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Induction of Conidioma Formation of the White Root Rot Fungus in Axenic Culture under Near Ultraviolet Light Radiation (NUV 광조사에 의한 배나무 흰날개무늬병의 분생자과 형성)

  • Lee, Jung-Sup;Park, Jong-Han;Han, Kyoung-Suk;Choi, Young-Mun;Matsumoto, Naoyuki
    • Research in Plant Disease
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.42-46
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    • 2003
  • Conidiomata of the Rosellinia necatrix were induced in axenic culture under near ultraviolet light radiation. Pieces of sterilized Japanese pear twigs were placed on the 7 days-old oatmeal agar culture in plates. The plates were further incubated far 5 days and then illuminated by under near ultraviolet light radiation. Syn-nemata were developed on twigs in 19 out of 20 isolates tested within 5 weeks, and conidia were observed in 12 out of the 19 isolates. The synnemata and conidia produced were morphologically identical to those of Dematophora necatrix.

The Effect of Light on the Production of Reserpine in Cultured Rauwolfia serpentina Cells

  • Yamamoto, Osamu
    • Natural Product Sciences
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    • v.2 no.2
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    • pp.90-95
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    • 1996
  • When reserpine-producing cell strains of Rauwolfia serpentina were transferred from the dark to the light irradiation, the production of reserpine was extremely enhanced whereas the cell growth was suppressed. In an incubation period of 20 days, the most effective culture condition for reserpine production was the combination of 8 days of dark culture and following 12 days of light culture. The time courses of both cell growth and reserpine production were measured in vitro in order to clarify the effect of wave length range of light on the biosynthesis of reserpine. Although the growth of cultured cells which had been incubated under continuous red, yellow, and green lights, respectively, was similar to that of the cultured cells subcultured in the dark. The cells cultured under red light irradiation produced less reserpine than dark-grown cultures. Both blue and near-ultraviolet light inhibited the growth of cultured cells. The production of reserpine was strikingly enhanced by blue light, but was strongly inhibited by near-ultraviolet light.

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UV/blue Light-induced Fluorescence for Assessing Apple Quality (자외선 유도 형광의 사과 성숙도 평가 적용)

  • Noh, Hyun-Kwon;Lu, Renfu
    • Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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    • v.35 no.2
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    • pp.124-131
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    • 2010
  • Chlorophyll fluorescence has been researched for assessing fruit post-harvest quality and condition. The objective of this preliminary research was to investigate the potential of fluorescence spectroscopy for measuring apple fruit quality. Ultraviolet (UV) and blue light was used as an excitation source for inducing fluorescence in apples. Fluorescence spectra were measured from 'Golden Delicious' (GD) and 'Red Delicious' (RD) apples using a visible/near-infrared spectrometer after one, three, and five minutes of continuous UV/blue light illumination. Standard destructive tests were performed to measure fruit firmness, skin and flesh color, soluble solids and acid content from the apples. Calibration models for each of the three illumination time periods were developed to predict fruit quality indexes. The results showed that fluorescence emission decreased steadily during the first three minutes of UV/blue light illumination and was stable within five minutes. The differences were minimal in the model prediction results based on fluorescence data at one, three or five minutes of illumination. Overall, better predictions were obtained for apple skin chroma and hue and flesh hue with values for the correlation coefficient of validation between 0.80 and 0.90 for both GD and RD. Relatively poor predictions were obtained for fruit firmness, soluble solids content, titrational acid, and flesh chroma. This research has demonstrated that fluorescence spectroscopy is potentially useful for assessing selected quality attributes of apple fruit and further research is needed to improve fluorescence measurements so that better predictions of fruit quality can be achieved.

