The objective of this study was to determine the effect of the moisture content and pellet mill type on the physical and chemical characteristics of Italian ryegrass (IRG) pellet. Moisture content of raw material significantly (p<0.05) affected IRG pellet formation. Moisture content at 25% was the best condition for IRG pellet formation in terms of shape, power load and temperature changes. The hardness of pellet was decreased when moisture content was increase. However, the hardness of pellet was not affected by pellet mill type. Moisture content at 30% dramatically (p<0.05) decreased the durability compared to moisture content at 25%. Dry matter content of IRG pellet was increased (p<0.05) after pelleting. Total count of microorganism was decreased in pellet due to pressure heat and moisture losses during the pelleting process. These results indicated that the proper moisture content of Italian ryegrass pelleting would be at 25%. In addition, Roll & flat die type would be more suitable than Ring die and Die & flat die type in IRG pelleting. Pelleting works would be beneficial for improving forage quality and long storage.

This study was evaluated individual growth and hematological changes of young starry flounder, using hyperpigmentation marks on the blind side of body after feeding extruded pellet (EP) and moisture pellet (MP) for 45 days. As a result, the fish grew up to 220.1±47.8 g in the EP treatment and 224.7±42.4 g in the MP treatment, so the weight gain was significantly higher in the MP treatment (74.6±17.3%) than in the EP treatment (63.7±16.9%) (P<0.05). Osmolalities of flounder after 45 days culture were similar between the treatments (P>0.05), showing values of 359.8±4.2 mOsm kg-1 in the EP treatment and 358.5±6.2 mOsm kg-1 in the MP treatment. Similarly, other blood chemistry indicators such as sodium, chloride, total protein, albumin, glucose, total cholesterol, BUN, creatinine, ammonia, triglyceride, cortisol, GOT, GPT and hematocrit showed no differences between the treatments. However, the free fatty acid concentration was significantly higher in the MP treatment than in the EP treatment (P<0.05).

Experimental design with pellet heating time of 1.00, 1.33, 1.67, 2.00, 2.33, 2.67, 3.00, 3.33, 3.67, and 4.00 min was studied to investigate the effects of pellet heating time on the physical properties (expansion ratio, density and breaking strength) of vacuum-puffed Yukwa. The size and shape of vacuum-puffed Yukwa varied with respect to the pellet heating time.As pellet heating time increased, a values and b values tended to increase. The maximum expansion (4.626) with the lowest bulk density (0.112) was obtained at 3.33 min heating time, whereas the minimum expansion (2.954) with the highest bulk density (0.208) was found at 1 min. The breaking strength of vacuumpuffed Yukwa decreased significantly as the pellet heating time increased. Overall, the heating time had significant impacts on the physical properties of vacuum-puffed Yukwa.

The area of greenhouse heating is 21,202 ha which becomes 42% among the total greenhouse area. As heating fuel, diesel or oil is usually used by 60%, and the heating cost takes 30 to 40% percentage at the greenhouse running. In this study, the pellet fuel heater was developed to replace oil for reducing the burden of greenhouse heating cost. The pellet fuel heater was composed of a conveying grate stoker, which could control temperature precisely like the diesel heater. Diesel and pellet were used for the greenhouse heating, whose calorific values are 9,200 and 3,898 kcal/kg, respectively. As the heating cost due to the saving effect of pellet fuel heater compared with diesel, greenhouse heating cost was reduced by 44% with pellet

이 연구에서는 참깨 과립종자의 저장 시 활력손실 정도를 파악하여 적정한 저장 방법을 규명하기 위하여 저장고의 온도 를 4, 15, 25oC로 하고 상대습도를 40, 60, 80%로 달리하여 1개월 간격으로 4개월간 저장기간별로 종자의 수분함량 및 활력유지 정도를 비교하였다. 1. 무처리 종자의 수분함량이 가장 높게 나타났으며 점토 단 독처리이거나 점토성분이 함유된 과립에서는 수분함량이 많았 고, 활석처리에서는 종자수분함량이 가장 낮게 나타났다. 2. 상대습도가 80%일 때는 4oC에서 15oC와 25oC일 때보다 종자수분함량이 높게 나타났다. 3개월째는 종자수분함량이 가 장 높았으며 이때 발아율은 가장 낮았다. 3. 종자활력검사결과를 종합해보면 점토+질석의 조합으로 과 립화할 경우 15oC이하이면서 상대습도 80%이하로 저장할 경 우 50%이상의 활력을 3개월 이상 유지할 수 있었다. 그러나 25oC로 저장할 경우 2개월까지만 가능하였다. 점토 +피트모 스 +활석의 조합으로 과립화할 경우 15oC이하이면서 상대습 도 80%이하의 조건에서 2개월까지 50% 이상의 활력유지가 가능하였지만, 25oC이하와 상대습도 80%이하의 조건에서는 1 개월까지만 저장 가능하였다. 활석 단독으로 과립화할 경우 25oC이하 및 상대습도 80%이하의 조건에서 1개월까지만 저장 가능하였다. 따라서 점토+질석의 조합으로 과립화하였을 때 종 자의 저장수명이 가장 긴 것으로 나타났다.

The effect of an artificial diet on the developmental rate, a life history parameter, was examined for the swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus. Artificial insect diets are an essential component of many insect rearing systems that produce insects for research purposes. Complex agar-gelled diets are generally prepared in large batches and used shortly after preparation because the degradation of perishable diet ingredients, such as vitamins and fatty acids, can adversely affect insect quality (Brewer F D 1984). However, the timing of diet preparation may be inconvenient and large batches wasteful if the unused, excess diet is discarded. This study showed that if the artificial diet was fed during the larval stage, the larval and pupal developmental periods, the percentage of pupation, and the pupal weight generally did not differ significantly among the five artificial diets evaluated. The percentage of pupation varied considerably, with no significant differences among diets except for diet C. A maximum pupation percentage of 83% was observed on diet C. Pellet-type diets were investigated with the aim of developing a more easily prepared diet. The extrusion of the artificial diet under high temperature and pressure may induce desirable chemical and physical changes in the extruded product. The purpose of the present study was to develop an artificial diet for rearing P. xuthus.

