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Cellulase Production in the Digestive Organs of Reticulitermes speratus, a Native Termite from Milyang, Korea

  • Lee, Young-Min;Kim, Yoon-Hee;Cho, Moon-Jung;Shin, Keum;Kim, Yeong-Suk
    • Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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    • v.38 no.5
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    • pp.421-428
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    • 2010
  • This study investigated on enzyme production in the digestive organs of the native termite (Reticulitermes speratus) in Milyang, Korea. Four types of major cellulases [EG (endo-1,4-${\beta}$-glucanase), BGL (${\beta}$-glucosidase), CBH (cellobiohydrolase) and BXL (${\beta}$-1,4-xylosidase)] were present in the digestive organs of the termite. The strong enzyme activity for BGL was found from the native termite, and also shown that the enzyme was distributed in the salivary gland, foregut, and hindgut. BXL, which breaks down hemicellulose near the amorphous region, was detected mainly from salivary gland, foregut, and midgut. However, CBH was distributed mainly in the hindgut. Meanwhile, EG which degrades cellulose, was found mainly in the hindgut and salivary glands. These facts indicate that celluases production patterns are differ from different sites compare to the same species found in Japan, suggesting that enzyme production in the digestive organs of termites is changed according to their habitats.

Screening of Antioxidant Activity of Domestic Trees

  • Lee, Wi Young;Park, Youngki;Chin, Hwi Seung;Ahn, Jin Kwon
    • Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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    • v.31 no.6
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    • pp.40-44
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    • 2003
  • This study was carried out to investigate the antioxidant activities of domestic trees grown in Korea. Based on 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical scavenging activity method, the methanolic extracts of 23 species were screened in order to search for natural antioxidants. Among these species, Acer ginnala, Cotinus coggygria, Acanthopanax koreanum, Thea sinensis and Pinus densiflora showed stronger antioxidative activity comparing with reference compound, ascorbic acid.

The effect of bleaching reagents on bleachabilities of DIP and environmental loads (탈묵펄프용 표백약품에 따른 표백 특성 및 표백폐수의 환경부하 영향)

  • Ahn, Chi-Deuk;Park, Jung-Yoon;Hwang, Sung-Jun;Hong, Seok-Jun;Lee, Jin-Hee;Kim, Hyoung-Jin;Chung, Sung-Hyun
    • Journal of Korea Technical Association of The Pulp and Paper Industry
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    • v.47 no.1
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    • pp.66-74
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    • 2015
  • DIP(deinked pulp) was bleached by FAS, $Na_2S_2O_4$ and $H_2O_2$, which are widely used in DIP bleaching process, in order to improve optical properties of DIP, and the bleaching efficiencies of DIP and environmental loads of waste water were compared, depending on bleaching chemical dosages. With the application of different bleaching chemicals, some positive improvements were shown in optical and physical properties of bleached pulp. However, the physical properties of bleached DIP and their characteristics of wastewater were remarkably different, depending on dosages and bleaching reagents. DIP chemicals with FAS and $Na_2S_2O_4$ have higher improvement in optical and physical properties than $H_2O_2$. Also, environmental loads such as pH, turbidity, SCODcr and cationic demand were decreased in reductive bleaching process. Despite of higher effectiveness of reductive bleaching process, there were some environmental problems caused by sulfur ions from FAS and $Na_2S_2O_4$. With the method of sulfur ion controls, it would be more effective than $H_2O_2$ bleaching process.

A review of forest trees micropropagation and its current status in Korea (국내 임목류 기내증식 연구현황 및 전망)

  • Moon, Heung-Kyu;Kim, Yong-Wook;Park, So-Young;Han, Mu-Seok;Yi, Jae-Seon
    • Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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    • v.37 no.4
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    • pp.343-356
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    • 2010
  • Plant micropropagation techniques include bud cultures using apical or axillary buds, organogenesis through callus culture or adventitious bud induction, and somatic embryogenesis. In Korea Forest Research Institute (KFRI), the first tissue culture trial in woody plant was initiated from the bud culture of hybrid poplars (Populus alba x P. glandulosa) in 1978. Since then several mass propagation techniques have developed from conifer and hardwood species, resulting in allowing practical application to Poplars, Birches and some oak species. In addition, useful micropropagation and genetic resources conservation techniques were established in some rare and endangered tree species including Abeliophyllum distichum. Among various in vitro propagation techniques, somatic embryogenesis is known to be the most efficient plant regeneration system. Since the first somatic embryo induction was reported in Tilia amurensis by KFRI in 1986, various protocols for direct or indirect somatic embryogenesis systems have developed in conifer and hardwood species including Larix leptolepis, Pinus rigida x P. taeda F1, Kalopanax septemlobus and Liliodendron tulipifera, etc. However, most of these technologies have been developed using juvenile tissues, i.e. immature zygotic embryos or mature embryos. Therefore it has been difficult to directly application to tree breeding program due to their unproven genetic background. Recently remarkable progresses and new approaches have been achieved in mature tree somatic embryogenesis. In this article we reviewed several micropropagation techniques, which have been mainly developed by KFRI and recent international progresses.

Micropropagation of Superior Variety of Japanese Pepper Tree (Zanthoxylum piperitum Dc.) (수형목 민초피나무의 기내 대량 증식)

  • Sung Ho SON;Seong Doo HUR;Jung Hee KIM;Yun Hee LEE;Mee Hee KIM;Jin Seon PARK;Young Wook LEE;Heung Kyu MOON;Yang YOUN
    • Korean Journal of Plant Tissue Culture
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    • v.22 no.3
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    • pp.127-130
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    • 1995
  • Japanese pepper (Zanthoxylum piperitum Dc.) tree of selected genotype was propagated by a two-step method. Among the media tested, BTM promoted shoot height growth and DKW revealed as superior to micro-canopy increment Multiple shoot formation was greatest when the single shoot were subcultured on medium containing 0.89 $\mu$M BA alone. The numbers of survival shoots could be markedly increased by acclimatization of the multiplied shoots itself in plastic Petridish (punctured with pin on the top) for two weeks and subsequently transplanting each shoot onto peat plug system. After transplanting the micropropagules onto pots, prickliness characteristics seem to be transmitted to all plane produced from selected genotype.

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