In this study, we investigated the effects of the ripening level (50% and 100%), storage temperature (1°C and 10°C), and storage period (0, 7, and 14 days) on the fruit quality of the strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa Duch) cultivars “Arihyang” and “Kuemsil”, which are commonly grown for export in South Korea. Strawberry plants of each cultivar were grown in a plastic greenhouse, and fruit samples were harvested in January 2019 to evaluate the fruit hardness, gray mold rot, anthocyanin content, sugar content, and antioxidant activity. We found that “Arihyang” had a greater fruit hardness than “Kuemsil” across all storage periods excluding the day of harvest, and that fruit stored at 1°C had a greater hardness than fruit stored at room temperature (10 ± 2°C) for both cultivars. In incidence of gray mold rat, “Kuemsil” had a higher than “Arihyang”. The soluble solid content was highest at 7 days after harvest for both cultivars, with the exception of “Kuemsil” following storage at 1°C. The anthocyanin content was higher in “Arihyang” than in “Kuemsil” and was also greater in fruit that had been stored at room temperature due to the faster ripening time. Finally, the DPPH activity of fully ripened fruit tended to decrease as the storage period increased, while the ABTS activity was the same across all treatments. These findings demonstrate that “Arihyang” are more advantageous for long-term distribution as well as export than “Kuemsil”, and recommend that the two new cultivars of strawberry be cool stored at 100% ripening state and eaten within 7 days.

The effects of stigma removal from floral organ and treatment of auxin on those regions were evaluated on the fruit growth and quality in strawberry (Fragaria ananassa Duch.). The removal of stigma reduced the fruit weight, fruit length, and fruit width, while fruit growth declined as the number of removed stigma increased. The removal of stigma also resulted in reduced fruit firmness, sugar content, and total anthocyanin content, and decreased value of Hunter a for red color and increased value of Hunter b for yellow. The number of seeds deceased as the regions of removed stigma increased. The treatment of auxin on the region of removed stigma improved fruit size, while it reduced fruit firmness, sugar content, and anthocyanin content. The delay in fruit ripening was observed from both stigma removal and auxin treatment. The incidence of malformed fruits increased as the regions with removed stigma increased. The treatment of auxin also promoted fruit malformation.

식물 병저항성 유도 물질 처리가 오이와 멜론 종자의 발아에 미치는 영향을 분석한 결과, 멜론 종자에 DL-β-amino-n-butyric acid(BABA)와 Jasmonic acid(JA) 처리는 농도에 따라 발아에 큰 영향을 미치지 않았지만 acibenzolar-S-methyl(ASM)과 2,6-dichloroisonicotinic acid(INA)는 농도에 따른 발아율 차이가 심하였다. 반면에 오이 종자는 식물 병저항성 유도 물질의 종류와 농도에 큰 영향을 미치지 않는 것으로 분석되었으나, 고농도의 ASM과 INA 처리는 발아가 지연되는 경향을 보였다.

파프리카 저온저장 시 저온장해, pitting, 과경갈변, 부패에 Methyl jasmonate(MeJA)가 미치는 영향을 분석한 결과 대조구(무처리)의 저온장해 발생지수 1.7과 비교하여 0.1 mM MeJA의 훈증처리 시 0.9로 가장 낮았으며, 침지와 분무처리는 효과가 없는 것으로 나타났다. MeJA의 훈증처리 시 과실 표면의 pitting과 과경의 갈변 현상은 대조구 대비 각각 60.6과 72.3% 감소하였다. 또한 과실의 부패율은 대조구의 47.2%에 비해 처리구에서는 6.1%로 감소하여, MeJA의 훈증처리가 파프리카 저온저장 시 저장 수명 연장에 효과적인 것으로 분석되었다.

