• Proceedings of the National Institute of Ecology of the Republic of Korea
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• 제2권4호
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• pp.229-234
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• 2021

Iris dichotoma Pall. found on Daechung Island in Korea has been designated as an endangered species. To aid in conservation efforts of this species, this study investigated its germination characteristics and seed dormancy type. Four sets of seeds were incubated at different temperatures (4/1℃, 15/6℃, 20/10℃, and 25/15℃). One set of seeds was cold stratified (4 weeks at 4/1℃). The final germination rate and mean germination time showed that the optimal germination temperature was 25/15℃. Final germination rates were ~70%, showing no significant difference among temperature treatments. However, mean germination time were significantly different among all temperature treatments except for 4/1℃. Mean germination time for seeds with temperature treatments of 15/6℃, 20/10℃, and 25/15℃ were 3.2, 2.1, and 1.5 weeks, respectively. At 25/15℃, the mean germination time was half of that at 15/6℃. Seeds of I. dichotoma had fully developed embryos at the time of dispersal. No additional growth of the embryo was observed. Cold stratification did not affect the final germination rate or the mean germination time. This study shows that seeds of I. dichotoma have no physiological or morphological dormancy, unlike other members of the Iris genus known to have seed dormancy that needs a relatively high incubation temperature (≥25/15℃) for mass propagation to occur. These results will be useful for understanding ecophysiological mechanisms related to the species' habitat. They are also useful for mass propagation of I. dichotoma for the purpose of conserving this endangered species.

• 천문학회보
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• 제43권1호
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• pp.43.1-43.1
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• 2018

Star formation in galaxies predominantly takes place in giant molecular clouds (GMCs). While it is widely believed that UV radiation feedback from young massive stars can destroy natal GMCs by exciting HII regions and driving their expansion, our understanding on how this actually occurs remains incomplete. To quantitatively assess the effect of UV radiation feedback on cloud disruption, we conduct a series of theoretical studies on the dynamics of HII regions and its role in controlling the star formation efficiency (SFE) and lifetime of GMCs in a wide range of star-forming environments. We first develop a semi-analytic model for the expansion of spherical dusty HII regions driven by the combination of gas and radiation pressures, finding that GMCs in normal disk galaxies are destroyed by gas-pressure driven expansion with SFE < 10%, while more dense and massive clouds with higher SFE are disrupted primarily by radiation pressure. Next, we turn to radiation hydrodynamic simulations of GMC dispersal to allow for self-consistent star formation as well as inhomogeneous density and velocity structures arising from supersonic turbulence. For this, we develop an efficient parallel algorithm for ray tracing method, which enables us to probe a range of cloud masses and sizes. Our parameter study shows that the net SFE, lifetime (measured in units of free-fall time), and the importance of radiation pressure (relative to photoionization) increase primarily with the initial surface density of the cloud. Unlike in the idealized spherical model, we find that the dominant mass loss mechanism is photoevaporation rather than dynamical ejection and that a significant fraction of radiation escapes through low optical-depth channels. We will discuss the astronomical.

• 수산해양기술연구
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• 제56권4호
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• pp.407-418
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• 2020

Mass mortality of mariculture fish due to high summer temperatures is a major issue in the mariculture industry in many coastal waters of Korea, yet measures to mitigate the impact are generally limited. We injected a micro-bubble of liquefied oxygen into the bottom of rockfish cages (about 6-8 m deep) in order to maximize the dispersal of micro-bubbled seawater and reduce fish mortality. The injection of low-temperature oxygen in micro-bubbles lowered the water temperature at the injection area by as much as 1℃ and increased dissolved oxygen concentration by 0.5 ppm. In early August, following a week with persistent high water temperature (above 28.5℃), there was an increase in fish mortality despite the micro-bubble system, which resulted in approximately 7% death of the total introduced fish population. However, this mortality appeared to be much lower than mortality reported in a neighboring mariculture facility (approximately 50% mortality). We also estimated the volume that can be recirculated with pumped seawater using a micro-bubble system. We suggest that this approach of injecting liquefied oxygen through a micro-bubble system may reduce fish mortality during high temperature periods.

