The TIFY family is composed of a plant-specific group of genes with diversity of functions. This family represents four subfamily of proteins viz. ZML, TIFY, PPD and JASMONATE ZIM-domain (JAZ) proteins. TIFY proteins especially, JAZ proteins have been reported to perform different biological processes, such as developmental and stresses and hormone responses in Arabidopsis and rice. However, there is no information about this family genes in Brassicaceae. This study identifies 36 TIFY genes in Brassica rapa, an economically important crop species from this family. An extensive in silico analysis through phylogenetic grouping, protein motif organization and intron-exon distribution also confirmed 4 subfamilies of BrTIFY proteins. Out of 35 BrTIFY genes, we identified 21 under JAZ subfamily besides 7 TIFY, 6 ZML and 2 PPD. An extensive expression profiling of 21 BrTIFY JAZs both in tissues and organs of B. rapa revealed differential expression patterns. Almost all the BrTIFY JAZs predominantly expressed in leaves and flower buds. Besides, in a flower stage specific expression analysis we observed 14 BrTIFY JAZs with constitutive expression patterns. This indicates BrTIFY proteins have a strong involvement in the development of B. rapa flowers. Our protein interaction study also reveals the strong association of these proteins with the fertility and defense processes of B. rapa. To elucidate the stress responsiveness of BrTIFY genes, we analyzed the low temperature-treated whole-genome microarray data set and found almost all the BrTIFY JAZs were having variable transcript abundance in two contrasting inbred lines of B. rapa. Subsequently, all 21 BrTIFY JAZs were validated in response to cold stress in the same two lines via qPCR, where 9 genes were found to show up- regulation. And, a high and differential qPCR expression pattern of all the BrTIFY JAZs was also recorded against JA. Additionally, BrTIFY JAZs were tested against salt, drought, Fusarium, ABA and SA treatments and a considerable number of genes were found to be induced. The extensive annotation and transcriptome profiling reported in this study will be useful for understanding the involvement of TIFY genes in stress resistance and different developmental functions, which ultimately provides the basis for functional characterization and exploitation of the candidate genes for genetic engineering of B. rapa.

본 시험은 유기재배 배추(Brassica oleracea L.)에서 가묘상 준비 후 잡초관리 방법이 잡초발생과 배추 생장에 미치는 영향을 조사하기 위하여 2013년 봄과 가을작기에 수행되었다. 잡초관리 방법에는 천경, 화염, PE멀칭, 무처리를 포함하였다. 천경처리는 봄작기에서 잡초억제 효과가 작았으나 화염처리는 봄과 가을작기 모두 효율적으로 잡초를 억제하였다. 봄작기에는 PE멀칭구에서 30%의 tip-burn이 관찰되었다. 가묘상 준비에 의한 잡초관리로 봄과 가을작기 모두 관행 PE멀칭과 비슷한 엽수와 신선중 및 수량이 가능하였다. 결구정도는 무처리구에서 가장 낮았다. 가을작기는 봄작기 보다 잡초생장이 감소되었고 이에 따라 배추 수량은 증가되었다. 이상의 결과로 가묘상을 통한 천경이나 화염처리는 잡초발생을 크게 감소시켜서 PE 멀칭 대용으로서 친환경적인 초생관리의 효과가 기대되었다.

