Carotenoids of squash play an important role in human health by acting as sources of provitamin A or as protective antioxidants. Among the 60 accessions of squash germplasm, fluorescent yellow and yellow types of flesh color got the highest count, followed by the orange, whitish yellow and greenish yellow. The redness and yellowness values of the flesh powder ranged from -2.45 to 86.09 and from 13.77 to 39.80, respectively. While the lightness and the total color difference values of flesh color varied from 67.64 to 86.09 and from 19.77 to 51.79, respectively. Colorimetric values of redness and yellowness showed positive correlation, and the correlation coefficient (r) was as high as 0.7386. The five accessions represented each flesh color types, IT195043 (orange), IT136696 (fluorescent yellow), IT186365 (yellow), IT137963 (whitish yellow), and IT180449 (greenish yellow). The total amount of carotenoid contents was in the order of orange color (104.64 mg/100 g), greenish yellow color (70.82 mg/100 g), fluorescent yellow color (32.41 mg/100 g), yellow color (8.73 mg/100 g), and whitish yellow color (4.73 mg/ 100 g). Both lutein and β-carotene were the predominant pigments of carotenoids, and lycopene was only separated and identified in the orange color flesh. According to the results, colorimetric analysis can aid breeders interested in increasing carotenoid content in squash, which could be accurately measured using a simple, reliable, and cost- and labor-efficient method for the evaluation of carotenoid pigments.

논담배 품질저하 요인으로 알려져 있는 grey엽발생원인 구명의 기초자료로 이용하기 위하여 논토양에서 자연발생된 grey엽을 채취, 피해정도별로 색채와 화학성분적 특성을 조사 분석한 결과는 다음과 같다. 1. Grey엽의 발생엽수와 발생율은 하위엽에서 가장 많았고 중 > 본 > 상엽 순이었으며 엽중성분함량은 정상엽에 비하여 Fe, Mn, Cl함량이 놓았고 피해증상이 심할수록 높았다. 2. 동일엽내에서 grey피해부위가 정상부위에 비하여 Fe, Mn, Cl함량이 높고 전질소, 에테르추출물은 낮았으며, 니코틴, 전당, Ca함량에서는 차이가 없었다. 3. Grey엽의 내용성분간에는 전질소와 Cl, Fe와 Mn간에 정상관이, 전질소와 전당 및 Mn, Cl과 전당간에는 각각 부의 상관관계가 있었다. 4. 색상은 정상엽에 비하여 증상이 심할수록 L치가 크게 감소하고 b치, a치 순으로 감소하였으며, L치와 a치는 일정한 경향이 없었으나 b치는 현저히 낮아 grey엽의 특성으로 나타났다.