패션프루트(Passiflora edulis)는 열대와 아열대 지역에서 재배되는 덩굴성 과수이다. 평균 기온이 상승함에 따라 온대 지역인 국내에서도 재배가 가능하여 패션프루트 재배 농가수가 증가하고 있다. 그러나 패션프루트 묘목이 건정성에 대한 평가 없이 생산되어 농가로 유통되고 있다. 본 연구에서 는 국내에서 재배되고 있는 자색계 패션프루트를 대상으로 2020년에 6종의 바이러스 감염률을 조사하였다. 중합효소연쇄반응을 이용하여 바이러스 감염 여부를 확인하였다. 조사 결과, 파파야잎말림광동바이러스 감염률이 68.3%으로 가장 높았고, 오이모자이크바이러스(51.6%), 등대풀잎말림 바이러스(48.3%), 동아시아시계초바이러스(33.3%), 패션프루트목질화바이러스(8.3%), 토마토황색잎말림바이러스(0%) 순이었다. 감염된 샘플 중 75%는 2종 이상의 바이러스에 복합 감염된 것으로 나타났다. 이 연구를 통해 국내에서 자색계 패션프루트의 바이러스병에 대한 정보를 제공하여 예찰 및 방제의 기초자료로 활용하고자 한다.

Korean horn beetles, Allomyrina dichotoma (Linnaeus, 1771) reared in many local farms are suffering from a fatal viral disease as reported in 2015, and recent sequencing analysis revealed that the virus is very closely related to Oryctes rhinoceros nudivirus. In a nationwide investigation, it was concluded that the virus can transmit vertically from an infected adult to the offspring by indirect manner, and 70 to 77% of young larvae dead in early stage were diagnosed as this virus positive. Here, we report for the establishment of on-site diagnosis method for the viral disease using loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay. A. dichotoma larvae were assayed for the OrNV infectivity with LAMP primers targeting OrNV_gp102 gene. To evaluate the LAMP specificity, two bacterial pathogens, Bacillus thuringiensis and Serratia marcescens, causing disease in A. dichotoma were tested along with OrNV. Only from the OrNV-infected larvae the reaction resulted positive. Also, to avoid DNA extraction process, the LAMP assay used diluted hemolymph directly and 50-fold dilution was set for diagnosis standardization and convenient on-site application for infected larvae from local farms. The LAMP diagnosis is fast and convenient for nontechnical user in the field and expected to stop this foreign virus spread all over the country.

Since we reported a viral disease extremely fatal to A. dichotoma, had landed on Korea in 2015, we have investigated this disease nationwide and it was turned out the viral disease has spread in the majority of the larva-rearing farms all over the country. The transmission of this disease is most severe when the larvae are harvested and stored for overwintering. During this period, even a few virus-infected larvae can easily transmit the virus and about two hundreds of larvae stored in a container can be killed. In a peroral infection experiment, 80% of infected larvae were killed but survived larvae became adults fully functional physiologically. These survived beetles were confirmed as live virus carrier. Also, about 75% of larvae hatched from the eggs laid by the infected beetles were infected and killed by the virus. This vertical transmission is due to the feeding and secretion activity of the infected parents.

The current market size of insect industry in Korea is estimated at 300 million dollars and more than 500 local farms are related to many insect industry. One of the strong candidates for insect industry is Korean horn beetle, Allomyrina dichotoma. Early this year, we reported a viral disease extremely fatal to A. dichotoma larvae. While we were proceeding a nationwide investigation of this disease, several farmers answered that similar disease symptom has been occurred occasionally during past 10 years. The symptom can be easily confused with early stage of bacterial infection or physiological damage including temperature and moisture. A peroral infection with the purified virus to healthy larvae produced a result that only 21% of larvae survived and became pupae. Although some of the survived adult beetle were deformational, many of them had no abnormal appearance and even succeeded in mating. Later, these beetles were examined if they were carrying the virus, and all except one were confirmed as virus carrier. This implies that these beetle may fly out and spread the disease throughout the country. We found the evidence by collecting wild A. dichotoma larvae which were virus infected, near two local farms rearing the horn beetle. So far, transovarial transmission of this virus to the eggs, or horizontal transmission to other commercially reared insects are not known yet.

