Japanese pine sawyer, Monochamus alternatus, is the main pest that mediates pine wilt nematode, Bursaphelenchus xylophilus, that causes serious damage to pine forests. In this study, we studied the strategy to control M. alternatus using entomopathogenic fungi. The fungi were collected from soil by an insect-baiting method and two fungal isolates (Metarhizium anisopliae JEF-197 and JEF-279) showed high virulence against M. alternatus. The Metarhizium isolates were evaluated for insecticidal activity against M. alternatus by spray treatment on live pine trees and wintering trees, and the M. anisopliae JEF-197 showed high insecticidal activity. In addition, the interaction of fungi and M. alternatus were analyzed by RNA-seq. This result can contribute to the development of insect control agents using entomopathogenic fungi.

OBIGGS에서는 대기 중의 미량의 오존이 고분자 분리막의 손상을 가져오기 때문에 전단에 오존 제거장치를 설치하여 분리막에 전해지는 기체에서 오존의 농도를 감소시켜 분리막의 손상을 막고 있다. 본 연구에서는 OBIGGS용 기체 분리막을 이용하여 오존 노출시간에 따른 인장강도와 기체투과특성을 평가하여 오존 노출환경과 투과특성의 관계를 확인하였다. 폴리이미드계와 폴리설폰계 두 종류의 중공사 분리막을 이용하였고, 6.37 cm2의 유효 막 면적을 가지는 중공사 모듈을 제조하여 사용하였다. 오존 챔버를 이용하여 오존의 농도를 2-3 ppm으로 유지하였으며, 챔버 내의 기체를 펌프를 이용하여 모듈내로 지속적으로 공급하였으며, 오존 노출시간에 따라서 기체투과특성과 인장강도를 각각 평가하였다. 그 결과 폴리이미드계 중공사 분리막은 투과도에서 20%의 감소만 나타났을 뿐, 선택도와 인장강도에서 다른 큰 변화를 나타내지 않고 균일하게 유지되는 것을 확인하였다. 하지만 폴리설폰계 중공사 분리막을 사용하였을 때는 투과도가 80% 이상 감소하였고, 인장강도는 70% 이상 감소하는 결과를 나타내었다.

The general separation processes for liquid mixtures need the energy consumed and causes of primary cost. The pervaporation separation process could be regarded as the energy saving process[1]. In this study, it is introduced that the preferential isopropyl alcohol separation from the aqueous feed was carried out using the composite membranes according to the operating conditions, such as, the operating temperature, feed concentration etc. And the commercial scale module was prepared and tested for the long-term period, and finally the stabilized and consistent results of both permeability and selectivity were obtained.

Rotor disc (로터 디스크)는 중대형 유조선에서 유류를 하역하는 장치인 COPT (Cargo Oil Pump Turbine)의 터빈을 고속으로 회전시키는 핵심 부품이다. 이 rotor disc는 중심 shaft에 여러 개의 turbine을 원주상으로 배열하고 체결하여 제작한다. 현재의 제작 방법으로는 turbine blade를 배열하고 shroud 덮개로 연결하여 riveting 방식으로 체결한다. 이런 고전적인 방법은 blade pitch의 불균일은 물론 작업 시 오류로 인해 blade에 손상이 가는 경우가 있다. 이러한 단점을 해결하기 위해서는 조립식의 rotor disc를 설계하여 제작방식을 변경해야 한다. 설계뿐만 아니라 조립식의 disc가 구조적으로 안정한지를 평가해야 한다. 본 논문은 blade의 설계와 이를 조립하였을 때에 구조안전성을 평가하기 위해 구조 해석하여 그 안전성을 검증 한다.

To control an external parasitic mite, a honey bee line possessing high hygienic behavior (HHB) against an external parasitic mite, Varroa destructor, has been bred in South Korea and an assessment method has been necessitated to diagnose HHB line from the low hygienic behavior (LHB) line. Thus, in this study, we developed single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers from whole genome sequencing of each 20 worker bees from HHB and LHB lines of A. mellifera ligustica (Hymenoptera: Apidae). An average of 319,445,977 sequence reads was mapped to the known A. mellifera reference genome (an average of 87.46%). In 2,316,128 and 3,266,756 SNPs from each HHB and LHB line, an average of 93.6% and was located in the intergenic spacers and introns, whereas, the remaining 6.4% was located in the genic region, respectively. Among them 20 SNPs that were fixed at each line possessing within-individual homozygosity were selected and each four SNPs were used to diagnose the two honey bee lines either by typical PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism method or allele-specific PCR. The remaining six SNPs had the size difference, enabling relatively easy differentiation between the two honey bee lines on typical agarose gel and another remaining six SNPs only has sequence difference including SNP sites. Thus, these SNP markers can be used to diagnose the honey bee line with HHB from LHB line against V. destructor.

