. 영남작물시험장, 호남작물시험장 및 충남농촌진흥원에서 분양받은 18개의 벼종자시료와 충남지역 일반농가에서 수확한 8개의 벼종자시료 등 모두 26개의 종자시료를 공시하여 표준습지법으로 조사하였던 바 21종의 균류가 검출되었으며, 벼 갈샐잎마름병균(Gerlachia oryzae)은 22개의 벼 종자시료에서 의 범위로 검출되었다. 2. 종자전염성 G. oryzae의 효과적인 검출방법을 찾기 위하여 표준습지법, 냉동습지법, 물한천법 등으로 비교 조사한 결과, 냉동습지법에서 검출율이 가장 높았다. 3. 벼종자의 각 부위를 무균적으로 분리하여 부위별로 G. oryzae의 감염여부를 표준습지법으로 조사한 결과, 벼 종자의 껍질에서 가장 많이 검출되었으며, 심하게 이병된 종자는 배유 및 종피 뿐 만 아니라 배에 까지 감염되어 있었다. 4. G. oryzae에 감염된 벼 종자를 파종하여 심하게 이병된 종자는 종자부패 및 묘입고를 일으켰으며, 약하게 이병된 종자는 초엽, 1엽, 2엽에 갈색의 병징감염을 초래하였다.

Tomato 즙배지에서 도열병균의 분생포자형성 및 균사의 생장에 환경요인이 주는 영향을 연구하고자 우선 광선조사조건(광원, 조사광선의 색, 조사시간), 전배양기간, 배지의 산도 등에 관하여 조사함으로써 간편한 방법으로 단시일내에 병원균의 분생포자를 다량 생성시킬 수 있는 방법을 모색코자 본실험을 하였다. (1) 24시간 계속 형광등에 조사시킨 것이 암처리한 것이나, 주기적으로 조사한 것보다 분생포자생장 및 균사생장을 증가시켰다. (2) 무피복, 적색, 황색, 청색의 Cellophane을 투과시킨 형광등조사에서 무피복이 가장 분생포자형성이 많았고 적색 및 황색, 청색 순으로 감소하였으며 균사생장에는 유의차가 없었다. (3) 도열병균도 광선의 주기적인 조사에 의하여 광선의 색에 관계없이 수상생장을 나타냈다. (4) 전배양기간이 길수록 광선조사에 의하여 분생포자의 형성은 증가되었지만 48시간에서 가장 좋았다. (형광등구). (5) 균총의 착색정도와 공중균사의 발달정도는 분생포자형성과 밀접한 관계가 있는 것 같으며 암색일수록 분생포자의 생장은 많으며 공중균사가 많으면 분생포자생성은 감소하는 경향이 있었다. 24시간 계속조사시킨 것이 가장 암색을 나타냈고 주기적인 광선조사는 중간정도였다. (6) pH 5-9에서 분생포자 및 균사생장을 볼 수 있었는데 그 최적은 pH 7이었으며 pH4 이하의 산도에서는 전연 병균의 생장을 볼 수 없었다.

1. 본 시험은 이병된 식물의 잔재물 또는 토양중에 있는 맥류적미병균(Gibberella zeae (Mont.) Sacc.)이 14종의 작물유묘에 미치는 병원성을 검정하고자 하였다. 2. 이들 작물은 병원균을 인공적으로 접종한 토양, 그리고 맥류적미병의 발생이 자연적으로 심했던 곳과 경했던 곳의 토양에 공시하여 본균에 대한 이병성을 검정하였다. 3. 인공접종시험에 있어서 보리, 밀, 호밀, 콩, 벼, 메밀, 옥수수, 목화, 녹두는 이병성이었고, 팥, 참깨, 수수, 무, 배추 등은 저항성을 나타내었다. 4. 인공접종시험에 있어서, 이병성작물의 발아율은 벼, 옥수수, 목화를 제외하고 접종토양과 배접종토양에 있어 현저한 유의차가 있었다. 아시전립고는 보리, 옥수수에서만, 아시후립고는 호밀, 밀, 벼, 메밀, 보리, 옥수수에서 일어났다. 이병성작물의 대부분은 제2차근이 거의 부패하였고 제1차근도 부패 내지 변색되어 있었다. 이병성작물은 초장이 접종토양과 비접종토양에 있어 현저한 유의차가 있었다. 5. 자연상태에서 맥류적미병의 발생이 심했던 곳과 경했던 곳의 토양에 보리, 밀, 호밀을 파종하였으나 본균에 의한 침해나 영향을 발견할 수 없었다.