본 연구는 새롭게 개발된 무기물인 phenolic foam 배지를 이용한 토마토 파종용 플러그 묘의 생산 가능성을 평가하기 위하여 수행되었다. 토마토 'Madison' 품종을 Grodan 암면, UR 암면, phenolic foam LC, phenolic foam LC-lite 4종류의 펠릿 배지를 플러그 트레이에 파종하였다. 파종 후 7일 동안 발아율을 조사하였다. 묘의 생육은 파종 후 19일째에 측정하였다. Phenolic foam LC와 LC-lite 배지에서 가장 높은 발아율을 보였다. 초장, 하배축, 엽면적, 건물중, 생체중은 암면배지에서 유의적으로 양호한 결과를 나타냈다. 하지만 T/R율과 경경은 phenolic foam LC 배지에서 양호한 결과를 나타냈으며, 총공극과 용기용수량 또한 다른 배지와 비하여 가장 높게 측정되었다. 기상률은 phenolic foam LC 배지에서 가장 낮았다. 전체적으로 phenolic foam 배지인 LC와 LC-lite는 암면배지와 비교하여 유사한 생육을 보였다. 본 연구에서 'Madison' 토마토의 공정 묘 생산을 위한 배지로서 phenolic foam LC와 LC-lite 배지의 이용 가능성이 입증되었다.

본 연구에서는 850℃의 CaCl2 용융염계에서 전해환원공정을 통해 TiO2로부터 금속티타늄을 제조하였 다. Ni-TiO2 조합전극을 환원전극으로 그라파이트를 산화전극으로 사용하였으며, 셀전위를 제어하면서 TiO2의 전해환원 특성을 관찰하였다. XRD 분석을 통해 TiO2가 CaTiO3, Ti2O, Ti6O와 같은 다양한 반응 중간생성물을 거쳐 Ti 스폰지로 환원되는 것이 밝혀졌다. 또한 SEM 분석을 통해 TiO2 전해환원 반응동안 펠렛의 바깥표면부터 환원반응이 시작되어 펠렛중심으로 진행이 되는 것이 확인되었다. 전해환원 반응도 중 환원된 티타늄금속은 초기에는 다공성 스폰지 구조를 보이나 고온에서 반응이 진행됨에 따라 점차 소 결에 의해 수축되어 다공성 구조가 사라지는 현상을 보였다.

The effects of pellet moisture content on physical properties (expansion ratio, density and breaking strength) of vacuum-puffed Yukwa (non-oil puffed Yukwa) were investigated in this study. The Yukwa was made from the waxy rice steeped at 25 and 30oC for 3, 5 and 10 days with pellet drying times (6, 8 and 10.5 hr), respectively. As the drying time increased from 6 to 10.5 hr at 50oC, the highest value of pellet moisture content (29.4%) was found in the samples made from the steeped waxy rice at 25oC for 5 days after 6 hr drying, while the lowest value (16.3%) was found at 25oC for 3 days after 10.5 hr drying. Both redness and yellowness values of vacuum-puffed Yukwa increased as the drying time increased. The expansion ratio of Yukwa was greatly affected by drying time, ranging from 2.07 (26.8% pellet moisture content) to 7.01 (24.0% pellet moisture content). From the data, it was concluded that the pellet moisture content had a significant influence on the physical characteristics of vacuumpuffed Yukwa. With vacuum puffing condition of 3 min heating and 2 min puffing, the pellets with about 25% moisture content showed higher expansion ratio, and lower density and breaking strength.

A field study was conducted to compare growth, feed utilization and nutrient excretions by feeding extruded pellet (EP) and moist pellet (MP). Slow growing flounder were used as the experimental animal to find out a prominent result in terms of growth and feed utilization. Weight gain of fish fed the experimental diets for 8 weeks reached 105.3 g for EP and 107.1 g for MP, while fresh feed intake was 98.7 g for EP and 279.4 g for MP. Feed conversion ratio was 0.94 and 2.61 for EP and MP, respectively which was 0.77 and 0.94 when corrected on dry matter basis. Even though protein efficiency ratio (2.26 vs 2.21), specific growth rate (0.69% vs 0.70%), daily weight gain (2.06 g vs 2.10 g) and mortality (4.0% vs 4.1%) were similar between EP and MP, protein retention efficiency of fish fed EP was superior (53.3%) to that of fish fed MP (39.6%). Protein intake of fish for 8 weeks was similar from 52.3 g for EP to 53.3 g for MP, while protein gain was higher in fish fed EP (27.9 g) than in fish fed MP (21.1 g). Protein excretion by feeding EP and MP reached 232 g and 300 g, respectively per kg gain, suggesting that protein loads could be greatly reduced in practical culture system through the use of EP. Phosphorus (P) intake was much lower in fish fed EP (1.63 g) than in fish fed MP (2.18 g), while retention of P was higher in fish fed EP (0.88 g) than in fish fed MP (0.78 g), showing the retention efficiency of 54.0% and 35.9%, respectively. Fish fed EP excreted 7.1 g of P per kg gain which was much lower than that of fish fed MP (13.1 g). The present results clearly showed that EP feeding for flounder is not only productive but also environmentally friendly.