We investigated the functional response of aphid parasitoid, Aphidius colemani Viereck (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), on the green peach aphid, Myzus persicae (Sulzer) (Hemiptera: Aphididae) at four different constant temperatures (15, 20, 25 and 30℃). Seven host densities (2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, and 128) were used during a 24-h period. A type III functional response for A. colemani was fit separately at each constant temperature. The estimated handling times at 15, 20, 25, and 30℃ were 0.85, 0.61, 0.41 and 0.88 day, respectively. The proportion of aphids that were parasitized showed the similar characteristics curve at four different constant temperatures.

본 연구에서는 복숭아혹진딧물의 포식 기생자인 콜레마니진디벌의 기능반응을 조사하였다. 이산화탄소 농도별(400, 600, 1000ppm) 복 숭아혹진딧물 밀도를 달리하여(2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128마리) 콜레마니진디벌 한 마리를 24시간 동안 노출시켰다. 각 이산화탄소 처리에서 콜레 마니진디벌은 제 3 유형의 기능반응을 보였다. 600 ppm (0.015 day)과 1000 ppm (0.014 day)에서 추정된 처리시간은 400 ppm에서 추정된 결 과(0.017 day)보다 짧았다. 이산화탄소 농도별 복숭아혹진딧물 기생률은 유사한 특징을 나타내었다. 가장 높은 기생률은 400, 600, 1000 ppm 에서 복숭아혹진딧물 16, 32, 32마리에 대해 0.57, 0.61, 0.70이었다. 이산화탄소 농도 증가는 콜레마니진디벌의 기능반응에서 공격율에는 영향 을 주지 않았지만 처리시간에는 영향을 주었다.

본 연구에서 흰목이버섯의 추출조건별 추출수율과 기능성 성분의 함량을 비교하여 최적 추출조건을 분석하였으며, 모든 분석에서 R²이 0.9331~0.9462로 유의성을 보이는 것을 확인하였다. 각 독립변수에 따른 추출수율과 ergothioneine, β-glucan 성분을 분석한 결과 추출수율은 추출온도와 추출시료농도에 반비례했으며, 추출시간에는 큰 영향이 없었다. Ergothioneine 성분은 온도가 증가할수록 증가하며, 추출시간은 4.33 h가 가장 높았고 시료량에 큰 영향이 없었다. β-glucan 성분은 온도가 증가할수록 감소했으며, 추출시간에 큰 영향이 없었고 시료량이 21.2 mg/mL에서 가장 높았다. 모든 종속변수의 최대 독립변수는 온도 60 o C, 추출시간 4.33 h, 추출시료농도 16.6 mg/mL에서 추출수율 24.9%, ergothioneine 성분함량 66.8 ug/g, β-glucan 성분함량 34.9 g/100 g으로 나타났다.

Amblyseius eharai is a native predatory mite in Korea and a candidate of biological control agent to control spidermites. To evaluate the predation ability of A. eharai, its functional response was tested at 10, 30, 50, 70 and 130 larvaeof Tetranychus urticae. A. eharai showed the Type 2 functional response. The attack rate of female and male A. eharaiwas 0.109 and 0.019, respectively. The handling time of female and male was 0.164 h and 0.234 h, respectively. Theattack rate was significantly different between male and females at 95% confidence interval. However, handling time wasnot statistically different. In comparison with Neoseiulus californicus, attack rate and handling time of A. eharai werebetter than N. californicus. These result should be helpful for evaluation of A. eharai for a biological agent against T.urticae.

