This study aimed to investigate the changes in bioactive compounds across the ripening stages of three pepper cultivars, each characterized by unique skin colors. The samples used in this study consisted of three pepper cultivars distinguished by their skin colors as green, purple, and yellow green at breaker ripening stage. Samples were harvested at each of the four ripening stages, including premature, breaker, turning, and mature, and subjected to analysis for various bioactive compounds, including capsaicin, ascorbic acid, kaempferol, quercetin, and sugars. In all cultivars with varying skin colors, the capsaicin content within green pepper fruits consistently increased as the ripening stages advanced. Ascorbic acid was most abundant during the premature stage of development in purple and green cultivars, subsequently declining as maturation progressed. In the case of the purple cultivar, kaempferol content decreased by approximately 30% at the mature stage, while the green cultivar exhibited a gradual increase in kaempferol content with maturation. Conversely, the kaempferol content of the yellow green cultivar rapidly declined as maturation progressed. Regarding quercetin content, the purple and green cultivars tended to decrease with maturity, while the yellow green cultivar displayed an increasing trend. Furthermore, the accumulation patterns of glucose, fructose, and sucrose, the predominant free sugars in green pepper fruit, demonstrated an inclination to increase as the maturation stage advanced in both purple and green cultivars. In contrast, the yellow green cultivar initially showed an elevation in free sugar content during the immature stage, followed by a minor reduction during maturation and a subsequent rise during the mature stage. Each pepper cultivar, distinguished by its unique skin color, exhibits varying levels of bioactive substances at different ripening stages. Therefore, optimal harvesting and utilization should align with periods when the desired substance content is at its peak.

토마토의 생육과 수확량을 예측하기 위한 중요한 요소 중의 하나는 엽면적이다. 이러한 엽면적을 정확하게 예측하는 것 은 토마토 식물 생장 평가 모델의 시작이라고 할 수 있다. 이를 위해 본 연구는 토마토 잎의 측정을 통해 엽면적(LA)을 추정 하는 효과적인 모델을 확인하기 위해 수행하였다. 토마토 식 물 잎 조사를 위해 2주 간격으로 5개체의 토마토 식물체의 전 개된 모든 잎에 대해 엽면적(LA), 엽장(L), 엽폭(W), 엽신장 (La)를 측정하였다. LA와 토마토 잎 독립변수의 상관관계는 La × W, L × W, La + W, L + W의 식이 강한 양의 관계를 나타 냈다. LA 추정은 LA = a + b(La2 + W2) 을 사용하는 선형 모델 이 가장 정확한 추정치를 나타내었다(R2 = 0.867, RMSE = 88.76). 9월부터 12월까지 토마토 잎의 위치에 따른 상, 중, 하 엽의 모델을 살펴본 결과, 상, 중, 하로 잎 위치에 따른 모델별 결정계수(R2) 값은 각각 0.878, 0.726, 0.794였다. 상위엽을 바탕으로 추정된 모델의 정확도가 가장 높았는데, 이는 10월 이후 토마토 재배 농가에서 중위엽과 하위엽에 실시한 반적엽 의 영향으로 판단된다.

The effects of amino acid and/or urea liquid fertilizer application on the growth and phytochemicals of Perilla leaves were summarized as follows; The fresh weight of the perilla leaves was in the order of CF, CL, KLF, and control, and 39.7 g, 37.4 g, 36.5 g and 32.3 g were measured. The plant height increased by 71.6 cm in the CF treatment than in the control(54.6 cm). The number of nodes was 14.3 node in CF treatment and 19% more than control(12 node). The vitamin C content tends to be increased by fertilizing the amino acid solution in the perilla leaf. The components of polyvalent unsaturation of n-6 origin were measured in CF treatment, KLF treatment, and control in 10.19 mg, 10.18 mg, and 9.38 mg per 100 g, respectively. Glutamic acid, aspartic acid, leucine, arginine, alanine and lysin were contained in perilla leaf amino acid. Glutaminic acid content was found to be 455.1 mg, 495.6 mg, and 478.8 mg in the control, KLF and CF treatment per 100 g, respectively. Effective nutrition management using amino acid fertilizer optimizes crop yield and profitability, it is important to reduce the negative environmental risks of using fertilizer.