The present study was carried out to deduce optimum harvesting time based on fruit traits that were examined with fruits hanging the higher part (HP, higher than or equal to 2m height from the ground) and lower part (LP, lower than or equal to 1.5m height from the ground) on ‘Niitaka’ tree. The fruits of HP compared to of LP tended to be heavy and showed significantly higher soluble solid contents (SSC), hardness and gravity at each of the harvest time. On the basis f the discrepancies of the fruit traits between HP and LP, harvest time for the fruits of LP are acquired to be delayed for raising fruit weight and SSC. Due to the substantial probability of flesh pithiness based on the dramatic decrease of fruit gravity, it is necessary that the fruits of LP distributed just after harvesting or stored for short-term period.

본 연구는 참다래 비가림 시설재배에서 인공수분이 착과 및 과실품질에 미치는 영향과 안정적인 착과를 위한 유효수분기간을 확인하고자 수행하였다. 또한 최근 참다래 재배농가들에서 많이 수행되고 있는 현탁액을 이용한 인공수분의 효과를 확인하고자 하였다. 인공수분은 비가림 시설재배에서뿐 아니라 노지재배에서도 참다래의 착과량이 개선되었으며 중량증가와 당도향상의 과실품질 개선효과가 확인되었다. 유효수분기간 확인을 위하여 만 개 후부터 매일 7일간 인공수분이 수행되었다. 과실의 착과율, 과실당 종자수, 그리고 과실생장량은 만개 후 4 일까지 차이가 나타나지 않았으나 만개 후 5일부터는 분명하게 감소하였다. 결과적으로 참다래 비가림 시설재 배에서 유효수분기간은 만개 후 4일 이내로 나타났다. 또한, 현탁액을 이용한 인공수분은 석송자를 이용한 것과 착과량과 과실품질의 차이를 나타내지 않았다. 따라서, 화분 현탁액을 이용한 인공수분은 참다래 재배에서 노동력을 절감할 수 있는 매우 효율적인 수분방법이 될 수 있을 것이다.

배 수출의 저해요소 중 병해충은 가장 큰 장애요인 중 하나로, 농가소득의 감소 와 방제를 위한 농약의 남용으로 이어진다. 그 중 배에서 가장 심각한 해충으로 알 려진 꼬마배나무이의 월동처는 거친 나무껍질 속으로, 약재의 효능이 낮으며 제한 된 살충제로 인해 농약 저항성이 쉽게 발달하여 화학적 방제가 매우 어려운 실정이 다. 그러므로 월동성충의 수상이동시기와 산란 시기에 기계유유제를 살포하는 것 이 중요한 방제전략 중 하나로 실행되고 있다. 수상이동시기 및 산란시기의 예측은 기상정보와 꼬마배나무이의 생태정보를 바탕으로 그 모형이 제시된바 있다. 그러 나 기 개발된 모형은 중부지방을 대상으로 조사된 결과로 날씨가 온난한 남부지방 에서의 실측자료가 필요한 실정이었다. 이에 본 연구는 지난 수년간 나주지역 배 수 출단지에서 꼬마배나무이 발생현황에 대해 조사하였으며 아울러 무인기상장치를 이용한 기상정보도 수집하였다. 그 결과, 나주지역이 꼬마배나무이의 수상이동시 기 및 산란시기는 기존 발생 예측 모델과 다소 차이가 있는 가운데 수상이동은 기존 예측모델과 비교하여 최대 14일 차이가 발생하였고 산란일의 경우 최대 7일정도의 차이가 발생하는 경우가 확인되었다. 이에 따라 남부지방을 대상으로 한 발생 예측 모델연구 및 이에 따른 방제전략 수정에 대한 추가적인 연구가 필요할 것으로 생각 된다.

본 시험은 괘대재배를 한 ‘풍수’, ‘황금배’, ‘신고’, 그리고 ‘감천배’의 관행구와 무대재배를 한 과실에 TiO2나 Kaolin를 엽면처리 하였을 때 과실품질과 흑성병에 미치는 영향을 조사하고자 수행되었다. 1. 관행재배구는 TiO2나 Kaolin 보다 평균과중은 증가하였지만, 수량이 현저하게 감소하여 총 과실생산량은 감소되었다.2. 관행재배구에서의 ‘풍수’와 ‘감천배’의 당도는 TiO2나Kaolin 처리구 보다 높았다.3. ‘황금배’와 ‘감천배’의 과실 경도는 TiO2 처리시 가장 높았으며 Kaolin처리시도 다소 증가시켰다. ‘풍수’와 ‘신고’는 처리 간에 차이가 없었다.4. 과피색은 관행재배구에서 가장 밝은 색도를 보였다.5. TiO2와 Kaolin 처리는 품종에 상관없이 총 폴리페놀 함량을 증가시켰다.6. 엽의 흑성병 발생 억제율은 관행재배구가 ‘풍수’, ‘황금배’,‘신고’에서 낮게 나타났으며 ‘감천배’는 TiO2 처리로 100% 억제되었다.

