본 연구는 나라꽃으로서 상징성이 높은 무궁화를 실내공간에 도입하기 위하여 실내광원별 경관적 특성을 살펴서 효율적인 도입방안을 모색하기 위해 수행되었다. 공시식물로서 무궁화 품종 중 내음성이 비교적 강하다고 알려진 무궁화 “백단심” 을 선정하였으며 형광등, LED등, 삼파장등, 광섬유 4종류의 광원과 500, 750, 1500, 2,500lux의 광도에서 7개월간 실험하였다. 식물의 경관적 측정요소로 엽장, 엽폭, 초장, 엽수, 낙엽수, 절간장, 엽록소함량 등을 조사하였다. 식물의 생리적 요소로서 광합성률(Pn), CO2흡수율(CO2), 세포내 CO2농도(Ci), 대기중 CO2농도(Ca), 기공전도도(Cs), 증산량(Tr) 등을 측정하였다. 또한 기공수를 관찰하여 광합성이 잘 이루어지고 있는지 확인하였으며 광원별 개화율과 색차계를 이용한 화색을 조사하였다. 실험결과 및 도입방안은 다음과 같다. 첫째, 식물의 경관적 구성요소 중 엽수가 모든 광원에서 통계적 유의성을 보였다. 엽수는 엽장, 엽폭과 함께 수관 형성 및 수형에도 영향을 미치는데 광도가 높을수록 많이 출엽하였으며, 광섬유 1,500lux 하에서 가장 많이 출엽하였다. 엽장 엽폭은 광도가 높을수록 크기가 커지는 경향을 보였다. 둘째, 무궁화는 잎도 특이하지만 꽃이 아름답고 상징성이 있어서 선호되는데 무궁화 “백단심” 은 8월~10월에 개화한다. 꽃을 감상할 목적으로 광원별 광조건을 살펴보면, 형광등 750lux~2,500lux, LED등 1,500lux~2,500lux, 삼파장등 750lux~2,500lux, 광섬유1,500lux~2,500lux로 파악되었다. 가장 효과적인 광원 및 광도는 광섬유 1,500lux~2,500lux인 것으로 나타났다. 셋째, 잎의 신선도는 광합성량 및 잎의 기공의 특성으로도 가늠해 볼 수 있는데 광도가 높을수록 광합성률은 높아졌다. 광원별 기공의 수는 7~28개로 나타났으며 LED등 1,500lux와 광섬유 1,500lux에서 가장 많은 기공수를 보였다. 넷째, 색차계 분석결과 꽃색은 분홍빛 보다는 옅은 Green에 가까우며, Blue에 가까운 색상을 나타내었다. L*(명도)의 값은 90 이상의 수치를 나타내어 명도가 매우 높은 것으로 조사되었다. 최종적으로 생육상태 및 생장량, 개화율을 고려할 때 무궁화 백단심의 최적광원은 광섬유 1,500lux인 것으로 판단된다. 그러나 향후 더 많은 무궁화 품종을 대상으로 적정광원과 적정광도를 파악하고 무궁화 연령별 개화율에 대한 실험을 추가적으로 하여 나라꽃 무궁화의 활용가치 및 활용 영역을 향상할 필요성이 있다.

