The objective of this study was to investigate the health status and nutritional intake of the old population living in Soonchang, Jeollabuk-do, Korea. 69 subjects aged 65 years and older were recruited in July 2016. The WHR, was significantly higher in elderly male group than elderly female group (p<0.05), but both groups had abdominal obesity (0.85 and over). T-score mean of elderly male and female groups were below －2.5 mg/cm3 that they were osteoporotic. In the elderly male group, the higher concentrations of creatinine, homocysteine and uric acid were found to be significantly unfavorable factors (p<0.001, respectively). The blood vitamin D3 levels of elderly male group was significantly higher than that of elderly female group (p<0.05). The physical activity and self-rated health were significantly higher in elderly male group than in elderly female group (p<0.05, p<0.01, respectively). The nutrient intakes of male group were found to be significantly favorable factors than in female group. The score of mini nutrition assessment was significantly lower in elderly female group than in the elderly male group. These results could be useful to plan effective strategies to increase the health-life expectancy and the prevention of disease of Korean elderly people living in rural areas.

아보카도는 에콰도르에서 경제적으로 중요한 과수이다. 건강한 종묘 생산은 아보카도 식물의 생산에서 중요한 단계이며 유익한 미생물의 처리는 식물체의 영양을 향상 시키는데 사용 될 수 있다. 아보카도 묘목에 처리한 미생물의 효과를 검정한 결과, 묘목의 뿌리부분과 지상부의 양분 흡수를 증가시켰다. T. harzianum은 뿌리에서 N과 Mg의 흡수를 유의적으로 증가시켰으며, 지상부에서는 N, Ca, Mg, Mn 및 Cu의 흡수를 증가시켰다. 반면에, G. iranicum var tenuihypharum은 뿌리에서 Ca와 Fe의 흡수를 유의적으로 증가시켰으며, 지상부에서는 N흡수를 증가시켰다. 또한, mycorrhiza의 접종으로 아보카도 묘목의 뿌리 부분과 지상부에서 P 양을 증가시키는 경향이 긍정적으로 나타났다. 두 미생물 모두 S의 흡수에 영향을 미치지 않았는데, 이는 식물 전체에서 균일한 비율을 나타냈다. 또한 인산질 비료(일인산 칼륨)의 시용은 미량 영양소의 흡수에 긍정적인 영향을 미쳤다.

This experiment was conducted to investigate the effects of pH on the mineral nutrient uptake and growth of the four Chinese chives species. The Chinese chives species used in the experiment were the cultivated species grown in the farm (cultivated Allium tuberosum) and three wild species of wild Allium tuberosum, A. thunbergii and A. senescens. The pH levels of soil medium were set to be 4.5, 6.5, and 7.5. Fresh weight (FW) of cultivated A. tuberosum was highest at all pH levels. The increase of soil pH increased the FW of the wild A. tuberosum and A. thunbergii, but no difference was noted for the A. tuberosum and A. senescens. Plant height was higher in the order of wild A. tuberosum, A. thunbergii, and cultivated A. tuberosum and A. thunbergii. Notably plant height of the wild A. tuberosum increased significantly by the pH increase. The Zn content of the wild A. tuberosum was shown to be significantly higher than that of the other species and increased with the increase of soil pH. This indicates that there is a close relationship between the plant height and Zn content in Chinese chives plant. Principal component analysis for characterizing closely related A. species using the factors of plant growth and amounts of nutrients uptake showed that the cultivated A. and wild A. tuberosum were in the 4th quadrant of the graph which are classified as the same species, while A. senescens and thunbergii was in 1st and 3rd quadrant indicating different species, respectively.

This study examined the lifestyle factors, dietary attitudes, food habits, and dietary nutrition intake of college students before and after nutrition education. A total of 44 college students were recruited and a questionnaire survey was conducted. Dietary nutrient consumption was obtained from the one day 24-hr recall. Scores on ‘Concerns about health (p<0.05)’, ‘Regular exercise (p<0.01)’, and number of steps (p<0.001) were significantly higher after-training. The dietary attitude (31.3 vs. 33.7, p<0.01) and food habits (53.5 vs. 59.7, p<0.01) were significantly higher after-training. The scores on ‘Eating a lot of food that I want to eat is more important than nutrition (p<0.01)’, ‘I am interested in information on nutrition and health (p<0.01)’, ‘Have three meals a day (p<0.01)’, ‘Have breakfast regularly (p<0.01)’, ‘Drink milk every day (p<0.001)’, ‘Have fruits every day (p<0.05)’, and ‘Apply nutrition knowledge to daily life (p<0.001)’ were significantly higher after-training. Among the nutrients intakes, the protein (p<0.05), vitamin C (p<0.01), and calcium (p<0.001) were significantly higher after-training. Nutrition education improved the lifestyle factors, dietary attitudes, food habits, and dietary nutrition intakes.

