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Resistance to the Fungal Pathogen Phytophthora infestans of Transgenic Potato Plants Harboring of Chitinase Gene (Chitinase 유전자 도입 형질전환 감자식물체의 역병저항성)

  • Choi, Kyung-Hwa;Yang, Duk-Chun;Kim, Hyun-Soon;Choi, Kyung-Ja;Cho, Kwang-Yeon;Jung, Hyuk
    • Korean Journal of Plant Tissue Culture
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    • v.26 no.3
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    • pp.177-182
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    • 1999
  • A fungal infection assay between normal and transgenic potato harboring chitinase gene in cultivar Belchip was investigated. In the first stage of experiment, seven transgenic lines having 12cm tall were tested for their resistance against potato late blight pathogen Phytophthora infestans by infection with the zoospores, artificially, Susceptibility to potato late blight infection could be classified into three types based on the rate. In terms of resistance to the disease, two lines were higher, two lines were more suppressive, and three lines were similar as compared with the control. In the following experiment, only 2 risistant lines and 1 suppressed line were used to confirm the resistance again. The results of both experiments were similar. Furthermore, two highly resistant transgenic lines grown in field exhibited a higher resistance than control under the conditions of natural ocurrence of the fungal disease.

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Genetic Transformation of Intact Potato Microtuber by Particle Bombardment (Particle Bombardment 방법을 이용한 인공 씨감자의 형질전환)

  • Choi, Kyung-Hwa;Jeon, Jae-Heung;Kim, Hyun-Soon;Jung, Young-Hee;Im, Yong-Pyo;Jung, Hyuk
    • Korean Journal of Plant Tissue Culture
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    • v.24 no.2
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    • pp.87-91
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    • 1997
  • In vitro grown microtubers of potato (cv Jaju) were used for introduction of herbicide resistance gene using bombardment with DNA-coated particles. The apical shoot-tip area of newly sprouted microtubers were intensively bombarded. After bombardment, microtubers were germinated and transplanted in a greenhouse. Northern blot analysis indicated that bar gene was expressed in two plantlets. After 5 weeks of growing, commercial herbicide Basta was sprayed to screen the resistant plants. All untransformed potato plants died after 7 days while two transgenic plants survived.

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Convenient Assay of O2- Generated on Potato Tuber Tissue Slices Treated with Fungal Elicitor by Electron Spin Resonance - No Secondary Oxidative Burst Induction by H2O2 Treatment

  • Park, Hae-Jun;Doke, Noriyuki
    • The Plant Pathology Journal
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    • v.21 no.3
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    • pp.283-287
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    • 2005
  • Since the discovery of generation of $O_2^-$ in plant, many evidence for the oxidative burst (OXB) has been accumulated in various combinations of plant and pathogen or elicitor systems. $O_2^-$ generating system responsible for the OXB was coupled with oxidation of reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) in microsomal fraction isolated from sliced aged potato tuber slices which were treated by hyphal wall components elicitor from Phytophthora infestans (HWC). We developed new assay method for quantitative measurement of oxygen radical $O_2^-$ by using electron spin resonance (ESR) analysis during elicitor­induced OXB on the surface of plant tissues. The ESR analysis using an $O_2^-$ trapper, Tiron (1,2-dihydroxy-3,5­benzenedisulfonic acid), provided a convenient assay for detecting only $O_2^-$ during elicitor-induced OXB producing various active oxygen species (AOS) on plant tissue surface. Tiron was oxidized to Tiron semiquinon radical by $O_2^-$. Quantity of the radical signal was measured by specific spectra on ESR spectroscopy. The level of $O_2^-$ was high in from surface of potato tuber tissue treated with hyphal cell wall elicitor (HWC) from Phytophthora infestans. There was no secondary OXB induction by $H_2O_2$ treatment in plant.