Improvement of Photocatalytic Performance using Near-Infrared Upconversion Nanoparticles (근적외선 업컨버전 나노입자를 이용한 광촉매 성능 향상)

  • Park, Yong Il
    • Applied Chemistry for Engineering
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    • v.32 no.2
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    • pp.125-131
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    • 2021
  • Semiconductor-based photocatalysts can only be activated with ultraviolet or visible light due to their intrinsic bandgap, and they cannot use the energy in the near-infrared region, which accounts for about 50% of solar energy. Therefore, in order to improve the performance of the semiconductor photocatalyst, it is necessary to utilize more solar energy in a broad band ranging from ultraviolet to near-infrared. Combining upconversion nanoparticles with semiconductor photocatalysts for near-infrared absorption have thus been reported. Upconversion nanoparticles can sequentially absorb multiple near-infrared photons and convert them into ultraviolet or visible to activate photocatalysts. In addition, by coupling the semiconductor photocatalyst and the upconversion nanoparticles with the plasmonic metal nanoparticles, the photocatalytic activity can be further improved. This review summarizes the recent studies on improving the photocatalytic performance with near-infrared absorption by using upconversion nanoparticles.

Effects of Light and Media on Pycnidial Formation of Didymella bryoniae (Auersw.) Rehm (병자곡 및 자양곡형성에 미치는 광선 및 배지의 영향)

  • Lee D. H.
    • Korean journal of applied entomology
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    • v.16 no.4 s.33
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    • pp.211-215
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    • 1977
  • The Sporulation of Didymella bryomiae were observed under diurnal cycles of light/darkness of near ultraviolet light (NUV) and artificial daylight (ADL) and continous darkness in eight isolates growing on PDA and V-8 juice agar. Light stimulated pycindial and perithecial formation of this fungus on potato dextrose agar and V-8 juice agar. Sprulation was poor in darkness, but some isolates were able to produce pycnidia and perithecia in the absence of light. Perithecial formation was much better under artificial daylight (ADL) on V-8 juice agar than those grown under near ultraviolet light (NUV). In general, cultures grown on V-8 juice agar sporulated better than cultures grown on PDA under three setsof light condition. Most of the pycnidiospores obtained from each isolates of this fungus grown on PDA were non-septate and microtype, but macrotype of non-septate and uniseptate pycnidiospores were produced on V-8 juice agar. Pycnidiospore produced on V-8 juice agar were similar to those produced on the radicle of naturally infected seeds. The appearance of perithecia were quite distinctive from pycnidia. The mature perithecia were darker than pycnidia and whitish spore masses formed on the ostiole of perithecia.

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Development of high performance near-ultraviolet OLEDs based on the Double Wide Band Gap Emissive Layers

  • Kim, Young-Min;Park, Young-Wook;Choi, Jin-Hwan;Kim, Jai-kyeong;Ju, Byeong-Kwon
    • 한국정보디스플레이학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2006.08a
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    • pp.977-979
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    • 2006
  • Organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) based on the double wide band gap emissive layers in the range of 380 nm to 440 nm are reported. An efficient electroluminescence with a maximum at 400nm was observed at room temperature under a forward bias about 10V. With the wide band gap organic materials for near-ultraviolet emission, the low operating voltage (5V) and high current efficiency (3 cd/A) have been obtained at $2mA/cm^2$

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Characteristics of Erythemal Ultraviolet Irradiance operating at Korea Meteorological Administration (기상청에서 운용 중인 지역별 지표 홍반자외선(EUV-B) 복사의 특성)

