In this study, in order to develop a method to efficiently inject essential nutrients necessary for plant growth into wood chips, which are simply used as soil covering materials in the agriculture, landscaping and horticultural industries, the atmospheric pressure dipping method and the vacuum pressure impregnating method are used to improve the plant nutrients injectability and impregnation amount were comparatively analyzed. Nutrient ingredients and 8 major heavy metal contents of wood chips injected with nutrients were analyzed, and soil covering effects were examined by covering wood chips injected with nutrients on soil. Comparing the dipping method and the vacuum pressure impregnation method, it took about 48 hours or more to inject 1,500 g or more of the nutrient aqueous solution into 1 kg of wood chips in the dipping method, but the vacuum pressure impregnation method could be impregnated in about 5 minutes. Components of the impregnated nutrients were detected in proportion to the diluted concentration. As a result of covering the wood chips developed in this study on soil, they showed weakly acidic pH, and the heat insulation and moisturizing effects during the winter season were evaluated to be superior to those of uncovered soil. In the future, wood chips impregnated with nutrients are expected to contribute to the more efficient use of waste wood resources and the long-term supply of nutrients essential for plant growth, reducing excessive use of chemical fertilizers and reducing costs.

높은 염 농도와 알칼리성 특성으로 식생토양으로 활용에 어려움이 있는 간척지 토양을 복원하고 식생회복 을 목적으로 양송이 퇴비 와 미 발효 양송이 수확 후 배지를 새만금 간척지 토양과 천수만 간척지 토양에 복토, 혼합 한 후 각 토양의 이화학성분석과 식생회복 실험을 수행하였다. 간척지 토양의 이화학성 분석 결과, 새만금 토양은 pH 8.5, Na+ 함량은 1.4 cmol+/kg으로, 천수만 토양은 pH 7.2, Na+ 함량은 0.8 cmol+/kg의 특성을 보였다. 수확 후 배지 처리에 의한 간척지 토양의 중화 효과와 벼 재배실험을 통한 식생성장 상태를 8주 간 모니터링 하면서 토양의 미생물 생장과 이화학적 특성을 분석하였다. 무처리에 비해 처리 수확 후 배지 처 리구에서 벼의 식생피복율과 성장이 상대적으로 높게 나타났으며, 처리구의 경우 천수만 토양이 새만금 토양보다 생장효과가 다소 높았다. 또한 복토 및 식생 후 새만금 토양의 pH는 8.5에서 7.4로 중화 되었으 며, Na+ 함량도 0.9 cmol+/kg으로 감소되었으나, 천수만 토양은 pH 7.0, Na+ 함량은 0.6 cmol+/kg의 특성을 보임으 로서 수확 후 배지 처리에 의한 간척지 토양의 중화 효과와 벼 재배실험을 통한 염농도 저감 효과를 보였다.

Soil salinity is the most critical problem at reclaimed tidal saline soil in Korea. The objective of this study was carried out investigate the salt movement in upland soils at Gyehwa-do region in Saemangeum reclaimed land on the south Korea coasts. The experiment was conducted 5% sloped polt (3.0 m × 10.0 m) with 14 treatments and it were separated by low salinity division (LSD) and high salinity division (HSD) install. The cation content in ground water increased during time course, but in the case of land surface water the content was variable, and K+was lower than that of Na and Mg. At the LSD under rainproof condition, the salinity was directly proportional to soil water content, but at the HSD the tendency was no reversed. In condition of rainproof, the amount of soil salinity was higher at the HSD than at the LSD. Positive correlation was obtained between the soil water content and available phosphorous content at the rainfall division, but there was no significance at the surface soil of the rainproof division. Sodium adsorption ratio (SAR) and anion (Cl−, SO4 −) contents in soil were repressed in the order of vinyl-mulching > Rice straw-mulching > control plot. Our results indicate that soluble salt control is critical at reclaimed tidal saline soil and the results can provide some useful information for deciding management plans to reduce salt damage for stable crop production and diverse utilization or cultivation could be one of the management options to alleviate salt damages at reclaimed tidal saline soil in Korea.

