• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제40권1호
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• pp.89-93
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• 2015

Purpose: Machine vision-based image processing methods can be useful for estimating the fresh weight of plants. This study analyzes the ability of two different image processing methods, i.e., morphological and pixel-value analysis methods, to measure the fresh weight of lettuce grown in a closed hydroponic system. Methods: Polynomial calibration models are developed to relate the number of pixels in images of leaf areas determined by the image processing methods to actual fresh weights of lettuce measured with a digital scale. The study analyzes the ability of the machine vision- based calibration models to predict the fresh weights of lettuce. Results: The coefficients of determination (> 0.93) and standard error of prediction (SEP) values (< 5 g) generated by the two developed models imply that the image processing methods could accurately estimate the fresh weight of each lettuce plant during its growing stage. Conclusions: The results demonstrate that the growing status of a lettuce plant can be estimated using leaf images and regression equations. This shows that a machine vision system installed on a plant growing bed can potentially be used to determine optimal harvest timings for efficient plant growth management.

• 현장농수산연구지
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.119-130
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• 2012

상추의 채종효율을 증진하기 위해서는 잎상추의 경우는 14엽기에 GA₃ 20mg/ℓ, 결구상추의 경우 혼합처리인 8+14엽기의 GA₃ 20mg/ℓ처리가 우수한 것으로 나타났다. GA₃처리에 의한 고사율의 감소로 채종량이 엽상추는 50.9 → 14엽기 61.7ℓ/10a로 21% 증수 할 수 있었으며, 결구상추는 그 효과는 적었으나 8+14엽기에 GA₃ 20mg/ℓ처리시 무처리에 비해 14.2 →21.1ℓ/10a로 14.9% 증수효과가 있었다. 특히 결구상추 채종을 위해서는 6월 이후에 파종하는 것이 무름병과 균핵병에 의한 부패율을 경감시킬 수 있었다.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.63-70
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• 2000

In Korea, researches for year-round leaf vegetables production system are in progress and the most of them are focused on environment control. Automation technologies for harvesting , transporting and grading need to be developed. This study was conducted to develop harvesting process automation system profitable to a competitive price. 1. Manipulator and end-effector are to be designed and fabricated , and fuzzy logic controller for controlling these are to be composed. 2. The entire system constructed is to be evaluated through a performance test. A robot system for harvesting a lettuce was developed. It was composed of a manipulator with 20DOF (degrees of freedom) an end-effector, a lettuce feeding conveyor , an air blower , a machine vision device, 6 photoelectric sensors and a fuzzy logic controller. A fuzzy logic control was applied to determined appropriate grip force on lettuce. Leaf area index and height index were used as input parameters, and voltage was used as output parameter for the fuzzy logic controller . Success rate of the lettuce harvesting system was 93.06% , and average harvesting time was about 5 seconds per lettuce.

• 생물환경조절학회지
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.63-67
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• 2005

수경상추의 잔존엽수가 생육 및 수량에 미치는 영향을 조사하여 고품질 다수확 재배를 위한 잔존엽수의 적정범위를 구명하고자 실험을 실시하였다. 잔존엽수가 많을수록 수확되는 잎의 평균엽장은 길어져 잔존엽수와 엽장 간에는 $R^2=0.96$의 높은 상관관계를 나타냈다. 잔존엽수와 총 엽생체중 간에는 높은 상관을 나타냈는데, 엽생체중은 잔존엽수 10매까지는 많을수록 급격하게 증가하였고, 잔존엽수 12매와 16매에서는 완만하게 증가하는 경향이었다. 잔존엽수가 식물체 조직의 생장에 미치는 영향은 뿌리보다는 줄기에서 현저히 나타났다 특히 줄기길이는 잔존엽수가 많아짐에 따라 증가하는 경향이어서 잔존엽수 2매와 16매 간에는 6배의 차이를 보였다. 최대 근장은 잔존엽수 2-4매 처리에서 약간 짧았을 뿐 6-16매 간에는 유의적 차이가 없었다. 생장점 부위 어린잎의 색깔은 잔존엽수가 감소할수록 옅어졌는데, 특히 2와 4매 처리에서는 잎 전체가 황백화 되었다. 따라서, 수확한 잎의 평균엽장이 14-20cm인 것이 외관적 품질이 우수하다고 추정할 때 잔존엽수를 4-6매 두어 관리하는 것이 적당할 것으로 사료되었다.

• Plant Resources
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.69-76
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• 2004

Lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) is known to contain water-soluble substances that are biologically active. Aqueous or methanol extracts and residues from leaves of lettuce plants were assayed to determine their allelopathic effects, and the causative allelochemicals from fractions were quantified by means of HPLC analysis and bioassayed. Extracts from oven-dried leaf samples were more phytotoxic than those from freeze-dried samples. Leaf extracts of 40 g L$^{-1}$ were completely inhibitory on root growth of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.), while root growths of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) and soybean (Glycine max L.) were less sensitive. Early seedling growth of both alfalfa and barnyard grass (Echinochloa crus-galli) was significantly reduced by methanol leaf extracts. The major allelopathic substances analyzed by HPLC were coumarin, trans-cinnamic acid, o-coumaric acid, p-coumaric acid and chlorogenic acid. Of them p-coumaric acid was found as the greatest amount (8.9 mg 100 g$^{-1}$ ) in the EtOAc fraction; only coumarin was found in all the fractions. Hexane and EtOAc fractions of L. sativa reduced alfalfa root growth more than did BuOH and water fractions. These results suggest that lettuce had potent herbicidal activity, and that its activity differed depending on type and amount of causative compounds by fraction.