쌀바구미가 현미의 함수량에 미치는 영향을 조사하여 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. A. R.H. 에 있어서의 함수량의 증가 1) 100, 200, 500개체의 쌀바구미에 의하여 산란된 집단에 의하여 4주간에 사수량은 무곤충구에 비하여 의 증가가 있었다. 2) 최대함수량은 500개체구에서 4주후에 , 최소 100개체구에서 였다. 3) 현미함수량의 증가는 현미내의 쌀바구미의 집단이 클수록 많다. B. 에 있어서의 함수량의 층위적 변동 1) 무곤충구에 있어서는 함수량은 계속하여 감소하며 12주후에 있어서는 가 되였다. 2) 실험구에 있어서는 상층을 제외하면 함수량은 12주후에는 최초의 함수량보다 증가하였으며 중층이 , 하층이 였다. 3) 대조구, 실험구 모두 상층에 갈수록 공중에의 수분탈취가 심하여 함수량은 하층보다 적었다. 4) 현미함수량의 증가는 곤충의 활동 급 미생물의 활동에 의한 것이라고 생각된다. 5) 쌀바구미의 집단은 어펄 특정한 층에 집합하는 일은 없으나 하층의 현미의 변질에 따라 상층으로 이동한다. 6) 현미내 온도는 대조구에 있어서는 환경온도와의 차가 적으며 낮은 것이 보통이나 실험구에 있어서는 높은 것이 보통이며 하층은 상층보다 높았다. 7) (6)에서와 갈은 온도의 차의 원인은 곤충의 호흡열 급 미생물의 분해열이 그 원인이라고 생각된다.

This study aimed to find a suitable size and a seedling raising stage for growing cuttings of Euonymus fortunei ‘Emerald and Gold’ using plug trays. The experimental method, involved cutting two nodes from a solitary branch of E. fortunei ‘Emerald and Gold’, and the use of 32 (143 mL/cell), 50 (70 mL/cell), 105 (18 mL/cell), 200 (13 mL/cell) plug trays. The cuttings were transplanted to trays after they were filled with a universal horticultural medium. To compare the growths, plant heights, the numbers of leaves, longest root lengths, thickness/radius ratios, dry weights, and fresh weights were measured from July to October, and statistical analyses were performed using both the two-way repeated-measures analysis of variance (ANOVA) and Tukey’s post-test. The results confirmed that the size of the plug tray and the seedling raising stage had a significant effect on the growth of E. fortunei ‘Emerald and Gold.’ In addition, the overall growth was high and the change in growth was relatively rapid in districts 50 and 105. Therefore, it can be considered appropriate to use 50 and 105 trays when growing cuttings of E. fortunei ‘Emerald and Gold’ on plug trays.

Chionanthus retusus has been used for landscaping and gardening trees, foods and medicines. This study was carried out to analyze the effect of fertilization on the growth performance of container seedlings (1-year-old) in C. retusus. We used multifeed 19 (MF) as a fertilizer, and measured the height, root collar diameter (RCD), biomass, seedling quality index (SQI) chlorophyll contents and chlorophyll fluorescence of the seedlings. The findings of this paper showed that the height, RCD, H/D ratio, T/R ratio and the fresh and dry weight of seedlings increased after fertilization. The moisture content of the stem and root did not show any significant difference among fertilizations, except in the case of the leaf. Production distribution such as the dry weight ratio of leaves and the stem dry weight ratio of fertilized seedlings had a higher value than that of non-treatment. SQI was the highest in MF 1,000 ㎎/L and 2,000 ㎎/L treatment. Chlorophyll contents (SPAD value) also increased with the increase in fertilization concentrations. Chlorophyll fluorescence (Fv/Fm) showed the highest value of 0.8 in MF 2,000 ㎎/L treatment.