두릅을 반응표면 분석법을 이용하여 최적의 환류 추출 조건을 설정하였다. 중심합성계획법에 따라 추출 시간(X), 에탄올 농도(X), 추출 온도(X)를 요인변수로 설정하고 수율(Y), 페놀 함량(Y), 전자공여능(Y), 갈색도(Y), 환원당(Y)을 종속 변수로 하였다. 각 추출 조건에 따른 두릅의 수율의 예측된 정상점은 추출 온도 93.49oC, 에탄올 농도 15.68%, 추출 시간 316.58분에서 최대값 32.94%로 예측되었다. 총 페놀 함량은 모든 조건에 영향을 받았으나 특히 에탄올 농도에 큰 영향을 받았고 추출온도 97.41oC,에탄올 농도 28.4%, 추출시간 301.89분에서 1169.61 mg GAE/100 g으로 예측되었다. 각 추출조건에 따른 전자공여능을 측정한 결과 에탄올 농도에 큰 영향을 받았고 추출 온도는 94.78oC, 에탄올 농도 22.96%, 추출 시간은 323.05분에서 최대값 29.82%로 나타났다. 두릅의 추출조건에 따른 추출물의 갈색도도 모든 조건에 영향을 받았으나 특히 에탄올 농도에 큰 영향을 받았고 추출 온도 97.00oC, 에탄올 농도 38.35%, 추출 시간 321.82분에서 최대값인 0.30 O.D.를 나타냈다. 각각의 추출 조건에 따른 추출물들의 환원당을 측정한 결과 에탄올 농도에 가장 큰 영향을 받았고 추출 온도 87.62oC, 에탄올 농도 24.62%, 추출 시간 339.39분에서 최대값 1.04%로 나타났다. 실험 결과에 비추어 볼 때 두릅의 추출 공정에서 에탄올 농도가 가장 많은 영향을 미치는 것으로 사료된다. 두릅 추출물의 특성의 contour map을 superimposing하여 최적 추출조건의 범위를 예측한 결과 최적 추출 조건은 추출 시간 263.5분, 에탄올 농도 14%, 추출 온도 89.5oC로 예측되었다.

쇠비름내의 여러 가지 기능성 유용성분을 효율적으로 추출하기 위해서, 반응표면분석법(RSM)을 이용하여 유용 성분 용매 추출 조건을 최적화하였다. 쇠비름을 에탄올에 추출하여 반응표면 분석법으로 모니터링하여 최적 용매 조건을 설정하였다. 중심합성계획법에 따라 에탄올 농도 (), 추출 온도 (), 추출 시간 ()를 요인변수로 설정하고 총 페놀 함량(), 총 플라보노이드 함량(), 전자공여능(), 갈색도()을 종속 변수로 하였다. 쇠비름의 추출 조건에 따라 총 페놀 함량 측정결과, 총 페놀함량은 추출온도와 추출시간에 영향을 덜 받았고 에탄올 농도에는 영향을 받았고, 에탄올 농도는 46.23%, 추출온도는 , 추출시간은 2.49hr에서 최대값인 32.17mg/mL로 나타났다. 각각의 추출조건에 따른 추출물들의 총 플라 보노이드 함량 변화는 추출시간에 따라 영향을 받았으며, 에탄올 농도는 96.62%, 추출온도 , 추출시간 3.70hr에서 최대값이 58.28mg/mL로 나타났다. 쇠비름 추출물의 최적 추출조건을 contour map을 superimposing하여 예측한 결과, 최적 추출조건은 에탄올농도 70.3%, 추출온도 , 추출시간 3.3hr로 예측되었다. 각 추출조건에 따른 전자공여능(EDA)을 측정한 결과 에탄올 농도에 가장 영향을 많이 받았고, 에탄올 농도 52.95%, 추출온도 , 추출시간 4.64hr에서 최대값 74.67mg/mL로 나타났다. 각 추출조건에 따라 갈색도(browning color)를 측정한 결과, 갈색도는 추출시간에는 거의 영향을 받지 않았고, 에탄올 농도와 추출온도에 영향을 받았다. 에탄올 농도 97.75%, 추출온도는 , 추출시간은 2.93hr에서 최대값이 0.80 OD로 나타났다.