• 원예과학기술지
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• 제19권2호
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• pp.140-144
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• 2001

고랭지에 적합한 신소득 작목을 개발하고자 최근에 수요가 증가하고 있는 쌈채소중에서 적근대 등 17종을 공시하였다. 파종은 128공 플러그트레이에 30일간 육묘하였으며 비가림하우스에 정식하여 생육, 특성, 수량 등 제반 수량형질과 쌈으로서의 재배 및 이용 가능성을 조사하였다. 정식시 묘소질은 공시작목 17종 모두 묘상 및 본포 생육은 고랭지 환경조건에서 순조로운 양상을 보였다. 이들 중에서 부추, 삼엽채 및 로메인상추 등의 첫수확은 8월 상중순이었으나 나머지 작목은 7월 10일이었다. 삼엽채 등을 비롯한 11종은 7월 중순-8월 하순에 추대하여 대부분 개화에 도달하였다. 로메인상추, 화채 등 일시수확하는 작목을 제외한 전 작목 모두 월별 수확이 진행됨에 따라 상품엽의 크기가 점차 감소하였으며 9월 수확시에 그 감소 정도가 다소 컸다. 7-9월의 상품수량은 적근대, 적겨자, 겨자채, 청경채, 다채, 로메인상추, 적엽치커리, 적치커리, 녹엽치커리 등 9작목이 비교적 높은 수준이었다.

• 한국식품위생안전성학회지
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.296-301
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• 2011

본 연구에서는 식중독을 일으키는 병원균인 Escherichia coli O157:H7이 주요 소비 엽채류인 상추에서의 생장 가능성과 온도대별 생장변화를 구명하기 위하여 상추잎 즙액 에서 E. coli O157:H7의 생장, 상추잎 표면에서의 생장, 여러 가지 온도조건하의 상추잎 즙액 및 표면에서 E. coli O157:H7의 생장, 초기 접종 농도별 생장패턴을 조사하였다. E. coli O157:H7은 상추잎 즙액에서 20시간 이내에 밀도가 증가하였고 상추잎 즙액의 농도에 따라 병원균의 생장률은 다르게 나타났다. 조사기간 동안 $4^{\circ}C$ 조건에서는 E. coli Ol57:H7 밀도가 크게 변하지 않았고 $15^{\circ}C$ 이상의 조건에서는 10시간 이내에 밀도가 증가승하는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 상추잎 표면에서도 E. coli Ol57:H7의 밀도는 초기 접종 밀도에 비해 증가하였고, 증가되는 정도는 온도가 높아질수록 증가율이 높은 것으로 나타났다. 상추의 E coli O157:H7 초기 오염 농도가 병원균의 최대 생장 밀도 에 큰 영향을 미치는 것으로 확인되었다. 따라서 본 연구 결과로부터 상추잎에서 식중독세균인 E. coli O157:H7의 생장이 일어나는 것을 확인하였고, 이는 온도의 영향을 많이 받는 것으로 나타났다. 위의 결과에 따라 농식품 안전성 확보를 위해서는 신선 엽채류는 생산 유통 소비 단계 에서 유해미생물의 오염을 예방하는 것이 중요하고 특히 유통과 소비단계에서 저온도 유지가 철저히 이루어져야 할 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국농업기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국농업기계학회 2000년도 THE THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY ENGINEERING. V.II
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• pp.354-362
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• 2000

In Korea, researches on year-round leaf vegetables production system are in progress, most of them focused on environmental control. Therefore, automation technologies for harvesting, transporting, and grading are in great demand. A robot system for harvesting lettuces, composed of a 3-DOF (degree of freedom) manipulator, an end-effector, a lettuce feeding conveyor, an air blower, a machine vision system, six photoelectric sensors, and a fuzzy logic controller, was developed. A fuzzy logic control was applied to determine appropriate grip force on lettuce. Leaf area index and height were used as input variables and voltage as an output variable for the fuzzy logic controller. Success rate of the lettuce harvesting was 94.12%, and average harvesting time was approximately 5 seconds per lettuce.

• 한국유기농업학회지
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.17-27
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• 2001

To clarify the proper and safe duration of maturation periods for sawdust-pig manure composts, leaf lettuces were applied with pig manure composts fermented for 15, 30, 45, 60, 75 days and 1 year (control) and cultivated in a plastic house with or without additional PE film tunnel. The changes in physiochemical properties of soil and leaf lettuce growth were measured. Shorter duration of maturation periods enhanced the generation of N $H_3$ gas from the composts and resulted in significant decrease in seed germination, growth and yield of leaf lettuce. Under with and without PE tunnel conditions the concentration of N $H_3$ from compost over 3.8 and 2.1 mg/100g composts, respectively induced growth reduction. In proportion to the increase of maturation duration saw-dust containing pig manure exhibited decrease in C/N ratio, N $H_4^{+}$-N, N $H_4^{+}$N $O_3^{-}$ ratio but increase in N $O_3^{-}$-N contents. In case of applying pig manure compost without PE film tunnel condition the minimum maturation period of pig manure composts for safe leaf growth was 60 days, while minimum 75 days of maturation was required when applied with PE film tunnel. tunnel.

• 한국균학회지
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• 제51권3호
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• pp.245-249
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• 2023

Prickly lettuce (Lactuca serriola), an invasive annual plant, poses a significant threat to the agricultural systems of many countries, including Korea. In 2020, leaf blight symptoms were observed in the prickly lettuce populations of various farms across Korea. Detailed morphological and molecular sequence analyses revealed that the disease was caused by the fungus, Curvularia intermedia. A pathogenicity test confirmed that the fungus can cause the same symptoms in healthy prickly lettuce, thereby fulfilling Koch's postulates. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of C. intermedia causing leaf blight on L. serriola in Korea, suggesting its potential as a biocontrol agent for this weed. However, further investigations are necessary to determine its ecological impact to prevent any non-target effects.