무궁화를 정원식물로 가꾸고 있는 세계 각국의 식재 현황과 노지재배가 가능한 식재한계지대를 구명하기 위하여 현지답사와 전문가 탐문, Georeferencer service, 각국의 주요식물원을 대상으로 실시한 설문조사, 각종 문헌과 현지 사진분석 등을 종합한 결과는 다음과 같다. 1. 우리나라에서 가장 높은 고도에서 자라고 있는 무궁화는 강원도 평창군 진부면 해발 710m 지점이었고 지금까지 확인된 가장 고위도 지역의 무궁화는 북한의 평양에 식재된 것으로 조사되었다. 2. 무궁화의 원산지로 추정되고 있는 아시아대륙의 식재 한계선은 Shandongsheng(山東省)의 Qindao(靑島), Jinan(濟南), Hebeisheng(河北省)에 있는 Beijing (北京), Shanshusheng(山西省)의 Xian(西安), Hanzhong (漢中), Sichuansheng(泗川省)의 Shengtu(成都), Yunnamsheng (雲南 省)의 Lijiang(麗江), Baoshan(保山), Jinghong(景洪)을 잇는 선의 동쪽이었고 Quangdongsheng(廣東省)의 Taishan(臺山), Hongkong (香港), Zhejiiangsheng(浙江省)의 Ningbo(宁波)를 잇는 선이었다. 대륙의 동해안쪽은 Taiwan(臺灣) 남쪽 끝의 Kaoshung(高雄), 북쪽의 Taipei(臺北), 일본의 Shendai(仙臺)와 북해도를 잇는 선이었다. 3. Europe 대륙에서 가장 북쪽 끝 부분에서 자라는 무궁화는 Sweden의 Stockholm에 식재되어 있는 것으로서 정확한 위치는 북위 58.4도, 동경 18.0도 지점이었고 서유럽의 경우에는 Portugal의 Lisboa와 Spain의 Valencia, 서남유럽에서는 Greece의 Agion Oros(40.5N, 24.3E)이었다. 4. 중동지역에서는 Syria의 Palmyra (35.0N, 38.5E)와 Israel의 Jerusalem(31.4N, 35.1E), 지중해 연안에는 Slovenia에서 Albania까지 식재되어 있으며 서남아시아 지역에서는 Azerbaijan과 Geogia 그리고 Armenia 등 Cocasus지 방에서 재배되고 있었다. 5. 북아메리카 지역에서는 Canada의 Vancouver에서 Colorado주의 Denver, Kansas주의 Kansas city, Illinois주의 Chicago, Michigan주의 Detroit, New York 주의 Swego와 Burlington, Messachusetts주의 Boston을 잇는 선의 남쪽이었는데 Canada의 Toronto에서도 생육이 잘 되고 있음이 확인되었다. 한편 중남미에는 Mexico, Cuba, Haiti, Pueto Rico, 남아메리카 대륙에서는 Argentina의 Olavarria(36.9S, 60.3W)에 심겨진 것이 가장 남쪽지역에서 자라는 것으로 나타났다. 6. Australia에서는 Melbourne으로부터 Gold Coast까지, 그리고 New Zealand에서는 Auckland와 Wellington에 심겨져 있는 것을 확인하였다. 한편 Africa 대륙에서는 South Africa의 Johannesburg(26.6S, 27.4E)에 심겨져 있는 것으로 조사되었는데 Africa지역은 앞으로 좀더 연구가 진행되어야 할 것으로 판단된다.

This study was conducted to survey the insect pests on 30 varieties of Hibiscus syriacus. Insect pests were investigated on May, July and September in Suwon and Busan, respectively. In addition, change of insect pests on H. syriacus in Seoul was weekly investigated from May to September. As a result, 11 species 116 individuals were observed in Suwon, and 10 species of them were classified as insect pests. Also, 10 species 496 individuals were observed in Busan, and 7 species of them were classified as insect pests. In Seoul, 12 species 181 individuals were observed. Abundance and species richness of insect pests were depend of the study regions but not by H. syriacus varieties. Aphis gossypii was dominant in early May but they were dramatically disappeared since middle May. Other insect pests such as Rehimena surusalis, Haritalodes derogate, and Plautia stali were occurred from July to september.

This study was conducted to surveyed the community structure of insects on thirty varieties of Hibiscus syriacus in Busan and Suwon, Korea. In addition, seasonal changes and damage rates of major insect pest species were investigated. Insect pests were visually observed from the area of H. syriacus plantations. As a result, 16 species belonging to 9 families of 4 orders were observed, while 13 species were classified to insect pests. Among insect pests, hemipterans (6 species) and lepidopterans (4 species) were most diverse groups. During summer season, Rehimena surusalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) and Haritalodes derogate (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) were damaged to flower buds and leaves, respectively. In September, nymphs and adults of Plautia stali (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) were found from flower buds and leaves.

