The spectrum of this study was research on the closed hydroponic cultivation of netted melons (Cucumis melo L.) using coir substrate, analyzing the impact of this cultivation method on melon yield, fruit quality, and the efficiency of water and nutrient usage. The experimental results showed that the average fruit weight of the melons grown in a closed system was 71.4 g higher than that of the open system, and the fruit width was on average 0.2 cm larger, showing a statistically significant difference. However, there was no difference in the average sugar content of the fruit flesh and height. Although there is no substantial commercial difference, it is conjectured that the change in the macronutrients ratio in the irrigation has played a role in the statistically significant increase in fruit weight, which is attributed to changes in the crops' nutrient uptake concentrations. This necessitates further research for a more comprehensive understanding. In terms of the productivity of irrigation required to produce the fruit, applying the closed system resulted in an increase of 7.6 kg/ton compared to the open system, saving 31.6% of water resources. Additionally, in terms of nutrients, cultivating in a closed system allowed for savings of approximately 59, 25, 55, 83, 76, and 87% of N, P, K, Ca, Mg, and S, respectively, throughout the entire cultivation period. As the drainage was reused, the ratios of NO3 - and Ca2+ increased up to a maximum of 9.6 and 9.1%, respectively, while the ratios of other ions gradually decreased. In summary, these results suggest that closed hydroponic cultivation can effectively optimize the use of water and fertilizer while maintaining excellent fruit quality in melon cultivation.

Smart farm is a breakthrough technology that can maximize crop productivity and economy through efficient utilization of space regardless of external environmental factors. This study was conducted to investigate the optimal growth and physiological conditions of Chinese matrimony vine (Lycium chinense) with LED light sources in a smart farm. The light source was composed of red+blue and red+blue+white mixed light using a LED system. In the red+blue mixed light, red and blue colored LEDs were mixed at ratios of 1:1, 2:1, 5:1, and 10:1, with duty ratios varied to 100%, 99%, and 97%. The experimental results showed that the photosynthetic rate according to the types of light sources did not show statistically significant differences. Meanwhile, the photosynthetic rate according to the mixed ratio of the red and the blue light was highest with the red light and blue LED ratio of 1:1 while the water use efficiency was highest with the red and blue LED ratio of 2:1. The photosynthetic rate according to duty ratio was highest with the duty ratio of 99% under the mixed light condition of red+blue+white whereas the water use efficiency was highest with the duty ratio of 97% under the mixed light of red+blue LED. The results indicate that the light source and light quality for the optimal growth of Lycium chinense in the smart farm using the LED system are the mixed light of red+blue (1:1) and the duty ratio of 97%.

본 연구는 홍수기 유량측정의 어려움을 극복하고자 물 과 비접촉식으로 유속을 측정하여 유량을 산정하는 전 자파표면유속계(microwave water surface current meter, MWSCM)의 성능개선 제품인 범용 MWSCM에 대하여 소개하고자 하였다. 기존에 사용 중인 MWSCM은 홍수 용으로써 연중 활용도가 낮아 이것의 이용성을 높이고 자 성능을 개선하였다. 유속측정 범위를 확장하여 평∙ 갈수기에도 하천 유량측정이 가능하게 하였다. 즉 기존 홍수용 MWSCM의 유속측정 범위가 0.5~10.0 m s-1이 었던 반면, 금번에 개발된 범용 MWSCM은 0.03~20.0 m s-1로 홍수기 및 평수기 측정이 가능하도록 성능을 개선하였다. 이를 위해서 사용주파수의 변경(10 GHz → 24 GHz), 안테나 및 송수신부 회로가 새롭게 설계 제작 되었다. 이와 더불어 기존 홍수용 MWSCM 사용자들의 개선요구사항-기기 경량화, 유속 안정화, 자체점검기능, 저전력, 방수 및 방습-을 파악하여 반영함으로써 현장에 서 유량을 측정하기에 용이한 기기로 개발하였다.

Water scarcity around the globe and climate change challenges has forced the researchers to develop alternative production systems with higher water use efficiency. Direct seeded rice is the emerging water saving rice production system having higher water use efficiency. Field experiment was conducted to assess the role of different mulch systems in improving water use efficiency and productivity in direct seeded and transplanted rice. Three different rice production systems viz., transplanted rice with continuous flooding, two weeks continuous flooding after transplanting and direct seeding with supplemental irrigation only were evaluated under two ground cover systems i.e., plastic and straw mulching with no mulch taken as control. Super Basmati was used as experimental material. Continuously flooded transplanted rice with plastic mulching resulted in higher paddy yield (4.04 t ha- 1 ); while performance of no mulch direct seeding remained poor in this regard. Two weeks flooded transplanted rice with plastic mulching followed continuous flooding in paddy yield (3.94 t ha- 1 ). Continuously flooded transplanted rice with plastic mulching observed substantial improvement in yield related attributes such as panicle length, number of grains per panicle and 1000 grain weight. Plastic mulching improved the productivity and water use efficiency of transplanted as well as direct seeded rice. Higher water use efficiency was observed in direct seeded rice with plastic mulching as it was grown on supplemental irrigations. In crux productivity and water use efficiency of transplanted and especially direct seeded rice can be improved by using plastic film as mulch in current scenarios of water shortage. Key Words: mulching, rice production systems, water use efficiency, productivity