본 연구는 서양계 단호박과 동양계 늙은 호박의 성숙과정에 따른 탄수화물의 축적 양상과 항산화효소의 활성 변화를 조사하기 위하여 실시한 결과, 종간 차이가 뚜렷하게 나타났다. 단호박 과실의 건물률과 탄수화물은 수확기까지 지속적으로 높게 유지된 반면, 늙은 호박은 60일째까지 큰 변화 없이 단호박보다 낮았다. 이는 호박 종간에 과실의 성숙과정이 차이가 있음을 나타내었다. 두 종의 과실의 유리당을 비교 하였을 때, 늙은 호박 과실에서는 과당과 포도당이, 단호박 과실에서는 자당이 높았다. 착과 후 발육시기에 따른 호박 과실의 종간 항산화효소(SOD, HPX, APX) 발현 양상은 뚜렷한 차이를 보였다. HPX의 경우 종간에 밴딩 패턴 차이와 더불어 시기에 따른 밴드 밀도에 차이가 있었으나, SOD와 APX 겔 활성은 호박 종간 패턴상의 차이는 없었지만 시기에 따른 발현 밀도 차이는 있었다. 따라서 본 연구결과는 호박과실의 품질향상과 수확시기 판정 등에 이용될 수 있는 기초자료로 유용하게 활용될 것으로 판단된다.

Tomato varieties were evaluated during winter-spring growing season at experimental station of the Uzbek Research Institute of Vegetable, Melon Crops and Potato (UzRIVMCP). Six hybrids and one conventional cultivar were tested in Korean double-layered, single-span plastic greenhouses. These greenhouses were built under Uzbek-Korean collaborative research project. Variety trials were carried out to evaluate and select most suitable tomato varieties for growing in specific microclimate conditions which are created in double layered plastic greenhouses. Tomato hybrids F1 Beton and F1 Chelbas had significantly higher total and marketable yields compared to standard variety, and these varieties will be recommended for The State Variety Testing for further evaluations.

흰가루병은 호박 시설재배 시 가장 큰 문제가 되는 병원균 중의 하나이다. 본 실험은 흰가루병 발병에 의한 산화적 스트레스가 항산화효소의 활성에 미치는 영향을 분석하였 다. 흰가루병 발병과 더불어 과산화수소와 환원산소종의 생성은 급격하게 증가하였다. SOD와 HPX 밴드 패턴은 서양계 호박과 페포계 호박간에 다르게 나타났지만, 겔 활성은 흰가루병이 발병된 잎에서 높았다. 특히 서양계 호박에 있어서 relative mobility(Rm)이 0.46과 0.55인 밴드는 발병된 잎에서만 존재하였다. APX 밴드 패턴은 서양계 호박과 페 포계 호박간에 차이가 없었으며 발병된 잎에서 활성이 높은 것으로 분석되었다.

This experiment was carried out to determine the effect of different spectrum conversion greenhouse films (red, blue, red+blue) to changing microclimate and subsequent effect on growth and quality of lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.), tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.), and melon (Cucumis melo L.) Transmission of PAR (photosynthetic active radiation, 400-700 nm) under red, blue, and blue+red (BR) films was higher by 7.2, 7.6, and 5.8%, respectively, as compared with control greenhouse film. Light transmission in the 300-1100 nm wave band was 91.6% and 91.3% under red and blue films, respectively, compared to 86.4% under control film. Mean daytime temperature in greenhouse was slightly higher in red and blue film and mean night time temperature was higher in BR film. There were no significant differences in relative humidity among the films. Number of leaves and plant fresh weight of lettuce were higher under BR film. Total number of marketable tomato fruits was greater under blue and BR film and fruit weight was heavier under red and blue film compared to control film. Under BR and red film melon fruit weight was increased by 140 g and 80 g respectively, as compared to control film. Sugar content in melon and tomato fruits was not affected by covering films.

