In the food industry, freezing storage has been an important process for maintaining the properties of food materials. In order to maintain the quality of blanched Colocasia esculenta (L.), Schott stem, packaging, freezing, and thawing methods were optimized by determinations of the physicochemical properties. For the comparison of packaging method, Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott stem packed by air containment had the lowest significant differences of properties such as hardness and drip loss compared to the control samples. Overall, the drip loss of Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott stem had lower value at fast freezing rate (immersion freezing). Considering the result of the drip loss, high frequency thawing was more effective than other thawing methods. Therefore, it was supposed that samples treated by air-containing packaging, immersion freezing, and high frequency thawing used the optimal method to maintain the original quality of Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott stem.

There are a lot of types of wild vegetables such as Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott stem in Korea. However, the consumption of these wild vegetables is restricted because their storage decreased dramatically after harvest. To maintain original quality of vegetables, pre-treatments such as blanching and drying are important. But conditions for these treatments were still not optimized for many vegetables including Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott stem. Thus, the objective of this study was to set up an optimal pre-treatment method for freezing storage. Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott stems were peeled and cut equally (10 cm) for sample preparation. Dried samples (D) were dried at 90℃ for 3 h. Blanched samples (B) were blanched in hot water at 100℃ for 2 min. Blanched and dried samples (BD) were blanched and dried as same protocol. Physicochemical properties were analyzed to evaluate the quality including texture, moisture content, total color difference and viable cell count. Raw sample had 6.85 kg/cm 3 of hardness and 78.75 of chewiness whereas B was 6.83 kg/cm 3 of hardness and 7.8 of chewiness. B had the similar value compared to raw samples. Moisture content of raw sample was 94.4% and that of B was 94.1%, though there were not any significant differences between them. ΔE value of B showed lower value than those of the others. Viable cell counts and total coliforms were not detected after treatment, while raw sample had 5.39 log CFU/g of viable cell count without total coliform. Therefore, pre-treatments are essential for microbial safety of samples. All results considered, it is supposed that blanching is the optimal pre-treatment to sustain its original quality of Colocasia esculenta (L.) Schott stems before freezing.

수경재배와 토양재배를 통해 키운 토란이 생리 형태학적으로 어떤 차이가 나는지 조사하였다. Hoa.+IAA를 처리한 수경재배는 질석, Hoa., 토양, 물에서 키운 토란보다 약 9%, 32%, 38% 및 60% 생장이 각각 촉진되었다. 물에서 재배한 토란은 5~6주 생장한 후의 Fv/Fm값이 0.54와 0.55를 나타내어 Fv/Fm값이 0.8 이상을 보인 Hoa.+IAA, 질석과 토양에 비해 약 32.5% 낮았다. Hoa.+IAA 처리구에서

약용과 식용으로 이용이 가능한 구황작물인 토란을 활성탄(Activate Charcoal)을 시용하여 재배할 경우 생산성을 높일 수 있을 것으로 기대되어 본시험을 수행한 결과는 다음과 같다. 활성탄시용에 따른 토란의 생장은 활성탄처리가 무처리에 비하여 엽장이 크고, 엽병속수가 많아 생육이 양호하였으며, 특히 활성탄 10%∼20％가 첨가되었을 때 효과가 인정되었다. 또한 지하부의 생장에서도 활성탄10%∼20%처리가 주당 괴경수가 많고 괴경중이 무거워 양호한 경향이었다. 한편 괴경(槐莖)의 수량과 부산물인 엽병(葉柄)의 수량은 활성탄 10%∼20%처리가 생육이 양호하여 증수되었다. 이상과 같은 결과로 보아 토란을 재배할 경우 활성탄의 효과가 인정되어 앞으로 작물의 종류에 따른 농도별 시험이 계속적으로 이루어 져야 할 것으로 사료된다.

토란 재배시 종우가 부족할 경우 절편자우를 종우로 활용하는 방법을 연구하고자 본 시험을 실시한 결과는 다음과 같다. 1. 토란의 출현은 절편자우의 크기 별로 차이가 인정되지 않았고, 출현율은 90% 이상 출현되었다. 2. 생육은 절편자우가 클수록 엽병장이 크고 엽병속수가 많아 양호하였다. 3. 토란 절편자우의 크기에 따른 괴경과 부산물인 엽병의 수량은 크기간에 유의성이 인정되어 절편자우가 클수록 수량이 증수되는 경향으로 절편자우 20g을 종우로 사용할 경우 10g당 1,981kg을 생산할 수가 있었다. 이와 같은 결과로 보아 절편자우가 20g 이상인 것을 종우로 사용할 경우 토란의 재배가 가능할 것으로 본다.

토란 재배시 관행적으로 이용가치가 적어서 버리는 설우(屑芋를 종우(種芋)로 활용하는 방법을 연구하고자 본 시험을 실시한 결과는 다음과 같다. 1. 토란의 출현은 종우(種芋)의 크기별로 약간의 차이가 인정되어 자우(子芋)인 설우(屑芋)나 소우(小芋)가 친우(親芋)보다 약간 빠른 경향이었으나 출현율은 친우가 높았다. 2. 생육은 자우(子芋)보다는 친우가 엽병장이 크고 엽병속수(葉炳束數)가 많아 양호하였으며, 자우(子芋)가 클수록 생육이 양호한 경 향이었다. 자우(子芋)중 설우(屑芋)도 엽병속이 1.5~2.6개 발생되어 정상적인 생장이 가능하였다. 3.토란 종우(種芋)의 크기에 따른 괴경(塊莖)과 부산물(副産物) 엽병(葉炳)의 수량은 자우(子芋)의 크기간에 차이가 인정되어 자우(子芋)가 클수록 수량이 증수되는 경향이었다. 또한 설우(屑芋)도 크기에 따라 10a 당730~1,680kg의 괴경(壞莖)과 100~310kg의 엽병(葉炳)을 생산할 수가 있어서 대면적의 재배시 종우(種芋)로 이용이 가능할 것으로 생각된다.

This study was conducted to obtain the basic breeding information of Colocasia esculenta Schott. Effect of supplemental plant growth regulators and genotype difference were investigated on dormant bud tissue for proliferation. The plant regeneration ratio, plant height and root length were the best upon mixed treatment of 0.8mg/L IAA and 2.0mg/L zeatin. Both leaf weight and root weight were heavy upon culture in a dark condition. The leaf and root weights were heaviest in 6Pie sucrose concentrations. In several collected area the heaviest one was Binnangxin and then in the order of Suwon, Wanju and Puan. Genotype differences of tuber diameter and tuber weight were found in Suwon. Tuber weight was found in the order of Suwon (862mg) >Wanju(723mg) >Puan(649mg) >Binnangxin (424mg).

In order to investigate the Possibility of utilizing corm as a seed corm In taro, the corm classified by the weight was planted on April 20, 1984. The effect of weight of corm (30, 50, 70, 90, 110, 130150r and 170g) on the growth, yield, and quality of taro was compared to those raised from cornel.The corm showed a better emergence rate than cermets regardless of its size. The larger the size ofcorm wasi the more the number of leaves developed, and the fisher the yield was. It was consideredthat the higher yield and better quality of taro was obtained by using larger corm as a mother corm( in the following year) due to the increase in the production of large taros.