최근들어 우리나라 국민의 식품소비 형태가 점차 고급화됨에 따라 메밀의 어린 식물체와 종실은 건강 별미식품의 원료로서 수요량은 단속 증가될 전망이다. 엽채소용으로 이용되는 메밀의 어린 식물체는 30% 이상의 단백질과 500mg / 100g 이상의 Rutin과 상당한 양의 미네랄, 비타민 함유하여 단경기 재배시 녹채소의 수량은 파종량, 파종기, 재배환경 조건에 따라서 262～2,270 / 10a로 차이가 매우 컸으며 예상조수익도 52.4～183.5만원 / 10a이었다. 엽채소용 메밀의 육묘기간을 20, 25, 30일로 하였을 경우 육묘기간이 길수록 초장, 줄기의 굵기, 잎의 수와 크기가 증대되었다. 4배체품종 신주대메밀의 생체중은 2배체품종 수원재래와 신농001에 비하여 35%가 더 무거웠으며 엽육이 두껍고 잎이 커서 상품가치가 더 좋았다.

Green buckwheat seedlings have been used as a pollution free vegetable and medicinal crop for a long time. Some of the reasons are the rapid growth rate, the high protein and rutincontent, and a more favorable ratio of leaf to stem than mature plants. Off-crop season cultivation techniques were developed for growing the young and green buckwheat vegetable of higher quality and yield, and for its increased value-added income. The effects of planting season, seeding rate, seed bed soil fertility and type, and seedling growth period on yield and rutin content were determined for vegetable and medicinal use. The young vegetable yields. in the off season culture ranged from 2.62t/ha to 22.7t /ha. The highest vegetable yield was 22.7t /ha for 25 days old seedlings grown in the polyethylene film tunnel from March 30 to April 25, 1991 where seedling rate was 360kg /ha. Buckwheat vegetable quality and income were dependent upon planting season, seeding rate, growing duration and temperature, and facilities of raising seedlings. Protein content of buck-wheat seedlings was from 21.5% to 17.2%. Rutin content of the vegetable was 53.9～31.7mg /100g for the whole plant in average. The protein and rutin content was significantly varied due to the different environmental conditions including fertility and type of seed bed soil, growing duration, temperature of the green house, and polyethylene film house and tunnel.

• Byung Han Choi | 최병한
• Keun Yong Park | 박근용
• Rae Kyeong Park | 박래경