Background: This study aimed to investigate the flowering and fruits formation characteristics of Korean Panax ginseng varieties. The results will provide basic data for ginseng seed production and breeding program. Methods and Results: The characteristics investigated included flowering date, seed setting rate, seed type and seed production. The ginseng variety Chungsun had the earliest emergency and flowering dates, whereas Sunhyang showed late emergence and flowering dates. The emergence date of Chunpoong was not later than that of the other varieties, but the flowering date was delayed. The seed setting rate was 64.6%, 75.8%, 78.5% and 74.4% for three, four, five and six-year-old varieties, respectively. The ratio of double seed (RD) for Sunhyang and Chungsun were higher than those for the others, whereas the RD for Chunpoong was the lowest. Yunpoong and Sunone had many stems per plant and a high seed production rate. Seed production was 21.7, 67.7, 74.4 and 89.0㎏/ 10 a in three, four, five and six-year-old varieties, respectively. Conclusions: The emergence date ranged from April 15 to 25, and the flowering date was from May 10 to the 19 for the new ginseng varieties. The average seed multiplication of the ginseng varieties was about 8.5 and 21.1 times a year for varieties in which, seed-production occurs once a year for over four years and four times over six years, respectively.

Birds play a main role in the formation and change of forest structures as they are seed-dispersal agents. This study aims to identify birds consuming fruits and seeds of the tree and their associated fruits and seeds on Jeju Island in the context on the forest restoration in Korea. We conducted field surveys twice a month from 2013 to 2015 at nine study sites located across Jeju Island and collected available photographic and observation records. A total of 50 species of birds consuming fruits and seeds of the tree were identified and birds belonging to Bombycillidae, Pycnonotidae, Zosteropidae, Sturnidae and Fringillidae were confirmed as major birds consuming fruits and seeds of the tree. Gulping was the dominant type of feeding as well as crushing, but relationship between the size of a bird and the number of fruit and seed species used by the bird was not significant. We also documented that 118 fruit and seed species were consumed by birds and that shrubby fruits and seeds were more consumed by birds than those of other plant types. The relative consumption rate of fruits and seeds ranged from 0.02 to 0.44, but five species were the most important fruits and seeds for birds. Our finding suggest that avian frugivorous gulpers will benefit the seed dispersal, especially of five fruiting plants, providing useful baseline data for forest restoration and urban park design.

배의 가공 활용을 위해 숙기가 다른 원황, 신고 및 추황배 를 이용하여 식초를 제조하여 이화학적 특성 및 항산화활성 을 조사하였다. 숙기가 다른 배의 특성 조사 결과 경도는 숙기가 가까운 원황은 낮았고 미숙과인 신고, 추황배는 높 았으며, 당도는 유의적인 차이가 없었다. 품종별 배식초의 품질 특성을 조사한 결과 총 산 함량은 4.89~7.98%로 추황 배가 가장 높았고, 색도 L* 값은 원황 신고 추황배를 이용하 여 제조한 식초의 색도 L* 값은 유의적인 차이를 나타내지 않았고, 적색도 a* 값은 원황 배를 이용하여 제조한 식초가 가장 높았으며, 황색도 b* 값은 신고배를 이용하여 제조한 식초가 가장 높은 값을 나타내었다. 주요 유리당은 glucose, fructose, sorbitol로 품종에 관계없이 sorbitol의 함량이 가장 높았다. 총 폴리페놀 및 플라보노이드 함량은 35.2~55.3, 8.4~14.4 mg/100 g으로 추황배를 이용하여 제조한 식초가 높았고, 원황, 신고를 이용하여 제조한 식초가 낮았다. 항산 화 활성은 총페놀과 정의 상관을 보였으며, DPPH 라디컬 소거능은 세가지 품종 배를 이용하여 제조한 식가 45.0~ 62.1%였고, ABTS+ radical 소거능은 73.8~78.2%를 나타내 었다. 이상의 결과로부터 낙과나 비 상품과인 원황, 신고 및 추황배를 사용하여 기호성을 갖춘 식초를 제조할 수 있는 것으로 판단되어 이에 대한 관능적 특성 및 대규모 생산에 대한 추후 연구가 필요할 것으로 사료된다.