The functional response and spatial distribution of parasitoid may be useful for understanding host-parasitoid dynamics because information on these will give knowledge of the host-parasitoid interaction, which could lead to the development of strategy for biological control of insect pests. The functional responses of A. asychis on the green peach aphid and potato aphid was investigated in eggplant leaf-disc arena. As a result, among the three types of functional response, type III best described the A. asychis response to the aphid densities, according to the Bayesian Information Criterion (BIC). Functional response and spatial distribution of A. asychis on green peach aphid, Myzus persicae, was investigated on 5x5 eggplants in the net cage. After M. persicae were inoculated uniformly at the densities of 1, 3, 6, 9 and 12 (per plant) on upper, middle and lower leaves of each 25 eggplants, one mated female of A. asychis was introduced on the central eggplant. Each aphid density was duplicated. A. asychis showed a type II functional response different from that estimated on the eggplant leaf-disc arena. Although the initial distribution of the aphids in the 25 eggplants was uniform vertically and horizontally, the aphids became gradually concentrated on the upper leaves of eggplants, so did immature A. asychis.

The study was conducted to explore whether environmental differences, in this case the physical characteristics of abaxial leaf surfaces of strawberry cultivars ('Maehyang' and 'Sulhyang' cultivars), affect the functional response of adult female N. californicus preying on immature stages (egg, larva and nymph) of T. urticae. We also evaluated the functional response of N. californicus to eggs of T. urticae at different temperatures (15, 20, 25, 30 and 35℃). We conducted a logistic regression of the proportion of prey consumed as a function of initial prey density to identify functional response types, and used nonlinear squares regression and the random predator equation to estimate attack rates and handling times. The functional response of adult female N. californicus to T. urticae was not influenced by non-glandular trichomes and epicuticular waxes on the abaxial leaf but was affected by temperature. Overall, the functional response of adult female N. californicus exhibited a type 2 functional response to T.urticae. The handling time of N. californicus was highest (1.9970) against T. urticae nymphs. The attack rate did not change much at 15-30℃, but the handling time decreased linearly with increasing temperature. At 35℃, the attack rate was highest (0.1876) and the handling time was lowest (0.9296). The results of this study may be used to evaluate the potential of N. californicus to suppress T. urticae and to estimate parameters for relevant prey-predator models.

긴털이리응애와 간자와응애에 대한 포식량과 억제능력을 알아보기 위하여 실내에서 강낭콩 잎을 이용하여 시허뫄 결과는 다음과 같다. 긴털이리응애는 간자와응애의 난, 유충, 약충의 먹이밀도가 증가함에 따라 포식량은 점차 증가하였으나 그의 증가율은 감소하는 Holling의 기능 반응공석 제 II형과 일치하는 경향이었다. 긴털이리응애의 간자와응애에 대한 억제능력은 에서 32:1의 비율까지, 에서 16:1 비율까지 억제하였으나 에서는 어느 비율에서도 억제를 하지 못하였다.

점박이응애(Tetranychus urncae)의 알밀도(10~80), 공간분포〈집중 빛 균일분포) 및 서석면적크기 (3, 9, 16 )에 따른 긴털이리응애(Amblyseius longispinosus)의 가능반응을 연구하여 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 긴털이리웅애의 점박이응애 발견효율은 밀도와 공간분포의 영향을 받았으나, 면적의 영향은 없었다. 포식량과 피식자간의 거리와는 매우 높은 역상관관계를 보였다(r=강.85, p=0.0001). 포식반응은 제2형의 기능반응을 보였다. 긴털이리응애의 기능반응은 random predator equation으로 잘 설명되었으며, 탐색률은 피식자의 집중분포하에서 반응면적에 따라 0.1030 - 0.1504였고 균일분포하에서는 0.0546~0.0276였다.

Background: In this study, microwave extraction was used, which is an effective method to extract useful bioactive substances as it requires low quantities of solvent and short time periods. The aim of this study was to determine the optimal extraction conditions for Agrimonia pilosa Ledeb. Methods and Results: The independent variables were ethanol concentration, microwave power, and extraction time, each of which had five levels. The dependent variables were total polyphenol and total flavonoid content, and DPPH radical scavenging activity. To determine the optimal extraction conditions for bioactive compounds, a response surface methodology was employed. Contour maps were generated from polynomial equations. The optimal conditions were then assumed by superimposing these contour maps. Based on the resulting graph, the optimal microwave extraction conditions for Agrimonia pilosa Ledeb were determined as 42 - 48% ethanol concentration, 240 - 280W microwave power, and 13 - 20 min of extraction time. Conclusions: Ethanol concentration had a significant effect on microwave extraction, in terms of total polyphenol and total flavonoid content, as well as DPPH radical scavenging activity. Microwave power and extraction time influenced the total polyphenol content, but not the total flavonoid content or the DPPH radical scavenging activity.