In Korea, the value of insect resources has been increased immensely and the insect industry is expected to increase up to 40 billion dollars by 2020. Among them, Korean horn beetle, Allomyrina dichotoma, is one of the strongest candidates for insect industry as medicinal purpose for various liver diseases and diabetes. In many local farms rearing larvae, a few bacterial and fungal pathogens causing disease of A. dichotoma larvae have been identified including Bacillus thuringiensis and Metarhizium anisopliae. For past few years, a disease seemingly due to viral infection has been reported for causing death of larvae en masse. The pathogen of this disease has not been identified so far. In Southeastern Asia, Oryctes rhinoceros nudivirus (OrNV) is known to cause severe disease in coconut palm rhinoceros beetle, Oryctes rhinoceros, and is used as a biological control agent to reduce the pest population. Here, we report for the first time that OrNV may have landed on Korea and may be the major pathogen for the diseased larvae of A. dichotoma. After peroral inoculation with the purified virus extracted from the hemolymph of diseased larvae, we confirmed that over 60% of infected larvae perished in six weeks. This viral disease spreads very fast in many farms nationwide throughout Korea. This threat not only makes economic loss of local farms rearing larvae, but also may disturb the ecosystem by transmitting to wild A. dichotoma.

청보리 신품종 '녹양'은 총체생산성이 높고 생육후기 녹체성이 우수하며, 도복에 강하고 보리호위축병에 저항성인 품종이다. 이 품종은 2001년 '낙영'을 모본, 육성계통인 'SB77368-B-145'를 부본으로 교배하여 선발된 'SB01T2017-B-B-1-2' 계통을 2007년~2012년까지 관찰시험, 생산력검정시험과 지역적응시험을 거쳐 2012년에 육성되었다. '녹양'은 반포복 초형으로 파성이 III 정도이며, 잎은 담녹색이면서 넓고, 줄기 굵기는 중간 정도이며, 이삭은 길고 까락은 일반망이다. '녹양'은 잎과 줄기의 후기녹체성이 '영양'에 비해 오래 지속되었다. '녹양'의 초장은 104 cm로 대비품종인 '영양'에 비해 장간형이고, 평균 출수기와 성숙기는 각각 5월 6일과 6월 4일로 '영양'보다 늦었다. '녹양'은 '영양'보다 추위와 도복에 강하였고, 보리호위축병에 대하여 익산(III형), 나주(I형), 진주(IV) 등 모든 지역에서 저항성을 보였다. '녹양'의 평균 건물수량은 전작에서 12.8톤/ha, 답리작에서 11.5톤/ha으로 영양'에 비하여 각각 7%, 2% 증수하였다. '녹양'과 '영양' 모두 황숙기에 곡실의 탈립 정도가 매우 낮았고, 조사료 품질은 조단백질 함량 7.2%, ADF 25.9%, TDN 68.5%로 '영양'과 대등하였고, 젖산함량도 3.36%로 3.04%인 '영양'과 비슷하였으며, 사일리지 등급은 2등급으로 양호하였다.

