Seed storage proteins are used as carbon and nitrogen sources for the nutritional improvement of seeds. Since the composition of proteins from the Korean cultivars of proso millet is unknown, this study was conducted to obtain a reference map of millet seed proteins and identify the functional characteristics of the identified proteins. Proteins extracted from proso millet seeds of various cultivars were investigated using proteomic techniques such as 2-D electrophoresis coupled with mass fingerprinting; 1152 (differentially expressed) protein spots were detected on the 2-D gels. Among them, 26 reproducible protein spots were analyzed using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight/time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Out of the 26 proteins, 2 proteins were upregulated in all the millet cultivars, while 13 proteins were upregulated and 11 proteins were downregulated in 2 cultivars. Abundance of most of the identified protein species associated with polysaccharide and starch metabolism, transcription, and pathogenesis was significantly enhanced, while that of other protein species involved in glycolysis, stress response, and transduction was severely reduced. Taken together, the results suggest that the differential expression of the proteins from the four millet cultivars may be cultivar-specific. By conducting a proteomic investigation of millet seeds from different cultivars, we sought to better understand the functional categorization of individual proteins on the basis of their molecular functions. We believe that the identified proteins may help in investigating genetic variations in millet cultivars.

This study was executed to establish a basis of evaluation of starch properties of Korean wheat cultivars e.g. damaged starch, swelling, and pasting properties for Korean wheat breeding program. Damaged starch is critical evaluation factor for flour milling related industry because it influences water absorption and color of dough for processing quality and preference of end-use products. The present results revealed that there was significantly high positive correlation between the results of damaged starch analysis by amperometric (SD-matic) and enzymatic (Megazyme assay) methods. Evaluation of damaged starch must be considered as one factor to evaluate properties of starch due to its accuracy and a stable efficiency for the wheat breeding program. Properties of swelling and pasting of dough were important for cooking time and texture. Nevertheless, it was impossible to evaluate starch extracted from flour in the wheat breeding program i.e. small amount of flour or small number of spikes Comparison of results of evaluation of properties of swelling and pasting with starch or flour, the evaluation using flour positively correlated with the other evaluation using starch. In addition, swelling evaluation must be considered to apply for the wheat breeding program because the result of evaluation of swelling property, which possible to evaluate with low efficiency, and the quantity of a sample is highly under positive correlation with paste peak viscosity. In the future, studies using NIR (Near Infrared) analysis must be necessary to evaluate starch properties with grains in early generation lines for improvement of wheat breeding program.

Background : This study was carried out to distribute superior cultivars to farmers by analyzing growth characteristics of ginseng and effectively set the target for breeding by investigating annual agronomic characteristics of ginseng. Methods and Results : As a plant materials, Chunpoong (CP), Yunpoong (YP), Gopoong(GP), Gumpoong (GU) and Sunun (SU) were transplanted in Eumseong (ES), Geumsan (GS) and Yeoncheon (YC) on March 2013. Cultivation and management were conducted on the basis of the standard guidelines. According to stem and petiole by region, YC represent the largest stem diameter, leaf length and petiole length of cultivars, followed by those in ES and those in GS. Leaf growth of cultivars was overall the best in YC. Although CP had long and narrow leaves in all regions, YP and SU had short and narrow leaves. Root weight of all cultivars was the best in YC, but there was no significant differences by them. Growth of CP, YP and GP was generally good in ES. Growth of cultivars was relatively even in GS, but it was poor compared to cultivars which were cultivated in ES and YC. Conclusion : There were considerable differences in root growth of cultivars. However, this results suggest that CP of 4-year-old is produced stably in some regions because it had a small coefficient of variation.

Genetic variations of γ-/ω-gliadin and Spa (storage protein activator) in 40 Korean wheat cultivars were evaluated to provide genetic information for improving end-use quality in wheat breeding programs. Korean wheat cultivars were classified into 13 patterns at the Gli-1 locus based on the allelic variation using A-PAGE (acidic-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis). Seven, five, and six alleles were identified at Gli-A1, Gli-B1, and Gli-D1 loci, respectively. Allele-specific PCR markers for γ-gliadin corresponded to specific allele at Gli-1 loci on A-PAGE, which Gli-A1f, Gli-A1h and Gli-A1l alleles corresponded to GliA1.2, Gli-B1h and Gli-B1f alleles corresponded to GliB1.2 and Gli-D1f, Gli-D1m and Gli-D1o alleles corresponded to GliD1.1. DNA markers for γ-45 and γ-42 also corresponded to the γ-gliadin patterns around 40kDa on A-PAGE, except in Sukang, Ol and Joongmo2003. However, allelic specific PCR markers for ω5-gliadin did not correspond to that of A-PAGE. Three alleles were identified at Spa-A1 locus, whereas there was no variation at Spa-B1 and Spa-D1 loci.