LED 보광 재배에 따른 딸기‘대왕’과‘설향’품종의 과실품질과 생산량을 확인하기 위하여 11월 10일부터 3월 20일까지의 생육기간 동안 각각의 LED 광인 청색, 적색 그리고 혼합(청색:적색= 3:7) 광을 17시부터 23시까지 75±5 μmol·m-2·s-1의 광량으로 조절하여 전조하였다. 겨울철 딸기 전조 재배에 주로 이용되고 있는 백열등을 대조구로 사용하였다. 딸기 두 품종에 있어, 생산량은 청색 LED 광에서 증가하였고, 과실 경도와 당 함량은 3종류의 LED 광 모두에서 향상되었다. 반면에 산도는 적색 LED 광에서 가장 높았다. 과실의 안토시아닌 함량에 있어서‘대왕’은 청색과 혼합 LED 광에서 유의적으로 증가한 반면, ‘설향’은 혼합 LED에서 증가하였다. 적색 LED는 유기산에 있어‘대왕’과‘설향’과실에 각각 말산과 옥살산의 함량을 증가시켰다. ‘대왕’ 과실의 페놀화합물 함량은 적색 LED와 대조구인 백열등이 다른 LED 광 처리보다 유의적으로 높았으나, ‘설향’ 과실은 대조구인 백열등에서 가장 높게 나타났다. 효과적인 생산량과 과실 품질을 고려해 볼 때, 겨울철 딸기 재배에 있어 보조광원으로 청색 LED 광이 유리할 것이다.

이 연구는 야간기온이 토마토의 생산성, 생육, 과실의 특성에 미치는 영향을 살펴보고 토마토의 적정 야간기온을 설정하기 위해 수행하였다. 토마토(Solanum lycopersicum Mill. cv. Superdoterang and cv. Rapito)는 야간기온 5, 10, 15, 20℃에서 재배되었으며 주간환기점은 27℃으로 설정하였다. 야간기온에 따라 토마토의 초장, 엽면적, 생체중 건물중이 달라졌다. ‘슈퍼도태랑’과 ‘라피토’ 품종 모두에서 야간온도가 높아질수록 토마토의 생체중과 건물중이 증가하였으나 ‘슈퍼도태랑’의 경우 20℃에서는 약간 감소하는 것으로 나타났다. 과실 생산성에 있어 ‘라피토’ 품종이 ‘슈퍼도태랑’에 비하여 고온에서 생산성이 높은 것으로 나타났으며, 회귀식을 통해 추정한 결과, ‘슈퍼도태랑’의 경우 13.32℃, ‘라피토’의 경우 14.25℃에서 수량이 가장 높게 나타냈다. 그 이상의 온도에서 총 수량은 감소하였으나 일일생산량은 온도가 높아짐에 따라 증가하여 ‘슈퍼도태랑’은 14.45℃, ‘라피토’는 16.46℃에서 최고 일일생산량을 보였다. 과실 특성은 온도가 올라갈수록 과실 무게가 감소하였고 당도는 야간기온 15℃에서 높게 나타났다. 이 연구 결과 야간 기온은 토마토의 생산성을 좌우하는 중요한 요소이며 토마토의 생육속도 및 생산성을 좌우하는 온도 수준은 품종에 따라 다른 것으로 판단된다.

생리활성물질 처리가 priming 고추종자의 발아에 미치는 영향을 분석한 결과, ASM 0.1 mM 처리에서는 치상후 7일째 98%의 발아율을 보였으며 T50은 0.96일이였다. 그러나 ASM 0.5 mM 처리에서는 17%의 낮은 발아율을 보여 발아가 억제되었다. INA 0.01 mM 처리에서는 치상 후 2일째에 90% 이상의 발아율을 보였지만, 0.1 mM 처리에서는 치상 후 5일째에 90%의 발아율을 보였다. T50은 INA 0.01과 0.1 mM 처리에서 각각 0.65와 6.03일로 나타났다. BABA와 JA 처리는 priming에 의한 발아촉진 효과에 영향을 미치지 않았다.

