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Seasonal Occurrence of Campoletis chlorideae Uchida and Its Control Efficacy on the Oriental Tobacco Budworm, Helicoverpa assulta (Guenee), in Tobacco Fields in Suwon (수원지방 담배포장에서의 Campoleits chlorideae의 발생소장과 담배나방 방제효율)

  • B.S. Nandihalli;Joon-Ho Lee
    • Korean journal of applied entomology
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    • v.34 no.2
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    • pp.147-153
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    • 1995
  • The occurrence of Oriental Tobacco Budworm (OTB), Helicoverpa assulta (Guenee), larvae in early and late planted tobacco fields showed tow or three distinct peaks. The parasitoid, Campoletis chlorideae Uchida, occurred for a short period with one peak following th second peak of OTB in early planted fields. However, in late planted fields, the parasitoid occurred as long as the OTB larvae were abundant. The OTB larval density was higher in late planted fields than in early planted fields. Among four varieties of tobacco, the OBT larval occurrence was relatively high on NC-744 throughout the season. However, more parasitoid cocoons were found in Burleyf-21 and NC-82. The seasonal occurrence of the larval parasitoid, C. chlorideae, assessed by an OTB larval release and recovery method, continued from late June to early September and relatively higher abundance was noticed from early July to late August. In a field cage evaluation of C. chlorideae as a biological control agent of OTB larvae, higher rate of C. chlorideae release (4 females/2$\m^2$) resulted in higher larval parasitism (86.1%) and less leaf damage (8.7%) in tobacco. The leaf damage by OTB larvae was significantly high in the untreatment plot (23.2%) and the lowest damage (1.6%) was recorded in the chemical treatment plot.

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Toxoplasmacidal Effect of HL-60 Cells Differentiated by Dimethylsulfoxide (Dimethylsulfoxide로 분화시킨 HL-60 세포의 yoxoplasma 파괴 효과)

  • Choe, Won-Yeong;Nam, Ho-U;Yu, Jae-Eul
    • Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
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    • v.26 no.4
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    • pp.229-238
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    • 1988
  • In vitro culture of Toxoplasma gondii in HL-60 cells and cell-mediates immunity against Toxoplasma in dimethylsulfoxide(DMSO) -induced HL-60 cells, i.e., differentiation into granulocytes, were pursued. HL-60 calls were treated with various concentrations of DMSO, and 1.3%(v/v) for 3 day incubation was chosen as the optimal condition icy differentiation into granulocytes. The degree of differentiation was assayed in physiological and functional aspects in addition to morphological point. When treated with 1.3% DMSO for 3 days, HL-60 cells did not synthesiar DNA materials beyond background level, and showed active chemotactic response to chemotactic peptide, formal-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine(FMLP). Morphologically promyelocytes of high nuclearlcytoplasmic(NIC) ratio changed to granulocytes of relatively low WJC ratio. The relationships between HL-60 cells or DMSO-induced HL-60 cells and Toxoplasma were examined after stain with Giemsa and Buorescent dye (acridine orange). HL-60 cells did not show any sign of torso- plasmacidal activity but showed intracellular proliferation of Texoplasma to form rosette for 72 hr co-culture. In contrast, OMSO-induced HL-60 cells phagocytosed Toxoplasma within 1 hr, and performed a process of intracellular digestion of Toxoplasma thereafter. With the above results, it is suggested that phagosome-Iysosome fusion is one of the critical events for the parasitism by Toxoplasma or for susceptibility of host cells. The in vitro culture system of this study has offered a defined condition to study the protozoan parasite-host cell interactions.