The ω5-gliadins are the major allergens in wheat-dependent excise-induced anaphylaxis (WDEIA). In this study, SDS-PAGE analysis was used to assign the ω5-gliadins (Gli-B1) alleles in thirty two Korean wheat cultivars, compared with eleven standard wheat cultivars for Gli-B1a~m alleles. These results were reconfirmed with their complementary Glu-B3 low-molecular-weight glutenin subunits alleles tightly linked with Gli-B1 locus revealed with 2-DGE in our previous study. As a result, one Gli-B1b, four Gli-B1d, two Gli-B1f, six Gli-B1m and nineteen Gli-B1h varieties were identified. This is the first report on revealing the Gli-B1 alleles in Korean wheat cultivars and represents valuable basic data on wheat allergy, relationship between gliadin and wheat quality, and development of hypo-allergenic wheat.

Consumption of oat-based food is rapidly increasing due to consumer preference for functional foods. Until now, breeding is focused on the development of naked oat for food in Korea. Hulled oats recognized as forage have strong merits for yield and stability in cultivation except milling properties. Lately, advanced milling technology provides an opportunity to use hulled oats for food. Therefore, the processing characteristics of hulled oats are of great importance for food use. This study examined the physicochemical properties and dietary fiber of 9 Korean oat cultivars (4 hulled oats as compared with 5 naked oat cultivars). Findings showed that the color values (i.e. L and W) of hulled oat cultivars in seed and flours are lighter than the naked oats. The protein and ash contents are higher in hulled oats as compared with naked oats. The unsaturated fatty acid (USFA), mainly C18:1, C18:2 were 80~83%. USFA of ‘Daeyang’ (DY, naked) and ‘Jopung’ (JP, hulled) were 82.0 and 81.9% respectively. Total Dietary fiber and Total β-Glucan contents ranged from 13.2 to 20.6% and from 3.4 to 4.1% in oat flours. The ‘DY’ (4.10%, naked), ‘JP’(4.09%, hulled) and Highspeed (4.07%, hulled) showed high levels of β-Glucan contents. Findings of the study will provide useful information in extending the use of hulled oats for food.

감자 수요를 확대하기 위해서는 소득 증가와 함께 소비자 의 관심이 증대하고 있는 신선편이식품으로 시장을 보다 더 넓혀 나가야 한다. 이를 위해서는 감자에 존재하는 유독 물질 인 glycoalkaloids에 대한 주의가 필요하다. 본 연구에서는 도 입품종인 대서, 수미와 최근 국내에서 개발된 하령, 고운, 홍 영, 자영 품종을 포함하여 국내 주요 24품종을 대상으로 부위 별 PGA 함량을 분석하였으며 그 연구 결과를 요약하면 다음 과 같다. 1. 총 PGA 함량(mg/100g·FW)은 하령(10.1), 수미(9.3), 홍영(7.3), 자영(6.9), 대서(4.8), 고운(3.4), 자심(3.1) 순으로 나타났다. 2. 공시품종의 껍질부위 PGA 함량은 전체 함량의 41 ~ 85% 분포를 보였으며, 국내주요 재배 품종에서 대서는 PGA 함량이 껍질(85%)에서 높고 육질 부위(0.7)에서 낮아 PGA 독성으로부터 가장 안전한 품종이었다. 3. 특히 고운, 자심 품종은 PGA 함량이 제일 낮아 껍질째 감자를 이용하기에 적절하며 중간모본으로 활용가치가 크다 고 판단된다.

High temperature is one of major environmental stress. Heat tolerance managing is difficult through the phenotypic selection, so marker assistant selection (MAS) using molecular markers like as RAPD, SSR etc. was tried to select useful traits for heat tolerance. Fourteen SSR markers reported by previous research were selected for this research. We tried to evaluate 14 SSR markers for MAS using 31 useful wheat resources including 24 crossing line from Turkey, six Korean wheat cultivars and Chinese spring. The average of the number of alleles and PIC values in this study were 6.14 and 0.64, respectively. Two major clades and four sub clades were grouped by phylogenetic tree using UPGMA. Four Korean wheat cultivars were distinct from other Turkey resources in the phylogenetic dendrogram. From the results, we expected that these markers were able to adapt to screening wheat genotyping for heat tolerance.

