The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of microencapsulation on the water absorption, DPPH radical scavenging activity (DRSA), hydroxyl radical scavenging activity (HRSA) and tyrosinase inhibition activity (TIA) in corn silk extracts. The lowest value (0.20) of water absorption index (WAI) and the highest value (95.23%) of water solubility index (WSI) were maltodextrin+cyclodextrin microencapulated corn silk extracts (MD+CD) and cyclodextrin encapulated corn silk extracts (CD), respectively. The 18.60% for DRSA value of control was increased to 89.25% for that of CD. The 16.89% for HRSA value of control was increased to 47.46%, and 7.16% for TIA value of control was increased to 39.35% for that of MD+CD, respectively. The MD+CD would be used for functional food and cosmetics materials as antioxidant and skin whitening agents. All investigated responses between control and treatment were statistically significant (p<0.05).

This study was designed to optimize ethanol extraction process of unfertilized corn silk (UCS) to maximize phytochemical contents and bioactivities. The response surface methodology (RSM) with central composite design (CCD) was employed to obtain the optimal extraction conditions. The influence of ethanol concentration, extraction temperature and extraction time on total polyphenol contents, total flavonoid contents, maysin contents, 2,2-diphenyl-1- picrylhydrazyl(DPPH) radical scavenging activities and tyrosinase inhibition were analyzed. For all dependable variables, the most significant factor was ethanol concentration followed by extraction temperature and extraction time. The following optimum conditions were determined by simultaneous optimization of several responses with the Derringer’s desirability function using the numerical optimization function of the Design-Expert program: ethanol concentration 80.45%, extraction temperature 53.49°C, and extraction time 4.95 h. Under these conditions, the predicted values of total polyphenol contents, total flavonoid contents, maysin contents, DPPH radical scavenging activity and tyrosinase inhibition were 2758.74 μg GAE/g dried sample, 1520.81 μg QUE/g dried sample, 810.26 mg/100g dried sample, 56.86% and 43.49%, respectively, and the overall desirability (D) was 0.74.

This study was carried out to obtain useful information on the cost-effective and labor-saving methods in the on-farm pigmented rice cultivation trials that were performed in Gangjn, Jindo and Gimje provinces. Two different pigmented rice cultivars were tested at each site from 2014 to 2015. From the common rice transplant technologies, Wet Hill Direct Seeding Technology (WHDST) was applied and was compared to Transplanting Machine (TM) Technology, which was mainly used for rice transplanting. The results of the study showed that during the trial period, the average C3G contents of pigmented rice ‘Heugkwang’ in Gangjin was 145.5 mg/100g using the WHDST. This was 23.5 mg/100g higher than using TM in Gangjin area. On the other hand, the C3G contents of functional pigmented rice variety ‘Seonhyangheukmi’ was 163 mg/100g under the WHDST while 189.3 mg/100g under the TM. Therefore, it was observed that the C3G contents of functional pigmented rice changed depending on the variety and according to the annual environmental variation. In Jindo area, two years average C3G contents of functional pigmented rice variety ‘Josaengheugchal’ was resulted to 268.1 mg/100g using TM. This C3G contents was 97.8 mg/100g more than the amount obtained using WHDST. For functional pigmented rice variety ‘Shinnongheugchal’, the C3G contents was 247.3 mg/100g in the WHDS, while 249.1 mg/100g in the TM. This indicated that C3G contents tended to be similar based on cultivation method. The C3G contents of the rice variety ‘Heugkwang’ in Gimje area were 34.7 mg/100 g and 20.2 mg/100g using WHDST and TM, respectively. Meanwhile, the C3G contents of functional pigmented rice variety ‘Heugsujeong’ was 85.6 mg/100g in the WHDST and 43.62 mg/100g in the TM. In conclusion, the study showed that the C3G contents of the pigmented rice are affected by the yearly environmental variation, the regions, and the cultivated variety.

신광옥은 다수성 사료용 옥수수 품종 개발을 목표로 2012년에 농촌진흥청 국립식량과학원에서 자식계통 KS172과 KS173을 교잡하여 육성한 다수성 단교잡종이다. 신광옥의 종피색은 황오렌지색이며 입질은 중간종이다. 신광옥은 2008~2009년 동안 생산력검정시험을 거쳐 2010~2012년까지 3지역에서 지역적응시험을 실시하였다. 그 결과 우수성이 인정되어 2012 농작물 직무육성 신품종으로 결정되었고 신광옥으로 명명하였다. 신광옥의 출사일수는 대비품종인 장다옥과 비슷하다. 간장은 장다옥과 비슷하나 착수고율은 장다옥보다 낮고 도복은 장다옥과 비슷한 정도로 강하다. 100주당 이삭은 장다옥보다 17개 더 많고 이삭길이는 장다옥과 비슷하며, 100립중은 장다옥과 비슷하다. 깨씨무늬병 저항성은 중강이며, 그을음무늬병에는 강한 편이다. 검은줄오갈병, 이삭썩음병 및 조명나방 저항성은 중 정도이다. 신광옥의 종실수량은 7.8톤/ha로 장다옥과 비슷하다. 4:1(모본:부본) 재식비율로 동시 파종하여 채종 시험한 결과 종자친(모본) 출사기와 화분친(부본) 화분비산기간이 일치하였으며 채종수량은 3.84톤/ha이었다. 신광옥은 전국적으로 재배가 가능하다.