전남 영암지역에서 배 개화기간 동안 냉해 피해를 막기 위한 대책으로 미세살수 처리 또는 온풍기를 수체로부터 5, 10,25, 40 m로 거리를 달리해서 3 m 지상부에서 설치하여 개화기간 중 3oC 미만으로 떨어진 야간부터 다음날 오전까지 12시간 동안 작동하여 냉해피해 경감효과를 구명한 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 1. 온풍기와 미세살수 처리 결과 과원의 온도변화는 미세살수 처리에서 가장 높게 유지되었으며, 온풍기 가동 지점으로부터 25 m 거리까지는 대조구에 비해 온도가 높게 나타났으나 40 m 지점에서는 대조구와 차이가 없었다. 2. 화서별 냉해피해율과 평균 착과수는 미세살수 처리에서효과가 가장 좋았으며, 온풍기 처리에 따른 온도 변화와 유사한 경향으로 거리가 가까울수록 피해율은 낮고, 평균 착과수는 높았다. 3. 정형과 비율과 평균 착과 간격은 온풍기 가동 지점에서 멀어질수록 낮았으며 40m 지점에서는 대조구와 차이가 없었다.

본 연구는 유기재배 배 과수원 시비에 있어서 화학 비료 대체를 위한 녹비작물 재배 이용기술 개발을 확립하고자 호밀과 헤어리베치의 파종시기에 따라 녹비작물의 생육과 양분 공급량에 미치는 영향을 구명하기 위해서 수행되었다. 녹비작물의 파종시기는 2008년 9월 27일, 10월 15일, 11월 8일, 12월 10일로 나누어서 전남 보성의 배 과수원 독농가에 처리하였다. 관행 방임 초생 재배구는 대조구로 선정하였다. 호밀의 생육은 파종시기에 따라 별다른 차이 없이 비슷한 경향이었으나 헤어리베치는 파종 시기가 늦을수록 초장이 짧아지고 엽수와 줄기수가 감소하였고 건물중에도 그러한 비슷한 경향이 관찰되었다. 9월 하순 녹비처리는 관행 방임 초생 재배구에서 생산한 362kg/10a의 건물 중 보다 2.6배 높았다. 파종시기별 전질소 농도는 파종 서기가 늦을수록 증가하는 경향이었으며, 전질소 환원량은 피종 시기가 빠른 9월 하순처리가 16.9k/l0a으로 관행대비 2.6배 높았다. 인산 환원량은 10월 중순 파종이 가장 높았으며, 칼륨 환원량은 파종 시기가 빠를수록 증가하는 경향을 나타내었다.

본 연구는 친환경 살균자재로 알려져 있는 키틴분해 미생물과 석회보르도액을 ‘신고’ 배나무에 처리하였을 때 검은별무늬병 방제율과 과실품질에 미치는 영향에 대해서 조사하였다.유기농 과원에서 생산된 과일은 관행으로 재배한 과일에 비교해서 유기물과 토양 칼슘과 마그네슘 농도를 증가시켰다. 저농약으로 재배된 관행 과원에서는 상당한 검은별무늬병 발생이 억제되었으나, 친환경 살균제를 이용한 유기농 과원에서는방제효과가 없었다. 관행 재배된 과실은 석세포를 감소시키는영향이 있었지만, 유기농 과실에서는 3%이상의 많은 석세포함량을 보였고, 과실 경도를 증가시켰다. 석회보르도액은 당도와 진한 적색의 과실을 생산했지만, 수확된 과실의 표면에 얼룩이 많이 발생하였다.

Total phenolic compounds and antioxidant activity were investigated in leaves of organic apricot, filbert, mulberry, persimmon, and pomegranate trees during growing season. Total phenolic compounds and antioxidant activity in leaves of organic apricot and filbert trees were gradually increased from May to June, attained peak in July, thereafter decreased to minimum level in October. In leaves of organic mulberry tree total phenolic compounds and antioxidant activity were simultaneously increased from May to June and sharply decrease to very low level. The leaves of organic persimmon trees showed very high level of total phenolic compounds and antioxidant activity from May to June, thereafter gradually decrease to October. The leaves of organic pomegranate trees showed extraordinarily highest level of total phenolic compounds among five fruit trees investigated in the study during growing stages, as well as maintained higher than 91 percent of antioxidant activity from May to October. Correlation coefficients between total phenolic compound and antioxidant activity of the leaves of five organic trees were the highest in mulberry leaves, and then persimmon, filbert, apricot, and pomegranate, respectively. However, correlation coefficients between total phenolic compound and antioxidant activity of the leaves of organic pomegranate were very low level, and not significant in their relationship.

