애긴노린재류(Nysius species)는 세계에 널리 퍼져 있는 해충으로 기주범위는 매우 넓으며 특히 국화과의 주요해충으 로 알려져 있다. 최근 종실 들깨에서 피해가 보고되고 있으며, 들깨를 수확할 때 종실과 같이 다량의 애긴노린재류가 함께 혼입되어 그 발생밀도가 매우 높음을 알 수 있다. 본 연구에서는 이러한 애긴노린재류가 들깨에 미치는 영향을 연구하고자 들깨 종실의 무게변화와 발아율을 조사하였다. 건전한 들깨(들샘) 종실에 애긴노린재류 성충 0, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25마리를 인위적으로 접종하여 3일과 5일 후 들깨 무게를 측정하였다. 측정결과 접종한 노린재 밀도가 5, 10, 15, 20, 25마리로 높아질수록 0마리일 때 보다 들깨 무게가 3일 접종 시에는 각각 2.6, 5.5, 9.0, 10.5, 11.0% 감소하였고, 5일 접종 시에는 각각 2.9, 9.9, 12.0, 17.6, 18.1% 감소하였다. 애긴노린재의 밀도가 높아질수록 종실의 무게가 감소폭은 컸으며, 3일 접종 때보다 5일 접종 때가 들깨의 무게는 더욱 많이 감소하였다. 또한 들깨무게가 감소함에 따라 발아율도 함께 떨어졌다. 노린재 흡즙에 의한 피해로 들깨 종실의 무게가 감소하였다는 것을 추정할 수 있으며, 이로 인해 들깨의 발아율이 떨어진 것으로 생각된다.

Nysius is one of the most common and widely distributed species in the world. It is one of the emerging pests of perilla crop in the field in Korea. In this study, we investigated the oviposition preference and development of Nysius plebeius and N. hidakai. on five crops seed (Perilla, Sesame, Proso-millet, Sorghum, and Fox-tail millet) using both multiple choice and no-choice tests. Both results found perilla seeds to be the most suitable seeds for oviposition and development. Total developmental period was shortest on perilla seed, and the longest was on rest of crops seeds. The highest of adult emergence, longevity, and adult weight were occurred on the perilla seed. This results suggest that the higher preference and performance of Nysius spp on the perilla seed. The information may facilitate the exploration of resistant genetic materials chemical associated with seeds for successful breeding program in Korea.

The species of land snails (Stylommatophora) that feed on perilla plants were observed under leaf perilla greenhouses cultivated in the Milyang and Busan areas. Four species of land snails were recorded. Among them, three species were slugs, Meghimatium bilineatum in Phlomycidae, Deroceras reticulatum, and Limax marginatus in Limacidae, and one species was the snail Acusta despecta sieboldiana in Bradybaenidae. D. reticulatum occurred most frequently followed by A. despecta sieboldiana, L. marginatus and M. bilineatum. Annually, land snails showed two peaks in the middle of April and in late November for D. reticulatum, early May to middle November for A. despecta sieboldiana, and middle April and early November for L. marginatus. M. bilineatum, however, did not show any clear peak because of its low population occurrence.

Morphological variation between cultivated and weedy types of Perilla frutescens var. frutescens and P. frutescens var. crispa were studied in 327 germplasm by examining 17 morphological characters. The germplasm between the two varieties were varied for their qualitative and quantitative characters. The seed coat color of cultivated P. frutescens var. frutescens is commonly light brown and brown while deep brown color was observed in the weedy type P. frutescens var. frutescens and P. frutescens var. crispa. The leaf size, cluster length, plant height, flower number per cluster and seed weight in cultivated P. frutescens var. frutescens were significantly (P<0.05) different from weedy type P. frutescens var. frutescens and P. frutescens var. crispa. The cultivated P. frutescens var. frutescens exhibited significantly higher plant height (158.6 ㎝) compared to the weedy P. frutescens var. crispa (133.8 ㎝). Likewise, seed weight was significantly higher in cultivated (1.9 g) than in the weedy type of P. frutescens var. frutescens (1.6 g) and P. frutescens var. crispa (1.4 g). Principal component analysis (PCA) result showed that the first and second principal component cumulatively explained 86.6% of the total variation. The cultivated type P. frutescens var. frutescens and its weedy accessions were not clearly separated with P. frutescens var. crispa by PCA. Hence it requires the use of molecular markers for better understanding of their genetic diversity.