This study was conducted to investigate the influence of natural degrading polymer film covering in rice paddies on the benthic macroinvertebrate community structure in Dangsu-dong, Suwon, Gyeonggi-do from May 2009 to September 2009. We compared 5 treatments: golden apple snail farming (GF), natural degrading polymer film + organic farming (NOF), natural degrading polymer film + chemical farming (NCF), conventional farming (CF)，and no fertilization (NF) as the control. The total number of species was highest in NOF followed by GF, NF, NCF, and CF. The total number of individuals was highest in NOF followed by NCF, CF, NF, and GF. The Dominance index (DI) ranged from 0.43 to 0.95. The highest dominance index was in GF followed by NCF, NF-CF, and NOF. The species diversity index (H") for each experimental plot ranged from 0.49 to 2.93. The average species diversity index was highest in NOF followed by NF, GF, CF，and NCF. After the natural degrading polymer film covered the paddies, the benthic macroinvertebrates tended to recover, but leeches and aquatic beetles increased, Mollusca and Annelida, which are sensitive taxa, decreased in both species and individual numbers after the soil was covered with the natural degrading polymer film. The number of species tended to recover. However, the number of individuals continued to decrease.d, especially individuals. Since then, the number of species tended to recover. However, the number of individuals decreased.

안개초 절화 재배시 토양피복재료 및 피복방법에 따른 잡초 발생량 및 안개초 개화특성 등을 조사하였다. 잡초 발생량은 무피복 146.2 g·m−2(건물중)인 반면 흑색과 녹색 폴리프로필렌 부직포 전면피복은 4.1~4.2 g·m−2으로 거의 발생되지 않았으며, 제초 소요인원도 무피복은 27.9명/10a/년인데 반해 전면피복은 2.4명/10a/년이었다. 여름 절화작형시 개화는 무피복과 골 피복이 늦었으며, 화경장, 측지수, 절화장, 화수폭 및 화경 강도는 흑색과 녹색 부직포 전면피복이 우수하였고, 절화량은 흑색 PE필름, 녹색과 흑색 부직포 전면피복에서 많았다. 월하 후 안개초 고사주율은 흑색 부직포 골 피복처리에서 12.4% 로 가장 낮았고, 녹색 부직포 피복처리가 19.0% 정도 였으며, 흑색 PE 필름 전면 피복처리가 39.0%로 가장 높았다. 가을 절화작형 역시 화경장, 측지수, 절화장 및 화경 강도는 흑색과 녹색 부직포 전면피복이 우수하였고, 절화량은 녹색 부직포가 가장 많았다. 로젯트 발생률은 골피복보다 전면피복이 낮았으며, 피복재료별로는 녹색 부직포 전면피복이 가장 낮았고, 다음은 흑색 부직포, 흑 색 PE 필름 전면피복이 낮았다. 따라서 안개초 절화재배 시 녹색 부직포 전면 피복처리가 잡초 발생억제와 절화 품질 향상 및 절화량 증가에 효과적이라고 생각된다.

No-tillage silage corn with legume hairy vetch(Vicia villosa Roth, HV) has renewed interest in supply of mineral N, soil erosion control at sloping land and weed control by cover of HV killed. This study was conducted to monitor concentration of soil mine