배양액의 농도 조건과 품종별 양수분 흡수특성을 구명하여 장기 수경재배를 위한 기초자료를 획득하고자 연구를 수행하였다. 시험 품종으로 토마토 대과종으로는 적색계인 ‘대프니스’와 도색계인 ‘수퍼도태랑’ 소과종으로는 ‘미니찰’ 품종을 이용하였다. 담액재배하였으며 배양액의 EC를 1.0dS·m-1, 2.0dS·m-1, 3.0dS·m-1, 4.0dS·m-1로 다르게 공급하였다. 배양액의 EC가 높은 처리에서 초기에는 엽면적, 생체중이 감소하였으며 염류장해가 발생하면서 생육(초장, 엽면적, 경경, 생체중)이 불량해졌다. 배양액의 EC가 높을수록 수분흡수가 적었다. 수분흡수량은 1차에서는 품종별 차이가 뚜렷하지 않았으나 2차 조사에서는 ‘대프니스’가 EC 2.0dS·m-1 이상에서도 수분흡수가 크게 감소하지 않았으나 ‘수퍼도태랑’은 높은 EC 처리에서 수분 흡수가 감소하였다. 배양액의 EC가 낮은 처리에서 무기이온의 흡수는 N, P, K는 급액농도 보다 높게 흡수된 반면에 Ca, Mg, S는 흡수율이 낮았다. 배양액의 EC가 높은 처리에서는 대부분의 이온이 초기 투입농도의 50% 이하로 흡수되었다. 따라서 EC가 낮은 처리가 높은 처리 보다 흡수되고 남은 배양액의 이온간 불균형이 심하였다. 품종 간에는 ‘대프니스’가 저농도에서 흡수량이 많고 고농도에서는 흡수량이 적어 불량한 양분조건에서 양분을 효율적으로 이용하는 품종이었 으나 과잉 흡수된 양분으로 인한 장해 증상은 가장 심하게 나타내었다.

Recycling of drained nutrient solution in hydroponic cultivation of horticultural crops is important in the conservation of the water resources, reduction of production costs and prevention of environmental contamination. Objective of this research was to obtain the fundamental data for the development of a recirculation system of hydroponic solution in semi-forcing cultivation of ‘Bonus’ tomato. To achieve the objective, tomato plants were cultivated for 110 days and the contents of inorganic elements in plant, supplied and drained nutrient solution were analyzed when crop growth were in the flowering stage of 2nd to 8th fruiting nodes. The T-N content of the plants based on above-ground tissue were 4.1% at the flowering stage of 2nd fruiting nodes (just after transplanting), and gradually get lowered to 3.9% at the flowering stage of 8th fruiting nodes. The tissue P contents were also high in very early stage of growth and development and were maintained to similar contents in the flowering stage of 3rd to 7th fruiting nodes, but were lowed in 8th node stages. The tissue Ca, Mg and Na contents in early growth stages were lower than late growth stages and the contents showed tendencies to rise as plants grew. The concentration differences of supplied nutrient solution and drained solution in NO3-N, P, K, Ca, and Mg were not significant until 5 weeks after transplanting, but the concentration of those elements in drained solution rose gradually and maintained higher than those in supplied solution. The concentrations of B, Fe, and Na in drained solution were slightly higher in the early stages of growth and development and were significantly higher in the mid to late stages of growth than those in supplied solution. The above results would be used as a fundamental data for the correction in the inorganic element concentrations of drained solution for semi-forcing hydroponic cultivation of tomato.