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Nematodes Associated with Medicinal herbs (약용작물거생선충에 관한 연구)

  • 박소득;추연대;정기채;박선도;최대웅;최영열
    • Korean journal of applied entomology
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    • v.31 no.4
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    • pp.396-415
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    • 1992
  • To investigate identification of species distribution state, population density of plant parasitic nematodes and damaged state by parasitism of nematodes with soil samples taken from major cultivating area of medicinal herbs in Kyungbuk districts are summarized as follow; total species belonging to genera in families were identified from 43 different medicinal herbs. The dominant nematode species on medicinal herbs was Meloidogyne hapla by 55.6% of field infection. Damaged state by parasitizm of Root-knot nematode, M. hapla, M. incognita are severed 15 medical plant except P. japonica, infected field were in 54.5~88.0%, and highered in population densities of 2nd larvae, Gall, Egg sac. Percentage of yield-decrease were 57.8% in A. gigas, 49.1% in P.japonica. Lighten effect of M. spp. by cropping system were lowered in population density in Rice+Paeony than Paeony+Paeony in paddy field, and also lowered in Sesame+Paeony or one year fallowing after harvest Paeony than Red pepper+Pseony, Paeony+Paeony in upland field.

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Studios on the Parasites of the Rice Planthoppers I. Egg Parasitism Anagrus nr. flaveolus WATERHOUSB (Hymenoptera : Mymmaridae) on the Rice Planthoppers (멸구 매미충의 기생성 천적에 관한 연구 I. Anagrus nr. flaveolus의 멸구류 난기생에 관하여)

  • Kim J.P.;Yoo C.Y.;Kim C.H.
    • Korean journal of applied entomology
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    • v.21 no.2 s.51
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    • pp.87-94
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    • 1982
  • The mymarids egg parasite of rice planthopper, Anagrus nr. flaveolus, were investigated to know their parasitic activities after overwitering in the paddy banks and barley fields, their host preferences and seasonal variations in the pesticide sprayed and unsprayed paddy fields of Gyeongnam province O.R.D. at Jinju from 1977 to 1979. The parasitic activities of Anagrus nr. flaveolus after overwintering in the paddy banks were high early in April and tended to decrease remarkably since mid-April by moving to the barley fields. The parasitic rate of Anagrus nr. flavelous was $47.2\~88\%$ between middle and late in April, the peak of egg deposition period. Anagrus nr. flaveolus parasitized Laodelphax striatellus, Nilaparvata lugens, and Sogatella furcifera, but didn't attack the eggs of Nephotettix cincticeps in the paddy fields. High preference was observed with Laodelphax steriatellus. The parasitic activities of Anagrus nr. flaveolus in the pesticide sprayed paddy fields were high in early July and from late August to early September. The parasitic rate in the pesticide unsprayed fields were higher than those of sprayed fields during the pesticide spraying period, from July to August and parasitic activities were active from October to before coming winter.

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A Study on the Current Situation of Adult Children Cohabiting with Their Parents and an Exploration of the Frame of Analysis (성인자녀의 부모 동거 현황 및 분석틀의 탐색)

  • Choi, Youn Shil
    • Journal of Families and Better Life
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    • v.32 no.4
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    • pp.75-89
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    • 2014
  • The purpose of this study is to explore whether the phenomenon of both married and unmarried adults' cohabiting with their parents in Korean society is "unilaterally parasitic" on the child's side, or is "interdependent", characterized by expectation and dependence from the parent's side. As a result of this study possessing the characteristics of theoretic research, the following propensities of parent-dependent adults have been discussed. First of all, it was discovered that the ratio of adult children dependent on and cohabiting with their parents is considerable. Second, parents cohabiting with their adult children have unfavorable sociological features, such as high age, low level of education and income, and lower standards of education and income, compared to parents in normal households. Third, it was found that parent-dependent adults in Korean society maintain a relatively high rate of financial activity and stable employment-based occupation status. Fourth, it was shown that the level of satisfaction on the relationship between parent-dependent adults and their parents was discovered to be high, which is contrastive to the prediction of negative results based on some previous researches. Single adult children's age, their level of education and financial activity status, and their parents' age and level of education were deducted as variables related to the level of satisfaction of the relationship between parents and their children. It seems that the issue of married and unmarried adults' cohabiting with their parents in Korean society should be approached from various perspectives such as political, economic, socio-cultural and developmental aspects. On the basis of this fundamental awareness and several of the materials, it is pertinent that approaches to both married and unmarried adults' cohabiting with parents in Korean society should be distinguished from approaches to those in Japanese or Western society because it reflects the uniqueness of Korean society. In the phenomenon of married and unmarried adults' cohabiting with their parents in Korean society, there are several factors besides the economic factor, especially the socio-cultural factor that have the characteristics of mutual dependence between parents and their children rather than those of unilateral parasitism, in contrast with the phenomenon in Japanese or Western society. This research was aimed to contribute by establishing basic data for policy making by providing necessary information to treat the issues of instability and anxiety related to families and reflection on the matters of generations and parent-child relationships in current Korean society.