This study was conducted to monitor the growth and development of Abies koreana seedlings in the Hallasan Mountain. Accordingly, the obtained results indicate that the number of A. koreana seedlings increased by 2.6 and 4.8 times in the Yeongsil and Jindallaebat areas, respectively, over the 10-year period. Most of these seedlings were found to be growing on moss-covered rocks. The average tree height over the last 10 years was obtained as 20.4 cm in the Yeongsil area and 3.6 cm in Jindallaebat with growths of 4.1 cm and 1.4 cm, respectively over the last 2 years. Of all the mature trees that were surviving in 2009, 6 died in Yeongsil in 2014 (with an additional 4 in 2018) and 13 in Jindallaebat in 2016. Over the 10-year period, the diameter at breast height of the trees in Yeongsil and Jindallaebat has increased by an average of 0.6 cm and 4.2 cm. Similarly, an average of 6.8 cones was found in the Yeongsil area in 2014 and 26.3 in Jindallaebat in 2016. However, in 2018, no additional cones were found in the former, although an average of 1.4 cones was observed in the latter. With respect to the average temperature and relative humidity, no significant difference could be observed between two monitored areas from 2016 to 2018. However, in July 2017 and February 2018, the average temperature was higher in the Jindallaebat area, while relative humidity was higher in Yeongsil, there by possibly affecting cone growth and flowering between areas. These results indicate the survival and growth of A. koreana seedlings in the Hallasan Mountain is sensitive to the environments of each area. Hence, continuous monitoring of the environment changes and in-depth studies on the flowering and fruiting of A. koreana seedlings needs to be carried out in order to analyze the relationship between their survival rates and changes in weather conditions.

본 연구는 주요 배유전자원 43 accession을 대상으로 육종소재로 활용할 수 있는 배 유전자원 선발과 종내 또는 종간 5개 교배 집단 609 seedling에서 배 검은별무늬병 저항성 발현을 확인하고자 수행하였다. P. pyrifolia, P. bretschneideri, P. ussuriensis는 검은별무늬병 병든 과실률이 각각 59.5, 73.4, 63.0%, P. pyrifolia와 P. bretschneideri 종간 교잡으로 얻어진 품종은 77.7%로 병든 과실률이 비교적 높았으나 P. communis, P. pyrifolia × P. communis 종간교잡에 속하는 품종들은 15% 미만의 병든 과실률을 보였다. 검은별무늬병에 대한 저항성을 종별로 구분하여 Duncan 검정한 결과, P. bretschneideri, P. pyrifolia, P. ussuriensis, pyrifolia × P. bretschneideri 종이 P. communis, P. pyrifolia × P. communis 두 개 종 그룹보다 검은별무늬병 병든 과실률이 유의하게 높았고 이러한 경향은 교배집단에서도 동일하였다. P. pyrifolia 종내 교배집단은 80% 이상의 검은별무늬병 감염률을 보인 반면, P. pyrifolia × P. communis의 종간교배 집단은 2% 수준의 낮은 배 검은별무늬병 감염률을 보였다. P. pyrifolia 와 P. communis를 종간교배 하면 서양배의 저항성 인자가 우성으로 작용하여 그 후대에서 배 검은별무늬병에 강한 개체들이 대부분 얻어지기 때문에 P. communis는 배 검은별무늬병저항성 품종 육종소재로 적합하다.

Background: The growth process of ginseng seedlings is very important in producing good quality ginseng. This study was carried out to investigate the effects of different microclimates on the growth characteristics of ginseng seedlings in a multi-layer bed facility. Methods and Results: Ginseng seedlings were cultivated in a three-layer bed facility. The air temperatures on the first and second floors were similar, while that on the third floor was about 1 - 4℃ higher than that on the other floors. The vapor pressure deficit (VPD) was higher inside than on the outside of the facility, and that on third floor was the highest in the multi-layer bed system. The photosynthetic rate, chlorophyll fluorescence, and growth characteristics of ginseng seedlings did not significantly differ among the three floors. The yield of ginseng seedlings was the highest at 721 g/1.62 ㎡ on the first floor Conclusions: It was found that microclimate plays an important role in growing ginseng seedlings in multi-layer bed facilities, and therefore proper environmental control is important. In addition, producing ginseng seedlings using multi-layer bed facilities is a technology that is expected to provide a way to overcome climate change and stabilize ginseng production.