Perilla is a annual herb plant of the mint family, Laminaceae and mainly cultivated in eastern Asia, i.e. Korea, China and Japan. In response to an increased interest for healthy supplement food from the public, people are focusing on the properties of perilla. The applicable parts of perilla plants are the leaves and seeds. Perilla has been cultivated as a source of unsaturated fatty acid oil. But in spite of advantage of the important nutritional traits the genome or molecular studies on perilla remains largely unknown. Sequence comparisons of chloroplast (cp) genomes or nuclear ribosomal DNA (nrDNA) are of great important to provide a evidence for taxonomic studies or species identification or understanding mechanisms that underlie the evolution of perilla species. So, we tried to study a structural analysis of perilla genome and 45s nrDNA using 9 species (3 Diploid; Perilla B-17, P. hirtella, P. setoyensis / 6 Tetraploid; YCPL 285, YCPL 170, YCPL 205-1, YCPL 181-1, YCPL 177-1, YCPL 207-1). The complete cp genome and nrDNA of 9 perilla species were determined using Illumina sequencing technology and analyzed on the variance in base level between perilla B-17 and salvia miltiorrhiza. Total chloroplast genome size of perilla B-17 as a reference was 152,589 bp in length. We also identified an slightly overlapped intergenic regions between salvia miltiorrhiza and B-17. The results above will contribute to growing of molecular or genome structure and functional genomics of perilla available in studying perilla biology. For further study, we will look for genetic diversity of perilla species.

This study is to generate SCARs markers for identification of Perilla species. A SCAR is a genomic DNA fragment at a single genetically defined locus that is identified by PCR amplification using a pair of specific oligonucleotide primers. We derived SCARs by sequencing and cloning the both ends of the amplified products of RAPD markers. Sixteen sequence-specific primers were synthesized from eight RAPD markers, which were completely sequenced. We developed the species-specific SCAR markers which could be used successfully in detecting genetic variation in four Perilla species. These markers could be used to verify species-origins of various forms of Perilla germplasms.

A total of 162 accessions of Perilla germplasm collected from diverse habitats in South Korea. The oil content of the seeds varied from 19.8 to 49.6%, the average being 33.3%. Oil content showed wide ranges of variation. The fatty acid composition of the seed oil showed the following overall ranges: palmitic 4.5 to 8.1%, stearic 1.6 to 7.4%, oleic 13.4 to 23.6%, linoleic 9.5 to 19.5%, and linolenic acid 48.6 to 66.4%. No correlation was found between oil content and fatty acid composition. The results obtained in this study provide useful background information for developing new cultivars with a high oil content and different fatty acid. Several accessions could be used as parental lines in breeding programs aiming to increase perilla oil quantity and quality.

들깨관련 종·속 수집 유전자원 들깨(Perilla frutescens var. japonica Hara), 자소(Perilla frutescens var. acuta Kudo), 축면자소(Perilla frutescens var. crispa Decaisne), 청자소(Perilla frutescens var. Kudo for viridis Makino), 들깨풀(Mosla punctulata Nakai), 산들깨(Mosla japonica Maxim) 및 쥐깨풀(Mosla dianthera Maxim)에 대한 잎품질 및 지방산 조성을 조사한 결과를 요약하면 아래와 같다. 1. 수집한 들깨관련 종·속 가운데 Perilla속 유전자원이 Mosla속 유전자원보다 주경엽수가 많았고 길이에서 3배 정도, 폭에서 약 5배 정도 컸었다. 2. 들깨관련 종·속 모든 수집 유전자원이 들깨보다 방향성 정도가 높아 방향성 개량육종의 교배재료로서 활용가치가 기대된다. 3. 잎의 유연성 면에서는 Perilla속 유전자원이 Mosla 속 유전자원보다 부드러웠다. 4. 종실성분함양에서 들깨에 비하여 들깨관련 수집 종·속의 기름과 단백질함량이 낮았으나 리놀렌산 함량이 높아서 공업용 또는 의약용을 위한 고리놀렌산 들깨품종개량의 교배재료로 활용가치가 기대된다. 5. 수집 Perilla속 유전자원의 불포화지방산인 리놀렌산과 기름함량, 단백질함량 그리고 포화지방산과는 부의 상관을 보였다.