Tomato has been a good model plant to analyze plant-pathogen interactions and its prospects for the future are promising. An international consortium named International Solanaceae Genomics Project (SOL) is proceeding with whole genome sequencing of tomato. In order to be relevant in the post-genomic era, accumulation of information on tomatopathogen interactions is important. In this review, t...

We compared estimates of net primary production (NPP) from the MODIS satellite with estimates from a forest ecosystem process model (PnET-CN) and forest inventory and analysis (FIA) data for forest types of the mid-Atlantic region of the United States. The regional means were similar for the three methods and for the dominant oak-hickory forests in the region. However, MODIS underestimated NPP ...

Intensive researches in seismology and earthquake engineering are ongoing in Korea since the mid 1990s.This paper summarizes recent R&D; results regarding the improvement of earthquake catalog, seismicityand tectonics, ground motion, and PSHA methodology. The effect of the R&D; results on the seismichazard was studied for the Ulchin NPP site. Results showed much improvement in the...