본 연구는 광나무(Ligustrum japonicum) 종자의 파종 효율성 및 유묘 생산성을 증진시키기 위하여, 발아와 균일성에 효과가 있는 priming 처리 중 처리시간, 처리제 및 처리농도를 비교·분석하여 적절한 전처리 조건을 구명하고자 실시하였다. 광나무 종자는 충실 종자를 사용하기 위해 1일간 침지처리 후 침강 종자만을 사용하였다. 종자 전처리는 priming 처리시간(24, 48시간)에 따라 GA3 (0, 10, 100, 200 ㎎·L-1) 생장조절제와 Ca(NO3)2 및 KNO3 (0, 50, 100, 200 mM) 무기염류로 처리하여 시험을 수행하였다. 발아특성을 분석한 결과 priming 24시간 처리는 대조구보다 유의적으로 높은 발아율, 발아속도, 발아균일지수를 보인 반면(p≤0.001), priming 48시간 처리 시 대조구보다 낮은 발아특성을 나타냈다. 특히, priming 24시간·GA3 200 ㎎ 처리에서 발아율 44.0%, 발아속도 0.59%·day, 발아균일지수 0.55으로 가장 높은 효과를 보였다(p≤0.001). 한편, priming 48시간·GA3 및 Ca(NO3)2 200 mM 처리구에서는 발아가 나타나지 않았다. priming 처리된 종자로부터 생장한 유묘들을 대상으로 T/R율 및 유묘활력지수를 조사한 결과 발아율이 가장 높았던 priming 24시간·GA3 200 ㎎ 처리에서 낮은 T/R율과 수분감소율을 보였으며, 유묘 활력지수는 793.0으로 가장 높게 나타났다(p≤0.001). 결과적으로 priming 종류(GA3, Ca(NO3)2, KNO3) 중 광나무 종자 발아 및 유묘의 생장에 영향을 적정 처리제는 GA3로 판단되며, 적정 처리 조건은 200 ㎎, 24시간 처리로 나타났다.

본 연구에서는 건열처리를 통해 알팔파 종자에 접종된 Bacillus cereus ATCC 12480, Listeria monocytogenes ATCC SSA81, Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 6538, Escherichia coli O157:H7 ATCC 43894, Salmonella Typhimurium ATCC 14028을 발아율에 영향 없이 불활성화 시키는 조건(65oC 에서 21일, 70oC에서 16일, 75oC에서 10일, 80oC에서 7일)을 조사하였다. 알팔파 종자를 6-7 log CFU/g 수준으로 접종 하고 65, 70, 75, 80oC로 건열처리 한 후, 발아율을 확인 하였다. 알팔파 종자의 발아율은 시장에 유통되고 있는 알 팔파 새싹의 발아율 기준인 70%로 설정하였다. 알팔파 종 자에서 B. cereus는 65oC에서 21일, 70oC에서 18일, 75oC 에서 14일, 80oC에서 4일, Listeria monocytogenes는 65oC에서 21일, 70oC에서 18일, 75oC에서 12일, 80oC에서 7일, S. aureus는 65oC에서 18일, 70oC에서 18일, 75oC에서 11 일, 80oC에서 4일, E. coli O157:H7은 65oC에서 21일, 70oC 에서 18일, 75oC에서 12일, 80oC에서 6일, Sal. Typhimurium 은 65oC에서 24일, 70oC에서 22일, 75oC에서 14일, 80oC 에서 7일 이상 건열처리 하였을 때 완전히 불활성화 되었 다. 모든 균주는 65oC에서 80oC로 온도가 상승할 때 특정 온도에서 세균의 90%를 죽이는 데 필요한 시간인 D-값 (R2=0.5656−0.7957)이 유의미하게 감소하였다(P<0.05). 80oC 에서 7일간 건열처리 하였을 때 발아율이 70% 미만으로 감소하였기 때문에 75oC에서 14일간 건열처리 하는 것이 알팔파 종자의 안전성을 확보하는데 있어 가장 효과적인 방법이다. 이 연구는 알팔파 종자의 안전성을 확보하고 일 정한 품질의 새싹을 생산하는데 기초자료로 이용될 것으 로 기대된다.