Background: Ginseng produced by hydroponics can be cultivated without using agricultural chemicals; thus, it can be used as a raw materials for functional foods, medicines, and cosmetics. This study aimed to determine the optimal harvesting time to obtain the highest levels of ginsenoside and ginseng, as this was not previously unknown. Methods and Results: One-year-old organic ginseng seedlings were transplanted and cultivated using hydroponics for 150 days in a venlo-type greenhouse, using ginseng nursery bed soil and a nutrient solution (NO3 −-N; 6.165, P; 3.525, K; 5.625, Ca; 4.365, Mg; 5.085, S; 5.31 mEq/ℓ). Ginsenoside content and fresh and dry weights were higher at 120 days after transplanting than at 30, 60, 90, and 150 days. Total ginsenoside content was 11.86 times higher in the leaf and stem than in the root at 120 days after transplanting. Ginsenosides F1, F2, F3, and F5 were detected in ginseng leaves and stems. These chemical compounds are known to be effective in altering skin properties, including whitening, anti-inflammation, and anti-aging. Conclusions: Optimal harvesting time for ginseng cultivated using hydroponics was 120 days after transplanting when the biomass and ginsenoside content were highest.

Background: This study aimed to investigate out the influence of drought stress on the physiological responses of Dendropanax morbifera seedlings. Methods and Results: Drought stress was induced by discontinuing water supply for 30 days. Under drought stress, photosynthetic activity was significantly reduced with decreasing soil water content (SWC), as revealed by the parameters such as Fv/Fm, maximum photosynthetic rate (PN max), stomatal conductance (gs), stomatal transpiration rate (E), and intercellular CO2 concentration (Ci). However, water use efficiency (WUE) was increased by 2.5 times because of the decrease in gs to reduce transpiration. Particularly, E and gs were remarkably decreased when water was withheld for 21 days at 6.2% of SWC. Dendropanax morbifera leaves showed osmotic adjustment of −0.30MPa at full turgor and −0.13 MPa at zero turgor. In contrast, the maximum bulk modulus of elasticity (Emax) did not change significantly. Thus, Dendropanax morbifera seedlings could tolerate drought stress via osmotic adjustment. Conclusions: Drought avoidance mechanisms of D. morbifera involve reduction in water loss from plants, through the control of stomatal transpiration, and reduction in cellular osmotic potential. Notably photosynthetic activity was remarkably reduced, to approximately 6% of the SWC.

The purpose of this study was to identify optimum fertilization technology for Neolitsea sericea and Cinnamomum yabunikkei, which are major species of broad-leaved afforestation trees. Depending on the treatment of water soluble fertilizers (N:P:K = 19:19:19, v/v/v), changes in root collar diameter, plant height, dry weight, and seedling quality index were measured as growth characteristics and changes in photochemical efficienty and chlorophyll content as physiological characteristics. After analyzing growth characteristics the highest root diameter and plant height growth were observed in 1.5 gL concentration in the case of N. sericea, and 1.0 g･L-1 in the case of C. yabunikkei. The H/D ratios in these fertilizer concentrations showed 7.0 cm･mm-1 for N. sericea and 9.3 cm･mm-1 for C. yabunikkei, which were significantly higher than any other concentrations. N. sericea and C. yabunikkei had high total dry weight, 5.92 g in the 1.5 g･L-1 treated area, and 6.01 g in the 1.0 g･L-1 treated area, respectively. The T/R ratio and seedling quality index were also significantly higher in the fertilization treatment area of high dry weight. As a result of analysis of physiological characteristics the photochemical efficiency and chlorophyll content were lower than those of healthy leaves in both species, with high values of 1.5 g･L-1 in the case of N. sericea, and 1.0 g･L-1 in the case of C. yabunikkei. According to the overall results of this study, the optimum fertilization level varies depending on the nutritional needs of respective species, and the fertilizer application rates of water soluble fertilizer suitable for the production of 2-year-old containerized seedling of N. sericea and C. yabunikkei were 1.5 g･L-1 and 1.0 g･L-1, respectively. However, it is difficult to predict the adaptation characteristics of the trees to long-term changes when using fertilizers, because this study is the analysis of the short term responses from 2 year old young seedlings. In addition, they are cultivated in greenhouses or nursery field; in this case, it is believed to be necessary to study the response of trees to rapid changes of future climate. Additionally, since the response to fertilizer concentration varies greatly depending on the tree species, it is necessary to continuously study major tree species in Korea and other species that are sensitive to climate changes.