작물의 묘소질은 정식 후 본포에서의 생육이나 수량, 품질에 영향을 미치기 때문에 작물 재배에서 있 어서 육묘는 매우 중요하다. 본 연구는 야간온도 수준을 10, 15, 20℃로 조절하여 토마토묘와 수박 접목 묘의 생육에 어떠한 영향을 미치는지 살펴보고 야간온도에 따라 변화된 초장, 건물중, 경경 등의 건묘를 나타내는 중요한 생육지표간의 상관관계를 분석하였다. 야간온도 10℃로 관리하였을 때 토마토묘에서 엽면적지수와 건물중이 다른 처리에 비하여 유의적으로 감소하였으며, 야간온도를 20℃로 관리하였을 때 수박 접목묘에서 초장이 길어지고 경경이 감소하는 것으로 나타났다. 재배기간 동안의 누적온도에 대한 반응은 토마토의 경우 야간온도가 낮을 경우 누적온도가 같더라도 엽면적이 감소되어 결과적으로는 건물중을 감소시켰으며, 수박 접목묘의 경우 초장이 유의적으로 길어졌다. 주요 생육지표간의 상관관계를 살펴보면 토마토묘의 경우 초장과 경경의 경우 온도처리와 상관없이 선형적인 상관관계가 있는 것으로 나타나 묘소질을 판단하기에는 부적절한 것으로 판단되며, 수박 접목묘의 초장과 경경은 야간기온 처리 에 따라 달라지며 상관성을 보이지 않았으므로 묘소질을 판단하는데 이용 가능할 것으로 판단된다.

This study was conducted to determine the optimum conditions for the treatment of polyamine to promote pollen germination and improve the fruiting rate by overcoming fertilization defects in low-temperature strawberry cultivation. The optimum temperature for pollen germination of strawberries was 30 for Seolhyang and 25 for Maehyang, and Seolhyang had a higher pollen germination rate than that of Maehyang. The addition of polyamines, namely spermine and putrescine to the medium improved the pollen germination rate and spermine treatment showed a better effect than putrescine treatment. The proper polyamine type and treatment concentration for enhancing the potency of pollen germination was 500 μM of spermine for both Seolhyang and Maehyang, which improved the pollen germination rate by 19-23% compared with that of the control. However, combined treatment of spermine and putrescine, resulted in a lower germination rate lower than that of the single treatment. Our results indicated that the treatment of polyamines during flowering in protected cultivation of strawberrise can improve the fruiting rate by overcoming the problem of poor pollen germination due to low temperature.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of defoliation treatment on the growth and yield of strawberries. There was a remarkable growth in the above-ground part and root of untreated strawberry plants possibly due to higher amount of photosynthesis, while overall plant growth was suppressed as the level of defoliation treatment increased. In both the “Seolhyang” and “Maehyang” cultivars examined, defoliation treatment resulted in small fruits and a low number of fruits per plant. Notably, 50% defoliation significantly reduced the number of fruits per plant to 8.2, compared to 13.8 in untreated plants. Defoliation treatment also negatively influenced the fruit quality including color, sugar content, and solid-acid rate. However, no significant changes in fruit firmness was observed in either cultivar. Therefore, retaining enough leaves without defoliation treatment can be important to increasing fruit yield, producing high quality fruits and saving labor required for defoliation.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of shading on the growth and productivity of strawberries. Photosynthesis was normally achieved under natural light without shading treatment, and vegetative growth of under- and aboveground part of strawberry plants were excellent. Strawberry fruit productivity and quality were different depending on shading conditions. In natural light, they were improved possibly by balanced vegetative and reproductive growth. However, under light-shading conditions with insufficient sunshine, photosynthetic activity deteriorated and carbohydrate production was therfore inadequate; this adversely affected plant height and quality. The negative effects were more pronounced at 50% shading condition. Shading treatments resulting in insufficient sunshine had a detrimental impact on plant productivity and growth; this implies that proper shading conditions could heip improve yield and fruit quality.

