This study was conducted to apply with an air duct for the cooling and a utilizing cultivating method that uses the fruiting node and the defoliation to the high-temperature vertical and hydroponic cultivation of the oriental melon. The lower fruiting node (LF) was to remove all third vines generated from 5 nodes of a secondary vine. The higher fruiting node (HF) was fruiting on the third vine generated from a first node of the third vine. The direction of the stem string; upward (UW), downward (DW). Four treatment conditions were applied with the LF-UW, LF-DW, HF-UW (control), and HF-DW. The leaf age of melon leaves was measured for photosynthesis at 3 days intervals, and the fruit characteristic was conducted on 79 fruits in each treatment. The photosynthesis rate steadily increased after leaf development, reaching 20.8 μmol CO2·m-2·s-1 on the 10 days, gradually increasing to 21.3 μmol CO2·m-2·s-1 on the 19 days, and reaching 23.4 μmol CO2·m-2·s-1 on the 32 days. After that, it lowered to 16.8 μmol CO2·m-2·s-1 on the 38 days and dropped significantly to 7.6 μmol CO2·m-2·s-1 on the 47 days. As a result of the fruit characteristics by fruiting nodes, the treatments of the fruit length was 12.6-13.4 cm, respectively, which was significant, and the fruit width was 7.9- 8.6 cm, respectively, was not significant. The soluble content ranged from 12.9 to 15.7°Brix, and the significance of all treatments, and higher than of LF-DW and HF-UW. The photosynthesis rate of melon leaves was good until 32 days after leaf development, but after that, the rate decreased. As for fruit quality, it was conformed that melons can be cultivated at the LF because the fruit enlargement and soluble content dose not decrease even when set at the LF. Results indicated that those can be used for LF and defoliation in the development of vertical and hydroponic cultivation method in high-temperature season.

귤녹응애(Aculops pelekassi (Keifer))는 제주감귤의 중요한 해충이다. 본 연구는 귤녹응애의 연간 발생소장을 구명하고자 수행하였으며, 습도와 잎의 연령이 밀도증식에 미치는 영향을 검토하였다. 상대습도는 통계적으로 유의하게 귤녹응애 성충의 수명 및 산란에 영향을 주었다. 상대습도 33, 75, 84%에서 수명은 각각 7.5, 14.5, 14.6일 이었고, 산란수는 5.4, 21.5, 27.1개 이었다. 감귤 잎의 연령에 따라 귤녹응애의 증식정도는 유의하게 차이가 있었다. 연령이 40일된 잎에서는 귤녹응애 밀도증식이 가장 높았으며, 4주 후에는 10일된 잎에서 증식된 것과 비교하여 3배 이상 높았다. 눈 인편 틈에서 월동한 귤녹응애 성충은 4월 하순부터 활동을 시작하여 5월 중순경부터 봄에 발아하여 전개되는 잎(봄 잎)에서 발생하기 시작하였고, 6월 중순에는 과실에서 발생이 시작되었다. 잎에서 발생소장은 6월 하순에서 7월 발생최성기를 보였고, 과실에서는 8월 상순 발생 최성기를 보였다. 본 연구결과는 감귤원에서 귤녹응애 방제에 유용하게 활용될 수 있을 것으로 기대되었다.