This study aimed to identify and evaluate potential alternative substrate materials for the cultivation of Lentinula edodes (shiitake mushrooms) to address the growing instability in the supply of oak sawdust. A selection of locally abundant resources, including citrus branches, buckwheat hulls, Cryptomeria japonica sawdust, Miscanthus, and Sasa quelpaertensis, was evaluated as potential substitutes for oak sawdust. The results indicated that Miscanthus is rich in iron and manganese, which are essential cofactors for lignocellulose-degrading enzymes, such as cellulases, laccases, and peroxidases. In vitro mycelial growth assays (column tests) indicated that Miscanthus facilitated the most rapid growth among the alternative substrates for the shiitake strains ‘Chamaram’, ‘L808, ’ and ‘Haleumang’.’ For the strains 'Sanjo 701' and 'Nongjingo’, both oak sawdust and Miscanthus demonstrated comparable mycelial growth rates. Further cultivation tests with the strain ‘L808’ revealed that Miscanthus, whether used independently or in combination with oak sawdust, resulted in cultivation periods, primordia formation, and yield characteristics comparable to those achieved with the oak sawdust medium. These findings suggest that Miscanthus has significant potential as an alternative substrate for shiitake cultivation. However, as the study employed small, laboratory-scale blocks weighing approximately 300 g, while farm-scale blocks typically weigh 1.3–1.5 kg, fruiting was limited to a first flush harvest. Consequently, additional validation using farm-scale blocks is necessary to assess their practical applicability.

This study was conducted to identify the seasonal occurrence patterns of peach pyralid moth, Dichocroscis punctiferalis (Guenee), and persimmon fruit moth, Satthmopoda masinissa Meyrick, in persimmon orchards in four different regions, Ulsan and Jinyeong in Gyeongsangbuk-do, and Naju and Yeongam in Jeollanam-do. Three pheromone traps (Delta trap, GreeAgro Tech) for each moth species were installed at each site and checked with 1 week intervals. Peach pyralid moth and persimmon fruit moth occurred in all four study sites. Two moth species exhibited two distinctive peaks, but there were some time differences in the peak among sites. Peach pyralid moth first occurred in late May to early June in Ulsan, Jinyeong and Naju but occurred in late July in Yeongam. Overall, the first peak appeared in mid- to late June but the time of the second peak varied widely among sites. Persimmon fruit moth first occurred in early to mid-June in Ulsan, Jinyeong and Naju but occurred in mid-May in Yeongam. The first peak appeared in mid- to late June in Ulsan, Jinyeong and Naju but it appeared in late May in Yeongam. The time of the second peak was around late August in the study sites except Ulsan where the second peak time was in late September.

This paper presents a rope modeling and verification for the robotic platform of the wall cleaning robot (ROPE RIDE). ROPE RIDE has the characteristics of climbing up and down using a rope fixed on the roof like traditional workers. In order to perform a stable operation with a wall cleaning robot, it is necessary to estimate the position of the robot in a vertical direction. However, due to the high coefficient of extension and nonlinearity of the climbing rope, it is difficult to predict the behavior of the rope. Thus, in this paper, the mathematical modeling of the rope was carried out through the preliminary experiment. Extensive experiments using different types of rope were used to determine the parameters of the constitutive equation of climbing ropes. The validity of the determined parameters of various ropes was verified through the experiment results.