세워져 왔다 따라서 농지 계획은 토지의 염기화를 야기하는 과정을 효과적으로 설명해 주지 못하였다. 서부 오스트레일리아 남서쪽에 위치하는 Broomhill에서 수행된 연구과제에서는 표토층의 지표와 지표하부의 특성을 측정하여 얻은 일련의 대규모 지질학적 자료를 이용하는 접근방법을 시도 하였다. 또한 기후나 농업의 역사 등과 같은 다른 자료들도 연구 되었다. 이 접근법의 근간은 전 연구지역에 대한 항공지구물리 자료의 획득에 있다. 이 방법은 토양의 특성을 반영하는 방사선탐사자료, 기반암의 지질을 반영하는 자력탐사자료, 그리고 표토의 두께와 전기전도도를 반영하는 SALTMAP 전자기탐사자료를 포함한다. 해석 단계에 있어서, 이러한 자료들에는 지질학과 수리지질학적인 목장규모 (paddock-scale) 의 정보가 추가되게 되는데 이는 염기화 과정을 유도하는 메커니즘과 직접적인 연관이 있는 농장이나 목장에서의 결정을 내리기 위함이다. 항공지구물리 탐사자료로부터 얻어진 정보들은 농수로나 누수차단댐 등과 같은 지표수 관리를 위한 구조물들의 설계 및 위치 선정에 중요한 영향을 주었다. 이러한 계획의 효과를 평가하기 위하여 1996 년부터 농업농민부는 한 농장 전체에서 수행된 계획을 모니터링 해왔다. 실행된 계획은 긍정적인 비용-이익비를 보여 주었으며, 이 농장은 현재 지역생산 벤치마킹 단체 중 상위 5% 내에 드는 성과를 보였다. 항공지구물리 자료는 토목공사의 위치 선정이나 다시 식물은 재배하기 위한 제안서 작성에 중요한 영향을 미친다. 현장특성에 맞는 수리학적 또는 수리지질학적 검토는 사회간접자본 건설을 위한 어떠한 계획안을 세우더라도 필수 불가결한 요소이다. 이 연구에서 제안한 접근법은 현장 특성에 기초한 수리지질학적 정보에 기인하지 않은 농지 계획법들에 비해 제안된 작업들의 공간적인 밀도를 줄일 수 있는 방법이라 하겠다.