펄라이트 자루재배시 일중 관수마감시각을 달리함으로써 최적 생장을 유지하면서도 용수이용효율(WUE)과 비료이용효율(FUE)을 높이기 위해 실험을 실시하였다. 관수마감시각에 따라 일몰 1시간 전부터 4시간 전까지 4단계로 나누어 처리한 결과, 배지 내 수분함량은 마감시각이 늦을수록 많은 경향을 나타냈다. 최종 생육은 일몰 4시간 전 처리구에서 약간 낮은 경향을 보이기는 했으나, 통계적 유의차는 보이지 않았다. 상품수량은 일몰 1시간 전 및 2시간 전에서 가장 많았고, 4시간전에서 가장 적었다. 관수마감시각 처리별 128일 동안의 급액량을 조사한 결과, WUE와 FUE는 일몰마감 1시간 전 처리구에서 가장 낮았고, 3시간 전 처리구에서 가장 높았다. 식물생육, 수확량 및 WUE와 FUE 등의 면에서 일몰 4시간 전에 관수를 중단하는 것은 바람직하지 않으며, 2~3시간 전에 마감하는 것이 좋을 것으로 사료된다.

Forage production and water use efficiency (WUE) of Lucerne were investigated in three varieties at different water availabilities. Forage production decreased with the severity of soil water availability. At 50% field water capacity (FWC), forage production dropped but in two varieties, Algonquin and Longdong, was still high and from 75%FWC to 50%FWC, forage production in Longdong decreased at the least rate. The greatest leaf WUE was observed in Longdong at all soil water availabilities. From 75%FWC to 50%FWC, it increased in Longdong and Xinjiangdaye, but decreased in Algonquin. With the severity of water deficit, δ¹³C value increased in all three varieties. At the same water availability, the greatest value was observed in Longdong. It suggested that moderate water stress can improve WUE in Lucerne. Longdong is to some extent more efficient in water use and may be more drought-tolerant with more steady production at moderate water deficit.

Seasonal changes in the CO2 fixation rate and water-use efficiency in the leaves of six evergreen and two deciduous broad-leaved tree species on Jeju Island, Korea, were measured using a portable photosynthesis analyzer, to identify which species are most efficient in taking up CO2 from the air. The CO2 fixation rate was high in the deciduous species in spring and summer and decreased in fall, whereas it was high in the evergreen species in summer and fall and decreased in winter. The rate remained high in the deciduous tree Prunus yedoensis from spring to fall (> 7.1 μmol CO2/m2/s) and in two evergreen trees, Castanopsis cuspidata var. sieboldii and Cinnamomum camphora, in summer and fall (7.0 9.9 μmol CO2/m2/s). Therefore, these tree species fix atmospheric CO2 effectively. The water-use efficiency was higher in evergreen species than in deciduous species regardless of the season. Exceptionally, it was high in the deciduous species Zelkova serrata in spring and summer (> 100 μmol CO2/mol H2O), suggesting that Z. serrata is a useful tree for dry conditions due to its tolerance of water stress. The regressions of the CO2 fixation rate versus the evaporation rate and stomatal conductance were linear and non-linear, respectively. This suggests that the stomatal activity of leaves plays an important part in CO2 fixation of plants. In conclusion, C. cuspidata var. sieboldii, C. camphora, and P. yedoensis should be planted along roads or in urban spaces for the greening of cities and mitigation of CO2 concentrations in the air.