In this study, we investigated the influences of abnormal high temperature on growth, yield and physiologically active substances of the strawberry. General strawberry cultivars in the 20℃ growth condition showed much better growth of leaf number, length, diameter along with plant height, compared with those in 22.5℃ or 25℃. But the cultivars of both ‘Sulhyang’ and ‘Mehyang’ showed good growth and development at 25℃ with the roots showing great growth at 20℃. The quality and yield of the strawberry were best in the 20℃ growth condition, but the merchantability deteriorated in the 25℃ high temperature condition. As for the content of the physiologically active substances of the strawberry, it increased at 20℃, the optimum growth temperature, but decreased at 25℃. The physiologically active substances in the strawberry differed among the cultivars, the contents of cyanidin-3-glucoside, cinchonine, ellagic acid and cinnamic acid higher in the ‘Mehyang’, whereas the content of fisetin is higher in the ‘Sulhyang’ cultivar.Consequentially, the high temperature in summer has a negative effect on the physiological active ingredients of the strawberry, which was increased in the strawberry cultivated at proper temperature, and high quality strawberry production was possible.

A Cultivation method to minimize the damage caused by high temperatures was studied by investigating the effects of groundwater cooling treatment on the growth, yield, and quality of strawberries. In the groundwater cooling treatment, the daily average temperature of the rhizosphere was reduced from 26.9°C to 24.9°C . The root length increased by 0.3–9.2 cm, depending on the cultivar and growth period. The leaf number, leaf area, leaf length, leaf diameter, and plant height also increased, especially in the cultivars ‘Seolhyang’ and ‘Maehyang’, resulting in higher fresh and dry weights. The number of fruit per plant increased from 7.7 to 12.5 in ‘Seolhyang’, and the fruit weight increased by 0.3 g in ‘Seolhyang’ and 1.3 g in ‘Maehyang’. The fruit hardness increased, but no significant difference in fruit coloration was observed. The sugar content of the fruit was improved by 0.2–0.3 °Brix. Therefore, groundwater cooling of the rhizosphere was effective in improving the growth and productivity of strawberries under abnormally high temperature conditions and can be considered a cost-efficient cooling system.

The present study was carried out to investigate the effects of spermine treatment on the growth, yield and quality in strawberry under low-temperature condition, and thereby develop a chemical method to minimize damages by low temperature in greenhouse cultivation. Spermine treatment significantly improved the growth of strawberry in terms of leaf number, leaf area, leaf length, leaf diameter, plant height and plant weight. The highest effect was observed in the 250 uM spermine treatment and the effect tended to be maintained during the entire growth period of 90 days. Fresh weight and dry weight were significantly different depending on the concentrations of spermine. Strawberry plants treated with 250 uM spermine showed higher fresh weight and dry weight compared to untreated control plants during the growth period. Fruit weight, fruit length and fruit diameter were relatively higher when treated with 100 μM spermine compared to other treatments. The fruit yield was the highest with 14 fruits per plant at 250 μM spermine treatment and the coloration of the fruit was the best at this treatment with the Hunter a and b values of 46.56 and 28.75, respectively. The hardness of strawberry fruit tended to increase higher than 2N at 250 μM and 500 μM 250 uM spermine treatment. The sugar content of strawberries treated with 250 μM spermine was 9.5 ° Bx which was 1.6 ° Bx higher compared to that in untreated control. However, spermine treatment did not affect the acidity of fruit and it remained 0.68-0.76% regardless of treatment concentrations. These results suggest that spermine treatment has a positive effect on the growth and productivity of strawberry fruit under abnormal low-temperature condition. The positive effect was the highest at 250 μM spermine treatment and gradually decreased in the order of 100 μM, 500 μM, and untreated control.