This study was conducted to determine the mixing conditions for Hibiscus syriacus L. chocolate depending on different addition ratios of Hibiscus syriacus L. and examine functionality in order to use Hibiscus syriacus L., which has excellent functionality and symbolizes Korea. To accomplish this, Hibiscus syriacus L. chocolate was manufactured by adding 0%, 2.5, 5, 7.5, and 10% of Hibiscus syriacus L. powder from the ‘Samchulli’ (Hibiscus syriacus ‘Samchulli’, which has reddish pink flower with red eye spot: SKK 14-2-72) variety to a coverture of white chocolate after which the antioxidant activity and quality characteristics were analyzed. As the amount of Hibiscus syriacus L. powder added to the chocolate increased, the chocolate color became darker, the pH decreased, and the sugar content and hardness increased. As a result of the sensory evaluation, the degree of preference increased as the amount of added Hibiscus syriacus L. powder increased to 7.5%. The degree of preference for color and flavor was the highest in the 5% added group, but the overall preference was 7.5% added chocolate. These findings demonstrate that adding Hibiscus syriacus L. powder to chocolate can increase chocolate functionality and preference and that there is a high possibility of Hibiscus syriacus L. chocolate development.

The aim of this study was to analyze the functional components of five cultivars of ‘Mugunghwa (Hibiscus syriacus L.)’ for the development of ‘Mugunghwa’-added foods. There were five varieties, namely, Hibiscus syriacus ‘Hwanhee’ (HH), Hibiscus syriacus ‘Samchulli’ (SC), Hibiscus syriacus ‘Harmony’ (HM), Hibiscus syriacus ‘Baekgu’ (BG), and Hibiscus sabdariffa L (HB). Of the five varieties tested, HH extract showed the highest total phenolic content (131.85 GAE mg/g), DPPH free radical scavenging activity (95.18%), and anthocyanin and sugar contents. The sensory quality of powders from each Hibiscus variety was evaluated, and it was found that overall palatability decreased in the order: HH, SC, HB, HM, and BG. Thus, addition of Hibiscus variety, which has excellent functionality and palatability, to foods confers an extra element of Korean history and culture, which is expected to improve the marketability of various food products.

A new Hibiscus syriacus ‘Danna’ was developed at the National Institute of Forest Science in 2013. It was initially derived from an artificial cross in 2004, between H. syriacus ‘Hanŏl’, a seed parent, a Korean local cultivar with vigorous growth and H. syriacus ‘Hanŏl-tanshim’, as a pollen parent, with long bloom period. ‘Danna’ was preliminarily selected as ‘KFRI-HH03’ for the aesthetic and stable quality of its unique color of its flower and rapid growth in elongation in 2008. Trial evaluation was conducted for 6 years (2008 - 2013), meanwhile, all investigated traits were retained in rooted cuttings originated from it. ‘Danna’ had a bright pink flower with very small red eye zone. Its flower diameter is 111.3 mm; length of red eye spot on petals is 13.8 mm. Leaves were 71.3 mm long and 43.1 mm wide, and petiole length was 14.2 mm. Flowering period of the cultivar investigated in 2013 was 81 days. It was registered as a new cultivar at the Korea Seed & Variety Service in 2015 (Grant Number 5756). Its tree habit shows vigorous and fast growth and is upright, so it can be used as an ornamental tree or a street tree.

Agro-morphological characterization of Hibiscus germplasm is a fundamental prerequisite to initiate plant breeding programs. The prime aim of this study was to characterize 107 Hibiscus syriacus genotypes using agromorphological characteristics and to collect useful data to facilitate the breeders for H. syriacus breeding programs. In this study, it has been recorded that this species appears to have innumerable variability in the morphological characteristics among Korean and exotic cultivars. Plant height of Korean and exotic H. syriacus cultivars were recorded and data revealed that the maximum plant height (143 cm) was recorded in ‘Woodbridge’ which had tall-erect plant shape. ‘Serenade’ and ‘Saemaeul’ cultivars had vigorous growth and had plant height of 141 and 137 cm, respectively and both had tall-erect plant shape. The diameters of H. syriacus flower ranged from 4.1 cm in ‘Kakchang’ to 9.4 cm in ‘Pyonghwa’. The data analysis exhibited that analysis flowers of ~ 86% of Korean cultivars had single type of flower’s form compared to exotic cultivars (~ 61%). The data related to flower shape showed that among Korean native cultivars the maximum plants (52.1%) had intermediate type of flowers followed by bowl (26.1%) and flat type (21.8%). Similar trend in exotic cultivars were observed for flower shape. In case of petal shape among total cultivars studied, 27.9% native H. syriacus plants had broard type of petals whereas 17.7 exotic cultivars had intermediate type of petals. Present results indicated high variability among H. syriacus cultivars, which presents great significance for Hibiscus breeding programs and for genetic studies in order to develop new varieties of H. syriacus.