본 연구의 목적은 온탕침지와 pH교정석회유황합제 처리에 의한 상추 유기종자의 곰팡이와 세균의 소독효과 및 발아율에 미치는 영향을 검정하고자 하였다. 상추종자에 Alternaria sp.가 53.3% 감염되어 있었고 Aspergillus sp.와 Cladosporium sp.은 각각 14.5%와 5.4% 감염되어 있었다. 세균은 형태적으로 Pseudomonas sp., 한 종만 분리되었으며 16.5%가 감염되어 있었다. 상추종자 소독에 효과적인 온탕침지조건을 탐색하고자 온탕의 온도조건(45℃, 50℃, 55℃, 60℃)에 따른 소독효과를 조사하였다. 온탕침지 온도와 처리시간이 증가함에 따라 곰팡이와 세균에 대한 살균효과는 증가하였으나 종자의 발아율은 급격히 감소하였다. 온탕침지 단독처리는 50℃ 온탕에서 20분간 처리할 경우 상추종자의 살균효과와 발아율이 각각 91.1%로 가장 우수하였다. 상추종자 소독을 위한 온탕침지와 pH교정석회유황합제 교호처리는 50℃의 온탕침지 조건에서는 10분간 처리하는 것이 상추종자의 살균효과와 발아율이 각각 100%와 97.6%로 가장 높았다. 본 연구결과는 종자 표면뿐만 아니라 종자내의 곰팡이나 세균을 살균할 수 있는 기술개발에 기여할 수 있을 것으로 생각한다.

Curry ingredients such as turmeric, coriander, cumin, fennel, fenugreek often contain microbial contaminants. Our preliminary analysis showed that microbial contamination in fenugreek was relatively higher than other ingredients, and therefore the decontamination using a non-thermal plasma was performed to enhance its microbial quality. Corona discharge plasma jet (CDPJ) was used for the decontamination of fenugreek seeds. The results showed that aerobic bacteria were decreased by 0.88 - 2.51 log units, and yeast and mold exhibited the reduction of 0.58-1.95 log units with the treatment for 20 min. For the microbial inactivation pattern, the Weibull model gave the best distribution fit among the models tried. The decontamination effect of the CDPJ was enhanced with the decrease of the distance from the plasma electrode, and with the increase of the current intensity. The effect of the plasma treatment on antioxidant capacity of fenugreek seed was also investigated, and the obtained results indicated that total phenolic content and DPPH radical scavenging ability were unaffected by the treatment at a current intensity of 1.00 A regardless the treatment distance from the electrode, whereas significant increases were observed with the treatment at 1.25 A and 1.50 A currents.

Because of many benefits from raw seed sprouts, consumers have consumed them largely. However, despite of many benefits, raw sprouts has been implicated in food-borne diseases. The source of food-borne disease related to raw seed sprouts is thought to originate from seeds contaminated by pathogenic bacteria. So, Intense Pulsed Light (IPL), a non-thermal processing method, is an effective device for seeds to maintain microbial safety without loss of seed viability. The objective of this research was to determine the effects on microbial inactivation and quality in radish and wheat seed by IPL treatment and to figure out the correlation between inactivation of seeds and surface roughness value (Ra). At 5th day of germination, the average germination rate and shoot length of radish sprouts by IPL at total fluences of 121 J/cm2 were 95% and 5.8 cm. It was not significant compared to the control group. And log reductions of radish and wheat seeds by IPL showed 1.0 and 1.2, respectively. The results showed radish seeds have higher tolerance to IPL treatment than wheat seed. Also, radish seed had the rougher surface (Ra=2.85 μm) than wheat seed (Ra=0.55 μm). Therefore, IPL can decontaminate microbial population on seeds, but the effectiveness of IPL is dependent on the surface morphology of seeds.

본 연구는 임산물 중 수요가 확대되고 있는 곰취 종자의 발아 특성을 구명하고자 실시되었으며, 이를 통하여 효율적인 종자 전처리 및 증식기술을 개발하고자 하였다. 실험은 두 종류로 진행되었는데, 온도(10, 15, 20, 25oC) 및 차광수준(전광, 35, 50, 75, 95%)에 따른 발아력을 조사하였다. 각 실험에 앞서 종자는 전처리를 받았는데, 온도실험에서는 0, 15, 30, 45 및 60일의 저온습윤 처리를, 차광수준 실험에서는 2일 동안 상온건조, 저온건조 및 수침처리를 실시하였다. 곰취 종자는 전처리에 관계 없이 상대적으로 낮은 온도인 10oC일 때 가장 발아가 잘 되었고, 온도가 높아질수록 발아율은 낮아지는 경향을 보였다. 차광수준 실험에서는 전체 처리 중 75% 차광 내 상온건조 처리에서 발아율이 68.1%로 가장 높았으며, 95% 차광 내 수침처리에서 48.6%로 발아율이 가장 낮은 것으로 조사되었다. 한편, 차광수준 실험에서 95%에서는 발아 후 웃자라는 현상을 보였으며, 전광에서는 고사 피해가 관찰되었다. 따라서 본 실험의 결과를 종합하면, 곰취 종자는 전처리로 15일 정도의 저온습윤 저장을 하여 10oC 정도의 낮은 온도(시기)에 파종을 하고, 50~75% 정도의 차광처리를 하였을 때 가장 좋은 발아율 및 초기생장을 보일 것으로 판단된다.