In order to develop a sprayable ethylene antagonist, unlike 1-methylcyclopropene (MCP), we synthesized 2-decylcyclopropene-1-carboxylic acid ethyl ester (DCPE) as a derivative of cyclopropene and tested its effect on the flesh softening of ‘Fuyu’ persimmon fruits. The fruits on trees were sprayed with 4·10-4 M DCPE solution before harvest. After harvest, the persimmon fruits were stored at a low temperature for 1.5 months. The ripening progress of the fruits was then evaluated during storage at ambient temperature (20℃). Flesh softening, a measure of ethylene response, was considerably delayed up to 7 days after DCPE treatment. However control fruits was rapidly softened after 3-day storage. The treatment effect of DCPE at 4·10-4 M was also compared to that of 1-MCP at 1 ppm. DCPE was storable at refrigerated conditions for at least one month without any loss. The results show that DCPE could be a potential sprayable agent for the prevention of flesh softening of persimmon fruit.

Main aims of environment-friendly agriculture (EFA) are increasing functions for environmental conservation of agriculture and building consumer confidence for agricultural products safety. The low-pesticide certification will be abolished in 2016, and this will give rise to much confusion to low-pesticide certification producers. The non-pesticide agriculture doesn’t mean organic farming, and the EFA standards of Korea don’t match up to international standards to organic agriculture. The system improvement directions for EFA are to devide into two types of organic farming and EFA, and EFA includes non-pesticide and low-pesticide farming both. These types must have legal grounds respectively.

A Linear Approximated Inverse Almost Ideal Demand System, suggested by Eales and Unnevehr, is estimated with monthly data set of Korean fruits consumption. LA/IAIDS consists of 6 demand equations which correspond to domestically produced Hanrabong, overwintering mandarin, strawberry, melon and tomato with imported orange. The results indicate that price and scale flexibilities are negative, as expected. And the significance is that a 10% increase in imported orange quantity is associated with 5.5% declines in the price of Korean Hanrabong while the price of other fruits is minimally affected. In addition, the estimate of scale flexibility of Hanrabong (-2.96) is much smaller than any other fruit. Hanrabong farmer might be in the face of deficit operation as a consequence of the substitution effect if orange would be imported in accordance with the Korea-U.S. free trade agreement.

This study analyzes an economic efficiencies of apples, pears, and grapes farming. We evaluate an annual economic overall efficiency (OE), allocative efficiency (AE), technology efficiency (TE), pure technology efficiency (PTE), and scale efficiency (SE) using data envelopment analysis (DEA). We also measure returns to scale of farms, and the change of technical efficiency of frontier farms. Lastly we estimate the effects of some explanatory variables on allocative, pure technical, and scale efficiencies.

Background : Dibenzocyclooctadiene lignans are secondary metabolites present abundantly in the fruits belonging to the genus Schisandra. According to previous studies, Schisandra lignans exhibit anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer and anti-diabetic properties, as well as an inhibitory effect on platelet aggregation. Therefore, establishing the Korean “Omija” (Schisandra chinensis) as a lignanrich source, in addition to identifying and quantifying the lignans, is extremely valuable. Methods and Results : Dibenzocyclooctadiene lignans were analyzed with liquid chromatography using diode array detection/ mass spectrometry, from methanol extracts subsequently identified by a constructed chemical library of 50 lignans. A total of 27 components of lignan including gomisin S were identified, of which schisandrin, gomisin A, gomisin N, deoxyschisandrin, γ- schisandrin, and schisandrin C were identified as the major components in the Korean Omija, Schisandra chinensis. These compounds were divided into two groups, S-biphenyl and R-biphenyl based on the configurations of the stereoisomers structures with contents of 661.7 and 1350.1㎎ per 100 g dry weight, respectively. The total lignan content averaged 2011.4㎎ per 100 g dry weight, of which schisandrin and gomisin N comprised the majority (771.8 and 420.5㎎ per 100 g dry weight respectively). Conclusions : Lignans which are present in high quantities in the ripe fruit of Schisandra chinensis are important functional compounds that play a major role in the prevention and treatment of human diseases.

