• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.295-305
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• 2011

Many studies have suggested the positive effects of grazing by large herbivorous mammals on seed dispersal, but little is known about how herbivores could affect the fate of ingested seeds. This study examined the effects of seed ingestion by sika deer (Cervus nippon) on seed fate in a temperate grassland established in an urban park long resided by high densities of sika deer. I compared species composition and seasonal traits of seed abundance and maturity in the grassland community with those in deer fecal pellets. In total, 27 herbaceous species were observed, including the predominant Zoysia japonica. Seed phenology and production differed among the three dominant species (Z. japonica, Digitaria violascens, and Hydrocotyle maritima). Pellets contained at least 26 species of herbaceous seeds, and their abundance differed among species. Of the 26 species, 15 were observed in the vegetation at the study site. The peak of seed abundance in pellets for the dominant species appeared 1 month after the peak of inflorescence production (but most of the inflorescences were immature and susceptible to digestion) and consequently corresponded to the peak of mature inflorescence. Because sika deer are likely to ingest seeds at any maturity stage in the grassland and immature seeds are less hardened, ingested immature seeds can suffer great losses. The results suggested that the survival of germable seeds with great losses of immature seeds may be a factor determining which plant species can be successfully dispersed by herbivores.

• 식물조직배양학회지
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• 제28권5호
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• pp.277-281
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• 2001

자생 왕포아풀 (Poa pratensis L.)의 배발생 캘러스 유도 및 식물체 재분화 조건을 규명하였다. 도입된 다섯 품종과 국내에서 수집한 네 가지 생태형의 미성숙 화서와 완숙종자를 sucrose 30 g/L, Phytagel 3 g/L와 2,4-D 1 mg/L가 함유된 MS배지에 치상하여 24$^{\circ}C$로 조절된 항온실에서 배양하면서 캘러스를 유도하였다. 대부분의 배양에서 캘러스가 형성되었으나 배발생 캘러스는 완숙종자를 절편체로 썼을 때보다 미숙화서에서, 온실에서 재배되어 형성된 화서보다는 자연 재배조건에서 형성된 화서에서 배발생 캘러스의 유도율이 높았다. 배발생 캘러스는 85~98%의 효율로 높게 유도되었으며 계대배양 및 액체 진탕배양을 통해 6개월 이상 장기 증식되었으며, 생장조절제가 함유되지 않은 MS 재분화 배지에 이식하면 다수의 식물체로 재분화되었다. 재분화 식물들은 온실재배에서도 정상적으로 생장을 하였다.