Biocontrol Activity of Aspergillus terreus ANU-301 against Two Distinct Plant Diseases, Tomato Fusarium Wilt and Potato Soft Rot

  • Choi, Hyong Woo;Ahsan, S.M.
    • The Plant Pathology Journal
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    • v.38 no.1
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    • pp.33-45
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    • 2022
  • To screen antagonistic fungi against plant pathogens, dual culture assay (DCA) and culture filtrate assay (CFA) were performed with unknown soil-born fungi. Among the different fungi isolated and screened from the soil, fungal isolate ANU-301 successfully inhibited growth of different plant pathogenic fungi, Colletotrichum acutatum, Alternaria alternata, and Fusarium oxysporum, in DCA and CFA. Morphological characteristics and rDNA internal transcribed spacer sequence analysis identified ANU-301 as Aspergillus terreus. Inoculation of tomato plants with Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lycopersici (FOL) induced severe wilting symptom; however, co-inoculation with ANU-301 significantly enhanced resistance of tomato plants against FOL. In addition, culture filtrate (CF) of ANU-301 not only showed bacterial growth inhibition activity against Dickeya chrysanthemi (Dc), but also demonstrated protective effect in potato tuber against soft rot disease. Gas chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry analysis of CF of ANU-301 identified 2,4-bis(1-methyl-1-phenylethyl)-phenol (MPP) as the most abundant compound. MPP inhibited growth of Dc, but not of FOL, in a dose-dependent manner, and protected potato tuber from the soft rot disease induced by Dc. In conclusion, Aspergillus terreus ANU-301 could be used and further tested as a potential biological control agent.

Modeling for Prediction of Potato Late Blight (Phytophthora infestans) (감자역병 진전도 예측모형 작성)

  • 안재훈;함영일;신관용
    • Korean Journal Plant Pathology
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    • v.14 no.4
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    • pp.331-338
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    • 1998
  • To develop the model for prediction of potato late blight progress, the relationship between severity index of potato late blight transformed by the logit and Gompit transformation function and cumulative severity value (CSV) processing weather data during growing period in Taegwallyeong alpine area, 1975 to 1992 were examined. When logistic model and Gompertz model were compared by determining goodness of fit for progressive degree of late blight using CSV as independent variable, the coefficients of determination were higher as 0.742 in the logistic model than 0.680 in the Gompertz model. Parameters in logistic model were composed of progressive rate and initial value of logistic model. Initial value was calculated in -3.664. The progressive rate of potato late blight was 0.137 in cv. Superior, 0.136 in cv. Irish Cobbler, and 0.070 in cv. Jopung without fungicide sprays. According to in crease of the number of spray times the progressive rate was lowered, was 0.020 in cv. Superior under the conventional program of fungicide sprays, 10 times sprays during cropping season. Equation of progressive rate, b1=0.0088 ACSV-0.033 (R2=0.976), was written by examining the relationship between the parameters of progressive rate of late blight and the average CSV (ACSV) quantifing weather information. By estimating parameters of logistic function, model able to describe the late blight progress of potato, cv. Superior was formulated in Y=4/(1+39.0·exp((0.0088 ACSV-0.033)·CSV).

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Occurrence of Potato Powdery Scab Caused by Spongospora subterranea in Korea

  • Kim, Jeom-Soon;Ryu, Kyoung-Yul;Kim, Jong-Tae;Lee, Young-Gue;Cheon, Jeong-Uk
    • The Plant Pathology Journal
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    • v.19 no.6
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    • pp.284-287
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    • 2003
  • Potato tubers with scab lesions were found in several regions of Gangwon province in Korea during disease surveys in 2000 and 2001. The lesions appeared as shallow scabs with torn and raised skin around the periphery of the lesion. Sometimes the lesions expanded on tuber surface and formed hollowed-out areas. The causal organism was identified as Spongospora subterranea based on morphological characteristics using light and electron microscope. Ten cultivars of potato were evaluated to select resistant cultivars against powdery scab. Among the 10 cultivars, Jowon, Superior, and Atlantic were resistant, while Sephody, Gawon, and Irish Cobbler were susceptible to powdery scab. In the pathogenicity test, typical symptoms of powdery scab were formed on potato tubers, and galls developed on root hairs. This is the first report of powdery scab of potato caused by S. subterranea in Korea.