본 연구에서는 수입산 열대·아열대 과일의 항산화 효과를 비교하기 위하여 총 폴리페놀 함량, DPPH radical 소거능, ABTS radical 소거능, superoxide anion radical 소거능, FRAP 활성, tyrosinase 저해효과, 환원력 등을 측정하였다. 총 폴리페놀 함량은 석류가 12.22 mg GAE/g으로 가장 높았고 그 다음 순으로 파인애플이 3.77 mg GAE/g이었으며, 용과, 그린키위, 파파야, 옐로우망고가 2.45~2.99 mg GAE/g의 범위로 나타났다. 석류는 DPPH, ABTS, superoxide anion radical 소거능, 환원력에서 다른 과일보다 높은 활성을 보여주었고 그 다음으로 파인애플이 높은 활성을 보였다. 특히 석류는 추출물의 농도가 증가함에 따라 전반적으로 활성이 증가하는 경향을 보였고 시료 농도 5 mg/mL에서는 DPPH radical 소거능과 ABTS radical 소거능 및 환원력이 양성대조군으로 사용한 ascorbic acid와 대등한 효과를 보였다. 반면에, 용과와 파파야는 대부분의 항산화 효과 실험에서 낮은 활성을 나타내었다.

본 연구에서는 감마선 조사가 떫은감 과육의 세포벽변화, 수렴성 및 경도변화에 미치는 영향을 살펴보았다. 감마선 조사 결과 떫은감 과육 중의 가용성 탄닌 함량의 변화는 대조구의 181.04±1.72 μg/g에 비해 처리 방사선의 양이 5～20 kGy로 증가할수록 146.31 μg/g에서 128.09 μg/g으로 과육내의 가용성 탄닌의 양이 감소하는 것이 확인되었다. 감 과육의 경도는 방사선을 조사하지 않은 대조구에 비해 방사선 조사한 감과육의 경도가 감소하였다. 세포벽 성분의 변화는 알콜불용성 물질의 경우 대조구의 39.3 mg/g에 비해 방사선 처리의 경우 37.2 mg/g로 낮아졌다. 수용성 물질의 함량은 대조구의 경우 11.4 mg/g이었으나, 방사선 조사의 경우 13.9 mg/g로 높아졌으며, 세포벽 성분의 함량은 대조구의 경우 26.6 mg/g였으나, 방사선 조사의 경우 23.1 mg/g로 낮아져, 떫은감 과육이 방사선조사에 의해 숙성이 일어나 세포벽성분의 함량이 감소하고 수용성물질의 함량이 증가한 것으로 나타났다. 세포벽 구성다당류 중 lignin의 함량과 pectin질의 함량은 대조구의 0.82 mg/g, 3.56 mg/g에 비교해 방사선 조사의 경우 0.77 mg/g, 3.14 mg/g로 감소하였다. 산가용성 hemicellulose의 함량은 lignin과 pectin처럼 방사선 조사에 의해 감소하는 경향을 나타내었으나, 알칼리 가용성 hemicellulose와 cellulose는 방사선조사에 의해 증가하는 양상을 나타내었다. 감과육에 존재하는 세포벽 분해 및 연화효소인 polygalacturonase, pectinesterase와 β-galactosidase의 활성의 경우 방사선 조사에 의해 모든 효소활성이 증가하였다. 방사선 처리감의 관능검사 결과 수렴성은 대조구의 경우 매우 떫은 것으로 나타났으나 방사선처리 후에는 거의 떫지 않게 느껴졌고, 과육의 경도에 대한 관능검사 결과 대조구는 딱딱한 것으로 나타났으나 방사선처리 후에는 약간 물렁해 지는 것으로 나타나 방사선처리에 의해 탄닌의 중합이 일어나며 과육의 숙성도 동시에 발생하였다. 따라서 감마선 처리는 떫은 감의 수렴성 제거와 숙성 기간을 단축시킬 수 있는 새로운 방법으로 활용이 가능할 것으로 판단되었다.