Drought stress is a major agricultural limitation to crop productivity worldwide, especially by which leafy vegetables, plant leaves eaten as vegetable, could be more lethal. The study was carried out to know the effect of drought tolerance plant growth promoting bacteria (PGPB) on water stress of kale seedlings. A total of 146 morphologically distinct bacterial colonies were isolated from bulk soil and rhizosphere soil of leafy vegetables and screened for plant growth promoting microbioassay in greenhouse. Out of them the isolate SB19 significantly promoted the growth of kale seedlings in increasement of about 42% of plant height (14.1 ㎝), 148% of leaf area (19.0 ㎠) and 138% of shoot fresh weight (1662.5 ㎎) attained by the bacterially treated plants compared to distilled water treated control (9.9 ㎝, 7.7 ㎠, 698.8 ㎎). Shoot water content of SB19 treated kale seedlings (1393.8 ㎎) was also increased about 152% compared with control (552.5 ㎎). The SB19 isolated from bulk soil of kale plant in Iksan, Korea, was identified as species of Bacillus based on 16S rRNA gene sequencing analysis. We evaluated the effect of drought tolerance by the Bacillus sp. SB19 on kale seedlings at 7th and 14th days following the onset of the water stress and watering was only at 7th day in the middle of test. In the survey of 7th and 14th day, there were mitigation effect of drought stress in kale seedlings treated with 106 and 107 cell mL-1 of SB19 compared to distilled water treated control. Especially, there were more effective mitigation of drought damage in kale seedlings treated with 107 cell mL-1 than 106 cell mL-1. Further, although drought injury of bacterially treated kale seedlings were not improved at 14th day compared with 7th day, drought injury of 107 cell mL-1 of SB19 treated kale seedlings were not happen rapidly but developed over a longer period of time than 106 cell mL-1 of SB19 or control. The diffidence of results might be caused by the concentration of bacterial suspension. This study suggests that beneficial plant-microbe interaction could be a important role of enhancement of water availability and also provide a good method for improving quality of leafy vegetables under water stress conditions.

Background : This research was conducted to investigate the effect of organic compost treatment on growth and yield of organically grown ginseng seedlings(Panax ginseng C.A. Mayer) in growing medium. Methods and Results : The test cultivars was used a native species of Panax ginseng C.A. Mayer that most commonly cultivated in Korea. By seeding interval(3×3cm), seeds of Panax ginseng C.A. Mayer were sowed on March 29, 2016 . Bed size was 85 (W) × 1800 (L) × 30 (H) cm and shading material of plastic house was used blue-white vinyl. Growing medium composition(V/V) were mixed in a ratio of peat moss 60%, perlite 30%, vermiculite 10%. The mixing ratio of Organic compost was livestock manure compost (2%, V/V), mixed oil cake(2%, V/V), poultry manure compost (2%, V/V) and was applied to growing medium basal application. The emergence rate of ginseng seedling was contorl 95.7%, livestock manure compost 97.0%, press cake 92.3%, poultry manure compost 94.2%. Shoot growth characteristics of ginseng seedlings did not show a significant difference in plant height, stem length, stem diameter but shoot fresh weight was higher tendency in livestock manure compost(0.34 g/plant) in comparison to control(0.26 g/plant), mixed oil cake(0.29 g/plant), poultry manure compost(0.27 g/plant). Similarly, root fresh weight was higher tendency in livestock manure compost(0.52 g/plant) in comparison to control(0.33 g/plant), mixed oil cake(0.47 g/plant), poultry manure compost(0.43 g/plant). Root length was in control 10.2cm, livestock manure compost 11.8cm, mixed oil cake 8.9cm, poultry manure compost 8.6cm. As mentioned above, the reason that root length is shorter in mixed oil cake, poultry manure compost is thought to be due to the influence of gas injury. Conclusion : Growth characteristics of ginseng seedling showed a good growth trend in the organic compost treatment groups , especially livestock manure treatment root fresh weight increased 57% compared to control group. However, early defoliation phenomenon occured at mixed oil cake, poultry manure compost in late June. This is thought to have occurred by the disturbance of gas such as ammonia gas, nitrous acid gas. Therefore, if you use mixed oil cake, poultry manure compost to cultivate ginseng seedling, it is expected to pay attention to the damage caused by the gas disturbance.

