To determine sugars content of agricultural products and foods, simultaneous quantitative analysis was carried out on fructose, glucose, sucrose, maltose, and lactose by HPLC-RI. Analysis conditions were set as column ZORBAX carbohydrate (4.6 mm ID×250 mm, 5 μm), the mobile phase of 75% ACN, the column temperature of 35oC, sample injection amount of 10 μL and the flow rate of 1 mL/min. Five standard solutions were isolated without interfering peak within 30 minutes and the calibration curves of standard were confirmed excellent linearity from 0.10% to 1.00% with R2≥0.999. Based on the chromatogram of the standard solution, the limit of quantification (LOQ) and the limit of detection (LOD) values were calculated. The accuracy of the analytical values were highest at 100% water extraction method to the fructose 95.7%, sucrose 98.7%, lactose 102.7% respectively, compared with reference value of a certified reference material (BCR644), by applying the four solvent extraction methods. Using an in-house quality control material (infant formula), repeatability and reproducibility values of this experiment were verified on the basis of AOAC guideline and reference values were set up at 1.17 g/100g of glucose, 0.85 g/100g of maltose, and 45.54 g/100g of lactose. Quality control charts were drawn up and used for sugars analysis of agricultural products.

This experiment was conducted to establish proper irrigation method for water spinach, subtropical vegetable in plastic film house soils to prepare to future global warming of the Korean peninsula. The evaluation of irrigation with 4 different levels as −20, −40, −50 kPa as a starting point(water potential) were compared to –33 kPa as control. All treatments were ended when water potential reached at –10 kPa respectively. The amount of irrigated water, N content, plant growth and fresh yield were investigated. As a result, water potential was correlated positively with irrigation starting point in cultivation period and irrigation times, but the amount water irrigated per time, N content of harvested plant, fresh and dry yield showed negative correlation. The contents of crude protein, P, K, Ca, Fe of harvested part were most high in –50 kPa treatment. We concluded that –50 kPa was optimal irrigation starting point for water spinach cultivation in unheating plastic film house.

Emission reduction of CH4 (methane gas) from rice paddy soil is a very important measure for climate change mitigation in agricultural sector. In this study, we investigated the changes in crop yield and CH4 emissions in response to application of biochar and fertilizers. The experimental site is located in Hwasung, Kyunggido and experimental design is the split-plot method with three replicates. Treatments included rice straw (RS) and biochar (BC) amendments nested with the conventional NPK fertilizer (NPK) and slow release fertilizer (SRF). Control was also prepared with the soil with the conventional NPK fertilization with no amendment. Measurement of CH4 emission was conducted during the growing season of 2014 using a dynamic chamber method. The results showed that application of rice straw increased daily CH4 emission rate by 15%, while application of biochar reduced daily CH4 emission rate by 38%. When we combined biochar application with slow release fertilizer, CH4 emission was reduced by 45%. Further, the crop yield was also increased in all treatments compared with the control except for the treatment of rice straw application with slow release fertilizer. Overall results imply that biochar amendment to agricultural soil can be an effective strategy to decrease annual CH4 emission with no reduction in crop yield.

동절기 산취(Chamecereus silvestrii) ‘희망’의 주·야 온도를 달리하며 처리한 결과 초장은 주간온도 20oC와 야간온도 15oC에서 가장 크게 나타났다. 구경은 주간온도 25oC에서 구직경과 구고의 생육이 우수하였고, 주간온도 25oC에서는 모든 야간온도에서 구직경 생육이 양호하였으며 구고는 주간온도 25oC에서는 20oC에 비해 야간온도가 25oC로 높을수록 생육이 좋았다. 주·야간온도 조합의 합산온도가 높을수록 구직경과 구고신장이 증가하는 경향을 나타났다. 색도에서 Hunter ‘a’ 값은 야간온도가 높을수록 낮아졌으나 ‘b’ 값은 높아져 야간온도가 높으면 탁도가 증가하였다. 또 한 구직경과 구고변화의 증가가 다시 시작되는 기점은 정 식 후 15일로 나타났다.

‘Hyangdreamchal’, a new early maturing, aromatic and glutinous rice variety was developed by the crop breeding team of Crop Research & Development Division, GARES, Hwaseong, Korea in 2012. ‘Hyangdreamchal’ was derived from a cross between ‘Jinbuchal’ and ‘Miyakaori’ in 2001. This variety headed on July 28 which was 14 days earlier than ‘Hwaseongbyeo’ in Gyeonggi Province. It showed resistance to lodging with strong culm. It's culm length and panicle length were 71 cm and 20 cm, respectively. This variety has 13 tillers per hill and 92 spikelets per panicle. It was medium grain variety and 1,000 grain weight of brown rice was 20.1g. Its cold tolerance was stronger than ‘Hwaseongbyeo’ however it was susceptible to blast virus disease, bacterial leaf blight and insect pest. The milled rice of ‘Hyangdreamchal’ had a glutinous and aromatic endosperm. The yield potential of ‘Hyangdreamchal’ in milled rice was 4.15 MT/ha under the ordinary culture of the local adaptability test in 4 areas of Gyeonggi Province for three years. This variety would be adaptable to the Gyeonggi Province. (품종보호번호 : 제5568호)

경기도농업기술원 선인장연구소에서는 다육식물 내수시장 확대를 위하여 1998년부터 국내의 재배농가와 종묘업체로부터 유전자원을 수집한 후 2001년부터 2009년에 걸쳐 교배 및 계통선발을 하고 3회의 특성검정을 거쳐서 꽃기린 신품종 ‘파노라마’를 육성하였다. 기존 꽃기린 품종은 포화엽색이 적색, 분홍색 등 단색인 품종이었으나 새로 육성된 ‘파노라마’ 품종은 포화엽색이 녹색과 분홍색(RHS color chart 135B+54C)이 어우러진 복색이면서 고급스