• International Journal of Industrial Entomology and Biomaterials
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.141-151
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• 2002

The success of sericulture industry in India is mainly attributed to the well-planned annual sericultural activity and the systematic implementation of pest preventive and control measures. The insect spectrum of silkworm and its food plants is complex and plays a major role in limiting the production of silk. Insects cause extensive damage to plant whereas predators and parasites either kill the silkworm larvae or force them to spin flimsy cocoons. Unilateral control measure against this pest is mainly based on the use of synthetic organic insecticides. Though these approaches initially paid rich dividends, the undesirable consequences soon surfaced. Insecticide induced resurgence of gall midges, leafhopper, leaf roller, secondary pest out breaks and development of pest biotypes has led to realization of Integrated Pest Management in sericulture. Various components of IPM, viz. Host plant resistance, cultural practices, biological control, chemical control and integrating them at various technological levels have been studied. Sources of host plant resistance have been identified for some of the major insect pests. High yielding mulberry variety has been propagated and their resistances towards major pests have been recorded. Cultural practices like pruning, pollarding, judicious use of nitrogen, optimum spacing and weed management have preyed to be the powerful tools in containing pests. Natural control over the pest population build- up exerted by the wide range of parasitoids, predators and pathogens has been well documented with identification of natural enemies and studies on their potential. Augmentation, through inoculation or inundative releases of parasitic arthropods, is the most direct way of increasing the numbers of these beneficials in sericulture.

• 식물병연구
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.391-395
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• 2011

지금까지 우리나라에서 팽나무 뒷면흰가루병 및 병원균 Pleochaeta shiraiana의 존재에 대하여 확실하게 알려지지 않았으므로 이를 확인하기 위하여 고려대학교 표본실에 보존된 9개 시료를 대상으로 병원균의 무성세대와 유성세대의 형태적 특징을 현미경으로 관찰하고 기록하였다. 또한 4개 시료에서 획득한 ITS 염기서열을 일본의 2개 시료에서 알려진 자료와 비교하여 99% 이상의 상동성을 확인하였다. 이로써 P. shiraiana에 의한 뒷면흰가루병이 우리나라에서 발생함을 확인할 수 있었다.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.125-134
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• 2018

BACKGROUND: Green peach aphid (Myzus persicae) is an insect pest that significantly affects crop production. A number of pesticides have been used for aphid control, but their concerns on insect resistance and food safety have required alternative methods for pest management. In an effort to find for an alternative approach to aphid control, we screened plants extracts and examined their potentiality as insecticidal bio-resources. METHODS AND RESULTS: Two hundred and ninety eight plant extracts were examined for insecticidal activity against the aphid, and the best candidate among them was chosen for further study. The extracts from Cinnamomum camphora was determined to be the best candidate exhibiting insecticidal activity more than 60% at a level of $1,000{\mu}g/mL$. GC/MS analyses detected camphor, borneol, 4-terpineol, ${\alpha}$-terpineol and caryophyllene oxide as major compositions from the extracts obtained by hydrodistillation. Caryophyllene oxide exhibited the highest insecticidal activity with a $LC_{50}$ value of $237{\mu}g/mL$. Camphor lowered significantly the $LC_{50}$ value of caryophyllene oxide and increased largely its concentration in aphid, suggesting that camphor played a role in enhancing the insecticidal activity of caryophyllene oxide. CONCLUSION: This study suggested that camphor and caryophyllene oxide may be used as an insecticidal bio-resource for insect control against green peach aphid.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.70-76
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• 2009

The rhizobacteria of Panax notoginseng were isolated from six sites in Yanshan, Maguan and Wenshan Counties, Yunnan Province of China, and their antagonistic activity against P. notoginseng root-rot fungal pathogens was determined. Of the 574 rhizobacteria isolated, 5.8% isolates were antagonistic in vitro to at least one of the five pathogens, Cylindrocarpon didynum, Fusarium solani, Phytophthora cactorum, Phoma herbarum, and Rhizoctonia solani. The number of rhizo bacteria and the number that inhibited fungi differed depending on sampling sites and isolation methods. Rhizobacteria isolated from the site in Yanshan and Maguan showed more antagonistic effect than them in Wenshan. Heat treatment of rhizosphere soil at $80^{\circ}C$ for 20 min scaled the antagonists up to 14.0%. Antagonistic bacteria in the roots proportioned 3.9% of the total isolates. The most antagonistic isolates 79-9 and 81-4 are Bacillus subtilis based on their 168 rDNA sequence and biochemical and physiological characteristics. Identification and evaluation of antagonistic bacteria against P. notoginseng root-rot pathogens in the main planting areas improved our understanding of their distribution in rhizosphere soil. Furthermore these results indicated that the interactions between biocontrol agent and soil microbes should be seriously considered for the successful survival and biocontrol efficacy of the agents in soil.

