본 연구는 메꽃과 6종의 식물에 대해 신속하고 비파괴적으로 분류하기 위해 근적외선 (Vis-NIR) 스펙트럼을 이용하였고 데이터의 전처리와 머신러닝 기술을 적용하였다. 전국적으로 분포하는 메꽃과 6종에 대해 야외에서 휴대용 분광기를 이용하여 판별하였다. 식물의 잎의 표면에서 400~1,075 nm의 근적외선 스펙트럼 (1.5 nm)을 수집하였 다. 수집된 스펙트럼 데이터는 3가지의 전처리와 raw데이터를 이용하였고 4종류의 머신러닝 모델을 적용하여 높은 판별 정확도를 확인하였다. 전처리와 머신러닝 모델의 조합을 통해 분석된 판별의 정확도는 43~99%의 범위로 분석되었고, standard normal variate 전처리와 support vector machine 머신러닝 모델의 조합에서 판별 정확도가 98.6% 로 가장 높게 나타났다. 본 연구에서 수집된 스펙트럼은 식물의 성장단계, 다양한 측정 지역 및 잎에서의 측정 위치 등과 같은 요인과 더불어 데이터 분석을 위한 조건으로 최 적의 전처리와 머신러닝 기술을 적용한다면 메꽃과 식물의 야외에서의 정확한 분류가 가능하고 이들 식물의 효과적인 관리와 모니터링에 활용할 수 있을 것으로 판단되었다.

토양 콘의 무게를 기반으로 한 간단한 토양 수분 측정 방법이 개발되었다. 토양 콘은 토양으로 채워진 원추형 다공성 세라믹 컵이다. 세 가지 토양 샘플에서 코어 방법과 FDR (Frequency Domain reflectometry) 방법에 의한 토양 수분 함량은 직선 회귀식의 결정계수가 각각 0.92－0.98 및 0.97－ 0.99였으며, 선형 관계였다. 토양 세라믹 콘 내부 토양의 체적 수분 함량과 콘 내부 토양 수분 중량 및 FDR의 센서 값의 회귀 결과 결정계수가 각각 0.96 및 0.97였다. 토양 콘 중량과 FDR 센서 값(r 2 = 0.99, p < 0.001) 사이는 높은 유의한 상관관계가 있었다. 따라서 토양 콘의 무게를 측정하여 토양 수분 함량을 측정할 수 있었다.

Geminiviruses are plant-infecting viruses with monopartite or bipartite single-stranded circular DNA genomes. They are known to be mediated by insects such as whiteflies, treehoppers, leafhoppers or aphids and can cause devastating plant diseases in a wide range of economically significant crops worldwide. In Korea, occurrence of geminiviruses were reported officially after the 2000s. Although Honeysuckle yellow vein virus (HYVV) and Sweet potato leaf curl virus (SPLCV) were identified from honeysuckle and sweet potato in 2004 and 2006 respectively, these viruses did not spread and cause much concern for geminiviruses. In 2008, Tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) that has caused severe tomato production loss in many subtropical and tropical countries was first reported in tomato plants cultivated in Tongyeong. TYLCV rapidly spread through the country and has been continuously reported from tomato cultivating areas in Korea. In addition to TYLCV, Tobacco leaf curl virus and Sweet potato golden vein associated virus have occurred. In recent years, new geminiviruses including Papaya leaf curl Guangdong virus (PaLCGdV) and Euphorbia leaf curl virus (EuLCV) have been introduced. Newly emerging geminiviruses from tropical and subtropical countries are due to increased demand for various fruits and vegetables, and climate change. In addition, there are reports that some geminiviruses including TYLCV can be transmitted by infected seeds. Therefore it is important to study on epidemiology of virus introduction and spread among the countries and within country.

Tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) causes a highly serious disease in tomatoes in many countries. The most important thing in management is the prevention of virus transmission. TYLCV had been known to be only transmitted by a vector, the sweetpotato whitelfy, Bemisia tabaci. However, we identified two other important routes of TYLCV transmission into tomatoes. It is seed-transmissible. Many seeds available in domestic and global markets were infected by TYLCV. It is also infective into various weeds and other horticultural crops and transmit virus through vector insects. Therefore, we need a new strategy for the virus and vector management.

농업생태계에 따른 지표배회성 무척추동물의 군집 특성을 비교하기 위하여 한반도 동부의 3개 행정권역내에 분포하는 논, 밭, 과수원을 대 상으로 선정하였다. 2013년부터 2015년까지 매년 2회에 걸쳐 pit-fall trap법을 사용하여 채집된 무척추동물을 통해 군집분석을 하고 기상자료를 포함하는 환경요인의 영향을 분석하였다. 전체 채집된 무척추동물은 13목 58과 172종 6,420개체이며, 분류군 중에서 벌목(38.26%), 메뚜기목 (16.28%)이 우점하였다. 경상남도 출현 개체수가 2,983개체(46.46%)로 가장 많았으며, 경상북도가 풍부도(1.96), 다양도(1.51) 모두 높게 나타 났다. 농업생태계 유형 중 논에서 69종 3,299개체(51.39%)가 조사되었으며, 종다양성 지수도 높게 확인되었다. 특히 우점종인 개미과의 포함유 무가 종 다양성지수 분석에 미치는 영향은 미미한 것으로 보여진다. 곤충 분류군과 환경요인과의 정준상관분석 결과, 토양 pH, 토양온도와 토양 함수율의 영향에 의해 매미목, 바퀴목, 흰개미목, 딱정벌레목과는 양의 상관관계로 구분되었고, 기온, 강수량, 전기전도도, 상대습도, 최저초상온 도와는 음의 상관관계를 나타냈다. 무척추동물 군집은 계층적 군집화를 통해 생태계 유형별로 패턴화가 일어나는 것으로 확인되었다. 이러한 결 과는 공간과 환경요인과의 상관관계가 무척추동물의 분포에 다소 영향을 주는 것으로 사료된다.

Loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) is a rapid, specific, cost-effective detection method by amplifying nucleic acid under isothermal conditions. In this study, we used LAMP for detection of Hamiltonella defensa that lives as a facultive endosymbiont of whitefly ‘Bemisia tabaci’. We designed the Hamiltonella-specific primers by targeting 16S ribosomal RNA gene and validated the specificity of one primer set. To find the optimum temperature for our primer set, the LAMP reaction was held at the temperature, 60℃, 62℃ and 65℃. As a result, 62℃ was the optimum reation temperature for LAMP reaction. Specificity of primer set was tested by the reaction to both Trialeurodes vaporariorum and B. tabaci. After the whole procedure, the amplicons by LAMP were visualized by adding SYBR Green to the reaction tube.

Acquisition of plant viruses has various effects on physiological mechanisms in vector insects. Bemisia tabaci is the only known vector of Tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV), which is a serious virus affecting tomato cultivars. In this study, the lifespan of Q1 biotype was compared between non-viruliferous (NV) and TYLCV-viruliferous (V) whiteflies. Total lifespan from egg to adult death of NV whiteflies was 62.54 days but 10.64 days shorter in V whiteflies. We investigated the temperature susceptibility of B. tabaciby comparing mortalities as well as heat shock protein (hsp) mRNA levels between NV and V whiteflies. For this, NV and V whiteflies were exposed for either 1 or 3 h at 4, 25, and 35 °C. The mortality of V whiteflies was higher than NV ones following exposure at either 4 or 35 °C, but there was no significant difference at 25 °C. Analysis of the expression level of heat shock protein (hsp) genes using quantitative real-time PCR showed that both cold and heat shock treatments stimulated higher expression of hsps (hsp40, hsp70, and hsp90) at various rates in V whiteflies than NV ones, but there was no difference at 25 °C. All together, our results show that TYLCV acquisition accelerated the developmental rate and increased susceptibility to thermal stress in B. tabaci. Therefore, this modification may result in reduced vector longevity due to increased metabolic energy utilization. Our results provide insights into the complex interaction between vector fitness and thermal stress in relation to the acquisition and transmission of plant viruses.

Field surveys for the B. tabaci species complex were conducted from 2009 to 2013 in Korea, and the results were compared with published data of the B. tabaci complex. Three species, Mediterranean, Middle East-Asia Minor 1, and JpL, were determined from several regions based on mitochondrial COI sequences. The Mediterranean was mainly collected in greenhouses, displacing the earlier invasive species, Middle East-Asia Minor, and the JpL was collected in the field. The JpL is newly confirmed as a unique species of B. tabaci complex in Korea and Japan.

The sweet potato whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius, 1889) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae), is one of the most important agricultural pests by direct feeding and begomovirus transmission in the world. B. tabaci species complex consisting of about 30 species worldwidely has been mainly distinguished by molecular methods because of difficulties detecting morphological differences. In Korea, distribution of two exotic groups, the Mediterranean (Q biotype) and the Middle East-Asia Minor 1 (B biotype), were confirmed by comprehensive molecular methods in 2012. Of them, the Q biotype as a vector of Tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) has caused significant crop yield losses. Tobacco leaf curl virus (TbLCV), one of four begomoviruses in Korea, was first reported in 2011. It damaged, although not frequent, to greenhouse tomatoes at Iksan, Gimje, Sunchang, and Jeju. The vector transmitting TbLCV, however, is not known yet. In this study, we sampled an unknown B. tabaci populations on leaves of the Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) at Iksan in outdoor conditions. PCR analysis revealed that some populations were infected with TbLCV. We identified an unknown indigenous genetic group named as JpL and clarified its phylogenetic relationships based on nucleotide sequences of mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I gene.

The small brown planthopper (SBPH), Laodelphax striatelleus (Fallén), is a insect vector of Rice stripe virus (RSV) in temperate countries such as Korea, Japan, China, and Taiwan. As SBPH is able to overwinter successfully in these areas, RSV disease in subsequent rice fields has been believed to be endemic. In Korea, however, the RSV disease outbreaks have been observed mainly but not continuously at some western regions since 2001, caused a severe damage to the rice production. Although many efforts are underway to explain the outbreak phenomenon, the exact related factors are not known yet. In the meantime of the study on SBPH population dynamics in 2009, we catched unusually large numbers of SBPH adults by aerial net traps, maximally over 900, in early June at western coastal counties such as Taean, Seocheon, Buan, Sinan, and Jindo in Korea. Age distribution changes of SBPH in winter and post-winter seasons at some selected fields shows that the adults might be not related to overwintering population. The adults of overwintering population emerged from early April. Newly hatched nymphs of first generation were found from mid-May. In late May, just before the unusual catch of adults, the developmental stages of SBPH were mostly below 5th instars. This means that the big adult populations would be results of mass migration of SBPH abroad. We present also spacial distribution and host relationship of overwintering population as well as viruliferous rate changes of immigratory population.