Background : Water uptake and flow across cellular membranes is a fundamental requirement for plant growth and development, and plant water status is important not only for plant growth under favorable conditions but also for ability of a plant to tolerate adverse environmental conditions. Thus identification of plasma membrane water channel genes (aquaporins) in ginseng provides extensive information for functional studies and the development of markers for salinity stress tolerance. Methods and Results : For salinity treatment, the plants were grown for 4 weeks in culture medium gelled with 0.8% Phytoagar, and the old media were replaced with the fresh medium containing NaCl at 0, 50, 100, 200 and 400 mM, respectively. The samples for stress treated and non-stressed plants were collected from 6h to 72h, and frozen immediately into liquid nitrogen. According to the sequence information from the assembled transcripts, four primer pairs were designed from the aquaporin gene regions. In order to determine the pattern of aquaporins expression in ginseng seedlings to salinity stress, we conducted semi-quantitative RT-PCR. Conclusion : A tonoplast intrinsic protein 1 (TIP1)-type aquaporin is not only believed to be essential for plant life, but also to be beneficial for growth under salinity stress. Therefore, a deeper understanding of aquaporin genes in ginseng will be essential for crop improvement, which could help us to understand the molecular genetic basis for the ginseng genetic improvement and also provide the functional genetic resources for selective breeding and transgenic research.

이번 연구에서는 white LED(420-680nm), blue LED(460- 490nm), green LED(520-550nm), red LED(620-650nm)를 포 함하는 서로 다른 빛의 파장을 가지는 light emitting diodes(LED) 가 포르피린 생합성과 항산화 기작에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 다양한 파장의 LED 광을 3일간 식물체에 조사하였을 때, white LED와 비교하여 blue LED로 처리된 애기장대 식물은 Mgprotoporphyrin IX (Mg-Proto IX), Mg-Proto IX methyl ester (ME), and protochlorophyllide을 포함하는 Mg-porphyrins을 현 저하게 증가시킨 반면에 red LED는 Mg-Proto IX과 Mg-Proto IX ME의 감소를 보여 주었다. 다양한 LED 중에서 blue LED가 white LED와 비교하여 CatA의 유전자 발현의 증가에 의해 표시 되는 항산화 작용의 증가를 크게 유도하였다. 또한, blue LED는 다 른 LED 광의 파장과 비교하여 애기장대의 anthocyanin 수준을 크 게 축적하였다. 이번 연구는 서로 다른 빛의 파장이 항산화 작용뿐 만 아니라 포르피린 생합성 과정을 변화시킴에 의해 식물의 생리학 적 특성에 큰 영향을 미침을 보여 준다.