• 한국균학회지
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.98-102
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• 2005

2003년부터 2005년 사이에 한국의 두릅나무에 심각한 역병이 발생하였다. 감염된 두릅나무와 토양으로부터 병원균이 분리되었으며, 이 균은 배양적인 그리고 형태적인 특징 및 병원성 검증 실험에 의해 P. cactorum(Lebert&Cohn) J. Schrt.으로 동정되었다. 이 균은 뚜렷한 돌출형이고, 둥근 난형모양의 탈락성 유주포자낭의 특정으로 다른 역병균으로부터 형태적으로 구분되었다. 최적의 생장 온도는 V8 배지와 Oat meal 배지에서의 $25^{\circ}C$이었다. PCR을 통해 ITS rDNA 영역의 약 900 bp의 길이가 증폭되었으며, 세 가지 효소인 Alu I, Msp I, Taq I을 이용한 PCR-RFLP 분석 결과를 PhytID 의 데이터베이스에서 분석한 결과 형태적인 그리고 배양적인 특징에 의한 결과와 일치했다.

• 한국응용곤충학회지
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• 제46권2호
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• pp.175-182
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• 2007

국내 서식하는 복숭아순나방 (Grapholita molesta (Busck))과 복숭아심식나방 (Carposina sasakii (Matsumura))의 유충은 사과 과실내부를 섭식하여 피해를 주는 해충이다. 사과를 수출할 때 복숭아심식나방은 수출대상국들로부터 검역 대상해충이다. 반면에 복숭아순나방은 광범위한 분포로 비교적 수입국으로부터 검역 대상 해충은 아니지만, 사과 과실 내부에서 발견되는 경우 복숭아심식나방으로 오인될 수 있다. 이는 발견되는 유충을 가지고 형태적으로 두 종을 구분하기 어렵기 때문이다. 특별히 수입국 검역단계에서 이러한 불완전한 동정 실태는 수출 사과의 폐기 또는 반송과 수출중단 등과 같은 막대한 경제적 손실을 초래하게 된다. 이에 이들을 구분할 수 있는 분자지표 개발이 요구되었다. 두 종의 미토콘드리아 DNA를 대상으로 다형을 보이는 여러 영역의 염기서열을 분석하였다. 이 서열을 바탕으로 진단용 제한위치가 결정되고 종 특이적 프라이머가 제작되었다. 본 연구는 세 부위의 종 특이적 제한효소 위치에 따라 PCR-RFLP 기술과 종 특이적 프라이머를 이용하여 진단용 PCR 기술을 개발하였다.

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.65-69
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• 2016

In plant virus ecology, weeds are regarded as wild reservoirs of viruses and as potential sources for insect-mediated transmission of viruses. During field surveys in 2013-2014, three Leonurus sibiricus plants showing virus-like symptoms were collected from pepper fields in Daegu, Seosan, and Danyang in Korea. Molecular diagnosis assays showed that the collected L. sibiricus samples were infected with either Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV), Pepper mild mottle virus (PMMoV), or Beet western yellow virus (BWYV), respectively. Since this is the first identification of TSWV, PMMoV, and BWYV from L. sibiricus, complete genome sequences of three virus isolates were determined to examine their phylogenetic relationships with the previously reported strains and isolates. Phylogenetic analyses performed using full genome sequences of the viruses showed the isolates of TSWV and PMMoV obtained from L. sibiricus are closely related to the pepper isolates of the corresponding viruses. Our results suggest that L. sibiricus could act an alternative host and reservoir of viruses that cause damages in pepper fields.

• 한국잠사학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국잠사학회 2003년도 International Symposium of Silkworm/Insect Biotechnology and Annual Meeting of Korea Society of Sericultural Science
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• pp.76-76
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• 2003

We describe here the identification of a transcription factor, ATFC that regulates the UPR by binding to the UPRE only when the signaling pathway is activated. The data in this study cover the first set of results, showing that ATFC has a major role in the insect UPR. (omitted)

• The Plant Pathology Journal
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• 제28권3호
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• pp.239-247
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• 2012

Phytoplasmas have been associated with more than 46 plant species in Korea. Several vegetables, ornamentals, fruit trees and other crop species are affected by phytoplasma diseases. Six 16Sr groups of phytoplasmas have been identified and these phytoplasmas are associated with 63 phytoplasma diseases. Aster yellows phytoplasmas are the most prevalent group and has been associated with more than 25 diseases in Korea. Jujube witches' broom, paulownia witches' broom and mulberry dwarf diseases cause economic losses to host trees throughout the country. So far, Korean phytoplasmas belong to six species of 'Candidatus Phytoplasma'; 'Ca. P. asteris', 'Ca. P. pruni$^*$', 'Ca. P. ziziphi', 'Ca. P. trifolii', 'Ca. P. solani$^*$' and 'Ca. P. castaneae'. The diseases are distributed throughout the country and most of them were observed in Gyeongbuk and Chonbuk provinces. At least four insect vectors; Cyrtopeltis tenuis, Hishimonus sellatus, Macrosteles striifrons and Ophiola flavopicta have been identified for phytoplasma transmission.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.343-350
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• 1998

Spectroscopic analysis of soybean kernels were made in the wavelength range of 400 to 1100 nm to find effective discrimination factors which are required for developing an opitical soybean sorter. Soybean samples used for the test were the sound and five classes of the defective kernels such as the immature, discolored(brown and violet), damaged by insect and diseased. Effective discrimination factors to classify the soybean kernels into the sound and the defective were found to be $R_{640}$, $R_{580}$/ $R_{990}$, $R_{600}$- $R_{820}$ and ( $R_{590}$- $R_{820}$)/ $R_{990}$. with classification error of less than 4%. Mahalanobis distance was used as a criterion to select significant wavelengths involved in the discrimination factors.s.