작물 재배시에 질소비료와 유기물인 헤어리베치 그리고 LCU효과지연성 복합비료 등 질소공급원별로 토양에 시용하여 N2O 배출에 영향을 주는 요인들의 특성을 조사하였다. 그리고 그 요인들이 N2O 배출에 얼마나 영향을 주는지를 정량적으로 밝히고 온실가스 배출의 영향 인자들에 대해 온실가스 감축 효과를 종합적으로 평가하였다. N2O 배출에 영향을 미치는 요인은 토양온도, 토양수분과 무기태질소 등이다. 이 세 가지 요인 중 N2O 배출에 가장 크게 영향을 미치는 요인은 무기태질소 (콩 65.5%, 51.2%)>토양수분함량 (콩 19.2%, 고추 28.8%)>토양온도 (콩 15.2%, 고추 22.0%) 순으로 나타났다. 수량과 비료이용효율은 LCU 효과지연성 복합비료 처리에서 가장 높았다. N2O 배출량은 LCU효과지연성 복합비료와 NPK+헤어리베치 처리에서 차이를 보이지 않아 종합적인 결과는 수량과 비료이용효율 그리고 낮은 N2O 배출량을 보인 LCU효과지연성 복합비료 처리가 가장 양호한 것으로 나타났다. 따라서 앞으로 N2O 배출을 저감할 수 있는 토양 양분관리 기술 개발 연구가 확대되면 온실가스 배출저감 대책에 도움이 될 것으로 기대할 수 있다.

This study examined the nutrient components and measured the physicochemical properties of 23 Korean sweet potato cultivars. The proximate composition, free sugars, organic acids, and dietary fiber of sweet potato were analyzed and the water binding capacity, oil absorption and pasting characteristics were measured. The proximate composition was the highest in Happymi and was higher in colored sweet potato than in general sweet potato (p<0.05). The sucrose content was the highest among the free sugars in the general cultivars and yellow/orange colored cultivar. The major organic acids were oxalic acid, citric acid, malic acid, succinic acid, fumaric acid, and acetic acid. Oxalic acid and citric acid were high in the purple colored cultivars and malic acid was high in yellow/orange colored cultivars. Each total dietary fiber content of the general and colored cultivars was 7.51-13.94 and 13.04-16.97%, respectively, but there was no significant difference. The water binding capacity and oil absorption of Juhwangmi was high in all cultivars (p<0.05). The peak viscosity of sweet potato powder showed highest a significant difference of 12.50-1342 cP (p<0.05). The breakdown of Sincheonmi was 512, which was the highest value (p<0.05). The setback of Geonpungmi was significantly low, 6.0 (p<0.05).

국가장기생태연구사업의 일환으로 국내 주요 조림수종인 리기다소나무와 잣나무 낙엽의 분해율 및 분해과정에 따른 영양염류 함량 변화를 파악하였다. 분해 21개월경과 후 리기다소나무 낙엽과 잣나무 낙엽의 잔존률은 각각 58.27±4.13, 54.08±4.32으로 잣나무 낙엽의 분해가 리기다소나무 낙엽보다 빠르게 진행되는 것으로 나타났다. 21개월경과 후 리기 다소나무 낙엽과 잣나무 낙엽의 분해상수(k)는 각각 0.95, 1.08로 잣나무 낙엽의 분해상수가 높은 것으로 나타났다. 리기다소나무 낙엽과 잣나무 낙엽의 초기 C/N 비율은 각각 64.4, 40.6 이었으나 21개월경과 후에는 각각 41.0, 18.9로 점차 감소하였고, C/P 비율은 리기다소나무 낙엽과 잣나무 낙엽에서 초기에 각각 529.8, 236.5에서 21개월경과 후 384.1, 205.2로 감소하였다. 낙엽의 초기 N,P,K,Ca,Mg 함량은 리기다소나무 낙엽에서 각각 6.78, 0.83, 2.84, 0.99, 2.59 mg/g 이었으며, 잣나무 낙엽에서 각각 10.90, 1.87, 5.82, 4.79, 2.00 mg/g으로 마그네슘을 제외한 원소의 함량은 잣나무에서 높았다. 21개월 경과 후 N,P,K,Ca,Mg 잔존률은 리기다소나무 낙엽에서 각각 88.4, 77.6, 26.7, 50.5, 44.5% 이었으며 잣나무 낙엽에서 각각 114.4, 61.3, 7.6, 115.2, 72.0%로 나타났다.

