Radish is an important root vegetable in the world, and many cultivars have been developed with various molecular marker systems to identify these cultivars. Recently developed markers for radish cultivar identification require only 11 primer pairs, but they still use conventional PCR with different annealing temperatures and time-consuming gel electrophoresis. To improve the genotyping method, we applied touchdown PCR with 11 primers with M13 tails among 105 radish cultivars. Touchdown PCR successfully generated amplicons in all 11 M13-tailed primers with a condition of annealing temperature starting from 55℃, decreased by 1°C and 33 cycles at 53°C. The 11 M13-tailed primers followed by fragment analysis produced 71 amplicons, which produced more amplicons than gel electrophoresis that produced 23 amplicons. Especially, simple sequence repeats produced more amplicons, 12 on average, than the other marker types. The present study requires less effort and provides more accurate results compared to genotyping using gel electrophoresis. Besides, a database can be established using digitized genotyping results among radish cultivars.

본 연구는 전자 센서를 이용하여 다양한 추출방법에 따른 무 추출물들의 향미 특성을 조사하였다. 무의 신맛은 무 흰색 부위의 열수 추출물이 6.9의 센서 값을 나타내어 가장 높았다. 신맛은 8.0의 센서 값을 나타내어 무 초록색 부위의 콜드 브루 추출물이 가장 높았다. 감칠맛은 무 흰색 부위의 열수 추출물이 8.3의 센서 값을 나타내어 가장 높았다. 단맛은 무 초록색 부위의 콜드 브루 추출물이 6.8 의 센서 값으로 가장 높은 값을 나타내었고, 쓴맛은 무 초록색 부위의 고온 가압 추출물이 7.5의 센서 값으로 가장 높은 값을 나타내었다. 전자코를 이용하여 무 추출물들에서 총 16개의 휘발성 향기성분을 확인하였다. 무 추출물 속 휘발성 향기성분들 중 methanethiol이 주요한 향기성분으로 확인되었다. 본 연구에서 확인된 결과들은 무 추출 물의 향미 특성에 대한 기초 연구 자료로 활용될 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of LED and QD-LED (Quantum Dot) irradiation on seed germination, antioxidant ability, and microbial growth, during red radish (Raphanus sativus L.) sprouts cultivation. Irradiated light was blue, red, blue + red and blue + red + far red (QD-LED) lights, and the controls were a fluorescent lamp (FL), and dark condition. Germination rate of red radish was highest in the dark condition. The plant height and fresh weight of red radish sprouts that irradiated each light for 24 hrs after 7 days growing in dark condition, did not shown significantly difference among treatments. After 24 hrs of light irradiation, cotyledon green was best in blue + red light, and the red hypocotyl was excellent in blue light and QD-LED light. DPPH and phenol contents were high in dark and blue + red light treatment, and anthocyanin content was high in blue light and QDLED light. Total aerobic counts were similar in all treatments and did not show bactericidal effect, whereas E. coli count was lowest in QD-LED light treatment, and yeast and mold counts were lowest in FL only treatment. Results suggest that when red radish seeds were germinated in dark condition and cultivated for 7 days as sprouts, and then treated with blue light or QD-LED light for 24 hrs, the seeds produced good quality red radish sprouts with greenish cotyledon, reddish hypocotyl, high anthocyanin content, and lower level of E coli contamination.