황근 종자가 발아가 잘 안되는 이유를 알아보고자 종자의 활력여부를 확인하기 위해 TZ활력검사를 실시한바, 조직의 활력은 있음이 판명되었다. 활력이 있는 종자가 발아 안되는 이유를 알기 위하여 종피의 수분 흡수 장해를 검토하였고 그 결과 종피가 딱딱하여 종자내부로의 물 흡수가 어려운 것을 확인하였다. 물흡수를 원활하게 하기 위해 어떤 조처가 필요한가를 알기 위해 종피약화 및 발아촉진처리를 몇 가지 실시한 바 층적처리, 열탕처리, 종피파상처리 및 저온습윤처리 등의 방법은 효과가 크게 없었으며 황산처리가 가장 효과적이었다. 황산처리의 최적시간을 규명하고자 황산처리 시간을 달리하여 먼저 실내에서 발아시험을 실시한 결과 20분 처리가 치상 30일째 발아율 80% (무처리 12%), 발아속도 13 (무처리 1), 발아속도지수가 1,969 (무처리 183)로 나타나 발아에 가장 좋았다. 폿트시험에서도 실내시험과 같은 경향을 얻을 수 있었다. 황산20분 처리에서 어떤 이유로 발아가 잘 되는가를 확인하기 위해서 주사전자현미경(사진)으로 종자조직의 변화를 관찰하였다. 황산20분 처리는 종피약화도 시킬 수 없고 배꼽을 통한 수분흡수도 불가능 하지만(사진), 황근종자의 배꼽과 주공을 동시에 덮고 있는 hilum cap을 떨어져 나가게 하여 주공을 열수 있기 때문인 것으로 확신하였다. hilum cap이 떨어져 나가 주공이 열림으로써 수분흡수가 용이한지를 확인하기 위하여 수분흡수속도를 무처리와 비교하여 시간대별로 조사하였다. 황산20분 처리에서 빠른 속도로 수분흡수가 이루어짐을 확인할 수 있었다. 그래서 경실의 황근 종자는 황산20분 침지처리로 배꼽과 주공을 동시에 덮고 있는 hilum cap를 떨어져 나가게 해서 주공을 열리게 하고 이를 통한 수분흡수가 용이하기 때문에 발아가 잘 되는 것으로 결론지었다.

Hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) is a dioecious plant, although monoecious plants are bred in some cultivars for fiber or seed production. Recently, hemp has received attention for medicinal use with some cannabinoids, including cannabidiol. Self-fertilization for breeding inbred lines is difficult because of dioeciousness and anemophily in hemp. This experiment was conducted to develop a self-fertilization method by forming female flowers and seeds from male plants of dioecious hemp. To induce the formation of female flowers on male plants, 500 ㎎ L-1 of ethephon was sprayed on plants at soon, seven and fourteen days after primordia formation. The plant ratio of female flowers formation and the number of harvested seeds were increased by ethephon treatment. Female flowers of male plants have 5 stigmas in contrast to the dual stigma of female 1plants. Male plant seeds were lighter and smaller than those from female plants. Although the germination rate was lower than that of normal seeds from female plants, the seeds from male plants germinated to grow seedlings. Thus, we suggest that hemp plants should be treated with ethephon at soon after primordia formation to induce the formation of more female flowers on the male plants.

Background : Ginseng seeds are one of short-lived seeds species which loose their viability easily in the condition of conventional storage. Cryopreservation using liquid nitrogen (LN) has been recommended as a alternative storage for this kind of germplasm short lived or dessiccation-sensitive. This study was performed to find out whether cryopreservation could assure initial viability not only for seeds with high germination rate but also for seeds with low germination rate (in aging process). Methods and Results : In this work, 3 cultivars of dehisced ginseng seeds were artificial aged in the condition of 40℃, 95% RH during 6 hours with 3 hours-interval. The germination rate of ginseng seeds was decreased to the range of 71 - 94% of initial viability by artificial aging treatment. After 24 hours of vapor-LN exposure on both of artificial aged and non treated seeds as a cryopreservation, germination rate for each cultivar was decreased with the range of 76 - 95% of initial viability. While the decreasing patterns of germination rate for each cultivar showed similar curves between before and after vapor-LN exposure, the aging effects could be slightly little by cryopreservation for 3 cultivars of ginseng seeds. Conclusion : From the above results, we may suggest that cryopreservation could be recommened for storage tool of dehisced ginseng seeds even with low viability also and expected to make slower seed aging process during preservation period through further study.