• 한국작물학회지
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• 제27권4호
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• pp.361-370
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• 1982

The effects of climatic factors on organisms lire variable and complex, and it, however, can be interpreted in terms of those on the distribution and those on the population densities. The distribution of an organism may largely be determined by the temperatures, except some temporal organisms which are depended on the air mass movements. Population density of an organism is determined by various climatic factors, such as previous winter temperature, temperature of growing season and rainfall. The start of growing season of the rice plants has been shifted to earlier since last decade in Korea. This may mean that the overall climatic condition during the growing season might be considerably different from those in past years, and such a difference in climatic conditions might have close relation with the recent status of the diseases and insect pests through direct effects on the physiology and population dynamics of the organisms, as well as through on the biotic associations of the pest organisms. The white back planthopper and brown planthopper have become the key insect pests in Korea in recent years. They are migratory and have high reproductive pontentials and more generations than average residential insects. The synchronization of the migrants and physiological condition of the rice plants seems to be the important factors in relation to the recent outbreaks of these insects; the high reproductive rate can be obtained with the growth stage of rice being 30-50 days after transplanting. The modication of the microclimate associated with high plant density and some other introduced new cultural techniques also have some relation with the outbreak. The key diseases of the rice are the blast disease, sheath blight and the bacterial leaf blight. For the rice blast, the seedling blast and leaf blast during the early growing season and the neck blast, have become more serious, the former may be related to hotbed nursery and the later may be related to the high humidity in early August, and synchronization of the heading time which has been shifted to early part from middle or late part of August. In general, for the rice diseases, the development of the new races have been the most serious which are largely resulted from the introduction of the new varieties, but it also seems to be related with the prolonged periods of the favorable condition associated with the shifted growing seasons. In general, the diseases and insect pest problems have become much more variable and complex, and control measures should be based on the thorough knowledge of the ecology of the pest organisms, that is, effects of various environmental factors on the disease cycle; spore release, spore deposition, infection, colonization and sporulation of the disease organisms, and those on the development, reproductive potentials, dispersal, age specific responses of the insects. The well organized real-time pest management systems, such as alfalfa weevil management system developed at the Purdue University in U.S., is the prime importance for the implementation of the pest management principles.

• 식물병연구
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.240-248
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• 2006

Control of white rot which is one of the most serious apple diseases in Korea has mainly relied on periodical spray of protective fungicides. As the main inoculum source of the disease is pycnidiospores produced in the warts formed on affected stems of apple tree, it can be conceivable that inhibition of spore production might be an effective means for controlling the disease. Inhibitory efficacy of eight selected fungicides against sporulation of the fungus was assessed by counting the number of spores produced at detached warts treated with the fungicides of recommended dilution. They showed diverse effect on sporulation. Carbendazim and azoxystrobin suppressed sporulation almost completely, the former irreversively. Thiram and folpet promoted sporulation as producing much more number of spores than untreated control. Others showed almost no effect on sporulation. Effects of suppression and promotion in the sporulation shown by the fungicides on the control of white rot were examined by incidences of disease and infection at the plots adopted the spray programs of which the fungicide at late May was substituted by carbendazim, azoxystrobin, folpet and thiram, respectively. Disease incidence and infection frequency at the plots sprayed former two chemicals which suppressed sporulation were much lower than those of the plots adopted latter two chemicals and untreated plot at which the fungicide spray was skipped at that time. These facts were reconfirmed in the experiments conducted with carbendazim and thiram, in which 100 fruits were bagged just prior to each spray from late May to late July for elucidating the effect of the two fungicides on the action of subsequent ones. Disease incidence and infection frequency on the fruit bagged just prior to each spray were gradually increased as the seasons going on. The increase rate at the carbendazim plot was much lower than that of thiram. Especially, the fruit infected till late July at the carbendazim plot were almost completely cured by the three fungicides, iminoctadine-triacetate, tebuconazole and samzinwang, a combined formular of iminoctadine-triacetate and difenoconazole, sprayed at late July and hence. In thiram plot, infected fruit were also cured by the 3 fungicides but not remarkable. From these results, it can be concluded that control efficiency of white rot can be greatly enhanced by selecting the fungicide capable of suppress the sporulation of white rot fungus at the season when the mass dispersal of spores is not initiated.

• 유기물자원화
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.36-46
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• 2015

