단고추의 장기자루식 양액배지에 있어서 분지수가 생육과 수량에 미치는 영향을 구명하고자 1폿트당 4지, 6지, 8지를 유인하여 재배한 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 1 초장, 경경, 엽중, 근중, 경중은 유의성은 없었으나 엽수와 엽면적은 8지유인에 많았다. 2. 과경, 과중은 4지 유인구에서 많았고 유의성은 없었으나 수량도 124.5ton/ha로 8지 유인의 113.4ton/ha보다 9% 많았다. 3. 유인방법별 월별 수량은 초기 5개월은 8지 유인이 4지 유인보다 많았으나 중기이후인 4월부터 수확 종료까지 4지 유인이 수량이 많았으며 유인에 따른 노동력 절감 및 상품율면에서 자루식 장기재배의 경우 4지 유인이 알맞을 것으로 사료되었다.

본 실험은 단고추 자루식 장기 양액배지에 있어서 암면 대체배지를 개발코자 암면구를 대조구로하여 훈탄, 펄라이트, 훈탄(3) : 펄라이트(7), 훈탄(1) : 펄라이트(1), 출탄(7) : 펄라이트(3)를 두고, 이들 배지종류가 생육 및 수량에 미치는 영향을 시험한 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 1. 초장과 엽수는 처리간 유의성이 인정되지 않았으나 훈탄(1) : 펄라이트(1)구에서 경경이 굵고 지상부 건물중과 근중이 무거웠으며 T/R율은 작았다. 2. 과장과 과수 역시 처리간에 유의성이 인정되지 않았으나 훈탄(1) : 펄라이트(1)와 훈탄(3) : 펄라이트(7)구에서 과장과 과수, 평균과중이 컸고, 수량도 많았다. 3. 식물체분석 결과 잎과 뿌리에 함유된 전질소와 인산은 훈탄(1) : 펄라이트(1)에서 많은 편이었다. 4. 수량은 수확 개시 4월 이후부터 계속 증가하여 7개월 후인 5월에 가장 많았고, 훈탄(1) : 펄라이트(1)구에서 수확 초기부터 후기까지 다른 처리구에 비하여 많았다.

감미종(甘未種)고추에 역병저항성(疫病抵抗性)을 도입하기 위하여, 품질이 우수하면서 국내 적응성이 뛰어난 피만계 품종 Keystone Resistant Giant #3과 역병에 저항성이며 과실이 피만계와 가까운 PI201232를 교배하여 그 후대(後代)의 유전적인 분리 양상을 조사하였다. 에서는 저항성이 우성(優性)으로 나타났으나 집단의 경우 고사(枯死)한 개체가 살아남은 개체보다 월등히 많아 저항성이 한 개 혹은 두 개의 우성유전자(優性遺傳子)에 의해 지배된다는 기존의 보고와는 다른 양상으로 나타났다. 뿌리에 대한 조사 결과를 볼 대 지상부가 건전한 개체간에도 뿌리 썩음 정도에 변이(變異)가 나타나기 때문에 저항성 품종을 육성하는 과정에서 지상부와 뿌리의 상태를 함께 관찰한 후 선발(選拔)하는 것이 유리할 것으로 사료되었다. 전반적으로 발병(發病)이 심한 것은 품질친(品質親)이 역병에 매우 약하여 분리(分離) 집단(集團)에서 높은 이병성(罹病性)의 유전적(遺傳的)인 배경을 형성한 것과 동시에 접종(接種) 후의 기상 및 환경조건이 역병 발생에 최적조건을 만든 영향으로 사료된다. 개체가 모두 고사(枯死)하였으므로 에서 저항성 개체를 선발한 후 여교잡(戾交雜)과 자식(自殖)을 반복하는 순환적 여교잡(戾交雜)을 실시하는 것이 저항성의 수준을 유지하면서 품질친의 실용 형질을 회복할 수 있을 것으로 사료된다.