Background : The aim of the present study was to identify an effective physicochemical control method to reduce Fusarium species infestation in adlay (Coix lacryma-jobi L.) before and after harvesting. Methods and Results : We observed that prochloraz emusifiable concentrate and hexaconazol prochloraz emusifiable concentrate strongly inhibited the mycelial growth of 10 Fusarium species. Strong growth inhibitions and cell lysis were observed following treatment with 4% NaOCl solution. The total number of fungi detected were lower follwing treatment with thiophanatemethyl triflumizole wettable powder (1.1 × 104 CFU/g), hexaconazol prochloraz emulsifiable concentrate (1.2 × 104 CFU/g), carboxin thiram dustable powder (1.6 × 104 CFU/g) and prochloraz emulsifiable concentrate (1.7 × 104 CFU/g) than in the non-treated control (7.7 × 104 CFU/g). The reduction of Fusarium fungi varies with the concentration and soaking time of NaOCl solution. Fungal detection was not observed after soaking in NaOCl solution for 24 h and harmful effects were not observed for plant growth by NaOCl after soacking for 6 - 12 h. Conclusion : Soaking seed for 6 - 12 h in 4% NaOCl could be an effective method of disinfectant treatment for the control of Fusarium fungi in adlay seeds.

Background : This study was carried out to investigate the changes to fatty acid, mineral, and ginsenosides contents in ginseng seed when they were stratified for different length of time and to determine whether variety had any effects on the changes. The aim was to improve the ginseng seed stratification process. Methods and Results : The ginseng varieties used were Geumpoong, Chunpoong, Yunpoong, and K-1. Stratifying periods treated on ginseng seed were 0, 20, 40, 60, 80, and 100 days. The main fatty acids of ginseng seed were oleic acid (C18 : 1, n9c) with a content of 78.40 - 79.20% followed by linoleic acid (C18 : 2, n6c). The main mineral in the seeds was potassium (K), at 1208.2 - 1337.6 ㎎/100 g. The main ginsenosides in ginseng seed were ginsenoside Re and Rb1. Increasing the length of the stratification periods led to increases in oleic acid content (60 - 80 days), however after this the content declined. In contrast, linoleic acid content fell as the stratification period increased. K, P, Mg, Ca and Na content rose as the stratification period increased. The ginsenoside Re content of Chunpoong and K-1 cultivar seeds also rose as the stratification period increased which meant that total ginsenoside content increased. However, ginsenoside Re content rose in Geumpoong and Yunpoong seeds, but total ginsenoside content decreased as the stratification period increased. Conclusions : Some beneficial compound in ginseng seed rose as the stratification period increased. Therefore, ginseng seed stratification could improve the food value of ginseng.

This study was conducted to investigate the effects of sowing density, number of seeds sown per hole, andthinning treatment on growth characteristics and disease occurrence in Panax ginseng under direct sowing cultivation in ablue plastic greenhouse. Seedling were grown from 2 or 3 seeds sown, and the healthiest was only retained, while the restwere thinned out at the foliation stage. NO3-N, P2O5, and organic matter content differed significantly between growthconditions in the plastic greenhouse and in conventional shade in the soil. Disease also tended to be higher in the conven-tional shade than in the plastic greenhouse. Plant height and stem length showed an increasing trend with increasing sowingdensity and number of seeds sown per hole. However, these measures noticeably decreased when thinning treatment wasconducted. Growth of the subterranean part of ginseng was not markedly influenced by sowing density, the number of seedssown per hole, or thinning treatment. Root weight, which is an important factor in yield, was significantly affected by thenumber of seeds sown and thinning treatment. Interestingly, root weight tended to be higher in the thinning treatment plotthan the untreated control plot. Damping-off and root rot increased noticeably as the number of seeds sown increased. Dis-ease also tended to be substantially higher in the thinning treatment plot than the untreated control. However, physiologicaldisorder of the plants did not vary with sowing density, the number of seeds sown, or thinning treatment.