경축순환농업은 축산농가에서 발생하는 가축분뇨를 비료자원으로 인식하여 농경지로 환원하는 지속 가능한 농업체계로 부상하였다. 하지만 우리나라의 경축순환농업 체계는 아직 미비하여 가축분뇨 처리 및 자원화에 애로를 겪고 있는 지역을 쉽게 찾아볼 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 1) 지역 특성을 고려한 맞춤형 경축순환농업 모델을 제시하고 2) 가축분뇨의 농경지 환원 시 잠재적 양분 공급량 및 작물의 양분 요구량에 관한 관계분석을 바탕으로 제시된 모델의 바이오매스 물질흐름 분석을 그 목적으로 한다. 개별농가 시설을 통한 경축순환농업을 실행하고 있는 우리나라 지역 두 곳과 (YC, JJ)과 공동자원화시설을 위탁처리하고 있는 두 곳 (NW, NS)을 선정하여 NS의 두 지역, NW의 세 지역, YC의 세 지역, JJ의 네 지역 등 총 열두 곳의 지역별 현장조사 및 면접을 실시하였고, 설문조사를 위한 농가들은 NW의 54농가, YC의 51농가, JJ의 44농가로 총 149농가의 설문조사를 수행하였다. JJ지역의 공동자원화시설은 퇴 액비화 역할뿐만 아니라 에너지화 모델로의 공동추진(two track model)이 보다 효과적일 것으로 판단된다. YC지역의 경우, 중규모(30톤 내외)의 분산형 공동자원화시설 3~4개를 축산농가가 밀집된 면(面)에 설치하는 모델이 적합할 것으로 판단된다. 기존 처리현황 대비 공동자원화시설이 적용된 시나리오의 양분흐름을 비교해 보면 두 지역 모두 인과 칼리량은 늘어나고(최대 7%까지) 질소량은 감소하는(최대 15%까지) 경향을 보이는 것으로 나타났다. 모델이 적용된 YC지역의 가축분뇨 유래 질소, 인산, 칼리는 전반적으로 비슷하게 고른 값을 보이고 있으나, 작물의 양분요구량과 양분의 토양 환원량을 비교해 보면 연간 질소가 719톤, 인이 1,269톤씩 각각 과잉 공급되고 있음을 알 수 있다. JJ지역의 경우 작물 양분요구량 대비 질소 671톤/년의 추가공급이 필요할 것으로 추정되며 이는 화학비료로 대체될 수 있음을 의미한다. 인의 경우 32톤이 과잉공급되어 JJ와 YC 지역 모두 인의 지표수 유출(runoff)에 기인한 부영영화(eutrophication)를 고려하여 경축순환농업 모델을 구축해야 할 것으로 판단된다.

• 식물병연구
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.84-91
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• 2002

우리 나라 식물병 예찰사업은 1947년 수원의 중앙농업기술원 기초연구과에서 수도 도열병균과 깨씨무늬병균의 분생포자 비산상황을 조사함으로써 비롯되었다. 국내 식물병 발생예찰은 국가에서 운용하는 200개 기본예찰포(벼 150, 원예작물 50)와 1,403개의 관찰포(벼 1,050, 원예작물 353)에서 얻어진 정보를 중심으로 운용되고 있다. 기본예찰포 및 관찰포에서의 식물병 발생예찰 대상작물 및 병해수는 30작물 104 병해에 이른다. 기본예찰소 및 관찰포의 병해 발생상황 조사는 시·군 농업기술센터 소속의 2명의 예찰전담지도사에 의하여 수행되고 있으며 조사된 자료는 인터넷을 통하여 즉시 농촌진홍청으로 전송되어 분석되며, 12명으로 구성된 예찰회의에 회부된다. 예찰회의는 농림부, 농촌진흥청, 관련시험연구기관, 농협, 유관대학, 기상청, 방송보도 기관 관계자들이 참여하며, 예찰회의 결과 병해의 발생정도에 따라 3가지의 예찰정보를 격주로 발표하는데, 이 정보는 언론보도기관 등 총245개 기관에 통보되어 농업기술센터를 비롯한 지역행정기관, 농협, 농업인들이 방제에 임하고 있다. 향후 식물병 예찰의 성공여부는 우수한 예찰 전문요원의 확보, 지속적인 교육을 통한 예찰능력의 향상, 우수한 예찰기기 확보 및 활용 등이 전제되어야 할 것으로 생각된다. 우리 나라 식물병 발생예찰은 벼 도열병을 중심으로 발전해 왔다고 해도 과언이 아닐 정도로 많은 연구가 이루어져 상당한 예찰정보가 누적되어 있으나, 다른 병해에 대한 예찰연구는 초보적인 수준에 머물고 있다. 또한 대부분의 연구가 단편적인 연구에 치중되어 지속적인 연구가 이루워지지 못하고 있다. 식물병의 예찰이 실용성이 없이는 그 가치를 상실함이 자명하므로 앞으로는 지속적인 연구를 통하여 시간적, 공간적 측면에서 예찰의 실용성을 높이는데 많은 노력을 기울여야 한다. 또한 예찰의 의의가 경제적인 이득에 직결되므로, 향후 예찰연구는 예찰정보를 기반으로 한, 방제의사 결정이나 합리적인 살균제 살포계획과 연계되어 추진되어야 할 것으로 생각된다.