Although it is known that the composition of HMW-GSs and LMW-GSs are important factor for end-product quality as bread, noodle and cookie, it is still not clear which HMW-GSs and LMW-GSs confer specific processing properties. In this study, to investigate distinctive glutenin proteins and expression level for characteristic processing properties, we carried out qualitative and quantitative analysis of gluetenin protein in noodle and bread wheat cultivars by two-dimensional electrophoresis. Unexpectedly, five LMW-GS spots were found to be expressed at a common position in all cultivars and these spots may play something in glutenin biosynthesis. Also we found LMS-GS spots to distinguish Korean wheat cultivars mostly used as noodle and western bread wheat cultivars. These spots may contribute to characteristic processing properties. The 2DE results for each cultivar will be used as reference map or protein marker discriminating wheat cultivars, wheat and rice, imported and Korean flour. For quantitative analysis of gluetenin, we calculated relative expression level of the HMW-GS, LMW-GS and HMW-GS/ LMW-GS ratio in each cultivar by 2DE. The results presented in this study provide new insight into relation of specific glutenin proteins and end-use quality and will be useful to choose elite breeding line for improvement of wheat flour quality.

Panax Ginseng is a perennial medicinal plant originated from North-east asia. Because of its well-known tonic effects mainly from ginsenosides, various types of processed ginseng products have been distributed around the world. Here, we analyzed secondary metabolite profiling of adventitious roots of 5 korean ginseng cultivars, Chunpoong (CP), Sunhyang (SH), Gopoong (GO), Sunun (SU), and Cheongsun (CS). At the same time, the profiles of relative gene expressions related to ginsenoside biosynthesis pathway were compared among ginseng cultivars. Secondary metabolite profiles were revealed by UPLC/Q-TOF-MS from extracts of bioreactor derived adventitious roots of five ginseng cultivars. Using principal component analysis, secondary metabolite profiles of ginseng cultivars were categorized into three groups. Metabolites with high VIP values were annotated using known database and standards compounds. Relative gene expression of ginsenoside related gene were analyzed using realtime PCR. The three groups had distinct metabolite contents. Furthermore, gene expression profiles related to ginsenoside were also different, which might contribute diverse secondary metabolite composition of ginseng cultivars. Further integrated analysis would provide a relationship between genetic background of ginseng cultivars and secondary metabolite profiles.

본 연구는 열처리 온도 및 시간이 토종 다래(A. arguta) 퓨레의 품질 특성 및 항산화 활성에 미치는 영향을 알아보기 위해서 70, 80, 90℃의 온도에서 각각 1, 3, 5분간 열처리하여 pH, 당도, pulp 함량, 색도, 점도, 조직감 및 미생물 수 등의 품질특성과 비타민 C, 총 페놀, 항산화 활성을 분석하였다. pH, 당도 그리고 pulp 함량의 경우 열처리 온도가 증가하고 열처리 시간이 길어질수록 감소하는 경향을 나타내었고, L, a, b값과 갈변도는 증가하는 경향으로 나타났으며, 점도와 adhesiveness 또한 증가하는 경향을 나타내었다. 일반세균과 곰팡이 수는 열처리 온도가 증가하고, 시간이 경과함에 따라 감소하는 경향을 보였다. 대장균군과 효모는 모든 조건에서 검출되지 않았다. 비타민 C와 총 페놀 함량은 온도가 증가하고 열처리 시간이 길어질수록 감소하는 경향을 나타내었고 70℃온도에서의 열처리와 모든 열처리 온도에서 1분간 열처리 시 대조구와 유사하였고 90℃에서 5분간 처리 시 크게 감소하는 것으로 나타났다. 항산화 활성은 비타민 C와 총 페놀 함량과 유사한 결과를 나타내었고, 따라서 다래의 항산화 활성은 비타민 C와 총 페놀이 주요한 요인으로 작용한다고 사료된다. 본 연구의 앞선 결과를 통해서 다래 퓨레를 90℃에서 5분간 열처리 시 이화학적 특성과 항산화 활성이 크게 감소하여 품질이 저하되는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 결과적으로 본 연구 결과는 다래 퓨레의 안정성 및 상품적 가치판단에 따른 기초자료를 제공할 것으로 사료된다.