양안옥은 다수성 사료용 옥수수 품종 개발을 목표로 2012년에 농촌진흥청 국립식량과학원에서 자식계통 KS164과 KS163을 교잡하여 육성한 다수성 단교잡종이다. 양안옥의 종피색은 황오렌지색이며 입질은 중간종이다. 양안옥은2007~2008년 동안 생산력검정시험을 거쳐, 2009~2012년까지 3년간 4지역에서 지역적응시험을 실시하였다. 그 결과우수성이 인정되어 2012 농작물 직무육성 신품종으로 결정되었고 양안옥으로 명명하였다. 양안옥의 출사일수는 대비품종인 광평옥보다 2일 빠르다. 간장은 광평옥과 유의한차이는 없으나 착수고율은 광평옥보다 높고 도복은 광평옥과 비슷한 정도로 강하며 후기녹체성과 이삭비율도 광평옥과 유의한 차이는 없다. 양안옥의 깨씨무늬병은 광평옥과비슷한 중강의 저항성을 보이며, 그을음무늬병도 광평옥과같이 강한 편이다. 검은줄오갈병, 이삭썩음병 및 조명나방도 광평옥과 같이 중 정도의 저항성을 보인다. 양안옥의건물수량은 17.45 톤/ha이며, TDN수량은 11.96 톤/ha로 광평옥과 유의한 차이는 없었다. 양안옥의 종실수량은 8.32 톤/ha로 장다옥과 유의한 차이는 없었다. 4∶1 (모본 : 부본)재식비율로 동시 파종하여 채종 시험한 결과 모본의 출사기와 부본의 화분비산기간이 일치하며 채종수량은 1.79 톤/ha이었다. 양안옥은 전국적으로 재배가 가능하다.

We investigated the antioxidative and protective effects of corn silk (Zea mays L.) ethanol extracts on human HaCaT cells and erythrocytes. The NICS-2 fraction, extracted from corn silk, exhibited favorable 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) and 2-azino-bis-(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulphonic acid (ABTS) radical scavenging activities with IC50valuesof13.3± 0.3 μg/mL and 14.2 ± 0.1 μg/mL when compared with those of α-tocopherol, a positive control, with IC50=10.4± 02.2 and 22.2 ± 3.6 μg/mL, respectively. In addition, we investigated skin protection effects of NICS extracts of corn silk in HaCaT keratinocytes. To investigate the pharmacological potential of NICS-1 and NICS-2 extracts of corn silk on UV-B-induced damage in HaCaT cells, we measured the activity of interleukin (IL) 1a. Our results showed that all the corn silk extracts inhibited the UV-B-induced activity of IL-1a. In particular, NICS-1 extracts of corn silk significantly suppressed IL-1a activity in a dose-dependent manner without inducing cytotoxicity. These results indicate that the ethanol extracts of corn silk (Zea mays L.) could function as natural cytoprotective agents and antioxidants in biological systems, particularly the skin exposed to UV radiation, by protecting cellular membrane against reactive oxygen species (ROS).

Soybean is an important crop with useful traits such as the high seed protein and oil contents. Soybean reproduction is sensitive to temperature over 35℃. To obtain database of gene expression profiles, we used soybean cultivars, sensitive and tolerant. RNA sequencing was performed to find differentially expressed genes in two Korean soybean cultivars under heat stress condition. The transcriptomic changes in each cultivar under heat stress. We found 2727 common transcripts in two soybean cultivars under heat stress, and selected 20 transcripts to heat stress response genes. The 20 selected genes were analysed using BLAST2GO and PLANEX. The genes were major factor in co-expression networks. It appears that these 20 genes were mainly attributable to heat stress.

Although much effort has been made to find agronomically important loci in the soybean plant, extensive linkage disequilibrium and genome duplication have limited efficient genome-wide linkage analyses that can identify important regulatory genes. In this respect, recombination block-based analysis of cultivated plant genomes is a potential critical step for molecular breeding and target locus screening. We propose a new three-step method of detecting recombination blocks and comparative genomics of bred cultivars. It utilizes typical reshuffling features of their genomes, which have been generated by the recombination processes of breeding ancestral genomes. To begin with, mutations were detected by comparing genomes to a reference genome. Next, sequence blocks were examined for likenesses and difference with respect to the reference genome. The boundaries between the blocks were taken as recombination sites. All recombination sites found in the cultivar set were used to split the genomes, and the resulting sequence fragments were named as core recombination blocks (CRBs). Finally, the genomes were compared at the CRB level, instead of at the sequence level. In the genomes of the five Korean soybean cultivars used, the CRB-based comparative genomics method produced long and distinct CRBs that are as large as 22.9 Mb. We also demonstrated efficiency in detecting functionally useful target loci by using indel markers, each of which represents a CRB. We further showed that the CRB method is generally applicable to both monocot and dicot crops, by analyzing publicly available genomes of 31 soybeans and 23 rice accessions.