Shaggy-like kinases (SKs), also known as Glycogen synthase kinase 3 (GSK3) proteins, play many important roles in cellular signaling in animals, fungi and amoebae. In particular, SKs participate in key developmental signaling pathways and also regulate the cytoskeleton. SKs -encoding genes are also present in all land plants and in algae, raising questions about possible ancestral functions in eukaryotes. Unlike in animals and Dictyostelium, land plant SKs are encoded by relatively large multi-gene families whose members share high sequence similarity. Along with the studied 10 ASKs (Arabidopsis shaggy-like kinases) indicate that plant SK proteins are actively implicated in hormonal signalling networks during development as well as in biotic and abiotic stress responses. In this study, 18 BrSKs are identified from Chinese cabbage, and they are classified into four groups according to the classification of Arabidopsis. The characterization, classification, gene structure and phylogenetic construction of BrSK proteins are performed. Distribution mapping shows that BrSKs are absented in A02 and A10 chromosome. 8 orthologous gene pairs are shared by Chinese cabbage and Arabidopsis. The expression patterns of BrSK genes exhibit differences in five tissues based on RNA-seq data in public data base. Specially, BrSKβ-1 and BrSKβ-2 show floral buds specifically expressed, which indicate that BrSKβ may play a key role during flower or pollen development. We deomonatrated that suppresion of Arabdiopsis orthology of BrSKβ impaired the late pollen in Arabidopsis plants. Taken together, our analyses provided insights into the characterization of the BrSK genes in Chinese cabbage, providing foundation of further functional studies of those genes. [This work was supported by a grant from the Next-Generation BioGreen 21 Program (the Next-Generation Genomics Center No. PJ008118), Rural Development Administration, Republic of Korea]

Crops are exposed to various environmental stresses. These have been affecting the growth of crops, resulting in the severe loss of agronomic production in many countries. Therefore, development of new varieties of resistant crops is required to assure the desired productivity of crops in stress conditions. In this study, a putatively stress-related gene BrTSR53 was isolated from Brassica rapa. The BrTSR53 is 481 bp long and contains ORF region of 234 bp. The expression of BrTSR53 was determined by quantitative real-time PCR analysis. After 3 hr, the highest quantities of mRNA were revealed in cold and salt stress treatments. In drought stress treatments, there was the highest expression after 36 hr. Therefore, it was confirmed that the ORF in BrTSR53 should be a gene that confer increased resistance to B. rapa growing in different stress conditions. The ORF region of BrTSR53 gene was cloned into an expression vector, pYES-DEST52, and a new protein with molecular weight of 13 kDa was detected by western blot analysis. Also, stress tolerance tests showed that BrTSR53-ORF transgenic yeast exhibited increased resistance to the salt stresses compared with the control. In conclusion, the present data predicts that novel ORF in BrTSR53 can serve as an important genetic resource for abiotic stress resistance.

농작물은 다양한 외부 환경스트레스에 노출되어 있다. 환경스트레스는 작물의 성장에 영향을 주어 세계 각 지역의 농업 생산량을 심각하게 감소시키고 있다. 따라서 작물의 생산성을 높이기 위해서 다양한 환경스트레스에 내성이 강한 새로운 품종의 개발이 요구된다. 최근의 연구 동향은 환경스트레스 저항성 유전자를 작물에 도입시켜 환경 변화에 대한 저항성이 강한 작물을 개발하는 것이다. 본 연구에서는 배추의 저온, 고농도의 염과 건조 등의 환경스트레스에 대한 저항성 유전자로 추정되는 BrTSR53의 염기서열을 분석하였다. BrTSR53의 유전자의 총 길이는 481 bp이며 이중에서 ORF 부위는 234 bp이었다. 이 ORF의 염기서열 상동성을 분석한 결과 Arabidopsis에서 보고된 유전자와 유사한 것으로 나타났다. BrTSR53의 발현을 분석하기 위하여 quantitative real-time PCR을 실시하였다. 그 결과 배추를 고염 처리, 저온 처리하고 3시간 후에 가장 높은 mRNA 양을 보였으며, 건조 처리에서는 36시간 후에 발현량이 최대치를 보였다. 따라서 이 ORF는 환경스트레스에 대한 배추의 저항성 유전자임을 확인하였다. 그리고 BrTSR53 유전자를 효모발현 벡터인 pYES-DEST52에 삽입하고 western blot 분석법을 통해 효모에서 분자량이 약 13 kDa인 저항성 단백질의 발현을 확인하였다. 또한 BrTSR53 형질전환 효모는 염분 스트레스에 대한 저항성이 증가한 것으로 나타났다. 따라서 BrTSR53 유전자는 농작물의 환경스트레스 저항성을 높여줄 수 있는 주요한 유전자원으로 이용될 수 있다고 사료된다.