Recently, many breeders have preferred to use molecular markers for introgression backcross programs enabling foreground and background selection to cope with rapid cultivar changing of seed markets. In accumulation of target traits with marker-assisted selection, larger numbers of markers should give better resolution. For the analysis of quantitative traits, a high-density genetic map with a large number of markers is required for discovering more accurately linked markers with traits. Watermelon is a recalcitrant plant to generate a high-density genetic map with conventional molecular markers including simple sequence repeats (SSRs), since watermelon has narrow genetic diversity background and severe segregation distortions of those SSR markers. Thus, we have developed efficient and valid way to assemble genetic map and markers by next-generation sequencing coupled with genotyping by sequencing in F2 generation. After crosses between Citurullus lanatus ssp. citroides (PI254744 and PI189225) and C. lanatus ssp. lanatus (TS34, Korean cultigen), 163 of F2 progeny were sequenced through Illumina's Hi-Seq GAII platform. From sequence information of those variant call files, the SNPs were indexed and filtered by sequencing depth with genotype converter (SNP Genotyper), and optimized by heuristic physical bin mapping to construct more reliable genetic linkage map. Reliable SNP loci were determined and compared to sequences of physical reference map. Using the genetic map, we determined QTLs in F2:3 population and found major loci corresponding to seed size and powdery mildew race1 resistance in watermelon.

전통발효식품으로부터 분리한 발효능이 우수한 미생물과 기능성이 밝혀진 농특산 향토자원을 활용한 새로운 기능성 장류를 개발하고자 하였다. 꾸지뽕 열매를 A. oryzae koji, Lactobacillus 6종 및 Bacillus 2종에 대하여 발효시킨 결과, B. licheniformis SCDB 1234 균주가 kaempferol 함량을 9.54μg/g에서 217.04μg/g을 약 22배 증강시켜 최종 발효균주로 선발되었다. 꾸지뽕 열매를 선발균주를 활용하여 발효한 발효물 20배 희석액의 DPPH 항산화 활성은 대조구인 BHA, BHT의 92~99 ppm 농도와 유사한 활성을 보였고, tyrosinase 저해 활성도 arbutin이나 kojic acid의 95 ppm과 90 ppm과 같은 높은 저해 활성을 보였다. 꾸지뽕 열매 발효물을 첨가한 된장을 개발하여 유기산, 유리당 및 유리 아미노산을 분석하였다. 전반적으로 꾸지뽕 열매 발효물을 첨가하지 않은 장류와 유의적인 차이점을 보이진 않았다. 꾸지뽕 열매 발효물과 개발한 된장의 pancreatic lipase 저해활성을 측정하였다. 발효물의 경우에는 발효전보다 발효후에 더 높은 80% 이상의 높은 저해능을 보여주었다. 개발한 된장은 숙성전 된장이 숙성후 된장에 비해 더 높은 저해능을 보여주었다. 항당뇨 효과로 AGI활성을 분석한 결과, 꾸지뽕 열매는 발효전보다 발효후에 활성이 높게 측정되었고, 꾸지뽕 열매 발효액 10%를 첨가한 숙성전 된장의 AGI활성은 84.89±0.08%, 숙성후 된장은 91.25±0.04%를 나타내었다. 결론적으로 꾸지뽕 열매의 발효물의 생리활성 및 항산화 활성은 발효를 통하여 상승함을 보여주었고, 새로운 건강기능성 식품 개발에 활용가능성이 높은 잠재적 소재임을 보여준다.