본 연구는 한국 콩의 물 소모량에 대한 수분이용효율 산정을 위하여, 한국에서 육성된 우량품종 29개와 미국의 대표적인 내한발 품종인 PI416937을 대상으로 토양수분함량 조건을 대조구(최대 포장용수량의 50%)와, 한발처리구(최대 포장용수량의 25%)로 달리 하였을 때, 콩 30품종에 대한 처리 14일 후의 물 소모량, 건물중, 상대생장율을 이용하여 수분이용효율을 산정하였다. 콩 30 품종의 영양생장기 후반 기간 동안 요구되는 하루 당 콩 한 개체의 평균 물 소모량은 대조구에서는 183 mL/plant/day로, 한발처리구에서는 64 mL/plant/day이었으며, 콩 영양생장기간 중 포장용수량 25%의 한발 시, 콩이 가용할 수 있는 토양수분량은 포장용수량 50% 대비 약 63%가 감소하였으며, 30개 품종의 평균 건물생산량이 약 37% 감소하였다. 콩 30품종의 물 소모량은 한발처리 후 건물중과 고도의 정의 상관을 보였으며, 상대생장율과 수분이용효율과는 한발처리구에서만 약한 상관성을 보였다. 콩 30품종의 상대생장율과 수분이용효율은 대조구와 한발처리구 모두에서 고도의 정의 상관을 보여, 상대생장율이 높은 품종이 수분이용효율이 높으며, 수분이용효율이 높은 품종이 상대생장율이 높은 콩의 수분특성을 제시하였다. 30개 품종의 평균 수분이용효율은 대조구에서 2.1 g/L를, 한발처리구에서 2.9 g/L를 보여, 한발 시 콩의 수분이용효율이 향상되었음을 제시하였다. 한발처리구에서 수분이용효율이 PI416937(3.5 g/L)보다 높은 한국 콩 품종은 대풍콩(3.8 g/L), 단백콩(4.0 g/L), 금강콩(3.8 g/L)이었다.

2001년 국립식량과학원 인공기상실에서 수경재배로 규산의 시용 여부가 영양생장기 벼의 수분과 질소흡수량에 미치는 효과를 조사하여 규산시용 여부 및 공급된 질소의 형태별 처리에 의한 시험품종들의 수분과 질소이용효율을 산출한 결과는 다음과 같다.1. 처리 67일 후의 벼 건물중은 규산처리 시험구 및NH4+NO3 혼합시용 처리구가 규산을 처리하지 않은시험구 및 NH4 단독시용 처리구보다 유의하게 증가하였음.2. 이앙 후 67일간 조사된 벼의 수분흡수량은 규산처리와 규산 무처리 간의 차이가 없었으나 질소흡수량은규산 무처리에 비해 규산처리구에서 유의하게 증가하였음.3. 질소형태별로는 NH4 단독 시용보다 NH4+NO3 혼합시용에서 규산처리 여부와 관계없이 수분과 질소흡수량이 월등히 많았음.4. 수분이용효율은 규산처리 시험구가 규산을 처리하지않은 시험구에 비해 유의하게 증가하였으나 질소형태별 처리에서는 차이가 없었음.5. 질소형태의 혼합처리가 암모늄태 단독처리보다 질소흡수량은 유의하게 많았으나 질소이용효율은 감소하였음.

Water deficit is the primary constraint of soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.] yield, and a physiological understanding of processes affected by water deficit is a key step in identifying and improving drought tolerance in soybean. The objectives of this research were to evaluate biomass and nitrogen accumulation patterns and water use efficiency (WUE) as possible mechanisms associated with the drought tolerance of Jackson. Biomass accumulation of Jackson was contrasted with the PI416937, which also has demonstrated tolerance to drought. For water-deficit treatment, total biomass accumulation was negligible for PI416937, but biomass accumulation continued at approximately 64 % of the well-watered treatment of Jackson. Transpirational losses for Jackson and PI416937 were approximately the same for the water-deficit treatment, indicating that Jackson had superior WUE. Isotopic discrimination of 13 C relative to 12 C also indicated that Jackson had higher WUE. Results indicated that increased WUE for Jackson under water deficit showed it was tolerant to drought rather than had an avoidance mechanism.

Extensive research has been conducted on effects of drought stress on growth and development of soybean but information is rather restricted on the limited-irrigation system by way of precaution against a long-term drought condition in the future. The experiment for limited-irrigation was conducted in transparent vinyl shelter at Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center (AVRDC), Taiwan in 1997. Two soybean varieties, Hwangkeum and AGS292, improved in Korea and AVRDC, respectively were used for this experiment. The relationships between normalized transpiration rate (NTR) and fraction of transpirable soil water (FTSW) in both varieties were similar that the NTR was unchanged until FTSW dropped to about 0.5 or 0.6. At FTSW less than those values, NTR declined rapidly. Days required to harvest in both varieties were significantly prolonged at IR6 treatment compared to any other treatments. Daily mean transpiration rate was significantly higher at IR5 treatment, as averaged over varieties. Similarly, water use efficiency was also high at 1R5 treatment. In both varieties, seed yield was the greatest at the IR5 treatment, as compared to any other limited-irrigation treatments, due to the increased seed number and high transpirational water use efficiency. The indices of input water and seed yield for the different limited-irrigation treatments against control indicated that Hwangkeum produced 59.6% or 60.7% of seed yield using 36.1% or 44.9% of input water, as compared to control, by irrigation at only R5 or R6 stages, respectively. The AGS292 produced 56.1% of seed yield with 35.4% of input water of control, when irrigated at R5 stage. The results of this study have elucidated that the limited irrigation at R5 stage in soybean can be minimized yield loss with such small quantity of water under the environment of long-term drought stress and the expected shortage of agricultural water in the future.