본 시험은 시설내에서 미스티블루 재배시 잡초의 발생을 억제하고 절화의 품질을 향상시키고자 피복재료(볏짚, 투명 polyethylene film 및 흑색 polyethylene film)를 공시하여 그 효과를 구명하고자 실시하였는데 지온의 변화를 4월부터 10월까지 조사한 결과 볏짚피복한 것과 흑색비닐 피복한 것은 온도 상승과 하강이 완만하였으나 투명비닐과 무피복구는 온도 변화가 심하였다. 고온기인 7월과 8월의 지온은 무피복구와 투명비닐피복구가 3℃ 이상 높았다. 피복재료별 잡초발생량은 흑색비닐 피복구가 타피복구나 무피복구에 비해 현저히 적어 잡초발생억제 효과가 큰 것으로 나타났다. 피복처리별 초기의 생육상황을 조사한 결과 흑색비닐피복구가 초장에서 약간 양호하였으나 엽장 등 생육은 큰 차이가 없었다. 화수폭, 화경경, 절화장 및 절화중 등은 흑색비닐피복구가 타처리구에 비해 양호하여 절화품질이 우수한 것으로 나타났다. 피복재료별 1등급 절화비율과 상품화율도 흑색비닐피복구가 90.5%와 81.8%로서 타처리구에 비해 양호한 것으로 나타났다.

Background : A major medicinal plant, Angelica gigas Nakai, have using root parts and mainly cultivated the cool temperature region of high alpine as wild type in the northeast of China, Japan and Korea. The roots of grow it’s rapidly form August, and harvested from October to November. This study performed that the growth characteristics on soil mulching vegetation cultivation field of 300 m altitude of under Larix leptolepis (S. et Z.) Gordon in Bonghwa-gun, Gyeongsangbuk-do. Methods and Results : After one-year seeding of the same size (7 - 8 ㎜) were transplanted in three types soil mulching of cultivation (plastic, straw and non-mulching) overground growth surveyed in three times (May to August), To confirm of soil condition compared the average. Soil condition of plot were observed to pH 5.56, OM 3.22%, T-N 017%, and growth increment were higher observed to that straw and non-mulching then plastic mulching of such as plant length 46.8 ㎝, stem diameter 5.9 ㎜, leaf length 24.4 ㎝ and width 28.9 ㎝, number of radical leaf 3.1. But from August, when the average temperature was high, the growth characteristics such as plant length, petiole Length, leaf length and width were reversed compared to those of plastic and non-mulching. Conclusion : In case of cultivation of A. gigas in the environmental conditions of mountainous area, considering the growth from August to October when the roots growth bigger, It suggested that strew mulching is better than plastic and non-mulching, would be done through further research on underground growth characteristics of A. gigas according to harvesting time confirmed the relationship to the growth characteristics of A. gigas according to environmental conditions and soil mulching mountainous plantations.

Vertical farming systems offer many advantages in urban spaces. They have also been proposed as an engineering solution to increase the productivity per unit area of cultivated land by extending crop production in the vertical dimension. However, soil water retention is a major constraint affecting the plant environment. This study analyzed the effects of growth environment of Tropaeolum majus and Fragaria spp., on the vertical farming system, by using four different types of cover material types including sphagnum moss (Control), a shading net (S.N.), multi-layered fabric (M.L.F.), and non-woven fabric (N.W.F.). The volumetric soil moisture contents and plant characteristics were investigated from May to September 2014. Plant materials were individually cultivated in hanging baskets measuring 30×17×17 cm, filled with a mixture of soil and perlite, and placed at 1.5m height. Each treatment was performed in quadruplicate and consisted of five plants, amounting to a total of 20 plants. The analysis indicated that different covers were associated with multiple functions and soil water retention improvements may have a positive impact on the vertical farming system. The difference in soil water retention increased in the following order: M.L.F. > Control > N.W.F. > S.N.. Furthermore, the differences in plant height and survival rate increased in the following order: M.L.F. > Control > N.W.F. > S.N. Therefore, M.L.F yielded satisfactory good response for the vertical farming system of cover materials. Our results clearly demonstrate that vertical spaces represent an attractive alternative to urban farming and suggest that further increases in yield may be achieved via different cover materials in vertical farming using hanging baskets.