The interaction between Agrobacterium and soybean has been studied at the transcriptome level but not at the metabolic level. However, it is necessary to investigate the difference in metabolites between susceptible and non-susceptible cultivars for high efficiency transformation. We investigated the difference in metabolites from sonicated soybean cotyledons of Korean cultivars and Bert cultivar. To identify difference in metabolites, sonicated extracts were analysed by Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (FT-ICR/MS). The soybean cultivars were classified by susceptibility using green fluorescent protein expression. We found a difference in metabolites between the high susceptible and low susceptible cultivars. The FT-ICR/MS experimental m/z data of different metabolites were compared with theoretical m/z in KNApSAcK database. The candidate list was made using KNApSAcK and focused on phenolic compounds. These candidate metabolites are speculated to influence factors in the interaction. This list of candidates may be useful to investigate the interaction between Agrobacterium and plants to increase transformation efficiency.

Resequencing data is actively used for searching QTL or analyzing genetic diversity in the crops. However, the complexity of genome, caused by genome duplication, limits the utility of genome-wide association studies and linkage analyses to identify genes that regulate agronomically valuable traits. Here, we propose a comparative genomics approach based on core or common variation-based recombination blocks (CRB) using single nucleotide variation (SNV) density information. We found that the soybean genomes are assembled with long and distinct CRBs as large as 10Mb. CRB-based comparative genomics enabled us to accurately identify recombination blocks at the whole-chromosome level. We identified the Ih locus that determines the yellow hilum color in soybeans using CRB-based mapping with representative indel markers. These results suggest that the CRB-based comparison method is a promising platform for molecular breeding and map-based cloning.

미흑깨'는 2006년에 국립작물과학원 영남농업연구소에서 육성한 품종으로 내병성은 약하지만 다수성 품종인 '유성깨'에 내병성이 강하면서 다수성인 '수원131호'를 교배한 후대에 고품질 다수성인 '경북1호'를 1994년에 3원교잡하여 육성한 품종으로 표준품종에 비하여 수량성이 높고 총아미노산 함량이 많으면서 검정색 착색도가 진한 고품질 품종이다. 경장은 125 cm이고, 주당 삭수는 77개이다. 1,000립중은 2.57 g이고 기름함량은 표준품종보다 약 4

A chemical, MNU-induced hulless barley mutant line designated as 'Mutant 98 (M98)' was developed from a Korean hulless waxy barley cultivar, 'Chalssalbori'. The objective of the study was to determine the genetic basis of 'M98' and the possibility of using 'M98' as breeding parent to improve lysine level. Compared to 'Chalssalbori', 'M98' had large embryo and higher lysine content in both the embryo and endosperm. Significantly different lysine content in 'M98' and the other high-lysine barley mutant stocks was observed for two years. However, the genotype by year interaction was not significant. 'M98' was higher than the other high-lysine barley mutant stocks in the percentage of lysine of total amino acid composition (0.75%). The trait of shrunken endosperm of 'M98', which was typical in the high-lysine mutants, was inherited by a single recessive gene. Based on seed morphology and lysine content of F1 seeds, 'M98' had a genetically different gene from the other high-lysine mutants for shrunken endosperm. Segregation of F2 for plump/shrunken endosperm did not fit the expected ratio of Mendelian inheritance except for only one cross combination (GSHO1784 (lys1)/M98). The amino acid analysis of F5 and F6 progenies from the cross between 'M98' and 'Chalssalbori' revealed that the attempt to increase the range of lysine content of plump lines did not go beyond the limit of the average high-lysine barley germplasm.

1. 신육형은 유한신육형, 화색은 자색, 엽형은 환형이다. 모용 및 성숙기의 협은 갈색이며 종피색과 제색은 흑색이고 종실 자엽색은 황색이다. 입형은 장형으로 성숙기가 지나면 협의 자연개열이 다소 나타난다. 2. 성숙기는 10월 3일로 ‘일품’ 검정콩보다 4일 늦으며, 경장은 54 cm로 4 cm 길고, 100립중은 29.2 g으로 ‘일품’ 검정콩 보다 1.6 g 무겁다. 3. 도복에 비교적 강하며, 포장 재배기간중의 모자이크 바이러스병은 다소 발생하였으

흑진주찰(수원찰57호)은 자식계통 KBW24을 종자친으로하고 KBW2를 화분친으로 하여 교잡된 단교잡종이며 고품질 검정찰옥수수이다. 흑진주찰은 2003년 생산력검정시험을 거쳐, '06~'08년 3년 동안 전국 5개 지역에서 지역적응시험을 실시한 결과 그 우수성이 인정되어 2008년 농작물 직무육성 신품종으로 결정되었다. 이 품종의 주요특성을 요약하면 다음과 같다. 1. 흑진주찰의 출사일수는 74일로 중만숙종에 속하며 이삭 길이가 16.0 cm로 찰옥1호