삼채의 잎과 뿌리로부터 휘발성 화합물과 아미노산을 분석하였다. 휘발성 향기성분은 Headspace GC-MS방법으로 분석하였다. 잎 조직으로부터 18종의 휘발성화합물이 검출되었고, 21종의 화합물은 뿌리조직으로부터 분석되었다. 주요 향기성분은 diallyl disulphide였고, 잎(27.9%)과 뿌리(17.41)에서 가장 많이 함유하고 있었다. 또 다른 주요 황화합물은 methyl 2-propenyl disulfide, dimethyl disulfide, methyl 1-propenyl disulfide과 methyl 2-propenyl trisulfide이 잎과 뿌리에 모두 함유하고 있었다. 전체 46종 화합물 중 가장 많이 함유하고 있는 물질군은 황화합물이었다. 황화합물은 엽조직에 6종, 뿌리조직에는 5종이 함유되어 있었다. 또한 유리아미노산과 polyphenol성 화합물은 잎과 뿌리 조직에서 분석하였다. 잎과 뿌리 조직에서 아미노산은 20종과 19종이 각각 검출되었다. 총아미노산의 함량은 잎에서 0.134 mg/g, 뿌리조직에서 0.105 mg/g 함유하고 있었다. 총 polyphenol성 화합물 함량은 잎에서 0.28 mg/g, 뿌리에서 1.08 mg/g 함유하고 있었다. 이 결과는 삼채의 이용과 효율적인 재배에 기초자료를 제공할 수 있다.

저온스트레스에 따른 차나무 잎의 변화와 카테킨, 카페인, 아미노산대사 그리고 환원당 등 다양한 대사물의 함량 변화를 구명하였다. 저온스트레스 피해를 입은 실외포장의 차나무 잎은 세포크기, 기공 및 엽맥세포의 크기가 저온스트레스를 입지 않은 온실 재배 녹차잎에 비해 작았다. 저온스트레스 피해를 입은 실외포장의 차나무 잎에서 카페인과 카테킨의 함량은 온실 재배 차나무보다 높았다. 그러나 아미노산의 함량은 저온스트레스 피해를 입은 실외포장의 차나무 잎보다 온실에서 재배한 차나무가 높았다. 환원당 함량은 실외포장의 차나무에서 낮았다. 인위적 저온스트레스 처리 결과 환원당의 함량은 저온스트레스 처리 2시간까지는 증가하였다가 이후는 감소하였다. 이 결과는 저온스트레스가 차나무 잎의 형태적 변화와 더불어 카페인과 카테킨 그리고 당 등 대사물의 영향을 미친다는 것을 나타낸다.

Entomopathogenic fungi are facultative microorganisms, dwelling in soil or infecting host insects, and some of the genera have been used as biological control agents worldwide. Collection of fungal isolates should be a platform for the development of highly effective resources, thus in this work we constructed a fungal library using a mealworm pathogenecity-based fungal collection method and further characterized some isolates with high virulence. A phylogenetic three was generated, and of the isolates 17 isolates’ biological features were characterized, such as morphology, spectrum of virulence, cultural characteristics, thermo-stability of fungi, production of biologically active materials, such as enzymes. This work reports an attractive entomopathogenic fungal library including the information of effective isolates in pest management.

Mealworms, Tenebrio molitor (L.) is used as an important animal feed additive for growth promotion and health management, but potentially exposes to fungal infection. In this work, virulence of two species of entomopathogenic fungi against the insect, and the relationship between abiotic features and virulence were investigated. Secondly our consideration was also given to the effect of chemical fungicides on conidial germination for risk control. Between Beauveria bassiana (Bb) and Metarhizium roberstii (Mr) (previously M. anisopliae), Bb isolates had much higher virulence (~100% mortality in 3~4 days after the treatment), rather than Mr isolates in laboratory assays. Next, fungus-treated mealworms were kept at wheat bran at 20, 25, 30 and 35℃ with 3, 6, 9 times of water spray to the feeds for set-up of different humidity conditions. Inoculation of fungi to mealworms was conducted by fungal spray and feeding methods, which resulted in higher virulence in feeding method. In the feeding method, all temperature treatments except 35℃ showed high virulence against mealworms, but any significant relationship between virulence and humidity was not observed. In the chemical fungicide screening, fluazinam (CAS No. 79622-59-6) and mancozeb (8018-01-7) significantly inhibited the germination of Bb and Mr conidia. This work suggest that contamination of wheat bran with fungal pathogens, particularly B. bassiana may induce mycosis of mealworms, but introduction of effective fungicides possibly reduce fungal infection.

Entomopathogenic fungus, Beauveria bassiana can be used in integrated crop management and pharmaceutical applications. Recently some efforts have been given to the fungus to improve its biological performances, but low fungal transformation efficiency is one of the limitations. In this work, B. bassiana ERL1170 isolate was used for fungal transformation by restriction enzyme-mediated integration, where pBARKS1-Bbs-cecropinA was linearied using HindIII. The fungal transformation comprised two steps, preparation of competent blastospores and integration of the plasmid into the cells. To prepare competent blastospores, 2-d cultured blastospores were individually treated with 0.1, 0.2, 0.4 and 0.8 M lithium acetate (LiAc). Secondly in the integration step, concentration of LiAc and calcium chloride (CaCl2), and time period of heat shock were investigated as follows: LiAc, 1, 2 and 4 M; CaCl2, 50, 100 and 200 mM; and heat shock at 42℃, 20, 40 and 60 min. Consequently, combination of 0.2 M LiAc in preparing competent blastospores and 2 M LiAc and 200 mM CaCl2 in the second step showed the highest transformation efficiency. This work would be helpful in the fungal transformation of B. bassiana.

Research Institute (HARI), NTCS, RDA, in 2004. This cultivar has a short grain shape and about 123 days growth duration from trans-planting to harvesting under the reclaimed saline area of the south-western and the mid-western coastal plain and Honam plai