본 연구는 연잎, 상엽, 건조 무 혼합 추출물의 wogonin, quercetin, quercetin-3-O-glucuronide의 함량 분석 및 해당 표준물질들의 동시 분석법의 개발 및 검증을 실시하였다. 분석법은 특이성, 직선성, 정확성, 정밀성, 검출한계 및 정량한계를 통하여 분석법의 신뢰성을 검증했다. HPLC를 이용한 분석방법에서 표준용액의 머무름 시간과 연잎, 상엽, 건조 무 혼합 추출물 중 quercetin-3-O-glucuronide의 머무름 시간이 일치하였으며 동일한 spectrum을 나타내는 것을 확인해 분석법의 특이성을 검증하였다. Wogonin, quercetin 및 quercetin-3-O-glucuronide의 검량선은 상관계수 값이 wogonin, quercetin 및 quercetin-3-O-glucuronide 모두 0.9999로 우수한 직선성을 보여 분석에 적합함을 알 수 있었고 정밀성과 정확성은 농도를 아는 시료에 인위적으로 저농도, 중농도, 고농도의 표준물질을 첨가해 계산하였다. Wogonin, quercetin, quercetin-3-O-glucuronide의 정밀성은 일간 정밀성, 일내 정밀성으로 확인했으며 세 가지 성분들의 일간 정밀성은 각각 0.76~1.24%, 0.90~1.40%, 0.74~1.87% 수준으로 확인되었고, 일내 정밀성은 0.12~1.06%, 0.28~1.12%, 0.52~0.92%로 5% 이하의 우수한 정밀성을 보였다. 정확성의 측정 결과 wogonin, quercetin 및 quercetin-3-O-glucuronide의 일간 정확성은 99.99~107.97%, 99.96~115.88%, 99.73~111.91%를 나타냈고 일내 정확성은 100.36~108.88%, 99.77~114.81%, 99.91~112.44%로 우수한 수준의 정확성을 보였다. Wogonin, quercetin 및 quercetin-3-O-glucuronide의 검출한계는 각각 0.16 μg/mL, 0.09 μg/mL, 0.15 μg/mL로 측정됐으며 정량한계는 각각 0.48 μg/mL, 0.26 μg/mL, 0.45 μg/mL로 나타나 저농도에서도 검출이 가능함을 확인할 수 있었다. 분석법 검증결과, 확립된 분석법은 특이성, 직선성, 정밀성, 정확성, 검출한계 및 정량한계가 모두 우수한 분석법임이 검증됐으며, 검증된 분석법을 이용해 연잎, 상엽, 건조 무 혼합 추출물의 wogonin, quercein, quercetin-3-O-glucuronide의 함량을 분석한 결과 wogonin과 quercetin은 검출이 되지 않았지만 quercetin-3-O-glucuronide는 함량을 가지고 있는 것으로 확인됐다. 본 연구 결과 에탄올로 추출한 11번(EM11) 샘플에서 quercetin-3-O-glucuronide의 함량이 가장 높게 나왔으며 열수와 에탄올로 추출한 샘플들이 함유하고 있는 quercetin-3-Oglucuronide의 함량은 불검출~50.95 mg/dry weight g 수준으로 함유되어 있는 결과를 보였다.

This study investigated the effect of various freezing and thawing conditions on the quality characteristics of radish. White radish was blanched and cooled down to corresponding freezing temperatures of -20℃, -40℃ and -60℃ and, thereafter, the radish was finally frozen in a -20℃ refrigerator for 24 h. The frozen radish was thawed at 4℃, 25℃ and with running water, radio-frequency thawing machine. As quality parameters, pH, drip loss, hardness, color, and sensory evaluation were evaluated. No effect of freezing and thawing conditions on color, pH, and total bacterial count was observed for the samples. Samples that underwent immersion freezing (-60℃) had lower drip loss and higher hardness than samples in other freezing conditions. Sensory evaluation showed that color, hardness, and overall acceptability increased with a decrease in freezing temperature. These results indicate that the temperature of freezing affects the quality of radish.

Oxidative stress is one of common cause of fatty changes in the liver. Antioxidant capacity was confirmed in various vegetables including black radish (Raphanus sativus L. var niger). Fermentation of vegetables using Lactobacillus plantarum has been known to generate bioactive components. This study was conducted to determine if fermented black radish (FBR) ameliorates oxidative liver injury induced by CCl4 in rats. To accomplish this, FBR (250 and 500 mg/ kg) was orally administered to rats for 7 consecutive days, single CCl4 (1.5 mL/kg) treatment or no treatment orally. Serum chemistry at 24 hours after CCl4 injury showed that FBR (500 mg/kg) significantly reduced the level of both alanine aminotransferase and aspartate aminotransferase in CCl4 exposed rats. Moreover, FBR treatment significantly increased radical-scavenging effects in livers with the reduction of lipid peroxidation in CCl4 exposed rats. Histopathologic findings including Kupffer cell activation in the liver of each group matched those of serum chemistry. Collectively, black radish, through fermentation, exerts hepatoprotective capacity in CCl4 induced liver injury in rats through anti-oxidation.

In order to evaluate CMV resistance of the radish inbred lines, leaves of twenties radish (Raphanus sativus L.) inbred lines were mechanically inoculated with a strain of Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) systematically infecting radish plants, respectively. The inoculated radish plants were incubated at 22°C±3°C and resistance assessment was examined using symptom development for 4 weeks. Based on the reactions of differential radish inbred lines, 11 radish lines were produced mosaic, mottling, yellowing and severe mosaic symptoms by CMV infection. These results were confirmed by RT-PCR analysis of CMV coat protein gene, suggesting that CMV is responsible for the disease symptoms. In contrast, 9 resistant radish lines did not induce systemic mosaic symptoms on upper leaves and chlorosis in stem tissues for 4 weeks, showing that the radish plants did not express any symptoms by 8 weeks. Further examination of CMV infection in the 9 resistance-candidate radish lines showed no CMV infection in systemic leaves of the 9 radish lines. Taken together, these results suggest that the 9 radish lines are highly resistant to CMV.