배양액의 종류 및 LED를 이용한 다양한 광질 조건이 물냉이의 생장과 glucosinolates 함량에 미치는 영향을 3주간의 수경재배를 통하여 살펴보았다. 물냉이 종자를 암면배지에 파종 후 발아시켜, 2주간 육묘하였다. 유묘들은 semi-DFT 시스템에 이식하였다. 환경조절실은 주간온도 20±1℃와 야간온도 16±1℃, 주간습도 65±10%와 야간습도 75±10%의 범위에서 조절되었으며 16/8h 조건의 광주기와 180±10μmol·m-2·s-1 광강도를 유지하였다. 배양액은 오오츠카 하우스 1A(OTS), 한국원시(HES)과 화란온실작물연구소(PBG) 배양액을 초기 EC 1.0-1.3, pH 6.2와 형광등을 광원으로 실험하였다(실험-1). 광질에 대한 생육과 glucosinolates 함량을 분석하기 위하여 단색광(적색: R10, 백색: W10) 처리구와 혼합광(적청녹색: R2B1G1, 백청녹색: W2B1G1, 적색: R10, 적청색: R5B1, 적청색: R3B1)처리구를 두었다. 물냉이 지상부의 생육은 3개의 배양액 처리구에서 유의적인 차이가 발견되지 않았지만, 뿌리의 생체중은 HES와 비교하여 PBG와 OTS에서 13.7%와 55.1% 증가하였다. OTS 처리는 PBG와 HES 처리구에 비해 gluconasturtiin 함량이 96%, 65% 증가하였다. 백색광조건(W10)과 비교하여 적색광(R10) 처리는 초장이 101.3% 증가하였다. 청색광 비율의 증가는 지상부 생육에 긍정적인 영향을 주었다. 물냉이의 건물중 당 glucosinolates 함량은 R2B1G1 처리구와 비교하여 R3B1 처리구에서 144.5% 증가하였으며, W10 처리구와 비교 시, 약 70% 증가하는 경향을 보였다. R3B1 처리구에서 물냉이의 생육과 총 glucosinolates의 함량이 가장 높게 나타났다.

Tetranychus urticae and Myzus persicae are one of the most serious insect pests in many crops, vegetables, flowers, and fruit trees worldwide. Many insecticides have been developed to control green peach aphid and two spotted spider mite, but resistance to almost all insecticides has reduced their control effect. Particular groups of plant-beneficial microbials are not only root colonizers that provide plant disease suppression, but in addition are able to infect and kill insect larvae. Antimicrobial compounds produced by biocontrol microbes are effective weapons against a vast diversity of organisms such as fungi, nematodes, and viruses. In this study, we evaluated the effectiveness of mixtures plant extracts and improvement of culture process biocontrol microbials on insecticidal activity. Azadirachta indica and Derris elliptica mixed with micorbials, which are nutrient sources of mung bean extract and lecithin, were more effective than other the mixtures. Leaf spraying with the mixture of Pseudomonas fluorescens significantly showed the highest insecticidal power in vivo for 24 hours after treatment. The effect of spraying mixture was more than 50% at 2000 times dilution, and the spraying concentration of 90% or more showed a dilution of up to 500 times. Our results indicated that the nutrient sources of microbe act as a key antimicrobial metabolite in biocontrol of insect pests, and mixing with plant extracts can provide synergistic effects as an optimal usage of the biocontrol agents.

본 연구에서는 갈대군락의 영양염 물질수지 모델 구축을 위한 기초연구로서, 갈대군락 Mesocosm 실험을 통해 수층-갈대(뿌리, 잎, 줄기)-토양의 영양염(DIN, DIP) 농도의 춘계 및 하계 모니터링 결과를 이용하여 물질수지를 산정하였으며, 결과는 다음과 같다. 1) 갈대의 생체량은 춘계에는 지하경이 지상경에 비해 약 6.3~9.7% 높으며, 하계에는 지상경이 지하경에 비해 약 19.2~21.2% 높게 나타났으며, 갈대의 성장속도는 Mesocosm Tank A가 Mesocosm Tank D에 비해 지상경과 지하경 모두 2~3배 정도 빠르게 나타났다. 2) Mesocosm Tank에서의 갈대의 영양염(DIN, DIP) 농도는 춘계와 하계 모두 각각 2~3%로 차이가 적었다. 3) Mesocosm Tank별 생체량의 차이는 최대 23%로 나타나지만, 갈대가 흡수하는 영양염의 농도는 최대 3% 정도로 차이가 적었다.