The purpose of this article is analyzing the economic impacts of abnormal climate on fall chinese cabbage farmers and consumers in Korea, with employing the equilibrium displacement model. Our results show that there were little difference in gross farm income, even though there were significant yield reductions due to abnormal climate changes. However periodic occurrences of abnormal climates caused serious damage to consumption levels which had declined by 10.6~17.1 percent with higher prices by 15.3~24.6 percent than normal climate years since 1990.

본 연구는 유기농 배추재배를 위한 주요 해충 방제를 위한 push-pull 전략 수립을 하고자 유인 또는 기피식물의 효과를 평가하였다. 2012년 충남 서산의 유기농 배추재배농가에서 발생하는 배추좀나방, 배추잎벌레, 진딧물, 비단노린재 및 갈색노린재에 대한 메리골드, 호밀, 부추, 상추, 치커리, 농우-치커리, 쑥갓, 트레비소 및 겨자채 등, 9가지의 식물에 대한 유인 또는 기피효과를 평가하였다. 10종의 유인 및 기피식물 중에서, 호밀과 치커리는 갈색날개노린재와 비단노린재를 각각 강하게 유인하였다. 진딧물은 다른 식물보다 호밀에 선택적으로 유인되었다. 겨자채는 비단노린재, 갈색날개노린재 순으로 유인하였다. 비단노린재는 상추와 부추 혼작처리에 유인되었다. 유기농 배추포장에서 쑥갓, 트레비소, 청겨자의 단독 또는 혼합처리는 배추잎벌레, 배추좀나방, 비단노린재, 진딧물, 갈색날개노린재의 발생을 강하게 기피하였다. 상기 결과들은 선발한 해충 유인 및 기피식물은 배추의 종합적 해충방제를 위한 인자로 사용할 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

The purpose of this article is analyzing the impacts of climate change on winter chinese cabbage yield in Korea, with employing a panel data regression model. Our results show that there is a negative impacts of high temperature and precipitation amount on winter chinese cabbage yields. Especially high temperature and rainfall in September cause serious damage to winter chinese cabbage yield. According to the reduction schedule on greenhouse gas emission(RCP 4.5 scenario.), winter chinese cabbage yield would be 7.7% lower than it is, for reasons of high temperature and rainfall damages by the end of 21st century.

The fermentation and quality characteristics of Cheonggukjang with Chinese cabbage, which is produced as a by-product in the kimchi industry, were investigated. Cheonggukjang was prepared with cooked soybean without Chinese cabbage (control), with 10% Chinese cabbage (A10), and with 20% Chinese cabbage (A20), respectively. The A10 and A20 pH values did not show a significant difference compared with the control during fermentation for 72 h. The total aerobes of the Cheonggukjangs reached 8.65 (control), 8.73 (A10), and 9.11 (A20) log CFU/mL after fermentation for 72 h at 37°C, respectively. The numbers of lactic acid bacteria were found to be 5.62 (A10) and 5.87 (A20) log CFU/mL during fermentation for 72 h at 37°C, but lactic acid bacteria were not detected in the control. The amino nitrogen and viscous substance contents of A10 and A20 were lower than those of the control. The total polyphenol contents and DPPH radical scavenging abilities of the tested Cheonggukjang were increased by fermentation. The increasing ratio of polyphenol and the DPPH radical scavenging ability of A10 were higher than those of the control and of A20. The sensory quality of A10 was higher than that of the control and of A20 in taste, color, and overall acceptability.