Studies on the Seasonal Occurences of the Tobacco Budworm, Heliothis assulta H. (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), and the Parasitism Ratio of Trichogramma spp. on the Eggs. (담배나방의 각태별 발생소장과 난기생봉의 기생율에 관한 조사)

  • Choi K. M.;Cho E. H.;So J. S.;Hwang C. Y.
    • Korean journal of applied entomology
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    • v.14 no.3 s.24
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    • pp.137-140
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    • 1975
  • Field experiments on red-pepper were conducted in Suweon area during 1972-1974 to determine the seasonal fluctuation of Heliothis assulta H. using black light traps and direct counts. Adult moths emerged in late May, and showed three peaks of fluctuation from late June to middle July, from middle August to late August, and in mid-September. Eggs were first discovered in the field in early July, with peak incidence Iron late August to early September. Larval peaks occurred in late July to early August, in late August and mid-September to mid-October Initial hatching in the field occurred in early July. The numbers of the first larval generation were the highest. The parasitization ratio of Trichogramma spp. on eggs averaged 51 percent during mid-July to mid-September. The numbers of Trichogramma spp. emerging from one tobacco bud-worm egg ranged from one to four, but in most cases one or two egg parasitizing wasps emerged.

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Effect of Water Temperature on Infectivity of the Parasitoid Amoebophrya sp. Infecting the Harmful Bloom-forming Dinoflagellate Akashiwo sanguinea (유해 적조생물 Akashiwo sanguinea를 감염시키는 포식성 기생생물 Amoebophrya sp.의 감염력에 대한 수온의 영향)

  • JUNG, YOUNGGYO;KIM, SUNJU
    • The Sea:JOURNAL OF THE KOREAN SOCIETY OF OCEANOGRAPHY
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    • v.23 no.1
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    • pp.20-31
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    • 2018
  • Marine parasitoid Amoebophrya infects and kills various bloom-forming dinoflagellates and strongly influences the harmful algal bloom dynamics. We investigated the effect of temperature on survival, infectivity, generation time of the parasite from the parasitoid Amoebophrya sp. and the harmful dinoflagellate host Akashiwo sanguinea system. Temperature had a significant effect on the parasite generation time and infectivity. While the lower temperature ($15^{\circ}C$) arrested parasite intracellular development and infectivity, resulting in the longer generation time ($115{\pm}0.1h$), the higher temperatures ($25^{\circ}C$ and $20^{\circ}C$) accelerated the parasite development, with the generation times of $58{\pm}0.1h$ and $83{\pm}0.1h$, respectively. Parasite prevalence (percent of host infected) was $71.5{\pm}0.30%$, $54.3{\pm}1.68%$, and $29.6{\pm}1.42%$ at $25^{\circ}C$, $20^{\circ}C$, and $15^{\circ}C$, respectively. These results suggest that biological control by parasitism on A. sanguinea bloom would not be highly effective during low water temperature season. Further, water temperature would be an important factor of bottom-up controls for the host-parasite population dynamics.