  • Hong Gi-Man;Choi Byoung-Cheol
    • Journal of Korean Society for Atmospheric Environment
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    • v.22 no.2
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    • pp.223-233
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    • 2006
  • We analyzed the monthly and seasonal mean of the daily Erythemal Ultraviolet-B (EUV-B, $280{\sim}320nm$) irradiance operating in Pohang, Anmyeon, Gosan, Mokpo and Kangnung with UV-Biometer (Solar Light Co., Model No. 501) at clear-sky noon during the period from 1999 to 2004. Also, we investigated the seasonal and regional characteristics for the UV index over the Korean Peninsula. The daily maximum occurred near solar southing time and the highest monthly accumulated EUV-B irradiance appeared in July and August at each regional observatory. The monthly mean value of the clear-sky EUV-B irradiance in Pohang, Anmyeon, Gosan, Mokpo and Kangnung showed 196.6, 161.8, 221.9, $171.5mWm^{-2}\;and\;179.7mWm^{-2}$ near noon in July respectively. The annual mean value of the daily accumulated EUV-B irradiance in Pohang, Anmyeon, Gosan, Mokpo and Kangnung were 1.8, 2.1, 2.2, $1.8kJm^{-2}\;and\;1.5kJm^{-2}$ respectively. The UV Index (UVI) showed above UVI 7(High) more than 90 days during one year over the Korean Peninsula.

Dust Scattering in Turbulent Media: Correlation between the Scattered Light and Dust Column Density

  • Seon, Kwang-Il;Witt, Adolf N.
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.39 no.1
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    • pp.59.2-59.2
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    • 2014
  • Radiative transfer models in a spherical, turbulent interstellar medium (ISM), in which the photon source is situated at the center, are calculated to investigate the correlation between the scattered light and the dust column density. The medium is modeled using fractional Brownian motion structures that are appropriate for turbulent ISM. The correlation plot between the scattered light and optical depth shows substantial scatter and deviation from simple proportionality. It was also found that the overall density contrast is smoothed out in scattered light. In other words, there is an enhancement of the dust-scattered flux in low-density regions, while the scattered flux is suppressed in high-density regions. The correlation becomes less significant as the scattering becomes closer to being isotropic and the medium becomes more turbulent. Therefore, the scattered light observed in near-infrared wavelengths would show much weaker correlation than the observations in optical and ultraviolet wavelengths. We also find that the correlation plot between scattered lights at two different wavelengths shows a tighter correlation than that of the scattered light versus the optical depth.

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An Action Spectrum for Light-induced Growth rate in Pleurotus ostreatus (느타리버섯 생장에 미치는 광 감응성 작용 스펙트럼)

  • 이갑득
    • Journal of Life Science
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    • v.10 no.5
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    • pp.519-523
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    • 2000
  • The action spectrum for light-induced growth of fruit body in Pleurotus ostreatus has been studied by irradiation at various wavelengths. Effective wavelengths were distributed from near ultraviolet to blue region of spectrum. The most effect of light was observed in the region between 340 to 520 nanometers. The growth weigth obtained from which has been irradiated 144 hours in the region of 340-520 nm increases 74%, on the contrary the observed growth weight has been observed in the longer wavelengths than 620 nm. The pileus size was promoted 30$\times$32% in the region of 340-500 nm, and retarded 22$\times$19% in the dark. the strip length was rearded 12% in the region of 340-500 nm, and promoted 38% in the dark. The color thickness for pileus is getting light in longer wavelengths.

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An Action Spectrum for Light-induced Mycelial Growth and Primordium Formation in Pleurotus ostreatus (느타리버섯의 균사체 및 원기 형성에 미치는 광 감응성 작용 스펙트럼)

  • 이갑득;강병수;박용기
    • Journal of Life Science
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    • v.6 no.3
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    • pp.193-197
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    • 1996
  • The action spectrum for mycelial growth and fruitbody primordium formation in Pleurotus ostreatus has been studied by irradiation at various wavelengths. Effective wavelengths. Effective wavelengths were distributed from near ultraviolet to blue region of spectrum. The most effect of light was observed in the region between 340 to 500 nanometers. The light intensity required to obtain of the maximum effect at the most effective wavelengths(430-500nm), was over 6.8 mW/Cm$^{2}$. Up to 6.8 mW/Cm$^{2}$, the primordium formed about 25 hr after the start of illumination. The higher the light intensity, the earlier the formation of the primordium formation : Up to about 6.8 mW/Cm$^{2}$.

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