The present study aimed to investigate the effects of low temperature on the growth, yield, quality, and biologically active compounds of strawberry and obtain basic information for developing a technology for stable growth of strawberry in greenhouses. Growth of strawberry, including leaf number, area, and length, plant height, and dry weight was better at the optimum growth temperature of 20℃ than at a lower temperature of 15°C. At the low temperature of 15°C, the cultivar 'Maehyang' was more tolerant and displayed better growth rate than 'Seolhyang'. At 15°C, the fruit production per week and fruit weight was lower than that at 20°C. In contrast, fruit length and diameter were not significantly different between the two growth temperatures. Growth temperature also did not affect the fruit color index, Hunter L, a, b value, or fruit firmness. However, the sugar content of strawberries grown at 15 was higher by 0.8 and 1.5 Brix for 'Seolhyang' and 'Maehyang', respectively, than of those grown at 20°C. There was no difference in the content of fisetin, a biologically active compound, for 'Seolhyang' at both growth temperatures, however, the fisetin content of 'Maehyang' was higher at 20°C than at 15 . Cinchonine and ellagic acid content of 'Seolhyang' was higher at 20°C than at 15 , whereas that of 'Maehyang' was higher at 15°C than at 20℃ . Quercetin content showed no significant differences with respect to growth temperature, however, it tended to increase at 20°C. The cinnamic acid content of 'Seolhyang' was higher at 15°C than at 20℃ , whereas that of 'Maehyang' increased at 20°C. Collectively, the biologically active compounds of strawberry were affected by growth temperature. Moreover, the content of these compounds tended to increase at 20°C, the optimum growth temperature, rather than at the sub-optimal growth temperature of 15°C.

The current study was performed to investigate the effect of recycling coir substrates on the growth, fruit yield, and quality of strawberry plants. Analysis of physical properties revealed that the pH of a fresh coir substrate was 5.04 while those of substrates reused for one and two years were 5.20 and 5.33, respectively. The electrical conductivity (EC) of a new substrate was as high as 4.58 dS·m−1. This can cause salt stress after transplanting. The EC tended to decrease as the substrate was recycled, and the EC of a two-year recycled substrate was 1.48 dS·m−1. The fresh substrate had lower nitrogen and calcium concentrations, but higher phosphate, potassium, and sodium concentrations than the recycled coir substrate. The coir substrates recycled for one or two years maintained better chemical properties for plant growth than the fresh substrate. Strawberry growth varied depending on the number of years that the coir substrate was recycled. In general, strawberries grown in substrates that had been reused for two years did better than those grown in substrates that had been reused once or were fresh. Ninety days after transplanting, a plant grown in a substrate that had been reused for two years contained 25 leaves, which was 3.6 more than with a fresh substrate. In addition, the plants grown in a substrate that had been reused for two years exhibited larger leaf areas than those grown in other substrates. Coir substrates that had been reused for one year increased the number and area of leaves, but not as much as the substrate that had been reused for two years. One- and two-year reused coir substrates increased the weight of strawberries produced relative to the unused substrate, but the difference was not statistically significant. The plants grown in two-year reused substrates were longer and wider, as well. Also, the number of fruits per plant was higher when substrates were reused. Specifically, the number of fruits per plant was 28.7 with a two-year reused substrate, but only 22.2 with a fresh substrate. The fruit color indices (as represented by their Hunter L, a, b values) were not considerably affected by recycling of the coir substrate. The Hunter L value, which indicates the brightness of the fruit, did not change significantly when the substrate was recycled. Neither Hunter a (red) nor b (yellow) values were changed by recycling. In addition, there were no significant changes in the hardnesses, acidities, or soluble solid-acid ratios of fruits grown in recycled substrates. Thus, it is thought that recycling the coir substrate does not affect measures of fruit quality such as color, hardness, and sugar content. Overall, reuse of coir substrates from hydroponic culture as high-bed strawberry growth substrates would solve the problems of new substrate costs and the disposal of substrates that had been used once.