The taxonomic importance of pollen morphologyin family Malvaceae had long been acknowledged as it pro-vides the basis for palynological and phylogenetic analysis.In present study, pollen morphological characteristics of var-ious Hibiscus syriacus cultivars were examined. The objec-tive of this study was to provide comprehensive evidence onpollen morphology and to determine pollen morphologicaldiversity in cultivars of H. syriacus that would be useful forplant taxonomy and classification. To get a clear insights ofthe pollen morphology, scanning electron microscopy (SEM)was carried out. It has been recorded that the pollen diam-eter of 16 cultivars of H. syriacus ranges from 108.81 to172.15 •Ïm. The maximum pollen size was reported fromthe cultivar ‘Chongdansim’ followed by the cultivar ‘Paedal’.The maximum spine exine length was reported from‘Jabae’ (25.29µm) followed by ‘Collie mullens’ (23.25µm),whereas the minimum value was recorded from ‘Paedal’(8.16µm). It is apparent from this study that pollen morphol-ogy of various H. syriacus cultivars was fairly uniform, andin almost all studied cultivars the pollen shape was spheroi-dal. The spines were present in all studied cultivars and var-ied considerably among the cultivars. The pollen spinefeatures presented notable variations which were of greatsignificance at both specific and generic levels, and hasalso been helpful in understanding the process of spine evo-lution within H. syriacus. The maximum distance betweenspines was observed from cultivar ‘Gyewolhyang’ that haddistance of 45.03µm. The morphological characteristics ofpollen studied in this study could be useful in performing amore efficient Hibiscus hybridization and breeding in future.

무궁화 ‘문레드’는 화색이 특이한 품종을 육성하기 위 해 2002년 홍단심계 ‘홍대륜’(H. syriacus ‘Hongdaeryun’) 과 홍단심계 ‘삼천리’(H. syriacus ‘Samchully’)를 교잡하 여 2007년부터 3년간 접목 및 삽목을 이용하여 후대검 정을 실시하여 2009년 최종 선발하였고, 2010년 품종 보 호권을 등록하였으며 얻어진 결과는 다음과 같다. 신품종 ‘문레드’는 5년생 접목묘의 경우 수고가280cm 로서 키가 크고 수세가 강하며 가지가 약간 위로 향하 는 특성이 있다. 잎의 특성으로 엽신장은7.5cm, 너비는 5.2cm, 잎의 어깨넓이는 3.2cm, 엽병길이는 1.7cm로서 기 존 품종에 비해 잎이 약간 크고 결각이 얕게 파여있다. 잎의 모양은 난형, 기부의 모양은 약간 둥근모양, 정부의 모양은 뾰족하고, 가장자리 물결은 강한 특성이 있다. 신 품종 ‘문레드’의 꽃은 홍단심계 홑꽃으로, 화경은 12.4cm, 화색은 light pink(RHS 76A), 단심은 pinkish red(RHS 60B)으로 특이하며, 크기가 2.7cm로약간 긴 특성이 있다. 신품종은 기존 무궁화에 비해 화색이 연한 분홍색으로 옅 고 단심의 색이 흐린 특성이 있으며, 꽃잎의 겹침은 완 전 겹치는 I-c형이었다. 꽃잎 모양은 스푼형이며 끝부분 의 톱니모양은 강하고 주름이 져 있다. 수술통 길이는 3.4cm, 주두 색은 4C, 꽃술대색은 NN155C, 개화시는 8월3일로 늦은 만생종이었다. 신품종 ‘Moon Red’는 종 자산업법 제 55조에 의거 2011년 11월 30일 최종등록 (품종보호: 제 3802호) 되었다. 그러므로 본 신품종 ‘문 레드’의 경우 수세가 강하고 가지가 위로 향하며, 화색 이 옅은 분홍색으로 특이하고 단심이 흐린 특성이 있어 앞으로 조경용 소재로 활용될 수 있다.