감미종 고추에 더뎅이병(病)에 대한 저항성(抵抗性)을 도입하기 위하여 품질이 우수하면서 국내 적응성이 뛰어난 피만계 품종 Keystone Resistant Giant #3과 더뎅이병에 저항성인 PI271322를 교배하여 그 후대의 유전적 분리 양상을 조사한 결과 더뎅이병균 race 1에 대하여는 저항성(抵抗性)이 과민형반응(過敏型反應)으로 나타났으며 여기에는 한개의 우성유전자가 관여하는 것으로 밝혀졌다. race 3에 대해서는 발병정도가 연속적(連續的) 변이(變異)를 나타내어 저항성은 양적유전(量的遺傳)을 하는 것으로 나타났다. 집단에서 비과민형반응을 나타내는 개체간의 race 1에 대한 발병지수(發病指數)와 race 3에 대한 발병지수 간에는 고도(高度)의 상관관계(相關關係)가 있는 것으로 나타나 PI271322에 들어 있는 비과민형의 일반저항성 성분은 race에 비특이적으로 작용하는 것으로 나타났다. 따라서 에서 race 1에 과민형반응을 나타내고 race 3에 저항성인 개체를 선발하여 여교잡(戾交雜)육종을 계속할 수 있었다.

Fifty-five sweet pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) germplasm from the Rural Development Administration (RDA) were analyzed for their fruit yield and fruit quality characters, including fruit weight, fruit size, pericarp thickness, total soluble content, fruit lobe, fruit shape, fruit surface and fruit color. Fruit yield per plot ranged from 200 g to 8150 g (average, 1884 g). Fruit fresh-weight per fruit ranged from 27.3 g to 200.0 g with an average of 97.2 g. Fruit length varied from 4.0 cm to 16.2 cm (average, 9.6 cm). Fruit length-to-width ratio ranged from 0.6 to 3.0 with an average 1.7. The fruit pericarp thickness ranged from 1.8 mm to 10.7 mm (average, 4.8 mm). Total soluble content was the highest (8.5˚ Brix) in K156286 and the lowest (5.3˚ Brix) in K156208 with the average value 6.7˚ Brix. Fruit lobes numbers varied from 2 to 4. Blocky, triangular, elongated, rectangular and round fruit shape identified among the sweet pepper accessions. Fruit surface varied from smooth to wrinkle and fruit color also varied. The presence of variability in fruit yield and quality traits within the sweet pepper genotypes can be utilized to develop high yielding sweet pepper variety with better fruit quality characters.

Anther derived double haploids (DHs) from sweet pepper genotypes ('Special', 'Derby', 'Bossanova', 'Fiesta', 'Debora' and 'Minipaprika') were used to study the agronomic variation in 2006. Ninety-nine successful DHs regenerants (32 from 'Special', 25 from 'Derby', 23 from 'Bossanova', 10 from 'Fiesta', 6 from 'Debora' and 3 from 'Minipaprika') were transplanted at plastic house and studied on their agronomic characters. Variation in agronomic characters was observed within the DHs of each genotype. DHs obtained from 'Derby' and 'Fiesta' exhibited wide variation in fruit yield plant-1 whereas averaged fruit yield plant-1 was highest in 'Derby' (1608 g) and less variation was observed in DHs of 'Bossanova'. Based on the agronomic characters expressed in DHs population at this environment, SP55, SP56, SP60, and SP116 from 'Special', SP8, SP10, SP14, SP16, and SP34 from 'Derby', SP115, SP119, SP142, SP143, SP196, and SP199 from 'Bossanova', SP41, SP45, and SP114 from 'Fiesta', SP21 from 'Debora' and SP91 from 'Minipaprika' identified as elite inbred lines and these DH lines could be used for commercial hybrids production in sweet pepper. Genetic relationship among the selected inbred lines using molecular markers and their response to diseases are further recommended to study.