혈액액비 시비가 채소 묘의 생육 및 품질에 미치는 영향을 구명 하기 위해 실험을 수행하였다. 토마토와 고추 그리고 겨자채를 무 비와 유비에 각각 파종하였으며, 무비에 혈액액비를 시비하여 채소 묘의 생육변화를 비교 분석하였다. 유비 육묘에서 토마토의 초장, 생체중, 그리고 엽폭이 각각 20.5±0.6cm, 51.1±2.6g, 6.1±0.2cm 로 가장 높았으며, 엽수는 유비, 무비, 그리고 혈액액비 시비에서 각 각 14.9±0.8, 9.2±0.4, 18.1±0.5 개로 혈액액비를 시비하였을 때 가장 많았다. 고추는 초장(9.1±0.3 cm), 생체중(30.2±1.6 g), 그리 고 엽폭(2.2±0.1 cm) 등은 모두 유비 육묘에서 생육이 가장 좋았으 며, 혈액액비를 시비하였을 때 무처리구 보다 생육이 향상되었다. 고추의 엽수는 유비구 7.9±0.2, 무비구 5.1±0.2개로 혈액액비 시 비구에서 8.2±0.1으로 가장 높았다. 겨자채 묘의 경우 전체적으로 유비 처리구에서 높은 결과를 나타 내었으며, 혈액액비 처리구가 겨자채 묘의 생육에 큰 효과를 보이진 않았다. 전반적으로 유비 육묘에서 생육이 가장 좋았으나, 혈액액비를 시비한 육묘에서도 생육 이 향상되었다. 본 연구 결과 가축의 혈액액비는 도축장의 폐기물 에 의한 환경오염을 줄 일 수 있고, 관행비료를 대체하여 친환경 유 기농 묘 생산에 사용 가능할 것으로 사료된다.

This study was conducted to find out the optimum composition of nursery soil for raising seedling of ginseng (Panax ginseng C. A. Meyer). Total 9 kinds of raw materials were used such as peat-moss, perlite, leaf mould, rice bran, gull's guano, castor-oil plant bark, palm bark, cow manure and chicken manure for optimum composition of nursery soil in ginseng. Occurrence of damping-off in ginseng was lowered about 50% in nursery soil type 1, 2 and 4 than in other types nursery soil in June, and occurrence rate of rusty root also lowest in nursery soil type 1. As the salinity of nursery soil increased, so did the occurrence of physiological disorder in ginseng seedling. The cause of salinity increasing in nursery soil has closely relation to NO3-N, P2O5 and Na+ content. Plant height, root length, diameter and weight were longer and heavier in nursery soil type 1 (mixing ratio of peat-moss, perlite and leaf mould was 50 : 20 : 30 based in volume) than in other types of nursery soil. So nursery soil type 1 was selected for raising seedling of ginseng. pH and electric conductivity (EC) of selected nursery soil type 1 was 5.55 and 0.13 dS/m. Contents of NO3-N and P2O5 were 21.0 and 40.0 mg/L, and K+ 0.36, Ca2+ 3.38, Mg2+ 2.01 and Na+ 0.09cmol+/L, respectively.

Among the abiotic stresses, heavy metal (HM) toxicity is thought to be one of the major abiotic stresses leading to hazardous effects in plants. In spite of its potential physiological and economical significance, morphological alterations induced by heavy metals in plants have so far been grossly overlooked. In the present study, the morphological and physiological changes were observed in the leaf of sorghum plants treated with different concentrations (0, 50, 100, and 150 μM) of CdCl2. Results revealed that plants endured reduction in growth and morphological changes amazingly altered by cadmium. The growth of sorghum seedlings treated with 150 μM cadmium was more inhibited than that of sorghum seedlings treated with 100 μM Cd, 50μM and non-treated plants. The morphological characteristics revealed that the cadmium stress inhibited the root and shoot elongation after growing the rise seedling in the presence of cadmium. In the case of ion concentration, the concentrations of Zn2+, Ca2+ were decreased whereas Fe2+ concentration was increased except 100 μM under cadmium stress. In confocal microscopy, results showed that the absorption degree of cadmium was increased by the higher concentration of cadmium. The fluorescence intensity of cadmium was also increased. Thus, it seemed that cadmium has an influence on sorghum in the case of early stages of sorghum. This study reported the effects of heavy metal, cadmium on the growth and physiological characteristics of sorghum seedlings, hoping to provide references on the mechanism of heavy metal damaging plants, and phyto-remediation for heavy metal polluted soil.