This study was aimed to determine the effects of grow media on the mineral contents of the leaves and growth characteristics of strawberry grown under aquaponics system in a plant factory. For aquaculture, 12 fish (Cyprinus carpio) (total weight, 2.0 kg) were raised in an aquaponics tank (W 0.7 m × L 1.5 m × H 0.45 m, 472.5 L) filled with 367.5 L of water at a density of 5.44 kg·m-3 and total 34 of strawberry seedlings were transplanted in the pots filed with 200 g of orchid stone, hydroball or polyurethane sponge in the growing bed (W 0.7 m × L 1.5 m × H 0.22 m) laid out with holly acrylic sheet (140×60 mm, Ø80) on the top of the system. The pH and EC of the aquaponic solution was ranged from 7.6 to 4.9 and 0.24－0.91 dS·m-1, respectively. The concentration of NO3-N was about 28% lower than that of the hydroponic standard solution, and K, Fe and B were 10, 27 and 3.8 times lower, respectively; however, the mineral contents of strawberry leaves were in the appropriate ranges with lower contents in the leaves grown with sponge media. The organic content (OM), nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), and potassium (K) of the sludge were 61.5, 5.72, 8.92, and 0.24%, respectively. The leaf area, leaf number, and dry and fresh weights of shoot at 81 DAT were significantly higher in the hydroball, and the average number of fruits per plant was significantly higher in both the orchid stone and hydroball. There was no significant difference in the fresh and dry weights of fruits. Integrated all the results suggest that the orchid stone and hydroball media are more effective to utilize nutrients in solid particles of aquaponic solution, compared to the polyurethane sponge.

Abstract
서 론
재료 및 방법
    1. 재배 및 재배환경
    2. 실험 처리
    3. 수질 분석
    4. 생육 특성
    5. 통계 분석
결과 및 고찰
    1. 수조액의 수온, pH 및 EC 변화
    2. 수조액, 슬러지 및 식물체의 무기이온 농도
    3. 생육 및 수량 특성
적 요
사 사
Literature Cited

• 최수현(한국방송통신대학교 대학원 농업생명과학과 대학원생) | Su-Hyun Choi (Graduate Student, Department of Agriculture and Life Science, Korea National Open University)
• 김민경(한국방송통신대학교 대학원 농업생명과학과 연구원) | Min-Kyung Kim (Researcher, Department of Agriculture and Life Science, Korea National Open University)
• 정영애(한국방송통신대학교 대학원 농업생명과학과 대학원생) | Young-Ae Jeong (Graduate Student, Department of Agriculture and Life Science, Korea National Open University)
• 윤서아(한국방송통신대학교 대학원 농업생명과학과 연구원) | Seo-A Yoon (Researcher, Department of Agriculture and Life Science, Korea National Open University)
• 최은영(한국방송통신대학교 대학원 농업생명과학과 교수) | Eun-Young Choi (Professor, Department of Agriculture and Life Science, Korea National Open University) Corresponding Author