Anthers of sweet pepper F1 cultivar ‘Special’ were cultured on Dumas De Vaulx (C medium), supplemented with 0.1mgL-1 2, 4-D and 0.1 mg · L-1 kinetin with 3% sucrose, and 0.32% phytagel. The calluses obtained were further sub-cultured on Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium without growth regulators for regeneration. Regenerated plantlets were grown in plastic pots under plastic house and characterized their cytological and morphological characters in spring, 2008. Twenty percent plantlets were identified as haploid plants after chromosome and ploidy analysis. Haploid plants contained 12 chromosomes, high stomatal density with small stomatal length as compared to diploid plants. Stomatal length in haploids was 23.3% smaller than diploids. Haploid plants were characterized as small leaf and petiole size, poor vigor, thin stem and short plant height, short internodes and small flower buds, fruit size and fruit weight as compared to diploid plants and most of the haploid fruits were seedless. SP55, SP62, SP68, SP72 and SP77 are found high yielding double haploids with high total soluble content (8.6, 8.7, 9.2, 9.1 and 9.8 ºBrix, respectively) and desirable fruit shape, and recommended them to exploit as inbred lines for heterosis breeding.

Sweet pepper inbred lines (KNU1003, KNU1006, KNU1007, KNU1009, KNU1015, KNU1017 and KNU2006) developed at Kangwon National University (KNU) through conventional means, inbred lines (5AVS1, 5AVS2, 5AVS3, 5AVS5, 5AVS7 and 5AVS8) collected at Rural Development Administration (RDA) and inbred lines (SP12, SP27 and SP14) derived from anther culture were used as female parents and anther culture derived homozygous lines (SP9, SP10, SP14, SP24, SP25, SP27, SP30, SP32, SP34, SP38, SP43, SP45 and SP51) were used as male parents to produce F1 hybrids. A total of 37 F1 hybrids were evaluated for fruit yield and quality characters in summer season, 2007. Variation in fruit number, fruit weight, fruit yield per plant and fruit volume was observed among the F1 hybrids. Superiority on yield over standard/commercial varieties were differed among F1 hybrids. Hybrid 5AVS8 x SP45 exhibited highest heterosis over Special (16.5%) and Fiesta (24.7%). Fruit quality characters (fruit length, fruit width, pericarp thickness, total soluble solid, fruit shape and fruit color) were varied among the F1 hybrids. Fruit number, fruit weight and fruit volume per plant were correlated with fruit yield. Based on the standard heterosis expressed by the hybrids and quality characters evaluation, KNU1017 x SP27, 5AVS1 x SP43, 5AVS5 x SP27, 5AVS8 x SP45, SP12 x SP38 and SP27 x SP25 hybrids were found to be superior over commercial cultivars and are selected. Inbred lines of these hybrid combinations can be used to produce F1 hybrid seed for commercial production.

This experiment was conducted to study whether priming with deep sea water results in enhancement of seed germination and to identify the optimum concentration of the priming solution, and duration of priming using sweet pepper (Cv. California wonder), rice (Cv. Ilpum) and ginseng seed. Sweet pepper and rice seeds were primed with 5 various concentrations (5%, 10%, 15%, 20% and 30%) for deep sea water for 48 hours, 24 hours and 12 hours at 25℃ and ginseng seeds in 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 25% and 30%, and 2,4,6, and 8 electrical conductivity (EC) which were made by desalinating deep sea water. Priming in deep sea water (DSW) improved the early and final germination percentage, mean germinal on rate, emergence percentage and root and shoot length, compared with plain water, KNO3 and without priming treatments. In sweet pepper, 24 hours priming with 5 percentage DSW significantly improved the early germination percentage and radical length. It has also improved the mean germination and emergence days and early emergence percentage, compared with KNO3 and control. Whereas, in rice, 48 hours priming with 10 percent DSW significantly improved the early germination percentage, plumule emergence percentage, root length and shoot height. Hence the best seed priming treatment on sweet pepper and Rice are 24 hours with 5 percentage DSW and 48 hours with 10 percentage DSW, respectively, whereas in ginseng, priming with EC4, EC8 and 25% DSW had shown better germination.