To evaluate the influence of Meloidogyne incognita on hot pepper, hot pepper seedlings (Capsicum annuum cv. Supertankang) were planted in wooden box microplot (30×40×15cm, L×W×H) and growth and fruit yield were measured in a greenhouse condition from June to Nov., 2010. The initial population densities(Pi) of root knot nematode in the microplots were adjusted to 0, 10, 30, 100 and 300 second-stage juveniles (J2) in 100cm3 of soils. The fruit yields were inversely correlated with Pi and the relationship of total fruit yield to Pi could be adequately described by a linear regression equation, Y=0.18-0.039×LOG10(Pi+1), R2=0.49**. The Pi of 30 J2/100cm3 root knot nematode before planting caused yield loss exceed the economic threshold of non-fumigant nematicide application compared. Non-fumigant nematicides for M. incognita should be applied level around 30 J2/100cm3 soil for proper cultivation.

Insect pest may move to near area to forage the food by adverse changes of their environments. Understanding these behaviors of searching the host will be helpful for further control. This study was performed to investigate the host preference and distribution of B. tabaci in a host plant when they needs. Once entered an area including hosts, B. tabaci will select a host rather than non-host and stayed for living. Dispersal within a niche (in a whole plant), B. tabaci was observed in lower part in tobacco and middle in tomato when seedlings, but they dispersed throughout the whole fully grown tomato plants with irregular inclined to the under, outer stretched leaves. Bemisia tabaci was also caught massively in yellow sticky traps in height of 30 cm above soil, and 30 cm above a plant. There was no attraction effect by flower model traps and fly catcher. When introduced with different densities (0, 10, 50, 100, 200, and 400) in square cages, the B. tabaci do damaged at the densities of 200 with mild and 400 with severe symptom on plants in two weeks and four weeks after inoculation.

This study was conducted to investigate specific stages and distribution of overwintering nymphs of green rice leafhopper, Nephotettix cincticeps by measuring head capsule width. The nymphal head capsule width of the 1st instar to the 5th instar was 0.381, 0.502, 0.673, 0.979 and 1.128 ㎜, respectively. Its coefficient variation was 5.3, 4.0, 3.0, 4.5 and 5.3%, respectively. Growth ratio of each instar was not significantly different among 2nd to 4th instars as 1.31 to 1.34, but for the 5th instar it decreased as 1.28. The logarithm of the nymphal head capsule width was regressed as a function of the stage number of insects, resulting in LogY = 1.4627 + 0.1192X (r² = 0.9993). Also fitness to the Dyar’s law for the nymphal head capsule width of each instar was 98% or over and the Dyar’s constant (K) was 1.316. The occurrence of N. cincticeps was maximum at the end of January with 195 individuals/0.25 ㎡. The most abundant instar in the overwintering N. cincticeps population was 4th instar accounting for over 90%. Population of the 5th instar began to increase from mid-March, and adults began to occur in early April.

본 연구는 경상남도 사천시 삼천포 항을 중심으로 인근의 40개의 조사정점을 선정하여 해수와 저질토에서 해양종속영양세균, E. coli, 그리고 Salmonella와 Shigella의 분포를 2003년 7월부터 12월가지 3차에 걸쳐 실시하였다. 본 연구의 조사기간(2003년 7~12월)중 삼천포만 인근해역의 조사정점에서 해양 종속영양세균의 분포는 1.7±0.9×103~2.4±0.9×105

This study investigated the composition and distribution of the soil microarthropods community in plantations of the Korean pine(Pinus Koraiensis SIEB. et ZUCC, the sudong area, Namyangju-gun, Korea) , which had been planted in different years. The soil samples intended to collect soil animals were taken monthly from June 1988 to July 1989. The composition of soil microarthropods community included Arachnida, Chilopoda, Insecta, Collembola, Diplopoda, Crustacea, and Symphyla. The Acarina were composed of 82.4% of Cryptostigmata, 8.0% of Mesostigmata, 7.9% of nymphs, and 1.7% of others. The Insecta included six orders including Hymenoptera(65.8%) and Diptera(13.9%). Population densities increased from when the plantations were first established until the planting were 25 years old, after which they declined. Population densities of the soil microarthropods were highest in July and lowest in January. The Collembola/Acarina ratio is 0.16 overall, and was highest in January and lowest in August.

재식밀도를 달리한 조건에서 적엽처리가 대두품종의 수량 및 수량구성요소에 미치는 영향을 알고저 6월1일과 6월20일에 m2 당 80본, 40본, 27본 및 20본이 되도록 재식밀도를 조절 파종하고 개화시기에 잔여엽수가 상부로부터 각각 1,2,3,5,7엽이 되도록 하위엽을 적엽처리하고 무적엽의 표준구를 포함하는 6처이로 하여 시험을 실시하였는데 그 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 1. 표준구에서의 최적엽면적지수는 파종기에 따라 다르며 광교에 있어서는 개화시에 LAI가 4~5이고 개화후 30일에는 5~6이었으며 SRF-300에 있어서는 개화시에 2.5~6.0이고 개화 30일후에는 6~7이었다. 2. 종실수량은 재식밀도가 낮은 경우에는 적엽처리에 의하여 직선적으로 감소되었으나 재식밀도가 m2 당 40본이상으로 높은 경우에는 수량과 착엽수사이에 유의적인 곡선효과가 인정되어 하위부의 경미한 적엽처리를 하므로서 표준에 비하여 광교에서는 25~35%, SRF-300에서는 13~32%의 증수를 보였다. 3. 적엽처리시에 수량에 가장 크게 영향하는 수량구성요소는 전체적으로 볼때 식물체당 협수이며 다음으로 6월1일 파종구에서 재식밀도가 감소됨에 따라서 광교에서는 립중의 효과가 증대되었고 SRF-300에서는 수량에 영향하는 임실율의 비중이 현저히 증대되었다.