This study was carried out to identify Korean ginseng cultivars using peptide nucleic acid (PNA) microarray. Sixty-seven probes were designed based on nucleotide variation to distinguish Korean ginseng cultivars of Panax ginseng. Among those PNA probes, three (PGB74, PGB110 and PGB130) have been developed to distinguish five Korean ginseng cultivars. Five Korean ginseng cultivars were denoted as barcode numbers depending on their fluorescent signal patterns of each cultivar using three probe sets in the PNA microarray. Five Korean ginseng cultivars, Chunpoong, Yunpoong, Gopoong, Gumpoong and Sunpoong, were simply denoted as '111', '222', '211', '221' and '122', respectively. This is the first report of PNA microarray which provided an objective and reliable method for the authentication of Korean ginseng cultivars. Also, the PNA microarray will be useful for management system and pure guarantee in ginseng seed.

This study was carried out to research microorganisms having the antifungal activity against ginseng Alternaria blight pathogen Alternaria panax and ginseng anthracnose pathogen Colletotrichum gloeosporioides. Eleven Bacillus strains. were isolated from Korean traditional soybean paste and Kimchi. Among the 11 isolates, DJ5, KC1, KC2 and KC4 showing antagonistic activity on the mycelial growth of A. panax and C. gloeosporioides in pairing culture were finally selected as the antagonistic microorganisms. Based on 16s rRNA sequence and phylogenetic tree analysis, they were identified as Bacillus spp.. The selected microorganisms were investigated antagonistic activity by measured leaf-segment colonization in pot test. When Bacillus sp. were injected after A. panax treatment, KC1, KC2 and KC4 showed similar effect to chemical pesticides treated control. To measure preventive effect of Bacillus sp, antagonistic microorganisms were injected and C. gloeosporioides was treated in pot. When measuring the effectiveness for the prevention of Anthracnose, All Bacillus spp. showed approximately 83~90 % degree of superior preventive effect. In general, The four Bacillus spp. isolated from Korean traditional fermented foods showed therapeutic effect of Alternaria blight and preventive effect of Anthracnose.

Somatic embryos on growth regulator-free medium can be produced directly from cotyledon explants of Panax ginseng C. A. Meyer. When the embryo developmental stage was torpedo and cotyledon, the germination rate of embryos was quite high on MS medium supplemented with gibberellic acid (GA3). However, the percentage of plantlet formation at the cotyledon stage was higher than that at the torpedo stage. This result demonstrates that the embryo at the cotyledon stage was the most appropriate for increasing germination by GA3. Embryos cultured on medium including four levels of GA3 concentrations (3, 5, 10, or 20 mg/l) showed all quite high germination rates (87-91%). When the well-developed embryos were continuously cultured on media including high concentrations of GA3 from 10 to 20 mg/l, the percentage of formation of normal plantlets was lower than that seen under low concentrations from 3 to 5 mg/l. This treatment of high concentrations resulted in shoots with abnormal shape. The optimal GA3 treatment provides a basis for the efficient method obtaining healthy plantlets derived from ginseng somatic embryos.

본 연구는 이식 재배를 위한 건전 우량 인삼묘 생산을 위하여 해가림 내의 광량이 1년생 인삼의 광합성 및 형태적 특성에 대하여 조사하였다. 투과율에 따른 인삼의 엽록소 함량 및 광합성은 광 투과율이 높을수록 감소하는 경향을 보였으며, 광 투과율이 높은 조건은 잎이 생리적 장해를 받아 황변하는 모습을 보이고 있고, 줄기는 하피가 형성되었으며, 줄기의 유관속내 사부의 발달이 현저하게 위축되었다. 또한 뿌리는 광량이 높을수록 표피가 파괴되는 모습을 보였으며 형성층의 발달이 적었다. 뿌리 수량 역시 광 투과율이 높을수록 감소되었다.

본 연구는 적변 유발 세균에 의해 발생하는 적변삼과 polyphenol 및 polyphenol oxidase 활성과의 관계를 조사하였으며, 이는 다음과 같다. 1. 적변 유발 균주를 상처낸 건전 인삼 외피에 접종하여 무처리구와 비교하였을 때, 접종일수의 증가에 따라 Hue angle값이 접종 후 1일 101.2, 10일 95.9, 20일 90.1, 30일 60.9로 적색으로 변화되었다. 2. Lysobacter gummosus, Pseudomonas veronii 및 Agrobacterium tumefaciens 균주를 인삼의 상처부위에 접종하였을 때, 총페놀의 함량은 일수가 경과할수록 증가하였다. 3. Lysobacter gummosus, Pseudomonas veronii 및 Agrobacterium tumefaciens 균주를 상처낸 인삼에 접종하였을 때 페놀함량의 증가와 함께 효소의 활성이 증가하였으나 단백질당 PPO의 활성은 감소하였다.

The endophytic bacteria were isolated from the rusty-root ginseng. This isolated bacteria were occurred the rusty-root ginseng with artificial inoculation. For the suppressing of rusty-ginseng, disinfectants, antibiotics, kitosan, micro-organisms and metabolites were tested to isolated endophytic bacterium. All of the isolated bacteria strains were sensitive sodium hypochlorite, however, some of isolated bacteria lines were sensitive to other tested materials. For example, D (didecyl dimethyl ammonium bromide), CIO2, ODDA (octyldecyl dimethyl ammonium chloride + diocyul dimethyl ammonium chloride + alkyl diethyl benzyl ammonium chloride), GD (glutaraldehyde + dimethy cocobenzyl ammonium chloride) suppressed some of bacteria strains. Otherwise, some of antibiotics (e.g. ampicillin, chloramphenicol, erythromycin, kanamycin, neomycin, rifampin, streptomycin, tetracycline) were sensitive to the isolated bacteria strains. All of isolated bacteria strainswere inhibitive to the mixed formation with neomycin and streptomycin, and neomycin and tetracycline. Both sodium hypochlorite and antibiotic mixing of neomycin and tetracycline were effective to prevention of rusty-root ginseng of sub-merging ginseng in the ginseng field.

본 연구는 접종방법, 상토 및 유기물의 종류, 토양수분, 세균밀도가 적변발생에 미치는 영향을 조사하여 적변발생 요인 및 원인을 밝히기 위하여 실시하였다. 1. Hue value는 무상처 무접종에서 113.1, 무상처 접종 108.1, 상처 무접종 85.8, 상처접종 57.5로 적변은 무상처 무접종 < 무상처 접종 < 상처 무접종 < 상처 접종 순으로 심하게 발생하였다. 2. 원예용 상토와 수도용 상토에서 Hue value는 각각 56.8, 64.7로 수도용 상토보다 원예용 상토에서 적변이 심하게 발생하였다. 3. 토양의 수분농도가 10%, 20%, 50%, 70%일 때 Hue value는 각각 96.2, 85.9, 78.0, 75.7로 수분이 높을수록 적변이 심하게 발생하였다. 4. 유기질 비료를 첨가한 토양에서의 Hue value는 35.2-27.8로 유기질 비료의 시용은 적변 발생을 심하게 유발하였다. 5 세균접종 농도가 102,104,106,108cells/m일 때, Hue 값은 각각 63.3, 62.8, 55.6, 48.8로 세균농도가 높을수록 적변의 발생이 심하게 발생하였다.