The Total Phenolic Contents and DPPH Radical Scavenging Activities of Korean Potatoes according to Physical Characteristics and Cooking Methods (한국산 감자의 기관별, 품종별, 중량별, 분포별 및 조리 방법에 따른 총 페놀 함량과 DPPH 라디칼 소거능에 관한 연구)

  • Im, Hyo-Won;Suh, Bong-Soon
    • Journal of the East Asian Society of Dietary Life
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    • v.19 no.3
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    • pp.375-383
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    • 2009
  • This study was conducted to measure the total polyphenol contents and DPPH radical scavenging activities of different potato plants parts, varieties, and grades, and by distribution and different cooking conditions. The results were as follows. For the plant parts, total phenolic content and DPPH radical scavenging activity were highest in the flowers followed by leaves and stems, respectively. Among 5 potato varieties, 'Jasim' had the highest DPPH radical scavenging activity and the activity of its pulp was lower than that of its cortex(peel). Regardless of potato grade, the cortexes(peel) of samples had two-fold higher DPPH radical scavenging activity than pulp, and the Grade SS potato had the highest phenolic content. It was also found that the bud ends and stem ends had comparably larger amounts of phenolic compounds in horizontally cut potatoes. Finally, the descending order for DPPH radical scavenging activity, according to different cooking conditions, was as follows: gas oven range-baking, frying, microwave-heating, sauteing, boiling in 1% saline solution, steaming, and boiling in 3% saline solution.

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AtCBP63, a Arabidopsis Calmodulin-binding Protein 63, Enhances Disease Resistance Against Soft Rot Disease in Potato (애기장대 칼모듈린 결합 단백질 AtCBP63을 발현시킨 형질전환 감자의 무름병 저항성 증가)

  • Chun, Hyun-Jin;Park, Hyeong-Cheol;Goo, Young-Min;Kim, Tae-Won;Cho, Kwang-Soo;Cho, Hyeon-Seol;Yun, Dae-Jin;Chung, Woo-Sik;Lee, Shin-Woo
    • Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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    • v.38 no.1
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    • pp.62-68
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    • 2011
  • Calmodulin (CaM), a $Ca^{2+}$ binding protein in eukaryotes, mediates cellular $Ca^{2+}$ signals in response to a variety of biotic and abiotic external stimuli. The $Ca^{2+}$-bound CaM transduces signals by modulating the activities of numerous CaM-binding proteins. As a CaM binding protein, AtCBP63 ($\b{A}$rabidopsis thaliana $\b{C}$aM-binding protein $\underline{63}$ kD) has been known to be positively involved in plant defense signaling pathway. To investigate the pathogen resistance function of AtCBP63 in potato, we constructed transgenic potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) plants constitutively overexpressing AtCBP63 under the control of cauliflower mosaic virus (CaMV) 35S promoter. The overexpression of the AtCBP63 in potato plants resulted in the high level induction of pathogenesis-related (PR) genes such as PR-2, PR-3 and PR-5. In addition, the AtCBP63 transgenic potato showed significantly enhanced resistance against a pathogen causing bacterial soft rot, Erwinia carotovora ssp. Carotovora (ECC). These results suggest that a CaM binding protein from Arabidopsis, AtCBP63, plays a positive role in pathogen resistance in potato.

Modification of Carbohydrate Metabolism in Transgenic Potato

  • Heyer, Arnd G.
    • Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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    • v.2 no.1
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    • pp.13-19
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    • 2000
  • Carbohydrates serve three different principal functions in the metabolism of plants. They are the primary products of energy fixation, they are important transport metabolites, and they are deposited as structural or storage compounds. Modification of carbohydrate metabolism therefore covers approaches to modify yield, to change sink/source relationships and thereby alter the ratio of harvestable material, and to improve the quality of crop plants. The scope of this article is to summarize research done at the Max-Planck-Institute related to the first two fields and to present in some detail what we learned, when we established a new carbohydrate storage form in potato.

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