수입된 관상용 부추속 종과 야생 부추속 종을 교배하고 새로운 품종을 얻기 위해서는 한국에 자생하는 부추속 종의 개화생리의 이해가 필요하다. 본 연구는 일장처리를 통해 자생 부추속 4종의 화아발달 및 생육특성을 알아보고자 수행하였다. 실험은 국립수목원 유용식물증식센터의 Phyto-Garden System에서 실시되었으며, 온도는 25℃, 습도는 70%로 유지 되었다. 꽃눈이 각 1개씩 출현한 개체를 이용하여, 2019년 6월 28일에 장일(LD, 16hours), 단일(SD, 9hours), 외부환경으로 나누어 실험하였다. LD와 SD처리에서 8:00~17:00(9h)까지 는 296±13μmol･m-2 ･s-1의 광도 하에서 실험하였다. 이후의 추가되는 시간은 형광등을 이용해 약 5μmol･m-2 ･s-1로 일장연장 (day extension, DE)처리를 하였다. 생육조사는 생장특성으로 초장, 초폭, 엽수, 엽장을, 개화특성으로는 꽃의 수와 개화소 요일수를 조사하였다. 실험결과, 한라부추의 단일처리에서 엽수를 제외한 초장, 초폭, 엽장, 엽폭이 장일처리 및 외부환경 보다 높게 측정되어, 4종의 부추속 식물 중 한라부추가 추대 이후 단일처리에서 가장 생장이 왕성한 것으로 확인하였다. 또한, 단일처리에서 개화소요일수는 각각 강부추 51.8일, 둥근 산부추 46.5일, 선부추 43.7일 그리고, 한라부추 52일로 나타 났다. 반면 장일처리의 개체들은 실험종료일까지 전혀 개화하지 않았다. 외부 환경조건에서는 부추속 4종이 평균적으로 97.2일째에 개화하였다. 본 실험은 자생 부추속 4종이 단일처리에서 외부환경보다 화아발달이 촉진되는 결과를 나타냈다.

The global biopesticide market was estimated to become about 4% of the total crop protection market in 2015, mainly due to variability of their efficacy, narrow spectrum or difficulties in long-term storage. Therefore, many people focus on overcoming these issues as a big trend. Suggested solutions include the investigation of synergy between microorganisms, the use of genetic engineering, improving the pesticide life shelf, etc. As a result, biopesticides market has grown by more than 17% over the last decade. In this context and aiming to develop new entomopathogenic fungi–based pest management tools, we constructed a fungal library by isolating insect pathogenic fungi from soil. A total of 581 isolates belonging to 35 species were isolated and characterized. Beauveria bassiana was the most abundant, representing 38.55% of the total strains, followed by Metharizium anisopliae (22.55%) and bubillosa (8.6). …% of the total isolates were highly virulent against Tenebrio molitor killing most of the treated insects in 2 to 3 days.

Background : Undulatum Rhubarb, commonly produced in domestic, is rhizome of Rheum undulatum L. that belongs to the family Polygonaceae. It also can be used as a substitute of R. palmatum L., R. tanguticum Maximowicz ex Balf., and R. officinale Baillon which completely depend on import system. However, there should be clear clarification among Undulatum Rhubarb and Rhubarb, because Undulatum Rhubarb contains rhaponticin as marker compound that is not indicated at Rhubarb. Some of the recently imported Undulatum Rhubarbs have been found to be Rhubarb. Also, it is known that only Undulatum Rhubarb is cultivated at domestic environment. But some plant origins of Rhubarb are grown in Korea, too. Further study are needed to clarify clear origin between Undulatum Rhubarb and Rhubarb. Thus, we collected some domestically cultivated samples and identified them. Methods and Reseults : Rheum undulatum L., Rhubarb, Rheum tanguticum Maximowicz ex Balf. which were cultivated in Gangwondo Agricultural Research and Extension Services in Cheorwon were collected and anayzed the DNA sequences. We also compared DNA sequences in Rhubarb collected from England and R. rhabarbarum L., R. undulatum L., and R. franzenbachii on NCBI. As a result, two kinds of rhubarb cultivated in the test plantation were identified as R. rhabarbarum and R. officinale. In addition, R. undulatum (plant origin of Undulatum Rhubarb) was identified as Rhubarb (Rheum rhabarbarum) in England with 99 - 100% identical in nuclear ITS gene region. Conclusion : R. undulatum, plant origin of Undulatum Rhubarb, is reported as synonym of R. rhabarbarum, R. franzenbachii. Rheum speices which are cultivated as tester in Gangwondo Agricultural Research and Extension Services in Cheorwon are estimated as R. undulatum and R. officinale. Therefore, not only Undulatum Rhubarb but Rhubarb could be grown in Korea.

“Jokyoung”, a new bread making wheat cultivar, was developed from the cross between “Seri 82”, a hard white wheat from CIMMYT, Mexico and “Keumkang”, a hard white wheat with high milling rate and early maturing from Korea by National Institute of Crop Sci