This study was aimed to examine the potential of pre- and post-harvest treatment of chitosan and high pCO2 on the shelf-life of oriental melon fruit. Post-harvest dipping treatment of chitosan and high pCO2 did not bring any significant effect on the freshness of fruit in general, even at 1% of chitosan. Unlike post-harvest treatment, pre-harvest spray of chitosan significantly increased fruit firmness and firmness increase was higher in double sprays than single one. The internal quality such as soluble solid content and acidity was not altered by chitosan spray. No additional effect of high pCO2 with pre-harvest treatment of chitosan was found. Double sprays of chitosan showed significant effect on keeping visual appearance through delaying the incidence of skin browning. There was a potential of pre-harvest chitosan treatment on the shelf-life increase of oriental melon fruit and double sprays were better than single spray. However, high pCO2 seemed not to be effective on the storability of oriental melon fruit.

This study compared the antioxidant activity and functional constituents of the peel, flesh,and placenta of oriental melons according to the harvest time. The sample oriental melons were harvested during the major harvest time (from June to August) and divided into peel, flesh, and placenta. To examine the antioxidant activity and functional constituents, the sample melons were extracted using EtOH. As a result, the functional constituents and antioxidant activity of the oriental melons were found to change according to the harvest time. The total phenol and total flavonoid contents were highest in the samples harvested in June, and lowest in the samples harvested in July. Meanwhile, the antioxidant activities were estimated using an ABTS and FRAP assay, where the samples harvested in June also showed the strongest the antioxidant potential, while the samples harvested in July showed significantly lower antioxidant activities. This means that the climate influences the synthesis of secondary metabolites. The above data also suggests that oriental melons harvested in June contain more functional phytochemicals, making them more beneficial for human health.

시설재배 참외를 위한 새로운 방식의 순환식 수경재배시스템을 고안하여 참외 수경재배의 가능성을 검정하고, 순환식 수경재배 시의 배양액 관리기술을 확립하기 위하여 세 가지 수경재배방식에서 순환배양액의 무기이온 함량의 변화를 조사하였다. 참외의 수경재배에서 토양재배와 비교하여 양호한 수량과 품질을 나타내었다. 참외의 수경재배는 고형배지방식이 적합한 것으로 보였으며 NFT방식은 고온기의 장해발생으로 적합하지 않은 것으로 생각되었다. 참외의 배양액은 야마자키 조성 멜론 배양액을 EC 2.0dS.m-로 전 생육기간에 동일하게 공급하는 것이 적절한 것으로 밝혀졌다. 순환방식에서도 배양액의 EC와 pH는 비교적 안정적으로 유지되었으며 순환배양액내의 다량원소와 미량원소도 계속적으로 일정한 함량으로 유지되어 참외용 수경재배방식이 적절한 것을 확인할 수 있었다. NO3-N, Ca, Mg은 모든 재배방식에서 비슷한 양상으로 안정적인 함량변화를 나타내었고, P은 다른 두 방식에 비해 펄라이트 배지에서 약 1me.ι- 정도 흡수가 저하하였으며, K은 펄라이트 배지에서는 불규칙한 양상을 보였으나 코코피트 배지에서는 안정적인 함량변화를 나타내었다. 미량원소는 Mo을 제외하고는 고형배지 방식에서는 대체적으로 안정된 함량의 추이를 나타내어 미량원소의 흡수가 원활하게 이루어진 것을 알 수 있었다. 그러나 NFT방식에서는 B와 Mn은 비교적 안정된 함량변화를 나타내었으나 다른 원소들은 불규칙적인 변화를 나타내었다. 특히 고온기에 미량원소의 흡수가 저하한 것을 알 수 있었으며 Cu. Zn, Mo의 흡수가 원활하지 않았다. 본 실험의 결과를 통하여 참외를 위한 새로운 순환식 고형배지방식은 참외시설재배에서의 문제점을 해결하는 적절한 방법이 될 것으로 생각되었다.

The study aimed to review linerboard compositions of corrugated fiberboard boxes for Oriental melons(Cucumis melon L. var makuwa), analyzing relationships among material compositions, price, weight of boxes, theoretical compression and bursting strength of various liner boards. 19 and 22 different liner boards were currently used for the bleached and the unbleached corrugated boards, respectively. The corrugated board containers with the bleached liners were mostly used in the market although the average price was 10 percents higher than the unbleached. The average compression strength of the bleached. We strongly recommend to redesign the boxes because the average compression and bursting strength of the current boxes were much higher than national packaging standards as much as 70 and 82, respectively.