탄소 양자점 (CQDs, Carbon Quantum Dots)은 크기에 따라 광 물리적 특성이 다르게 나타나는 소재로 각광을 받고 있지만 용매의 호환성과 화학적 안정성은 개선해야 할 문제로 남아있다. 따라서 CQDs에 여러 소수성 기능기를 도 입하여 고분자 미셀 내부에 들어갈 수 있도록 표면을 개질하였다. 탄소 양자점이 함유된 고분자 미셀의 광 물리적 특성은 흡광, 형광 분광법으로 측정하였다.

 ,  , The hawthorn spider mite, Tetranychus viennensis, is a pest of apples and a quarantine pest from some countries that import apples from Korea. A controlled atmosphere and temperature treatment system (CATTS) was developed as an alternative disinfestation method to methyl bromide fumigation treatment, and has been applied to control various insects and other arthropod pests on fruits. We applied CATTS to disinfect T. viennensis under conditions that were previously developed to control the peach fruit moth, Carposina sasakii. First, T. viennensis was sampled from Japanese apricot, Prunus mume, and identified by its morphological characters. In addition, both cytochrome oxidase I (COI) and internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequences supported the morphological identification. Second, the heat-tolerant developmental stage was determined in T. viennensis. When a 46℃ heat treatment was applied to egg, nymph, and adult stages of T. viennensis, adults were the most tolerant stage. Third, when heat temperature was used along with 1% O<, SUB>, 2<, /SUB>, and 15% CO<, SUB>, 2<, /SUB>, , the mites showed a significant increase in susceptibility to the heat treatment. Finally, CATTS at 46℃ with 15% CO<, SUB>, 2<, /SUB>, and 1% O<, SUB>, 2<, /SUB>, for 30 min resulted in 100% mortality of all T. viennensis development stages. These results indicated that CATTS isapplicable to disinfest T. viennensis in post-harvest apples.

환경조절열처리는 일명 CATTS (controlled atmosphere temperature treatment system)로 특정 해충의 생존 한계에 해당하는 고온을 처리하면서 방역효과를 극대 화하는 기술로써 수확 후 소독 처리 기술인 메틸브로마이드 훈증처리를 대체할 친 환경 수확 후 소독 기술로 개발되고 있다. 복숭아심식나방(Carposina sasakii)은 수출국의 검역 대상 해충이다. 본 연구는 국내 사과를 일부 외국으로 수출할 경우 검역대상으로 지목받고 있는 복숭아심식나방에 CATTS 기술을 적용하였고, 이에 따른 수출용 후지 사과의 품질을 조사하였다. 소독 처리에 사용된 CATTS는 시간 당 16℃씩 증가하여 기기의 내부 온도가 46℃가 되었을 때 이산화탄소 15%, 산소 1% 환경 조건을 맞추어 주었고, 과실 내부의 온도가 44℃에 도달하였을 때 소독 처리를 시작하였다. CATTS 소독 처리는 0 분, 30 분, 60 분, 75 분, 90 분, 120 분, 150 분과 180 분으로 나누어 처리하였다. CATTS 소독 처리 후 후지 사과는 상온 (25℃) 조건에서 1 일, 7 일과 14 일 저장하였고, 저온(1℃) 조건에서 1 일, 7 일, 14 일, 30 일, 60 일, 75 일, 90 일과 120 일 저장하였다. 저장 시기별로 사과 품질을 조사하였다. 사과 품질은 이화학 품질 특성(경도, 당도와 산도), 호흡 속도(에틸렌, 이산화탄소)와 외부･내부 갈변율을 조사하였다. 이화학 품질 특성과 호흡 속도에 따른 차이가 없었으며, 60 분 처리 시간을 기준으로 처리 시간과 저장 기간이 증가 에 비례하였다.

A postharvest treatment called CATTS (controlled atmosphere and temperature treatment system) has been used as an alternative nonchemical measure for methyl bromide fumigant treatment. This study applied CATTS to control the red flour beetle, Tribolium castaneum, infesting stored grains. Adults of T. castaneum were susceptible to 46℃ heat treatment. The susceptibility was further enhanced by addition of CA conditions (15% CO₂ and 1% O₂). When CATTS (46℃, 15% CO₂, 16℃/h treating rate) was applied to different developmental stages of T. castaneum, it showed 100% control efficacy by 120 min exposure. There was a variation in CATTS susceptibility among developmental stages, in which late instar larvae were most tolerant. Heat shock proteins of T. castaneum appeared to be implicated in the tolerance of CATTS.

As an environment-friendly phytosanitary measure, CATTS (controlled atmosphere temperature treatment system) has been developed to kill several quarantine insect pests infesting subtropical agricultural commodities. This study tested any possibility to apply CATTS to apples to effectively eliminate the peach fruit moth, Carposina sasakii, which has been regarded as a quarantine insect from the imported countries. When the larvae of C. sasakii were directly exposed to 46℃ (an installed lethal temperature of CATTS), they showed a median lethal time at 14.66 min. Addition of high carbon dioxide to the temperature treatment enhanced the thermal limit susceptibility of C. sasakii to 46℃. CATTS device was constructed to automatically control CO₂ concentration and temperature with real-time monitoring both in the chamber and in the fruit. The larvae internally infesting apples were tested using the CATTS device and showed 100% lethality after 60 min exposure to a treatment of 46℃ under 15% CO₂ in the chamber. Relatively long exposure may be due to the deviation between the ramping temperature (0.35℃/min) of the chamber and the ramping temperature (0.12-0.23℃/min) inside apple fruit, where the tested larvae were located. This study suggests a possibility that CATTS can be applied as a quarantine measure to kill the larvae of C. sasakii locating inside the apples.