This study was to evaluate the effects of gamma irradiation on the germination, nutrient concentrations and growth of spinach and radish. Both the spinach and radish seeds exhibited relatively higher germination rates in response to the low doses of gamma

Radish (Raphanus sativus L.) is a species of the Brassicaceae family and an important root vegetable crop, produced worldwide. A total of 82 radish accessions with various morphological and physiological characteristics analyzed for total sugars content. These accessions includes five subspecies and classified as wild, wild-relative, traditional and improved cultivar. The four sugars, glucose, fructose, sucrose and maltose, showed various contents in 82 accessions. Total sugar content ranged from 5.64 to 46.68 ㎎/g and showed average 25.33 ㎎/g. Total sugar content was not statistically significant among the five subspecies, but individual sugar ratio varied. The wild, wild-relatives and traditional cultivars were not significantly among average total sugars content compared with improved cultivars. On the other hand, the wild and traditional cultivars were showed high ratio of individual sugars. These results could be valuable information for the development of new radish cultivars and regulation of sugars biosynthesis in radish.

It is important for radish to have late flowering characteristics especially in the case of spring and winter cultivars. To understand late flowering characteristics of radish at the molecular level the flowering time genes of two radish lines (NH-JS1 and NH-JS2) with different flowering time were compared by re-sequencing their genomes. There were a total of 872,587 SNPs and 194,637 INDELs between the two lines. The SNP density of each chromosome was relatively uniform throughout, but the region with low SNP density was found at the end of R3 and the middle of R9. To compare the flowering time genes of the two lines, we first looked for the flowering time genes in radish using Arabidopsis thaliana flowering time genes. As a result, homologs of radish were found for most flowering time genes, but FRIGIDA was not found. Among 224 radish flowering time gene-homologs found, 97 genes showed more than one sequence difference (SNP or INDEL) between the two lines, and 127 genes had no difference. In particular, no sequence differences were found in FT, CO, and FLC, core flowering time control genes. Rs350520 (FVE), Rs193800 (CURLY LEAF) and Rs255320 (ATX1) with more than 100 sequence variations were expected to have a significant effect on flowering time difference between the two lines. These results will be of great help in understanding the flowering timing difference between the two lines at the molecular level.

Flower bud differentiation by temperature and photoperiod was investigated in early-, medium-, and late-maturing cultivars of radish (Raphanus sativus L.). Flower bud differentiation was induced by only day-length extension treatment (18 hr light/day) in early - and medium-maturing cultivars. Therefore, the early- and medium-maturing cultivars of radish were advanced the time of the flowering by the 2 weeks low temperature duration with day-length extension (18 hr light/day). The vegetative growth of early- and medium-maturing cultivar was the best by only day-length extension (18 hr light/day). However, late-maturing cultivar was needed for the flower bud differentiation and optimal vegetative growth not only long-day but also low temperature during 4~6 weeks at least. Our results suggest the optimal condition for flower bud differentiation in the each early-, medium-, and late-maturing cultivars of radish, which will be useful to develop breeding materials of radish.

Fusarium wilt (FW), caused by the soil-borne fungal pathogen Fusarium oxysporum is a serious disease in cruciferous plants, including the radish (Raphanus sativus). To identify quantitative trait loci (QTL) or gene(s) conferring resistance to FW, we constructed a genetic map of R. sativus using an F2 mapping population derived by crossing the inbred lines ‘835’ (susceptible) and ‘B2’ (resistant). A total of 220 markers distributed in 9 linkage groups (LGs) were mapped in the Raphanus genome, covering a distance of 1041.5 cM with an average distance between adjacent markers of 4.7 cM. Comparative analysis of the R. sativus genome with that of Arabidopsis thaliana and Brassica rapa revealed 21 and 22 conserved syntenic regions, respectively. QTL mapping detected a total of 8 loci conferring FW resistance that were distributed on 4 LGs, namely, 2, 3, 6, and 7 of the Raphanus genome. Of the detected QTL, 3 QTLs (2 on LG 3 and 1 on LG 7) were constitutively detected throughout the 2-years experiment. QTL analysis of LG 3, flanked by ACMP0609 and cnu_mBRPGM0085, showed a comparatively higher logarithm of the odds (LOD) value and percentage of phenotypic variation. Synteny analysis using the linked markers to this QTL showed homology to A. thaliana chromosome 3, which contains disease-resistance gene clusters, suggesting conservation of resistance genes between them.