Cold stress, which includes chilling (<20℃) and/or freezing (<0℃) temperatures, adversely affects the growth and development of plants and significantly constraints the spatial distribution of plants and agricultural productivity. Cold signal in plants is transmitted to activate C-repeat/drought-responsive elements-binding factor (CBF)-dependent and independent transcriptional pathway. In Arabidopsis, cold-regulated genes have been estimated to constitute ~4% to 20% of the genome. Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa ssp. pekinensis), like Arabidopsis, is a member of the Cruciferae family. With expectation that Chinese cabbage has similar cold-responding process as Arabidopsis, transcriptome profiles were examined in two comparable DH lines, Chiifu and Kenshin, using 24K microarray and expression of some of genes was analyzed by RT-PCR. Hundreds genes showed over two fold change upon freezing treatment, but only four genes specific for each line. Most of examined CBF-dependent and -independent pathway related genes have a similar expression patterns between Chiifu and Kenshin, except BrICE1 (inducer of CBF expression 1), MYB15, BrRAP2.1 and BrRAP2.6 (ethylene-responsive transcription factor 2.6). The BrICEL (inducer of CBF expression 1 like) showed specifically expression in Kenshin. The expression levels of vernalization related genes (BrRTV1, BrVRN5, BrVIN3L, VIP3 and VIP5) showed no difference between Chiifu and Kenshin and did not response to freezing treatment in our experiment. We will discuss more detailed expression data on poster.

Abiotic stresses such as extreme temperatures frequently limit the plant growth and productivity of major crop species. Two Chinese cabbage DH lines that have different geographic origins, in that Chiifu is from temperate regions, while Kenshin is from subtropical and tropical regions have been expected to show the specific response to high or low temperature. To find the temperature response genes between Chiifu and Kenshin, we analyzed transcriptomic profiling from light-chilling (6h at 4°C) and high temperature (6h at 38°C) treated plants using the KBGP-24K chip. Distribution of genes classified by PI (probe intensity) values showed remarkable difference between Chiifu and Kenshin. The number of genes up- and down-regulated gens by both temperatures were 135 and 79 genes, respectively. These genes may be temperature stress-related genes. Genes involved in the response to stress were changed by light-chilling stress. Chiifu specifically up-regulated genes upon light chilling-stress belong to cold acclimation proteins, calcium binding proteins, cell wall biogenesis proteins and lipoxygenase. On the other hand, Kenshin specifically up-regulated genes by heat-shock treatment include heat-shock proteins, phosphatases, protein folding and phosphorylation-associated ones. Further study on these specific genes function may provide insight to adaptation of Chinese cabbage and clue to develop molecular markers.

Genome-wide association study (GWAS) is a very powerful method to identify the natural allelic variation present in crop plants causing variation to economically important traits. The recent advances in high throughput genotyping and sequencing technology supplemented greatly to GWAS. Taking this advantage, we selected a total of 382 Chinese cabbage inbred lines for GWAS study. The selected inbred lines are being sequenced using next generation sequencing technology to develop genome wide gene specific single nucleotide polymorphism markers. The morphological and quality traits data were taken from field grown inbred lines. The phenotype and genotype association study will be done with more environmental grown data’s and developed SNP. At the end of this project, gene specific SNP markers will be developed for Chinese cabbage breeding for morphological and quality traits.

Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa ssp. pekinensis) is one of the most important vegetables and widely cultivated in Asia countries including Korea and China. Recently, whole genome sequence and full-length cDNA information of this species became available, which are encouraging genetic studies of this species to characterize agricultural important traits. Orange-colored (Or) cultivar of Chinese cabbage has inner leaves in orange, whereas other cultivars generally cultivated have yellow (Ye)- or white-colored inner leaves. In this study, we investigated phenotypes and carotenoid biosynthesis genes related to color variation in the Or cultivar. Firstly we compared the carotenoid content and composition between the Or and Ye cultivars by HPLC analysis. The inner leaves of Or cultivar contained approximately 9-fold high β-carotene content, whereas content of both lutein and violaxanthin was decreased to less than 30%, compared to Ye cultivar. Or cultivar was segregated with ratio of 3:1 in F2 population derived from crossing between Or and Ye inbred lines, indicating that Or phenotype is controlled by single recessive gene. To identify this gene, we investigated the expression of several genes involved in carotenoid biosynthesis by RT-PCR analysis. Among genes tested, two encoding putative carotenoid isomerase (CRTISO) and phytoene desaturase (PDS) were identified to show different expression between Or and Ye cultivars. Through further analysis of genomic DNA regions of these two genes, we could expect that several mutations such as InDel and base-substitution occurred and then affected expression of these genes in Or cultivar. In this presentation, I will introduce more detailed results for Or cultivars.