Two closely related species, the soybean podworm, Matsumuraeses phaseoli, and the podborer, M. falcana, gives differential economic damages on crops. It is difficult to discriminate these potential sympatric species by morphological characters. The goal of this study was to develop a discriminating molecular marker based on polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP). A partial genomic fragment (500 bp) of mitochondrial cytochrome oxidaseⅠ (mtCOI) was sequenced in both species, in which restriction site by Rsa I was selected as a dichotomous marker. PCR-RFLP in the mtCOI region clearly discriminated both species.

Local and seasonal populations of the oriental fruit moth, Grapholita molesta , were monitored with sex pheromone trapping and RAPD (random amplified polymorphic DNA) molecular marker to analyze their movement in apple orchards. To detect their movements among farms, pheromone traps were placed at regions between apple farms (‘outside-farms’) as well as within-farms (‘inside-farms’). Four seasonal adult peaks were evident in apple-cultivating fields from April to October in both trappings of inside- or outside-farms. After overwintering generation, populations of inside-farms were significantly reduced with frequent insecticide applications, compared to populations of outside-farms. Within apple farms, G. molesta tended to be unevenly distributed because of significant sublocal preference. Active movements of local and seasonal populations of G. molesta were supported by gene flow analysis using RAPD marker. Monitoring data using sex pheromone and seasonal reduction in initial genetic differentiation detected in the overwintering populations suggest that there must be significant movement of G. molesta among different orchards in apple-cultivating areas.

An unidentified moth was captured in sex pheromone traps of the oriental fruit moth, Grapholita molesta, especially at spring season in apple orchards and their vicinity. Though the captured males were similar in appearance to G. molesta males, they were easily distinguished by a marked difference in body size. Their occurrence pattern was also similar to that of overwintering G. molesta population from April to May, at which more males were captured in the pheromone traps installed in the vicinity of apple orchards than within apple orchards. After May, they were no longer captured in the pheromone traps. To investigate any larval damage due to this unidentified moth, molecular markers needed to be developed. Four PCR-RFLP markers originated from cytochrome b region of mitochondrial DNA could distinguish this unidentified moth from G. molesta.

Spring phenology of the oriental fruit moth, Grapholita molesta, was monitored using sex pheromone traps in apple cultivating areas. Their occurrence was earlier in southern areas and their population sizes were significantly different among orchards even in a local cultivating zone. The overwintering populations appeared to move between local orchards, based on the fact that monitoring data obtained at the sites between orchards were similar to those of nearby orchards. However, within orchards, these adult movements appeared to decrease and showed skewed occurrences at the side of upwind direction or close to neighboring orchards. At initial occurrence peak (April 20-25), the overwintering populations of the different localities were collected and analyzed in their genetic distances. PCR-RAPD analysis indicated that there were significant genetic differences among the overwintering populations of G. molesta. This genetic differentiation of overwinterin populations may be due to genetic bottleneck following differential selection pressures against the subpopulations of G. molesta during winter on the basis of the RAPD analysis that each early spring population was significantly different to its previous fall population in the same locality.

사과 해충으로서 복숭아순나방(Grapholita molesta)은 과실에 피해를 주는 일차해충이다. 이에 따라 과실 내부에서 피해를 주는 유충이 방제 대상이나, 살충제와 접촉이 어려워 방제가 어렵다. 이를 극복하기 위한 방제기술이 성페로몬을 이용한 교미교란제 처리이다. 그러나 소규모로 흩어져 있는 국내 사과원 구도는 단일 과원의 교미교란제 처리는 교미된 암컷의 이주에 따라 유효성을 얻기가 힘들다. 이에 따라 광범위한 교미교란제 처리가 불가피하나, 현실적으로 어느 정도의 규모가 처리 대상인지 결정하기 어렵고 불필요한 광역화는 비용면에서 현실성이 없다. 대안으로 복숭아순나방 성충의 교미 반경을 측정할 수 있다면 교미교란제 처리 규모를 합리적으로 결정할 수 있다. 이러한 복숭아순나방 교미 반경 결정을 위해서는 집단간 차이를 보이는 분자지표의 개발이 우선적이다. 본 연구는 이를 위해 세 가지 전략으로 접근하였다. 첫째로, 복숭아순나방 미토콘드리아 전체 염기서열 분석으로 이를 통해 집단간 변이를 보이는 부위를 결정하려 했다. 둘째로 PCR-RFLP 기술로서 미토콘드리아 DNA의 제한효소 다형부위 결정기술이다. 끝으로 PCR-RAPD로서 전체 게놈에 대한 임의적 증폭물에 대한 다형 유전좌위 개발 전략이다.

Oriental fruit moth, Grapholita molesta, is a serious pest on apples. To control this pest in an environmentally friendly method, mating disruption strategy using sex pheromone has been developed. Area-wide application of mating disruption has been needed to be effective, with little understanding on how much size of apple cultivating area should be treated in one time application of the mating disruption technique. On this matter, we needed to determine a minimal mating active zone of G. molesta that should be applied with mating disrupters to be effective. Molecular markers to discriminate a specific population should be developed to trace population migration for reproductive behaviors. Here we developed two effective molecular markers using random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) technique. Different field populations of G. molesta, based on locations and seasons, were analyzed with these markers. In a specific location, G. molesta populations varied in genetic composition with different seasons. Different local populations showed differential variation according to their relative distances among apple orchards. In overall, genetic variation among different populations became lessen with progression of seasons.