A root serves as an essential organ in plant growth by up-taking nutrients and water from soil and supporting the rest of a plant body. Root apical growth and system architecture have been extensively studied because they strongly affect overall plant growth and yields. Some plant species also utilize roots as storage organs. Many of them, including sweet potatoes (Ipomoea batatas), cassava (Manihot esculenta), and radish (Raphanus sativus) are important crops, however their root development has remained elusive. In this study, we characterized radial root growth in the radish and found that it is very similar to the secondary growth in stems. We identified well established cambium zones in the actively growing radish roots. Cell proliferation activities in the cambium zones positively correlated with root growth rates and final yields. Through a comparative analysis with Arabidopsis root expression data, we selected some putative transcription factors whose expression is highly enriched in the cambia and validated their expression in various stages of radish roots. By comparing their expression in two inbred lines with distinctive radial root growth, we identified transcription factors that are involved in morphological differences. More importantly, our investigation suggests that the differences in the root growth of two radish inbred lines are from changes in cytokinin responses. These findings together highlight that radish could serve as an excellent system for studying root crops and that transcriptional regulation and cytokinin signaling are indispensable for the secondary root growth.

Glucosinolates (GLS) are secondary metabolites commonly occurring in Brassica crops and more than 130 different GLS have been reported in diverse plants. Recent studies have indicated that isothiocyanate (ITC) derived from GLS by hydrolysis had a potential for anticancer activity against several rumor cells on human. In addition, it was found that glucoraphenin (GRE) and glucoraphasatin (GRH) were abundant and differently regulated in radish plant, depending upon organs and developmental stages. Microspores isolated from flower buds of radish were cultured in vitro to obtain doubled haploid (DH; but homozygous) lines in a short time period. The present study was conducted to determine the concentration of GRE and GRH, an immediate precursor of ITC from DH lines of radish plant. Total 41 DH lines were selected based on flow cytometry analysis. The seeds, obtained by bud pollination from the DH lines, were planted and 3-weeks-old young seedlings were used for the major aliphatic GLS analysis. Amounts of GRH were highly variable from the DH lines ranging from 2.3 to 31.5 mg·g-1 dry weight (DW). The donor plant (DP) contained 18.4 mg·g-1 DW. It was noticed that there were 6-fold differences in the amounts of GRE between the highest and lowest DH lines. Among 41 lines tested, 14 DH lines of radish plant were significantly reduced in the amount of sum of GRH and GRE compared those of the donor plant (P<0.05), whereas only three lines increased. The results obtained in the present study will lend to select genotypes with low and high GLS contents of radish plant. In addition, those DH lines will aid to elucidate a biosynthetic pathway of the aliphatic GLS in radish plant, which remain for the most part unsolved.

미생물제제 및 화학비료 시비에 따른 무와 배추의 생육 변화를 조사하기 위해 지상부와 지하부의 길이, 엽면적, 그리고 중량을 측정하였다. 시비 종류에 따른 무의 지하부 생체중은 미생물제제와 화학비료의 혼합 시비에서 148.9g으로 가장 높아 화학비료 처리구(112.8g)와 비교하여 약 1.3배 증가하였으며, 지상부의 생체중 역시 미생물제제와 화학비료의 혼합 시비 처리구(160.3g)에서 화학비료 처리구(111.1g)와 비교해 약 1.4배 증가하였다. 미생물제제와 화학비료를 혼합하여 처리하였을 때 생육이 가장 왕성하였으나 미생물제제 처리구도 화학비료 단독시비 처리구의 생육과 비교하여 지상부, 지하부 모두 생체중이 증가하는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 배추의 지상부 생체중은 미생물제제와 화학비료의 혼합시비 처리구에서 316.6g으로 가장 높아 화학비료 처리구(225.7g)와 비교하여 1.4배 증가하였으며, 또한 지하부의 생체중도 미생물제제와 화학비료의 혼합시비 처리구(4.4g)에서 화학비료 처리구(3.1g)와 비교하여 1.4배 증가하였다. 배추의 엽면적은 미생물제제와 화학비료의 혼합시비 처리구, 화학비료 처리구, 미생물제제 처리구에서 각각 3567.7, 2387.5, 2735.9cm2로 미생물제제의 처리로 배추의 엽면적이 증가함을 확인할 수 있었다. 실험의 결과를 통해 미생물제제가 관행의 농법에서 사용되는 화학비료를 대체하여 친환경비료로 사용될 수 있을 것으로 판단된다. 또한 화학비료에 토양미생물제제를 혼용 처리하여 무와 배추의 생육을 크게 향상시킬 수 있을 뿐 아니라 건전한 육종재료를 육성하기 위한 시비 방법으로 이용될 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