Japanese pine sawyer beetle, Monochamus alternatus Hope (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) is considered as a serious pest in pine trees. To develop an eco-friendly strategy to manage this forest insect, we collected entomopathogenic fungi from Korean soil and assessed their virulence against the adults of the insect in laboratory conditions. As a result, two isolates with conidial suspension (1.0×107conidia/ml), showed 87% and 90% mortality 12 days after fungal treatment, respectively. We assessed the potential of the fungi-derived destruxin and protease as additives to the fungal isolates, and they showed insecticidal activity via feeding and spraying treatments. Finally, we produced fungal conidia in massive solid cultures and formulated wettable powders, and now studying optimal conditions of oil-based formulation with two isolates. Based on these results, we are evaluating the control efficacy of the fungal agents against M. alternatus in field conditions.

Modern manufacturing industries is to produce both precise and robust mechanical parts without failure while they are in service. In order to prevent a part failure for its lifetime, a mechanical design for a part should be examined on a basis of mechanical simulation. A nozzle plate, being a key part in steam engines, changes flow directions of steam in a turbine used in power plant. This paper is to the design and test for part safety and durability. Currently, nozzle plates are fabricated by welding nozzles to their plates. Welding causes some defects on the used materials while they are being manufactured. Another major defect is un-even pitches between welded nozzles. Welding causes phase changes because of high melting temperature of metal. This leads to decay on the welding spots, which weakens their structural strength and then, may lead to early damages on mechanical structures. This research proposes assembly-typed nozzle plate without welding. From the beginning, nozzle and plate are designed for insertion-typed assembly. Nozzle head and foot are designed in accordance with the grooves on outer ring and inner ring of a plate to make mating surfaces. Then the nozzle plate should be proved for structural and fatigue safety before they are put in manufacturing. This research adopts commercial softwares for modeling and mechanical simulation. The test result shows that the design with smaller mating area and deeper insertion produces higher safety in terms of structure and durability. From the conclusion, this paper proposes the assembly-typed nozzle plate to replace the welding typed.

Pavement performance usually depends on the pavement’s material property, traffic and environmental conditions. Current pavement design programs such as the Mechanistic Empirical Pavement Design Guide use these factors in assessing the pavement life and performance in terms of different distresses like rutting and fatigue cracking. Theoretically, the cracking and rutting behaviour of pavements are based on accumulated strains experienced by the pavement which is brought by the weight and loading speed of vehicles. A steady state loading device was used in the field to evaluate pavement deflection’s behaviour in varying loading frequencies. It was observed that the pavement deflection increases as the loading frequency also increases until it approaches a certain frequency wherein the deflection decreases thereafter. In this study, a three-dimensional finite element pavement model was established using ABAQUS wherein the effect of the vehicle’s loading frequencies was analysed. The calculated static deflection and stress from the finite element (FE) model were found to have good correlation with the KENPAVE measured deflection and stress. The deflections of different pavement conditions were further studied and analysed by generating several pavement geometries and strength from the FE model using a frequency sweep response analysis. It was found that the geometric condition and the current modulus of the pavement can amplify the pavement deflection by a factor, β, depending on the loading frequency. The peak deflection was found to be occurring when the loading frequency approaches one of the pavement’s natural frequencies. Based on the finding from this study, the natural frequency is an important factor to be considered in designing pavements. Further study is recommended to understand more on how to minimize the effect of natural frequency to pavement life.

Japanese pine sawyer, Monochamus alternatus Hope (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) in forest is considered as a serious forest pest in pine trees. In this study, we collected entomopathogenic fungi from soil and assessed their virulence against the adults of the inset using a spray method in laboratory condition. Two entomopathogeinc fungi isolates showed high virulence against the adults. In the concentration of 1.0 × 107conidia/ml, the mortality rate of the adults were 53% and 60%. In semi-field condition, one isolate showed a virulence of 60% against the adult. Consequently, we confirmed the possibility of the fungal isolates in controlling the beetles. In near the future, we will investigate several factors which is possibly related to the control of the forest insect pest using entomopathogenic fungi in field conditions, given the importance of fungal formulation and practical application methods.

Chemical pesticides have been used for persimmon pest control, however the overuse caused insect resistance andenvironmental toxicity. Herein this work, we investigated the biological potential of eco-friendly organic pesticides (biologicals)and entomopathogenic fungi in controlling persimmon pests, Stathmopoda masinisaa and Riptortus pedetris. A botanicalmixture of Chinese scholar tree, goosefoot and subtripinnata extract, Bacillus thuringesis NT0423 and one isolate of Beauveriabassiana showed high insecticidal activity against the pests in laboratory conditions. The selected botanical extract andmicroorganism were combined with a chemical pesticide (buprofezin+dinotefuran WP) and were assessed their controlefficacy in persimmon fields. Compared to the three times of chemical spray, the combination of more than one timeof chemical spray and the selected biologicals controlled the persimmon pests with an acceptable levels. Consequentlyone time of biological spray can be integrated to the spray program where only chemicals are strongly considered.

