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Utilization of Eco-Friendly Biopolymer to Reduce Environmental Stress in Plants

식물의 환경 스트레스 경감을 위한 친환경적 바이오폴리머의 활용

Jung-Ho Shin1
,
Eunsuk Kim2
,
Sung-Ju Ahn3*
신 정호1
,
김 은석2
,
안 성주3*
1PhD Course, Department of Integrated Food, Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, Korea
2Associate Professor, Department of Environment and Energy Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju 61005, Korea
3Professor, Department of Bioenergy Science and Technology, Chonnam National University, Gwangju 61186, Korea
1전남대학교 융합식품바이오공학과 박사과정
2광주과학기술원 환경에너지공학과 부교수
3전남대학교 바이오에너지공학과 교수
*Corresponding Author
31 March 2025. pp. 34-46
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Abstract

Climate change caused by global warming will become more and more intense, and it will have various effects on plant ecosystems. Fortunately, plants have internal mechanisms that allow them to withstand a certain amount of stress. For example, they exert adaptation or tolerance mechanisms due to changes in the expression of stress-related genes or proteins, and the action of hormones. In addition, they cope with environmental changes in terms of morphology, such as leaf curling and stomata opening and closing. However, the ecological environment of the rhizosphere has clear limitations to such endogenous and morphological changes, and additional exogenous prescriptions are required. One way to do this is through the use of eco-friendly biopolymers derived from living organisms. From this point of view, this review categorizes plant stresses first caused by the environment and introduces soils and biopolymers that affect the rhizome. In addition, various physiological and ecological responses of plants were investigated under poor environmental root conditions (drought and heavy metal stress) and conditions of mixed with/without biopolymers. In other words, a result of comprehensively observing the reaction and growth of plants grown under the stress conditions with biopolymers was more positive compared to stress only. These suggest that soil improvement by biopolymers not only helps to overcome environmental stress in plant or populations, but also plays a significant role in strengthening the actual levee vegetation.

Keywords
Biopolymer
Drought
Heavy metals
Stress mitigation
Vegetation

지구 온난화로 인한 기후 변화는 갈수록 심화되고 식물생태계에도 다양한 영향을 미치게 된다. 그럼에도 불구하고 다행히 식물은 어느 정도의 스트레스에 견딜 수 있는 내적 기전을 가지고 있다. 예를 들면 스트레스 관련 유전자나 단백질의 발현 변화에 따른 호르몬의 작용 등에 의한 적응 혹은 내성 기전을 발휘하는 것이다. 또한 형태적으로도 환경 변화에 대처하게 되는데 예를 들면 잎의 말림, 기공 개폐 등과 같은 것이다. 그러나 근권의 생태적 환경은 이러한 내성적 그리고 형태적 변화로는 분명한 한계를 가지고 있어서 외생적으로 추가적인 조치가 반드시 필요하다. 이를 위한 한가지 방법이 바로 생물로부터 유래한 친환경적 바이오폴리머를 이용하는 방법이다. 이러한 관점에서 본 review는 먼저 환경에 의한 식물의 스트레스를 분류하고 그 중에서 근권에 영향을 주는 토양 환경과 바이오폴리머를 소개하였다. 또한 근권의 불량 환경 조건(가뭄과 중금속 스트레스) 조건과 바이오폴리머를 혼합한 불량 환경 조건에서 실시한 식물의 다양한 생리, 생태적 반응에 대한 연구 사례를 소개하였다. 즉, 토양의 수분 부족이나 중금속 과잉과 같은 스트레스에 처한 식물 보다는 바이오폴리머를 혼합 후 같은 스트레스 조건 하에서 자란 식물의 반응 및 생육을 종합적으로 관찰한 결과, 바이오폴리머를 혼합하였을 때가 그렇지 않았을 때보다 식물이 받은 피해가 긍정적 효과가 있었다. 이는 바이오폴리머에 의한 토양 개선이 식물 개체나 개체군의 환경 스트레스 극복에 도움을 줄 뿐 아니라 실제 제방 식생의 강화에도 역할이 큰 것으로 보인다.

키워드
바이오폴리머
가뭄
중금속
스트레스 완화
식생
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  • Publisher :Korean Society of Ecology and Infrastructure Engineering
  • Publisher(Ko) :응용생태공학회
  • Journal Title :Ecology and Resilient Infrastructure
  • Journal Title(Ko) :응용생태공학회 논문집
  • Volume : 12
  • No :1
  • Pages :34-46
  • Received Date : 2025-02-02
  • Revised Date : 2025-02-17
  • Accepted Date : 2025-02-17
  • DOI :https://doi.org/10.17820/eri.2025.12.1.034
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