The objectives of this study were to assess plant growth of the flowering shrub species for adapting to growing on hanging baskets in the vertical greenery system with different cover materials and substrates for low maintenance effectively utilizing rainfall. Water amount taken up by the fabric cover was higher than that by the plastic film cover. Evaporated water amount from the fabric cover was much slower than that from the plastic cover. A higher ratio of hydrophilic polymer to the substrate resulted in higher substrate water content within the same cover material. The relative growth rates of plant height, leaf width and stem diameter were higher when the Cotoneaster horizontal was grown in the vertical greenery system with the fabric cover, whereas the leaf number and survival rate were higher with the plastic film cover. The relative growth rates of plant height, leaf width and leaf number and the survival rate was higher when the Euonymus fortunei ‘Emerald n Gold’ was grown in the vertical greenery system with plastic film cover than those with both fabric cover and hydrophilic polymer treatment. In contrast, the stem diameter of Euonymus fortunei ‘Emerald n Gold’ was higher in the plants grown in the vertical greenery system with the fabric cover at a 1.0% ratio of hydrophilic polymer to substrate than that with plastic film cover. The highest stem diameter of Spiraea × bumalda ‘Gold Mound’ was observed in the plant grown in the vertical greenery system with fabric cover and at a 1.0% ratio of hydrophilic polymer to substrate, while there was no significant difference in the plant height. The leaf number was decreased with increase in the ratio of hydrophilic polymer to substrate, while the leaf width was decreased. The survival rate of Spiraea × bumalda ‘Gold Mound’ was higher than 80% regardless of treatments. In particular, the highest survival rate was observed in the plastic film cover treatment after overwintering.

This study was carried out to select optimal shade materials among four-layered polyethylene (PE) net (FLPN), aluminium-coated PE sheet (APSS), and blue PE sheet (BPSS) in condition of paddy field cultivated 6-year-old ginseng. The order of light-penetrated ratio and air temperature by shade materials was BPSS 〉 APSS 〉 FLPN. Light-penetrated ratio of BPSS before two fold shade was more 3 times and 2 times than that of FLPN and APSS, respectively. Air temperature of BPSS was also higher 1.6℃ and 1.4℃ than that of FLPN and APSS, respectively. BPSS showed good cultural environment because all of light-penetrated ratio and air temperature were become higher in spring and fall season but lower in summer season by additional shade with two-layered PE net. Survived-leaf ratio was highest in BPSS and lowest in FLPN causing a little water leak on a rainy day. Rusty-root ratio was also highest in FLPN because soil moisture content was increased by water leak. The order of root yield was BPSS 〉 APSS 〉 FLPN, and the cause of highest yield in BPSS was higher light-penetrated ratio during spring and fall season, higher survived-leaf ratio, and lower rusty-root ratio than that of APSS and FLPN. BPSS showed highest total ginsenoside content because of high light-penetrated ratio, blue light effect, and the difference in dry matter partitioning ratio such as low taproot ratio, and high lateral root ratio.

To selection of optimal shading material, two-year-old ginseng (Panax ginseng C. A. Meyer) of new cultivar, 'Cheonpoong' (CP), and native species 'Hwangsookjong' (HS) were cultured under three kinds of shading materials such as three-layered blue and a one-layered black PE (polyethylene) net (TBSB), blue PE sheet (BS), and aluminium coated PE sheet (AS) in imperfectly drained paddy soil. Growth characteristics, yield and ginsenoside contents were investigated under three shading materials. Yield and ginsenoside contents of ginseng were distinctly affected by intensity and quality of sunlight penetrated through shading materials. Light transmission ratio, air and soil temperature according to shading materials were higher in order of BS, AS, and TBSB. However, ratio of aerial phase and porosity of the soil were higher in order of AS, BS, and TBSB, respectively. There was no significantly difference in the ratio of rusty colored root by shading materials. CP showed higher stem length, leaf area, and root weight than that of HS, while the former showed distinctly lower discolored leaf ratio than that the other. Eight kinds of ginsenosides content of CP were higher than that of HS in Rg1, Re, Rf, Rb1 and Rc except Rg2, Rb2, and Rb3. Total ginsenoside contents of CP was distinctly higher than that of HS. Total ginsenoside contents as affected by shading materials was higher in order of BS, TBSB, and AS in CP, while TBSB, BS, and AS in HS.