본 연구에서는 기 선발한 Enterobacter asburiae ObRS-5 균주를 1×108 cfu mL-1 농도로 고추에 관주 처리했을 때 Phytophthora capsici에 의한 고추역병을 74.6% 방제하는 효과가 있었다. E. asburiae ObRS-5 균주에 의한 고추역병 방제 메커니즘을 확인하기 위해 고추의 PR1, PR4 및 PR10 유전자를 특이적으로 증폭하는 프라이머를 이용하여 quantitative PCR을 수행하였다. 그 결과 E. asburiae ObRS- 5 균주를 처리한 고추에서 대조구와 비교하여 상기 세 가지 유전자의 발현이 모두 높은 수준을 유지하였다. 또한 E. asburiae ObRS-5 균주는 고추의 생육을 억제하지 않으면서 ISR 반응을 유도하는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 결과를 통하여 P. capsici이 침입할 때 E. asburiae ObRS-5 균주가 매개 하는 ISR 메커니즘을 통해 Phytophthora 역병의 제어가 가능한 것으로 사료된다.

전 세계적인 지구 온난화로 인한 가뭄은 농작물의 생산성을 저해하는 주요 원인 중 하나이며, 고온과 건조가 복합적으로 작용하여 식물 생장을 감소시킨다. 본 연구에서는 Bacillus velezensis YP2 균주의 식물 생육촉진 및 건조 스트레스 내성 증진 효과를 온실과 시설하우스 포장에서 조사하였다. 또한 B. velezensis YP2 균주의 처리 전과 후 케일 근권과 뿌리에서 배양법에 의한 상대 정량 방법으로 B. velezensis YP2 균주의 근권 및 뿌리 정착능을 분석하였다. 온실 검정 결과 YP2 균주 처리구에서는 무처리구와 비교하여 케일 유묘의 초장 26.7% 및 지상부 생체중 142.2% 증가시키는 효과가 있었다. 또한 B. velezensis YP2 처리구에서는 무처리구와 비교하여 39.4%의 건조 피해 경감 효과가 있었다. 시설하우스 포장 검정 결과에서도 B. velezensis YP2 균주 처리에 의한 케일의 생장촉진 효과와 건조 스트레스 내성 증진 효과가 있었으며, B. velezensis YP2 처리구에서 케일 잎의 상대수분함량이 무처리구와 비교하여 7, 10, 14일에 모두 높은 것으로 나타났다. B. velezensis YP2 균주의 뿌리 정착능 분석 결과, 균주 처리 21일까지 케일 근권 및 뿌리 균밀도가 무처리구와 비교하여 B. velezensis YP2 처리구에서 유의하게 높은 것으로 나타났다. 따라서 균주 처리 후 최소한 21일이 경과할 때까지 B. velezensis YP2 균주가 케일 근권과 뿌리에 정착하여 식물과 상호작용함으로서 생육을 촉진하고 식물의 물 이용률을 증가시켜 건조 스트레스 내성을 증진하는 데 관련이 있을 것으로 판단된다. 본 연구 결과를 통하여 B. velezensis YP2 균주는 가뭄으로 인한 건조한 토양 조건에서 작물 생산성을 향상시키는 가능성이 있는 유용한 미생물로 이용할 수 있을 것으로 생각된다.

Drought stress is a major agricultural limitation to crop productivity worldwide, especially by which leafy vegetables, plant leaves eaten as vegetable, could be more lethal. The study was carried out to know the effect of drought tolerance plant growth promoting bacteria (PGPB) on water stress of kale seedlings. A total of 146 morphologically distinct bacterial colonies were isolated from bulk soil and rhizosphere soil of leafy vegetables and screened for plant growth promoting microbioassay in greenhouse. Out of them the isolate SB19 significantly promoted the growth of kale seedlings in increasement of about 42% of plant height (14.1 ㎝), 148% of leaf area (19.0 ㎠) and 138% of shoot fresh weight (1662.5 ㎎) attained by the bacterially treated plants compared to distilled water treated control (9.9 ㎝, 7.7 ㎠, 698.8 ㎎). Shoot water content of SB19 treated kale seedlings (1393.8 ㎎) was also increased about 152% compared with control (552.5 ㎎). The SB19 isolated from bulk soil of kale plant in Iksan, Korea, was identified as species of Bacillus based on 16S rRNA gene sequencing analysis. We evaluated the effect of drought tolerance by the Bacillus sp. SB19 on kale seedlings at 7th and 14th days following the onset of the water stress and watering was only at 7th day in the middle of test. In the survey of 7th and 14th day, there were mitigation effect of drought stress in kale seedlings treated with 106 and 107 cell mL-1 of SB19 compared to distilled water treated control. Especially, there were more effective mitigation of drought damage in kale seedlings treated with 107 cell mL-1 than 106 cell mL-1. Further, although drought injury of bacterially treated kale seedlings were not improved at 14th day compared with 7th day, drought injury of 107 cell mL-1 of SB19 treated kale seedlings were not happen rapidly but developed over a longer period of time than 106 cell mL-1 of SB19 or control. The diffidence of results might be caused by the concentration of bacterial suspension. This study suggests that beneficial plant-microbe interaction could be a important role of enhancement of water availability and also provide a good method for improving quality of leafy vegetables under water stress conditions.

This study was conducted to identify the insecticidal effect of a mixture of sophora extract and Bacillus thuringiensis against Spodoptera exigua on potted chinese cabbage in both laboratory and plastic house condition. In laboratory condition, mortality of larvae by BT (1×105, 1×106, 1×107 cfu ml-1) alone was 27.5%, 51.3% and 92.5%, respectively, which was depend upon concentration of BT. Control efficacy of the mixture of BT and sophora extract was 98.8%, 88.8% and 91.3% which was higher than BT treatment only. The mixture of sophora and lower BT concentration was showed more increase of control efficacy. Anti-feedant effect by BT was depend on concentration of BT. At field experiment, the mixture of BT and sophora extract appeared higher mortality (72.2%, 67.8%, 61.1%) than BT treatment only (14.4%, 26.7%, 66.7%) similar with laboratory experiment. The mixture was less affected by environmental condition at field than BT only. Therefore, for effective control of beet armyworm without possibility to develop resistance against BT at farm, treatment of the mixture of sophora extract (0.033%) and BT (1×105 cfu ml-1) would be considered more effective than BT treatment only.

Bacillus amyloliquefaciens GR4-5 was isolated from the rhizosphere soil of Korean ginseng and displayed broad-spectrum suppression of ginseng root rot pathogens. The survivability of B. amyloliquefaciens GR4-5 in soil was investigated under three different conditions; indoor, outdoor ─ of which soil was put in 14 mL tube after treatment ─ and field environments. Soil samples were collected over a fourweek period from three experimental designs, and assessed for 16S rRNA gene copy number by quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR). In outdoor condition, the 16S rRNA gene copy number of Bacillus spp. was 8.35 log copies g soil-1 immediately after the GR4-5 treatment. Two weeks later, the 16S rRNA gene copy number of Bacillus spp. (6.70 log copies g soil-1) was similar to that of the control (6.38 log copies g soil-1). In indoor condition, the 16S rRNA gene copy number of Bacillus spp. maintained in a certain level for a longer period than those in outdoor and field. The 16S rRNA gene copy number of Bacillus spp. in field experiment was reduced faster than that of outdoor condition. Our results show that B. amyloliquefaciens GR4-5 can survive in bulk soil for 1 week, indicating its potential use as a biocontrol agent following 7 day application intervals. This study presents that outdoor microcosm system design could be a useful method to assess easily the survivability of beneficial microorganisms.