본 연구는 국내 조생종 벼 품종들과 농촌진흥청 국립식량과학원에서 육성된 자포니카(Oryza sativa L. ssp. Japonica)의 조생 다수성 품종인 남일 돌연변이 계통인 중모1024의 등숙기 고온내성을 비교 평가하여 등숙기 고온내성의 기초 자료를 얻고자 수행하였다. 본 연구를 통하여 국내 조생종 벼 품종들 중 대봉, 운광, 및 만안과 돌연변이 계통인 중모1024가 고온에서 상대적으로 양호한 고온내성을 가지고 있는 것으로 평가되었으며. 특히 중모1024는 다른 공시품종들에 비하여 상당히 양호한 고온내성을 가진 것으로 평가되었다. 본 연구의 주요 결과는 등숙기간 동안 고온에 의하여 현미의 길이와 너비가 감소하였으며, 현미 너비의 감소율이 현미 길이의 감소율에 비하여 평균 4배 이상 높았다. 이러한 결과로 보아, 등숙기간 동안 고온에 의하여 현미의 길이보다는 너비가 더 많은 영향을 받는다고 사료된다. 등숙기간 동안 고온에 의해 가장 문제가 되는 완전미율과 미숙립율을 공시품종들간 비교 평가한 결과, 상대적으로 중모1024, 태봉, 운광 및 만안이 고온에서 높은 현미완전미율을 보였으며, 상대적으로 적온에서 낮은 현미완전미율을 보인 품종들이 상대적으로 고온에 의한 현미완전미율 감소율이 적온에서 높은 현미완전미율을 보인 품종들에 비해 낮았다. 또한, 다른 공시품종들에 비하여 고온내성이 양호한 중모1024는 고온에서도 좋은 쌀 외관품위와 안정적 수확성 향상을 위한 육종모재로서 유용형질을 교배를 통해 고품질 벼의 보완을 위해 이전할 수 있는 것이 용이할 것으로 사료된다.

본 연구는 한국 콩의 물 소모량에 대한 수분이용효율 산정을 위하여, 한국에서 육성된 우량품종 29개와 미국의 대표적인 내한발 품종인 PI416937을 대상으로 토양수분함량 조건을 대조구(최대 포장용수량의 50%)와, 한발처리구(최대 포장용수량의 25%)로 달리 하였을 때, 콩 30품종에 대한 처리 14일 후의 물 소모량, 건물중, 상대생장율을 이용하여 수분이용효율을 산정하였다. 콩 30 품종의 영양생장기 후반 기간 동안 요구되는 하루 당 콩 한 개체의 평균 물 소모량은 대조구에서는 183 mL/plant/day로, 한발처리구에서는 64 mL/plant/day이었으며, 콩 영양생장기간 중 포장용수량 25%의 한발 시, 콩이 가용할 수 있는 토양수분량은 포장용수량 50% 대비 약 63%가 감소하였으며, 30개 품종의 평균 건물생산량이 약 37% 감소하였다. 콩 30품종의 물 소모량은 한발처리 후 건물중과 고도의 정의 상관을 보였으며, 상대생장율과 수분이용효율과는 한발처리구에서만 약한 상관성을 보였다. 콩 30품종의 상대생장율과 수분이용효율은 대조구와 한발처리구 모두에서 고도의 정의 상관을 보여, 상대생장율이 높은 품종이 수분이용효율이 높으며, 수분이용효율이 높은 품종이 상대생장율이 높은 콩의 수분특성을 제시하였다. 30개 품종의 평균 수분이용효율은 대조구에서 2.1 g/L를, 한발처리구에서 2.9 g/L를 보여, 한발 시 콩의 수분이용효율이 향상되었음을 제시하였다. 한발처리구에서 수분이용효율이 PI416937(3.5 g/L)보다 높은 한국 콩 품종은 대풍콩(3.8 g/L), 단백콩(4.0 g/L), 금강콩(3.8 g/L)이었다.

The transcriptomes of four ginseng accessions such as Cheonryang (Korean ginseng cultivar), Yunpoong (Korean ginseng cultivar), G03080 (breeding line of Korean ginseng), and P. quinquefolius (American ginseng) was characterized. As a result of sequencing, total lengths of the reads in each sample were 156.42 Mb (Cheonryang cultivar), 161.95 Mb (Yunpoong cultivar), 165.07 Mb (G03080 breeding line), and 166.48 Mb (P. quinquefolius). Using a BLAST search against the Phytozome databases with an arbitrary expectation value of 1E-10, over 20,000 unigenes were functionally annotated and classified using DAVID software, and were found in response to external stress in the G03080 breeding line, as well as in the Cheonryang cultivar, which was associated with the ion binding term. Finally, unigenes related to transmembrane transporter activity were observed in Cheonryang and P. quinquefolius, which involves controlling osmotic pressure and turgor pressure within the cell. The expression patterns were analyzed to identify dehydrin family genes that were abundantly detected in the Cheonryang cultivar and the G03080 breeding line. In addition, the Yunpoong cultivar and P. quinquefolius accession had higher expression of heat shock proteins expressed in Ricinus communis. These results will be a valuable resource for understanding the structure and function of the ginseng transcriptomes.