Biocontrol of Rice Diseases by Microorganisms (미생물을 활용한 친환경적인 벼 병해 방제법)

  • Kim, Jung-Ae;Song, Jeong-Sup;Jeong, Min-Hye;Park, Sook-Young;Kim, Yangseon
    • Research in Plant Disease
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    • v.27 no.4
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    • pp.129-136
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    • 2021
  • Rice is responsible for the stable crop of 3 billion people worldwide, about half of Asian depends on it, and rice is grown in more than 100 countries. Rice diseases can lead to devastating economic loss by decreasing yield production, disturbing a stable food supply and demand chain. The most commonly used method to control rice disease is chemical control. However, misuse of chemical control can cause environmental pollution, residual toxicity, and the emergence of chemical-resistant pathogens, the deterioration of soil quality, and the destruction of biodiversity. In order to control rice diseases, research on alternative biocontrol is actively pursued including microorganism-oriented biocontrol agents. Microbial agents control plant disease through competition with and antibiotic effects and parasitism against plant pathogens. Microorganisms isolated from the rice rhizosphere are studied comprehensively as biocontrol agents against rice pathogens. Bacillus sp., Pseudomonas sp., and Trichoderma sp. were reported to control rice diseases, such as blast, sheath blight, bacterial leaf blight, brown spot, and bakanae diseases. Here we reviewed the microorganisms that are studied as biocontrol agents against rice diseases.

Distribution and overwintering of Phanuromyia ricaniae (Hemiptera: Platygastroidea), an egg parasitoid of Ricania sublimata(Hemiptera: Ricaniidea), in Korea (한국에서 날개매미충알벌(Phanuromyia ricaniae)의 분포 및 월동)

  • Sung-Wook Jeon;Min-Jae Kong;Byeong-Ryeol Choi;Ji Eun Kim;Kwang-Ho Kim;Bo Yoon Seo;Gwan Seok Lee;Jum Rae Cho
    • Korean Journal of Environmental Biology
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    • v.39 no.4
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    • pp.407-414
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    • 2021
  • This study investigated the distribution and overwintering of Phanuromyia ricaniae(Hemiptera: Platygastroidea), an egg parasitoid of Ricania sublimata(Hemiptera: Ricaniidea), in order to acquire basic information for biological control. P. ricaniae is distributed in some areas of Gyeonggi, Chungcheong, Jeolla, and Gyeongnam provinces. P. ricaniae is highly prevalent in the southwestern plains, with a tendency to expand to the northeastern area of Korea in line with the dispersal of R. sublimata. The parasitism of P. ricaniae was 1-8% in the field, and the highest in Suncheon, followed by Gurye and Gongju. P. ricaniae overwintered inside the eggs of R. sublimata from September to June of the next year, and transformed into adults in June. The rapid cold-hardiness of P. ricaniae was the highest in the egg state.

Mass rearing system for Neodryinus typhlocybae(Hymenoptera: Dryinidae) as a biological control agent of Metcalfa pruinosa (미국선녀벌레 천적인 선녀벌레집게벌 대량사육 체계)

  • Meeja Seo;Jeong Hwan Kim;Hyeon Jung Noh;Bo Yoon Seo;Jum Rae Cho;Hong Hyun Park
    • Korean Journal of Environmental Biology
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    • v.40 no.4
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    • pp.423-432
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    • 2022
  • The mass-rearing system for Neodryinus typhlocybae as a biological control agent of Metcalfa pruinosa was established. Depending on the density of host nymphs and plants, the average number of cocoons produced by the parasitoids was 5-8 and 70-150 cocoons per leaf and sapling of mulberry, respectively. There is a significant difference in cocoon length between females (6.10-6.46mm) and males (4.20-4.62mm). Sex determination of cocoons before emergence will be helpful for efficiently releasing this parasitoid in fields. The parasitic rate of N. typhlocybae at the semi-field condition was on average 13-17%. The release number of this parasitoid did not affect parasitism. Nevertheless, the population growth rate of M. pruinosa was reduced by increasing the release number of N. typhlocybae. The parasitoid offspring's sex and bivoltine were influenced by the host age. On young host nymphs, the bivoltine portion of parasitoid increased. When parasitized on 4th or 5th nymphs, the offspring's female ratio of N. typhlocybae increased. This result may be useful for potentially controlling mass rearing production of parasitoid.