This study was conducted to investigate the growth characteristics and functional materials of baby vegetables as affected by different LEDs and luminous intensity at Anseongsi, Gyeonggi Province, in 2014. Test crops were beet, chicory, spinach, red leaf lettuce, crown daisy and red mustard purchased from the seed company of Dongbu Hannong and Jinheung. Growth characteristics were measured and the content of functional materials was analyzed 40 days after seeding at plug plate. Treatment of Red+Blue (4:1) at 150 µmol m-2 s-1 luminous intensity showed the highest number of leaves in five baby vegetables of beet, chicory, red leaf lettuce, crown daisy and red mustard. The highest shoot length of chicory, spinach, red leaf lettuce, crown daisy and red mustard was obtained from the treatment of Red+Blue (4:1) at 150 µmol m-2 s-1 luminous intensity. Fresh weight and dry weight of all six baby vegetables were the highest in treatment of Red+Blue (4:1) at 150 µmol m-2 s-1 luminous intensity. Content of chlorophyll a and chlorophyll b of spinach, red leaf lettuce and red mustard showed the highest in Fluorescent lamp at 150 µmol m-2 s-1 luminous intensity whereas other crops did not show definite trend under different LEDs lights and luminous intensity. The highest total content of anthocyanins and polyphenol were obtained from the treatment of Red+Blue (4:1) at 150 µmol m-2 s-1 luminous intensity in all six baby vegetables. Free radical scavenging activity was highest in all six vegetable crops at 150 µmol m-2 s-1 luminous intensity, but it was not different significantly between LEDs.As a result, the growth and the content of functional material of baby vegetables are generally to be increased in Red+Blue (4:1) at 150 µmol m-2 s-1 luminous intensity. Mixed light of Red+Blue is thought to give good effect on the growth and the content of functional material in baby vegetable crops. Because there are many differences in regard of LED lights, crop varieties, cultivation and experi-mental methods in their impact on the growth and functional materials of baby vegetables among researchers, it is considered that a more precise studies are needed for the crop responses to LED light and luminous intensity.

UDP-glucose 4-epimerase (UGE; EC 5.1.3.2) is an enzyme that plays an essential role in the interconverts UDP-D-glucose (UDP-Glc) and UDP-Dgalactose (UDP-Gal). Five members of the Chinese cabbage (Brassica rapa) UDP-glucose 4-epimerase gene family, designated BrUGE1 to BrUGE5, have been cloned and characterized. Quantitative PCR shows that the BrUGE1and BrUGE4 mRNA are most abundant among other BrUGE genes, accounting for more than 55% of total BrUGE transcripts in most of the tissues examined. All genes showed organ specific expression pattern, two of which (BrUGE1 and 4) actively responded after Pectobacterium carotovorum subsp. carotovorum infection, while four genes (BrUGE-1, -3, -4 and -5)were shown to respond considerably against salt, drought and abscisic acid (ABA) treatments. To better understand the function of the UGE gene, we constructed a recombinant pART vector carrying the BrUGE1 gene under the control of the CaMV 35S promoter and nos terminator and transformed using Agrobacterium tumefaciens. We then investigated BrUGE1 overexpressing rice lines at the physiological and molecular levels under biotic and abiotic stress conditions. Bioassay of T3 progeny lines of the transgenic plants in Yoshida solution containing 120 mM Nacl for 2 weeks, confirmed that the BrUGE1 enhances salt tolerance to transgenic rice plants. Also T3 progeny lines of the transgenic plants, when exposed to infection caused by Xanthomonas oryzae pv oryzae, showed tolerance to bacterial blight. These results showed that BrUGE1 can be used as potential genetic resource for engineering Brassica with multiple stress resistance.