청보리 신품종 ‘녹양’은 총체생산성이 높고 생육후기 녹체성이 우수하며, 도복에 강하고 보리호위축병에 저항성 인 품종이다. 이 품종은 2001년 ‘낙영’을 모본, 육성계통인 ‘SB77368-B-145’를 부본으로 교배하여 선발된 ‘SB01T2017- B-B-1-2’ 계통을 2007년～2012년까지 관찰시험, 생산력검정 시험과 지역적응시험을 거쳐 2012년에 육성되었다. ‘녹양’ 은 반포복 초형으로 파성이 Ⅲ 정도이며, 잎은 담녹색이면 서 넓고, 줄기 굵기는 중간 정도이며, 이삭은 길고 까락은 일반망이다. ‘녹양’은 잎과 줄기의 후기녹체성이 ‘영양’에 비해 오래 지속되었다. ‘녹양’의 초장은 104 cm로 대비품종 인 ‘영양’에 비해 장간형이고, 평균 출수기와 성숙기는 각 각 5월 6일과 6월 4일로 ‘영양’보다 늦었다. ‘녹양’은 ‘영 양’보다 추위와 도복에 강하였고, 보리호위축병에 대하여 익산(Ⅲ형), 나주(Ⅰ형), 진주(Ⅳ) 등 모든 지역에서 저항성 을 보였다. ‘녹양’의 평균 건물수량은 전작에서 12.8톤/ha, 답리작에서 11.5톤/ha으로 영양’에 비하여 각각 7%, 2% 증수하였다. ‘녹양’과 ‘영양’ 모두 황숙기에 곡실의 탈립 정 도가 매우 낮았고, 조사료 품질은 조단백질 함량 7.2%, ADF 25.9%, TDN 68.5%로 ‘영양’과 대등하였고, 젖산함량 도 3.36%로 3.04%인 ‘영양’과 비슷하였으며, 사일리지 등 급은 2등급으로 양호하였다.

Virus infections of the honeybee(Apis mellifera) have been increasingly investigated during the last decade. In general, honeybee viruses are widespread and most of them persist as inapparent infections. We screened honeybee colonies for the presence of several bee viruses, including deformed wing virus(DWV), black queen virus(BQCV), Kashmir bee virus(KBV), Israeli acute paralysis virus (IAPV), sacbrood virus(SBV), acute bee paralysis virus(ABPV), using uniplex RT-PCR. Frequently simultaneous infections with different viruses are diagnosed in seemingly healthy bee colonies. Therefore we developed a multiplex RT-PCR assay for the simultaneous detection of multiple bee viruses.

This study aimed to analyze difference in clinical findings, including coronary artery complications, in patients with Kawasaki disease and respiratory symptoms with several respiratory infections. We studied 182 pediatric patients diagnosed with Kawasaki disease. Examinations for respiratory viral polymerase chain reaction were conducted in the group of patients with respiratory symptoms. Echocardiography was perfomed by a pediatric cardiologist, and laboratory findings were evaluated. Clinical manifestations and laboratory findings based on medical records were compared. There were no differences between patients with and without respiratory viral infections with respect to age, male-female ratio, coronary artery complications, Kawasaki disease-specific clinical manifestations, duration of fever, duration of hospitalization, or recurrence rate. There was a significant difference in C-reactive protein levels (55.6 vs. 73.9 mg/L) between the two groups, but the other laboratory findings. The rate of respiratory infections in pediatric patients with Kawasaki disease was similar to those reported in previous studies, and clinical manifestations and laboratory findings were not significantly different between the groups.

신품종 '영한'은 병해 및 도복, 한해 등 재해에 강해 수량이 많고 품질이 우수한 청보리 품종을 육성하기 위하여 1997년에 조숙, 내도복, 내병, 다수성 계통인 'YB3433-3B-5'와 조사료 품질이 좋고 수량이 많은 'YB3135-3B-2-3' 사이의 F1에 'YB3135-3B-2-3'를 여교잡하고 계통육종법에 의하여 제반특성이 우수한 'SB971305-B-B-B-B-4-4' 계통을 선발, 생산력검정시험과 지역적응시험을 거쳐 2008년에 육성되었다

The six rowed and naked barley cultivar, “Cheongho” (Hordeum vulgare L.), showing earliness, good cooking quality, resistance to powdery mildew and barley yellow mosaic virus disease (BaYMV), winter hardiness, lodging tolerance, and high yield in paddy fi