아열대 채소인 모로헤이야의 남부지역 무가온 하우스 재배시 신초 다수확을 위한 적정 파종시기와 적심높이를 설정하기 위해 본 시험을 수행하였다. 모로헤이야 종자는 10oC에서는 전혀 발아되지 않았으나 18~30oC에서는 95.5~98.5%가 발아되었으며, 15oC에서는 75.0%의 발아율을 보였으나 발아세가 아주 낮았다. 또한, 4월 28일 이전 파종시 8월 하순 이후 꼬투리가 성숙되었으나, 5월 7일 이후 파종시에는 꼬투리 성숙이 이루어지지 않았다. 모로 헤이야 신초의 수확량과 수확횟수는 4월 14일 파종한 경우에 가장 많았고, 상품수량도 다른 시기에 비해 14~42% 증가하였다. 한편, 지제부로부터 100cm 높이에서 적심한 후 연속 수확한 처리에서 분지수가 가장 많이 증가하였으며, 이에 따라 신초수량도 다른 높이의 적심처리에 비해 많았다. 따라서 모로헤이야를 남부지역에서 무가온 하우 스 재배시 4월 중순에 파종하고 100cm 높이에서 적심하는 것이 지속적인 신초수확에 유리한 것으로 나타났다.

Background : This study was conducted to developed the propagation method by cutting for mass cultivation of Vitex roundifolia. We were pitched the cutting two times and treated plant growth regulators to enhance the rooting percentage. Vitex roundifolia is live in beach sandy soil south of Hwanghae-Do and Gangwon-Do. Vitex roundifolia have been used to bath foam. It is good for aromatic plant. It has 0.8% essential oil content in leaf and flower. Major components of essential oil were alpha-Pinene, Sabinene, beta-Pinen, 1,8-cineole, d-Limone. Despite the superior usability, it had not yet been made by the artificial cultivation Methods and Results : We were pitched the cutting of a first-year branch on June 5, which was greenwood cutting and July 17, which was semi-hardwood cutting at Kwangseung-ri beach, Gochanggun, Jeonbuk. The length of cutting was 10cm. It had 3～4 nodes, we stuck a cutting remain 2 nodes above ground on ordinary raise seedling soil. Rooting percentage was measured at 60 days after stuck a cutting. Rooting percentage was higher greenwoody cutting(95%) than semi-hardwood cutting(57.6%). In green wood cutting, there was no significance with plant growth, but chemical injury was occurred in IBA 5,000ppm. In semi-hardwood cutting, there was significance with plant growth regulators. The rooting percentages of all the treat were higher than control(no treatment). Rooting percentage was the highest in NAA 5,000ppm treated. Conclusion : Greenwood cutting method was more proper to propagation for Vitex roundifolia than semi-hardwood cutting. The optimum time to cutting for Vitex roundifolia propagation was the early in June. If miss a time to propagation Rooting percent was elevated by plant growth regulator.