본 연구는 친환경단감과원의 부유(Diospyros kaki ‘Fuyu’) 과실을 대상으로 창원과 창녕지역에서 발생한 저온내습(2012년 11월 2일)으로 인한 가을 동상해발생과 식재위치(표고) 및 나무 내에서의 착과 방향의 관계를 알아보고자 수행되었다. 창녕지역 과원의 과중과 과실횡경은 착과방향에 의해 강하게 영향을 받았으며(p<0.01), 과실종경과 동상해발생은 식재위치(p<0.01)와 깊은 관계가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 과실경도와 과실종경은 각각 착과방향과 식재위치의 영향을 받는 것으로 밝혀졌다(p<0.05). 특히 동상해는 과원 하단에 식재된 나무의 과실(15.2%)과 잎(약 90%)에서 심하게 나타나 동상해의 주요 요인이 과원의 지형적 특징인 것으로 나타났다. 과실 동상해를 입은 과실은 과피에 수침상 반점이나 흔적이 발생했다. 한편 창원지역의 과원에서는 과실횡경이 식재위치의 영향을 받은 것(p<0.05)을 제외하고 식재위치와 착과방향이 과실의 생육 및 동상해발생에 영향을 주지 않았다.

This study probed into some characteristics of the urban household such as household income, number of the household, age distribution of the family members, their characteristics of shopping behavior such as the shopping place, types of the packaging and the characteristics of the time series, using consumer panel data of the Rural Development Administration (RDA). It further examined how the above factors affect fruit purchasing prices and then estimates the degree of the influence by each factor. The study looked at the purchase of apples, pears, tangerines, and oranges - the most favorite fruits in Korea. The results of this study can be utilized as the basic information for marketing strategies and/or for the establishment of future policy plans related to fruits consumption.

The objective of this study is to estimate the economic value of official management and control for invasive insects and diseases in fruits. The direct and indirect effect of this control measure can be the changes in price of fruits and related goods, changes in export volume of domestic fruits, changes in total volume of fruit production, and reduce the risk in food safety. The contingent valuation method with the single-bounded dichotomous choice is employed to estimate each household's willingness-to-pay (WTP) to maintain official management and control measures. The total number of sample consists 2,050 respondents between the ages of 19-60 years, and the survey is conducted using Web-based survey. The estimated results for mean WTP is 5,443won per month per household. Therefore, the total economic value of official management and control on fruit in Korea is estimated to be approximately 94.4 billion won per month.

Eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) is an excellent source of vitamin A and C as well as flavonoid compounds, which are important antioxidant components that may reduce the risk of diseases. In this study, we investigated ABTS, DPPH activity and flavonoid contents in eggplant leaves and fruits to identify genetic resources with high antioxidant capacity for use in food or as feed additives. A total of 102 eggplant accessions were classified into four groups by latitude of their origins: 0°~15° N (8 accessions), 15°~30° N (19 accessions), 30°~45° N (34 accessions), and 45°~60° N (41 accessions). The accessions originated from 45°~60°N showed the highest flavonoid contents (AVG. = 15.4 μg mg-1) followed by accessions originated from 30°~45° N (AVG. = 13.0 μg mg-1), 15°~30°N (AVG. = 11.0 μg mg-1) and 0°~15°N (AVG. = 9.5 μg mg-1). Same pattern was also found in ABTS and DPPH antioxidant activities. High ABTS, DPPH activity and flavonoid contents were found in the early-flowering accessions. All flavonoids of the greenish violet leaves were significantly higher than those in green leaves. The flavonoid concentration in eggplant leaves with an average of 15.6 μg mg-1 increased from 10- to 20-fold as compared with their fruit (AVG.=0.9 μg mg-1). In conclusion, eggplant leaves represent a potential source of natural antioxidants due to their very high flavonoid contents.