This study was conducted to evaluate the effects of ground cover treatments on the nutrient contribution in a ‘"Niitaka’" pear (Pyrus pyriforia) orchard. Treatments included; 1) sod culture, 2) winter cover crop [ryegrass+hairy vetch], and 3) winter [ryegrass+hairy vetch]+summer [greensolgo (sudan grass (Sorghum bicolor L.))+nemajanghwang (crotalaria (Crotalaria juncea L.)] cover crops. Ryegrass and hairyvetch were seeded with 6.4 kg/10a and 3.0 kg/10a, respectively, on October 17 of 2008, and greensolgo and nemajanghwang were seeded with 2.0 kg/10a and 3.0 kg/10a, respectively, on June 4 of 2009 at a diligent farmer in Boseong in Chonnam. Winter+summer cover crops provided greater amounts of dry weight, followed by winter cover crop and sod culture. The difference of amounts of dry weight from the ground covers affected to the levels of total N, P, and K contents, which were greater nutrient levels than those of recommended nutrient requirement for satisfying 10- to 12-year-old pear tree growth. Greater amounts of dry weight from the ground covers increased organic matter and concentrations of K and Mg in soil. Foliar nutrient concentrations, as an indicator of nutrient status of a tree, were not affected by application of ground cover treatments.

This study was conducted to evaluate nutrient production of both orchardgrass and several clovers as a green manure in a ‘Niitaka’ pear (Pyrus pyriforia) orchard. The experiment was conducted at diligent fanner in Boseong in Chonnam on March 26 of 2010, and the treatments included; 1) orchard grass (2.0㎏/l,000㎡), 2) orchard grass (1.0㎏/l,000㎡)+ladino clover (1.0 ㎏/1,000m2), 3) orchard grass (1.0㎏/1,000㎡)+red clover (1.0㎏/1,000㎡), and 4) orchard grass (1.0㎏/1,000㎡)+white clover (1.0㎏/1,000㎡). Lengths of orchardgrass and clovers were greater in July than those of June and September. Seeding of orchardgrass without clovers in June and July increased dry weight of green manure crops compared with the seeding of orchardgrass with clovers, resulting in greater annual total dry weight. Various green manure treatments produced different amounts of total N and P₂O₅ from each raw materials and did not satisfy amounts of those nutrients for proper annual growth of ten- to twelve-year-old pear tree. Amounts of K₂O producing from green manures, however, satisfied for proper growth of the pear trees.

Organic materials, such as chitin incubated solution (CIS) combined with neem oil (NO), nano silver silica (NSS), and Bordeaux mixture (BDM), were applied with and without agricultural chemicals (AC) (insecticide and fungicide) to investigate scab and mealybug occurrences and fruit qualities on "Niitaka" pear trees in orchards in 2006. Fruits and leaves grown under CIS+NO without AC had less than 30%, scab occurrence, but CIS+NSS or CIS+BDM without AC had higher scab occurrence. Organic materials with AC decreased the scab to less than 20%. All treatments decreased mealybug occurrences to less than 10%, except for the fruits grown under CIS+BDM without AC. Fruit qualities varied among the treatments. Hunter value a, representing for the redness degree, was higher for fruits treated with CIS+NSS and CIS+BDM without AC than those with AC. Fruits treated with organic materials without AC had greater total phenolic and flavonoid compounds as well as antioxidant capacity in flesh and greater total phenolc compounds and antioxidant capacity in peel than those treated with the AC.

This study was conducted to investigate the effects of germanium (Ge) application types on the nutrient concentrations in soil and leaves and leaf characteristics in a ‘Niitaka’ pear orchard in 2004. Ge application included foliar application, fertigation in soils, trunk injection, and the three-combined application. All Ge treatedplots had lower soil NO₃-N, K, and Ca concentrations than those of control plot. Ge concentrations in Ge treated-soils were approximately 50 times higher than those of the control. Ge applications significantly increased area, dry weight, and specific weight in leaves compared to the control. Control treated-trees had greater K concentrations in leaves than the Ge treated-trees, which was oppositively observed for the leaf Ca; leaf Ca was higher on the Ge treated-trees than control. Leaf Ge concentrations were significantly higher on the Ge treated-trees compared to the control, except for the Ge fertigation. Ge concentrations in fruits were greater on the Ge-treated trees than the control trees.

