먼지응애류인 벼먼지응애(신칭, Steneotarsonemus spinki Smiely 1967)는 쌀생산국인 태국, 필리핀, 중국, 대만 등에서 쌀의 중요한 해충이다. S. spinki가 국내에서 처음으로 환경조절온실에서 재배중인 쌀에서 발견되었다. 응애 피해를 입은 쌀은 이삭에서 기형을 나타내었으며 잎집내부 표면의 갈변증상, 쌀알의 표면 갈변증상 등을 나타내었다. S. spinki암컷의 체장은 263.0(246.5~12.2), 체폭은(79.5~7.6)였으며 전체적인 모양은 난형으로 중앙부위가 가장 폭이 넓었다. 채색은 연한 황색이었다. 다리는 잘 발달되어 있었으며 암컷 제4각 끝은 채찍모양의 강모로 이루어진 전형적인 먼지응애류의 특징을 가지고 있었다. 수컷 체장은 196.5(176.5~222.815.8), 체폭은 109.3 98.6~6.4)였으며 전체적인 모양은 길쭉하고 전동체부 중앙부가 가장 체폭이 넓었다. 내돌기 III은 내돌기 IV보다 전방으로 신장되어 있었다. 제4각퇴절은 커다란 안쪽귀가 발달되어 있었으며 안쪽 및 바깥쪽 강모는 같은 길이로 짧게 잘 발달되어 있었다. 부절 발톱은 강하고 복부쪽으로 굽어 있었다

Soybean mosaic virus (SMV) resistance of Korean recommended soybeans was evaluated naturally and by mechanical inoculation in Suwon. Based on the differential reaction of forty-four soybean genotypes tested to nine different SMV strains, soybeans were classified into twenty-four groups. Myeongjunamulkong and Ilpumgeom-jeongkong showed a high degree of resistance to nine SMV strains, having no symptom. The other cultivars produced various reactions according to inoculation of each SMV strain: symptomless, mosaic or systemic necrosis. Only five cultivars such as Kwangankong, Eunhakong, Tawonkong, Namhaekong, Sobaegnamulkong were totally susceptible to every strain. There was variation in disease incidence. Soybeans, having the highest levels of resistance to G5H and G7H in the greenhouse, showed the lowest levels of SMV incidence in the field of Suwon. Myeong-junamulkong, Ilpumgeomjeongkong, Soyangkong, Pungsannamulkong, Sodamkong, Jangmikong, Geomjeong-kong2, Pureunkong, Sinpaldalkong2, Duyoukong, and Geumgangkong were fairly resistant to SMV. And SMV incidence of Taekwangkong, Saealkong and Baegunkong was over 45% with symptom of bud necrosis. And soybeans, highly resistant to SMV in the field and the greenhouse, were mainly derived from Jangyeobkong and Hwang-keumkong resistant to G1-G7.

Reverse transcription and polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assay was used to detect SMV strains. A pair of oligonucleotide primers were designed to include the cylindrical inclusion (CI) coding region between 4,176 to 5,560 nt. Amplification from the total RNA extracted from infected plants with SMV yielded a 1,385 bp DNA fragment. RT-PCR was shown to be 103 times more sensitive than the ELISA assay and it could detect a virus in 10-6 dilution. Restriction enzyme analysis of RT- PCR products using EcoR I showed that SMV isolates were classified into six groups according to the patterns of restriction fragments.