An experiment was conducted to find out the effect of brushing treatment during cultivation on the postharvest quality of the baby leaf vegetable, specifically tah tasai Chinese cabbage (Brassica campestris var. narinosa). The effect of mechanical brushing during cultivation on the postharvest quality was determined in terms of the quality changes in weight loss, gas partial pressure, leaf color, and appearance during storage using a 30-㎛-thick polypropylene film at 16℃. The brushing treatment included brushing with A4 paper back and forth 50 times a day. The study revealed that the growths on the brushing-treated plant group were less than those on the control group. The structure of the leaf tissue of the brushing-treated plant also tended to be less compact than that of the non-treated plant. The brushing treatment resulted in less growth and denser plant tissues as well as in differences in the gas O2 consumption and CO2 accumulation after packaging. For the gas partial pressure, the O2 consumption and CO2 accumulation of the brushing-treated plant tended to be less than those of the non-treated plant. There were no differences, however, between the brushing-treated plant and control groups in the SPAD value and appearance. The study results also suggested that after packaging, the effects of the brushing treatment during cultivation on the quality of the tah tasai Chinese cabbage baby leaf vegetable was not significant. As such, it is recommended that effective post-harvest methods of improving the product quality of the baby leaf vegetable be further investigated.

The effect of the packing methods for enhancing the shelf life and improving the postharvest quality of the tah tasai Chinese cabbage baby leaf vegetable was studied during storage. Fresh baby leaf vegetables were packed in four commercial packaging types: (1) a non-perforated bag with a 0.03-mm oriented polypropylene (OPP) film; (2) a perforated bag with 1.0-mm-diameter holes on an OPP film; (3) a 0.40-mm polyethylene terephthalate (PET) container with a hinged lid; and (4) an expanded polystyrene (EPS) tray wrapped with a 0.02-mm polyvinyl chloride (PVC) film. The quality parameters, such as the weight loss, moisture content change, color difference, and appearance of the baby leaf vegetables were investigated. The baby leaf vegetables in the PET container and in the non-perforated OPP film bag showed relatively low weight loss, high moisture content, and good external appearance compared to those in the EPS tray and in the perforated OPP film bag during limited storage periods, at 16oC.ThePETcontaineralsoprotectedthebabyleafvegetablesfromphysicaldamage.Thestudyresultswillenabletheselectionofabetterpackagingsystemforextendingthefreshnessandincreasingthemarketabilityofbabyleafvegetables.

In organic Chinese cabbage fields, Commercial Bacillus thuringiensis products are used widely against diamond back moth, Plutella xylostella. We conducted the study to determine the effective spray-interval of commercialized B. thuringiensis against diamond back moth on Chinese cabbages. Chinese cabbage leaves were collected 0, 1, 2, 3, 6, 10days after treatment in first trial and 0, 2, 4, 7, 9, 11days after treatment. We compared the insecticidal property of sprayed B. thuringiensis and the density of it on surface of Chinese cabbages using collected leaves. The insecticidal property maintained high until nine days after commercial B. thuringiensis products sprayed.

수산불(멍게, 키조개, 가리비, 자가비, 황석어, 도미, 낙지, 병태, 전어, 가오리, 숭어, 홍어, 갈치 및 멸치) 14종을 첨가한 배추김치의 레시피를 확립하여 제조하였고 저온숙성 7일차의 시료를 취하여 일반성분, 비타민, 무기질, 구성 및 유리 아미노산 함량을 조사하였다. 수산물을 첨가하여 제조한 배추김치 14종의 수분함량은 82.09~88.56% 범위였고, 조지방 함량은 0.31~0.64%, 조회분 함량은 2.70~3.50% 범위를 나타내어