Consumers’ interest and government’s support for the fruits rapidly increased organic fruit productions. This study was examined to compare the soil physicochemical and microbial properties of orchards soil in conventionally and organically management systems. Organic cultivation had lower soil bulk density, solid phase, and penetration resistance than the conventional cultivation. Soil pH and organic matter contents increased from March to August, and the values were greater in the organic cultivation than the conventional cultivation. Total nitrogen (N) and phosphorous concentrations decreased from March to August, and the organic soils had greater N but lower phosphorous concentrations than the conventional soils. Soil microbial carbon biomass increased 36% and 15% for organic and conventional cultivations, respectively, from March to August. Soil microbial N biomass was greater in June than March or August, and the organic cultivation had a greater biomass N compared to the conventional cultivation. Soil dehydrogenase and chitinase activities were greater in June than in March or August. β-glucosidase activity declined in both cultivations, while the phosphatase activity increased. Organic cultivation had greater enzyme activities in March, June, and August, except for the acid phosphatase activity in June.

Calyx-end browning in sweet persimmon (Diospyros kaki) fruits is the postharvest disorder during the storage and shows different proportions by the cultivars. This study was to evaluate fruit texture characteristics at harvest and to learn how browning in fruits affects the cell structures in different cultivars. Persimmon cultivars included ‘Fuyu’, ‘Jiro’, ‘Uenishiwase’, ‘Daiandangam’, and ‘Ro-19’, which were harvested at the end of October in 2003 and investigated after 100 days storage. Fruit texture varied with different cultivars. ‘Jiro’ and ‘Ro-19’ fruits did not have browning symptoms while ‘Daiandangam’ fruits had approximately 80% browning of them. There were no visual differences for the cell structure in fruit peels between fruits without browning, such as ‘Jiro’ and ‘Ro-19’, and fruits with browning, such as ‘Fuyu’, ‘Uenishiwase’, and ‘Daiandangam’. The most outer layers in a ‘Jiro’ fruit peel arranged one to two epidermis which could not induce browning in the tissues, while ‘Fuyu’ had two to three layers, inducing a browning symptom. Although there were no differences for the tissue structure between browning and normal fruits, browning fruits did not have apparent cell organelle and proceeded degradation of cell walls in the flesh.

This study was established to investigate the effects of Ca application on fruit mineral nutrients, quality, and browning of ‘Fuyu’ sweet persimmon (Diospyros kaki). Ca foliar application at 40㎖/20L/tree had a greater fruit Ca concentration than did control, Ca fertigation (40㎖/20L/tree), and Ca foliar application (40㎖/20L/tree) coupled with IBA fertigation (40 ㎖/20L/tree). Fruit mineral nutrient concentrations for Mg, B, and Mn were similar or lower in the foliar treatment compared to other treatments. Fruit color was not affected. Ca treatment, whether foliar applied or fertigated, was effective in maintaining fruit firmness and in decreasing the browning symptom in fruit after MA storage at 0℃ for 60 and 100 days. Although Ca foliar application + IBA fertigation treatment improved fruit firmness, the positive effect on the browning and decay occurrences in fruit was not shown.

This study was established on which germanium (Ge), known as one of the functional nutrients, treatment is the most effective method for increasing Ge uptake and contributing flowering development in the pruned branches in the winter. Ge treatment included foliar application, soil fertigation, trunk injection, and the three-combined application. Ge concentration in the pruned branches was greater on the three-combined treated trees, and Ge treated branches had greater Ge concentrations than the control. Pruned branches grown in the solution culture had greater bud weight and bud scale number on the Ge treated trees than the control. Ge treatments increased flowering per branch and flower number per bud as well as improved resistance of the freezing temperature damage. Overall, there were no consistent results of all the variables by the Ge application methods.

This study was established on which the selenium (Se), known as one of the functional elements in the human body, treatment was the most effective for the Se uptake in the soil and tree. Se treatments included foliar application, soil fertigation, and trunk injection. Se fertigation and control had similar soil P2O5, K, and Mg concentrations, and calcium and Se concentrations in the soil were greater on the control and Se fertigation, respectively. Leaf characteristics were not different among the treated trees. No differences were observed for the leaf K and Ca concentrations among the treated trees, and foliar Mg was greater on the Se treated trees than the control. Se foliar application and trunk injection had greater Se concentrations in the leaves and fruits than the Se fertigation and control.

Sweet persimmon, ‘Fuyu’, is the major cultivar for MA storage, but browning of blossom end part and fruit surface darkening occur during storage and decrease fruit qualities in fresh fruit market. Calcium (Ca) has a very important role in cell membrane and reduces Ca-related fruit disorder. Therefore, this study was conducted to investigate the effect of soluble Ca fertigation and foliar applications on soil chemical properties, root activity, and leaf nutrient status. Ca concentration in the soil was higher in both Ca fertigation (Ca-FG) and Ca+IBA fertigation (Ca+IBA) treatments than the other treatments, such as control (Cont), Ca foliar application (Ca-FA), and IBA fertigation (IBA). The increase in soil Ca improved soil pH. The Ca+IBA treatment increased root activity. Leaf Ca concentration was significantly increased by the CA-FA application, followed by Ca+IBA, and Ca-FG treatments.