복숭아 ‘미홍’ 품종의 토양 수분 스트레스에 의해 나타나는 지상부의 생리적 반응을 구명하기 위해 본 연구를 수행하였다. 잎의 변색, 위조, 낙엽의 순서로 침수와 무관수에 의해 반응이 나타났으며 가지의 기부에서 시작 되어 선단부로 확대되었다. 가지의 길이 및 직경 생장이 두 처리구에서 모두 감소되었고 침수에 의한 낙엽이 심하게 발생되었다. 침수에 의해 뿌리의 수분 흡수와 잎의 광합성과 호흡이 감소되었다. 잎의 엽록소가 두 처리구에서 모두 감소되었다. 침수처리구에서는 육안으로 변화가 없던 잎에서도 엽록소가 감소한 것이 해부학적으로 관찰되었다. 전분은 침수와 무관수에서 모두 감소되었고 탄수화물은 침수처리구의 뿌리에서 감소되었다. 침수는 수분의 흡수나 이동이 불량해지고, 광합성능력의 감소와 낙엽이 발생되었다. 결국 저장양분이 부족해져 고사되거나 내한성 약화로 저온피해의 가능성이 높은 것으로 판단되었다. 복숭아 재배에서 수분 스트레스에 의한 피해를 방지하기 위해 관수에 유의하고 배수시설을 설치하여 토양조건을 개선하는 것이 요구된다.

Hibiscus hamabo, called "Hwang-geun", growing about 3m in height is a deciduous shrub or subtree of Malvaceae. Because the number of these species is very limited in the world, the Ministry of Environment has designated H. hamabo as a preserved plant. The Korea Forest Service also protects it strictly by law since H. hamabo is an out-of-the-way plant and possibly may be exterminated soon in Korea. Investigation for distribution and ecological characteristics of the habitat for H. hamabo was carried out on Soan Island. Two wild H. hamabo were found at the forest edge (34。11‘35.4“N, 126。38'55.9"E) along the sea coast located in the southern part of Soan Island and this was the first report in the Korean academic world. These two wild H. hamabos were growing in a naturally inhibited area. The diameters at the base were 12cm and 15cm. The Tree heights were 150cm and 210cm and the number of branches of each wild H. hamabo was 4 and 7. However, the present condition of these plants was not good. Environmental conditions of the naturally inhibited area of H. hamabo were very mild because it is located at the edge of the forest and is always sunny during the daytime since the slope of the inhibited area is facing South. The ground drained very well since the soil was made of gravels and sand. Because the percent of vegetation of the subtree layer where H. hamabo was growing was 40%, the cover degree and sociability of Ilex crenata trees and Eurya japonica were found to be high. In the naturally inhibited area of H. hamabo, a dominant value of Rubus parvifolius in the lower part of the herb layer was very high and many plants in Compositae, such as Artemisia princeps var. orientalis and Erigeron annuus, were also present. A dominant value of liana, such as Vitis thunbergii var. sinuata, Rosa multiflora, Clematis terniflora and Hedera rhombea, and Gramineae plants that rhizomes were well developed and aggressively propagated, such as Miscanthus sinensis var. purpurascens, Phragmites communis, Spodiopogon cotulifer and Oplismenus undulatifolius which were surveyed as high, too. These results imply that H. hamabo might be exterminated soon through a natural selection if the proper management of the naturally inhibited area of H. hamabo is not conducted continually.

An effective grafting method for jujube nursery trees was developed to shorten the operation time, improve the percentage of "takes" and shoot emergence, and form the better graft union. Out of 7 grafting methods, the splice, modified scion Ono graft and the bark graft showed relatively short operation time during the grafting operation comparing to the modified rootstock Ono graft or the chip budding. Among these methods, the bark graft demonstrated 100% "takes", but the modified scion Ono graft or the standard Ono graft showed 58.3% of "takes". The percentages of the vegetative shoot emergence were 100% for the bark graft, 70% for the modified scion Ono graft and lower emergence percent for the rest grafting methods. The union tissue formation for the modified scion Ono graft, the bark graft, or the whip-and-tongue graft was significantly larger than the standard Ono graft or the splice graft. In a close examination of the cross sectional areas of the graft union formation through the microscope, the bark graft was superior, the standard Ono graft was inferior and rest of the grafting methods were intermediate.