Introduction Drawing from Kahneman and Tversky’s, (1979) prospect theory, this conceptual paper attempts to go beyond our knowledge of how consumers understand, perceive, use, and apply nutritional information on nutritional labels especially at the point of purchase (Cowburn & Stockley, 2005; Grunert & Wills, 2007; Miller & Cassady, 2015) to examine whether a health-conscious consumer’s food product choice decision will largely be based on negative or positive nutrients on the nutritional label. This has become necessary because of the criticality of consumers’ decisions regarding nutrition issues to marketers and policymakers (Chen, 2013; Clare & Burghardt, 2015; Ellison et al., 2013) which has resulted in a growing interest in nutritional information issues among researchers. A review of the extant relevant literature also shows that, studies examining how consumers place value on the positive nutrients (those that enhance and improve their health – e.g. Vitamins) and negative nutrients (those that have deteriorating effect on their health – e.g. Fats) and how they affect their purchasing decision are scarce. Conclusion This paper argues that, it is not enough to know how consumers understand, perceive, use and apply the nutritional information especially at the point of purchase etc. shown in the literature. There is the need to go further to examine the influence the nutrient content claim (both positive and negative nutrients) have on consumer nutritional choice decision when purchasing a food product. There is also a need to go beyond the dieting and ill consumers who because of their conditions seek specific nutrients in their foods and consider the larger consumer segment who are health-conscious by taking Burton and Andrews (1996) and Baltas’ (2001) research a step further. The study provides evidence for the use of prospect theory in nutritional label issues and go a long way to reinforce its application in this regard. The study enables marketers to: gain understanding of what nutrient content claim will cause a consumer to decide to purchase a food product when seen on a nutritional label; shape the format of the nutritional information on nutritional labels for easy use by consumers; and know what to emphasize in communicating nutritional information to their consumers.

We assessed the effects of combining bio-char with straw residue mulching on the loss of soil soluble nutrients and citrus yield in sloping land. The two-year study showed that straw residue mulching (ST) and bio-char application combined with straw residue (ST+BC) can significantly reduce soil soluble nutrient loss when compared with the control treatment (CK). The comparative volume of the soil surface runoff after each of the treatments was as follows: CK > ST > ST + BC. Compared with the CK, the runoff volume of the ST was reduced by 13.6 % and 8.5 % in 2014 and 2015, respectively. Compared with the CK, combining bio-char with the ST application reduced the loss of soluble nitrogen and improved the soil total nitrogen content reaching a significant level in 2015. It dramatically increased the soil organic matter content over the two year period (36.3% in 2014, 50.6% in 2015) as well as the carbon/nitrogen ratio (C/N) (16.6% in 2014 and 39.3% in 2015). Straw mulching combined with bio-char showed a trend for increasing the citrus yield.

본 연구는 딸기 ‘매향’ (Fragaria × ananassa Duch.cv. Maehyang)의 수경재배를 이용하여 모주의 생육과 자묘 생산량 증대를 위한 최적 배양액 공급 농도 구명을 위해 수행되었다. 딸기 모주를 2017년 3월 22일 코코피트가 충진된 딸기 재배용 포트(64 × 27 × 18cm)에 정식하였다. 배양액은 뿌리 활착을 위해 11일 동안 EC 수준을 0.6dS·m-1의 농도로 점적 테이프를 이용하여 공급하였다. 뿌리 활착 후, 딸기 모주의 EC를 각각 0.6, 1.2, 1.8dS·m-1의 수준으로 처리해주었다. 정식 후 100일 째에 딸기의 모주와 자묘의 생육 특성을 측정하였다. 모 주의 초장은 EC 0.6dS·m-1 처리에서 유의적으로 높았고, 모주의 크라운 직경은 EC 1.8dS·m-1 처리에서 유의성 있게 두꺼웠다. 지상부와 러너 생체중 및 건물중 모두 EC 0.6, 1.2dS·m-1 처리에서 유의적으로 높았다. 런너의 개수는 모든 처리구에서 유의적인 차이를 보이지 않았다. 자묘 수는 EC 1.2dS·m-1 처리에서 16.7개로 가장 높은 값을 나타냈다. 그러나 딸기 세 번째 자묘의 생체중 및 건물 중은 0.6dS·m-1 처리에서 가장 높았다. 딸기 자묘 수는 1.2dS·m-1 처리에서 가장 많이 생산되었지만, 육묘기간 동안 딸기의 묘소질 측면에서는 낮은 EC 수준이 긍정적 인 결과를 보였다. 결과적으로, ‘매향’ 딸기의 육묘기간 동안 수경 재배용 배양액의 EC 수준을 0.6dS·m-1로 공급하는 것이 모주의 생육 및 자묘 생산에 가장 효과적인 것으로 나타났다.