밀과 보리에 있어서 종자크기와 질소영양이 수분리용효율과 탄소동위원소차별에 미치는 영 향을 조사하여 탄소동위원소차별, 수분이용효율, 질소영양간의 상호작용를 구명하고저 종자크기가 영과당 각각 44mg과 22mg인 춘파형 밀과 보리 한 품종을 직경이 15.3cm인 폿트에서 2본씩 재식, m2 당 질소 10g과 32g 비율로 시용하여 수분이용효율에 관련된 형질과 탄소동위원소차별을 조사하였다. 두 종자크기와 두 질소 시비량을 평균한 건물중은 절간신장기에는 보리가 밀보다 105% 컸던 반면 개화기에는 보리보다 출수가 3일 늦은 밀이 보리보다 16% 많았다. 절간신장기과 개화기에 있어서 보리에 비하여 밀에서 건물중에 미치는 대립종자의 영향이 컸었다. 다질소구가 소질소구에 비하여 개화기에 있어서 밀과 보리의 건물중이 각각 40%와 31% 높았다. 절간신장기와 개화기에 있어서 수분이용효율은 보리가 밀보다 각각 35%와 20% 많았고, 지상부의 탄소동위원소차별은 밀보다 보리가 생육기와 식물체 부위에 따라 2.0~3.6% 적었다. 종자크기가 수분이용효율에 미치는 영향은 뚜렷한 경향이 없었고 탄소동위원소차별에도 유의한 영향을 주지 않았다. 절간신장기에 있어서 수분이용효율은 질소영양에 의하여 영향을 받지 않았으나 개화기에 있어서는 소질소구에 비하여 다질소구에서 밀과 보리가 각각 2%와 7% 컸었다. 두 맥종과 두 종자크기를 평균한 탄소동위원소차별은 생육시기에 관계없이 다질소구에서 소질소구보다 약 2.5% 낮았다. 탄소동위원소차별은 절간신장기에는 수분이용효율과 유의한 상관관계가 없었으나 개화기에 있어서는 부의 상관이 있었다.리고 질소시용량이 적을수록 높은 경향이었으며 아밀로스함량은 재배유형과 비종간에는 큰 차가 없었으나, 시비량간에 있어서는 질소시용량과 비례하여 증감하는 경향을 보였다. 5. 쌀의 N, K함량은 완효성 비료가 속효성 비료보다 높고 질소시용률이 많을수록 높았으나, Mg함량은 질소시용량이 많을수록 높았으며 기계이앙에서는 속효성 비료가, 그리고 건답직파에서는 완효성 비료가 높게 함유하였고, Na함량은 완효성 비료의 시용에서 보다 높게 함유하였다. 또한 Mg/K비을은 속효성 비료가 완효성 비료보다 높았고 기계 이앙보다는 건답직파에서 높게 나타났다. 그러나 N/K비율은 완효성 비료가 높았다. 6. 쌀의 외관상 미질은 완효성 비료보다는 속효성 비료 시용에서 그리고 질소시용량이 적을수록 우수하였으나, 밥맛 검정은 재배유형간에는 기계이앙이 건답직파보다 우수하였고, 비종간에는 속효성 비료보다는 완효성 비료에서, 그리고 질소의 감비보다는 100%시용구에서 보다 우수한 경향을 보였다. 따른 분얼체계와 동신엽, 동신분얼의 수량성은 표준구와 50%증비구는 0, 1, 2, 11, 3, 21, 12, 22, 4, C의 순위였으나 100%증비구에서는 주간보다 1차분얼의 1이 무겁고 3보다 11이 무거웠다.섭취하였고, 탄수화물은 농촌지역 여고생이 대도시 지역 여고생에 비하여 유의적으로 많이 섭취하였다. 지역별 여고생의 에너지섭취 비율은 탄수화물 : 단백질 : 지방의 섭취 비율이 대도시 60.75% : 16.4% 22.9%이며, 중소도시가 62.7% : 15.7% : 21.5%,농촌이66.8% : 14. l% : 19.1%이었다. 영양지식의 정확도나 인지도는 영양소 섭취와