본 연구에서는 높은 이산화탄소 분리성능을 가지는 폴리이미드 제조를 위해 3가지 모노머를 이용하여 합성하였다. 합성된 고분자를 비용매 상전이법으로 비대칭 분리막을 제조하기 위하여 고분자의 용해도 지수 추정 값과 비용매 상전이 계수 측정을 통해 용매를 선정하였고, 고분자 용액 점도 측정을 통해 분리막제조를 위한 도프용액 중의 고분자의 함량을 결정하여 질산리튬을 첨가제로 사용하여 최종적으로 분리막을 제조하였다. 제조된 비대칭 분리막은 전자주사현미경(SEM)을 통해 질산리튬과 휘발성 용매 함량에 변화에 따른 모폴로지의 변화를 확인하였으며, 이의 변화에 따른 기체 투과도 변화를 확인하였다. 휘발성 용매 함량이 작을수록 선택도는 유지되면서 이산화탄소 투과도가 증가하는 것을 확인하였다.

본 연구는 수처리 분리막에 제조하기 위하여 열유도 상분리법(thermally induced phase separation, TIPS)을 이용 하였고, 기계적 물성과 내화학성이 우수한 폴리플루오르화비닐리덴(poly(vinylidene fluoride)(PVDF)) 고분자와 실리카를 이용 하여 특성평가를 진행하였다. 특성평가에 사용된 희석제는 dioctyl phthalate (DOP), dibutyl phthalate (DBP)를 사용하였으며, PVDF와 실리카의 비율에 따른 분리막 제조 조건을 알아보기 위하여 결정화 온도, 흐림점, SEM 이미지 등을 관찰하였다. 실 리카의 함량이 증가할수록 결정화 온도와 흐림점이 증가하였음을 확인하였고, 상평형도 작도를 통하여 분리막 제조 조건을 확인하였다.

We developed single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers and are establishing diagnostic systems to distinguish disease resistance- and susceptible-strains of honey bees using the SNPs. For development of SNP markers, whole genome was sequenced each from 20 individuals of “disease resistance-strain” and “susceptible-strain” of Apis mellifera ligustica using the Illumina HiSeq 2000 sequencer. Approximately, 344 and 294 million sequence reads were mapped to the honeybee reference assembly (Amel_4.5) for each strain, respectively. Among the total 2,246,428 SNPs yielded, 33 were found to be fixed between the two strains with all homozygosity. Sixteen of them were casually amplified and sequenced from randomly selected each 10 individual of honey bees from each strain and presented strain specific SNPs. These ten SNPs were used to diagnose the two strains either by original size difference, caused by indel-accompanying SNP, typical PCR-RFLP, or AS PCR.

We sequenced the complete mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) of Vespa velutina nigrithorax and V. ducalis (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). The genomes were 16,475-bp and 15,779-bp long and contained typical sets of genes. The V. velutina and V. ducalis A+T-rich region was 132-bp long and 166-bp long and was the shortest of all sequenced Vespoidea genomes. Start and stop codons in several Vespa species—including V. velutina and V. ducalis—were diversified, despite these species belonging to the same genus. In comparison with the ancestral mitogenomes, Vespa mitogenomes showed substantial gene rearrangement; however, we detected no gene rearrangement among Vespa species. We conducted phylogenetic reconstruction based on concatenated sequences of 13 PCGs and two rRNAs in available species of Vespoidea—22 species in six subfamilies in two families (Vespidae and Formicidae). The Bayesian inference and maximum likelihood (ML) methods revealed that each family formed strong monophyletic groups.

Entomopathogenic fungi are expected to play a role as great biological control agents in the global bio-pesticide market in the future. The first step is the collection of fungal isolates and it should be a platform for the development of highly effective biopesticides. 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 tree was generated, and of the isolates 17 isolates’ biological features were characterized, such as morphology, virulence against several insect, stability of conidia for heat, 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.

본 연구에서는 수처리 분리막의 적용을 위하여 기계적 물성과 내화학성이 우수한 poly(vinylidene fluoride)( PVDF)의 특성평가를 진행하였다. 열유도상분리법을 통한 분리막을 제조하기 위하여 사용된 희석제는 dibutyl-phthalate (DBP)를 사용하였으며, 고분자와 희석제의 비율에 따른 결정화 온도, 녹는점, 흐림점, SEM 이미지 등을 관찰하였다. 고분자 의 함량이 높아질수록 결정화 온도 및 녹는점은 높아졌으며 반대로 흐림점 온도는 낮아짐을 확인하였다. 최종적으로 상평형 도 작도를 통하여 고분자함량 62 wt%, 제막 온도 125°C 이상에서 안정적인 분리막이 제조 가능함을 확인할 수 있었다.

Chemical pesticides have been used to control persimmon pests, however the overuse of the pesticides caused insect resistance. Herein we investigate the potential of eco-friendly organic pesticides (EFOP) on the control persimmon pests, Stathmopoda masinissa and Riptortus pedestris. Eleven commercially available EFOP were sprayed on the target insects in laboratory conditions. The chemical pesticide, buprofezin+dinotefuran wettable powder served as a positive control. In the bioassay against persimmon fruit moth, the mixture of Chinese scholar tree, goosefoot and subtripinnata extracts (EFOP-2) treatment showed the highest control efficacy: 27.7% (5 days) of survival rates. In the bioassay against bean bugs, the EFOP-2 showed the highest control efficacy: 20.0% (5 days) of survival rates. These results suggest that the mixture of three plants extracts (EFOP-2) has high and multiple potential in the management of the persimmon pests.