Dried leaves of Raphanus sativus L. and Angelica keiskei L. extracts have strong antioxidant potential and in consequence profound effects on ulcerative colitis. Present study was conducted to explore the effect of diet mixtures containing dried leaves of Raphanus sativus and Angelica keiskei powder on ulcerative colitis in mice and antioxidant potential of radish green and Angelica extracts as well. Both dried leaves of Raphanus sativus and Angelica keiskei extracts exhibited higher antioxidant activity due to the presence of polyphenols, favonoids and antioxidant enzymes like superoxide dismutase (SOD). Analyzed data indicate that Angelica keiskei extract had higher polyphenol and flavonoid contents compared with radish green, while maximum SOD activity was noted in dried leaves of Raphanus sativus extract Likewise, higher antioxidant (348.72 ± 31.65 μg/mL) and ABTS+ radical scavenging (17%) activities were noted in dried leaves of Raphanus sativus extract compared with Angelica keiskei.

Composition of nutrient media, flower bud size, cold pretreatment, heat shock stress, and ethylene inhibitor could have marked effects on microspore embryogenesis. No microspore-derived embryos (MDE) were formed when microspores were isolated from radish (Raphanus sativus L.) flower buds of 1.0-2.5 mm in size, whereas MDE were formed with microspores isolated from 2.5-4.5 and 4.5-6.5 mm flower buds. The microspores isolated from 2.5-4.5 mm flower buds showed high embryo yields. When the isolated microspores were washed with Nitsch & Nitsch (NLN) liquid medium containing 130 g‧L-1 sucrose (NLN-13), the yield of MDE increased significantly when comparing with washing using B-5 liquid medium containing 130 g‧L-1 sucrose.Microspores cultured on half strength NLN liquid medium containing 0.05 mgL-1 silver nitrate (AgNO3) produced the most MDE, showing a more than two-fold increase in yield compared to those cultured on medium without AgNO3. A heat shock pretreatment of microspores at 32°C for 24 h gave high-frequency production of MDE when compare to higher or lower temperatures; no MDE were formed at 42.5°C. Microspore viability is known to decrease rapidly with storage; however, in this experiment, microspore viability was maintained for 24 h at 4°C without media. A polyploidy test indicated that 19.7% of the microspore-derived plants were double haploid, other plants were haploid, and chimeras were haploid and diploid. This protocol is thought to be very useful for efficient production of homozygous lines that is critical for the production of radish F1 hybrids

Cytoplasmic male sterility caused by DCGMS (Dongbu cytoplasmic and genic male-sterility) cytoplasm and its nuclear restorer-of-fertility locus (Rfd1) with a linked molecular marker (A137) have been reported in radish (Raphanus sativus L.). To construct a linkage map of the Rfd1 locus, linked amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) markers were screened using bulked segregant analysis. A 220-bp linked AFLP fragment sequence from radish showed homology with an Arabidopsis coding sequence. Using this Arabidopsis gene sequence, a simple PCR marker (A220) was developed. The A137 and A220 markers flanked the Rfd1 locus. Two homologous Arabidopsis genes with both marker sequences were positioned on Arabidopsis chromosome 3 with an interval of 2.4 Mb. To integrate the Rfd1 locus into a previously reported expressed sequence tag (EST)-simple sequence repeat (SSR) linkage map, the radish EST sequences located in three syntenic blocks within the 2.4-Mb interval were used to develop single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers for tagging each block. The SNP marker in linkage group 2 co-segregated with male fertility in an F2 population. Using radish ESTs positioned in linkage group 2, five intron length polymorphism (ILP) markers and one cleaved amplified polymorphic sequence (CAPS) marker were developed and used to construct a linkage map of the Rfd1 locus. Two closely-linked markers delimited the Rfd1 locus within a 985-kb interval of Arabidopsis chromosome 3. Synteny between the radish and Arabidopsis genomes in the 985-kbp interval were used to develop three ILP and three CAPS markers. Two ILP markers further delimited the Rfd1 locus to a 220-kb interval of Arabidopsis chromosome 3.