본 연구는 절화 도·소매업자의 판매 행태, 소비자의 소비 행태와 수입산 절화 및 국내산 절화 인식을 조사하여 국내산 절화 경쟁력 강화를 위한 자료로 제공하고자 수행하였다. 설 문 조사는 도·소매업자 102명을 대상으로 2020년 7월부터 9 월까지 진행하였고, 소비자는 200명을 대상으로 2020년 8월 24일부터 25일까지 진행하였으며, 수집된 자료는 빈도 분석, 대응표본 t-test, 다중반응 교차분석을 실시하였다. 도·소매업 자의 판매 행태 조사 결과, 국내산과 수입산 절화 모두 판매하 고 있는 비율이 높았고 판매 시 국내산 절화의 품질보다 수입 산 절화의 품질이 우수하다고 응답하였다. 소비자의 구매 행 태 조사 결과, 주로 선물 목적으로 구매하며 구매 시 내적 품 질(수명)과 외적 품질(형태, 질감, 색상)을 중요시 여기는 것으 로 나타났다. 또한 소비자는 절화 구입 시 원산지를 확인하지 않는 경우가 많았으나 동일 품종일 경우 국내산을 구매한다고 응답하였다. 도·소매업자와 소비자의 절화 인식을 비교한 결 과, 도·소매업자는 국내산 절화가 평범하고 한정적이며, 수입 산 절화는 독특하다고 인식하였으나, 소비자는 국내산 절화가 독특하지만 수입산 절화와 국내산 절화 모두에 평범하고 한정 적이라고 인식하였다. 이러한 판매자와 소비자간 인식 차이는 실제 국가별 절화 품질에 대한 정량적 연구와 국가별 절화에 대한 인식 조사 필요성을 제기한다.

Sweetpotato whitefly (Bemisia tabaci), especially Q biotype, has been recognized one of the most destructive insect pests worldwide because of increased resistance to some insecticide groups requiring alternative strategies for its control. We studied the conidia production of entomopathogenic fungus Isaria javanica Pf04, which had been reported high virulence isolate against Q biotype of B. tabaci, using grain. Brown rice was most suitable for conidia mass production of the isolate of I. javanica. Conidia was produced high at 25 ~ 27.5℃. The isolate produced more spores when conidia suspension directly inoculated onto media than two-phase fermentation. When concentration of inoculum was high spore production was high, but increasing rate of conidia production was highest at low inoculum concentration (1×105 conidia/ml) as 6,700 times increase compared with 20 times increase at high inoculum concentration (1×108 conidia/ml). These results indicated that the isolate can produce more conidia with cheap agricultural product and can develop as a microbial pesticide to control sweetpotato whitefly.

Phytic acid (PA) is a naturallu occurring polyphosphorylated carbohydrate that is present in substantial amounts in almost all plants and mammalian cells. Recently PA has received much attention for its role in anticancer activity. We investigated the preventive effect of PA on the formation of colonic aberrant crypt foci (ACF), a preneoplastic lesion, induced by azoxymethane (AOM). After acclimation for one week, six-week old male ICR mice were fed on the AIN-93G purified diet and PA (0.5% or 2% PA in water) for 8 weeks. The animals were treated with azoxymethane (AOM, 10 mg/kg b.w.) three times (0, 1, and 2 weeks) to induce colonic aberrant crypt foci (ACF). After sacrifice, the total numbers of aberrant crypts (AC) and ACF in colonic mucosa were counted after staining with methylene blue. Blood and serum were analyzed with a blood cell differential counter and an automatic serum analyzer. AOM treatment without PA induced the total numbers of 85.7 ± 12.9 and 115.2 ± 19.9, respectively. PA at the dose of 2% AC/colon by PA at the dose of 0.5% were 73.4 ± 12.9 and 115.2 ± 19.9, respectively. PA at the dose of 2% significantly decreased the ACF and AC numbers to 56.5 ± 14.6 and 95.4 ± 17.2, respectively (p＜0.01). PA at the doses of 0.5 and 2% decreased the numbers of ACF and AC/colon in a dose-dependent manner. Although some parameters in blood counts and serum chemistry were changed compared with the control, no specific toxicity was found. Theses findings suggest that phytic acid can be a chemopreventive agent for colon carcinogenesis resulting from inhibition of the development of ACF in ICR mice.