This study was performed to identify optimal harvesting time of ginseng seeds and to examine the effect of GA3 treatment for improvement of seed stratification rate. Ginseng seeds harvested from Land race, Chunpoong and Yunpoong cultivar in July 20 were tested for stratification rate. It was shown that stratification rates of land race, Yunpoong and Chunpoong cultivar were 94.1%, 93.1%, and 82.6%, respectively. Seeds of Chunpoong cultivar harvested 10-15 days later showed a comparable stratification rate to that of Land race, indicating that late harvest of Chunpoong seeds is beneficial for the increase of stratification rate. The higher stratification rate was found in mature seeds (92.3%) than immature seeds (37.8%), both of which were harvested in July 20. Stratification rate of mature seeds harvested in July 15 was 87.5%, demonstrating optimal harvesting time of ginseng seeds with higher stratification rate is after mid-July. An exponential growth of endosperms of ginseng seeds was observed from early June to mid-June and then slow growth was observed. There was no obvious growth of embryos from fertilization to mid-August. After the this time, embryos quickly grew until late October. Thus, appropriate stratification control is essential during the period (from early September to late October) in order to optimize embryo growth and development. While no increase of stratification rate was observed in seeds treated with 50 ppm of GA3, significant increases were observed in seeds treated with 100 ppm of GA3. At this concentration of GA3, the stratification rate of Land race, Chunpoong and Yunpoong cultivar was 95.0%, 95.3%, and 96.5%, respectively.

Tetragonia tetragonides is a medicinal plant native to ocean sand soil of southern provinces and has significant effects on the prevention and curing of gastroenteric disorders. Despite of its popularity, supply of the plant has never met the level of demand because of the absence of an adequate culturing method. The present study, thereby, was conducted for classifying the plants with geographically different characteristics, studying growth habits, developing a new culturing method and establishing a large scale propagation system of selected superior individual plants. The study was also aimed for revealing optimum conditions for seed treatment, fertilization, and efficient culturing system and thereby, for utilizing the plant as a new income source for rural communities. The seed was elongated with size of 2.6 mm (width) × 1.8 mm (length). No difference in seed size was observed depending on different inhabitate. Each flower produced about 4.5~4.8 seeds. Germination rate was high for seeds matured for 40 days after fertilization, but deceased to 50% for seeds matured only for 20 or 30 days. Seed dormancy lasted 6 months and seed storage at humid 5℃ facilitated germination. Mechanical obstruct of seed germination was due to seed coat and removal of seed coat enhanced the germination rate. Optimum temp. for seed storage was 5℃, and high germination rate was maintained for 350 days. However, for stratification condition or at room temperature, germination was significantly reduced as storage time increased Optimum treatment of plant growth regulators was soaking in GA3 250 mg/L for 1 hr. The priming treatment with 50 mM Ca(NO3)2 at 20℃ for two days improved the seed germination with 10% compared to non-treated control. The treatment of 20% NaOCl for 3 hr. improved the seed germination rate up to 10% and 1 day ahead.

원료곡인 동부의 침종, 포화, 노화 조건이 동부나물 생산량과 생장반응에 미치는 영향을 검토한 결과, 흡수량은 침종 초기 2시간까지는 급속히 증가하다 이후에는 완만히 증가하였으나, 발아력과 나물 생산수율 및 잔뿌리 발생량은 침종기간(1~6시간)이 길어질수록 낮았다. 5일간 포화(수분 96±1%, 20℃)처리가 무처리나 1, 3일간 포화처리에 비해 발아력과 나물 생산수율 및 잔뿌리 발생량이 높았다. 고온 노화처리에 따른 발아력과 나물 생산수율은 무처리에 비해 낮았는데, 이상의 결과로 동부나물 재배를 위한 원료곡 전처리 방법은 5일간 포화(수분 96±1%, 20℃)처리하고 세척하여 재배하는 것이 좋은 것으로 판단된다.

This research study was to develop methods for inhibiting the germination of cotton seeds. Germination rates after heating treatment at 80℃ with 10, 20, 30, 40 min. were 9.3, 9.3, 5.3 and 1.3 percentage, respectively. Heat treatment over 85℃ with 10 min. caused no germination of cotton seeds. Germination was significantly reduced with gamma rays treatment more than 10,000 gy, while the treatment within 2,000-8,000 gy induced less effects. Microwave processing for 30 seconds and 60 seconds inhibit the germination of cotton seed under 8 and 0%, respectively. As a physical treatment, rollmill milling with 1.5, 2, 2.5 mm gap inhibited any germination of cotton seeds. The optimum gap of roll-mill for processing physical cracking was below 51% of the thickness of seed.