Background : Panax ginseng C.A.Meyer is a perennial herb and its growth potential keep relatively high at least for the early 3 years old. If the transplanted ginseng roots of 2 or 3 years old grow well, a period of cultivation and the disease management cost could be reduced for the production of 6 years old ginseng roots. Methods and Results : The rooting and growth of a transplanted ginseng root could be affected by the age of a transplant. Therefore, the experiments were conducted to examine the influences of the age factor on the rooting and growth of transplanted ginseng roots. The ginseng roots with different plant ages in growth years (1, 2, and 3 years old), used in this study, were obtained by raising in a seedling production field near the Punggi Ginseng Experiment Station. The transplants were continuously grown under the same conditions after transplanting. The number of lateral or branched roots at the root-growing period after transplanting was basically higher in originally older plant ages compared to younger plants: the numbers of secondary and tertiary branched roots of the 1 year-old transplants were 8, 12, respectably; 2 years old: 12, 20; 3 years old: 12, 28. Those did not show any difference in both overground and underground growing, in compared to conventional cultivations with roots of a year old. The plants grew well without anthracnose, spotting disease, and high temperature injury. Conclusion : The conventional cultivation period of above 5 or 6 years for the raw material of red ginseng might be shorten and also the cost of disease control could be decreased, by transplanting of 2 or 3 years old roots raised at a seedling nursing field.

화성억제재배한 참당귀(Angelica gigas Nakai)의 근에서 약효성분함량을 구명하기 위하여 주요약효성분인 조추출물(엑스), Decursin 및 Decursinol angelate 등을 정량분석하여 연근ㆍ부위 및 생육단계별로 비료하였고, 또한 추대와 개화에 따른 근의 본질화 진행특성을 조사하기 위하여 목질 화세포, 중심주의 무게와 반경 및 피층부의 무게와 두께에 대하여 조사하였던 바 얻어진 일련의 겨과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 1. 년근에 따라 엑스함량은 1, 2, 3년근이 모두 50% 내외로 큰 차이가 없었으나 Decursin과 Decursinol angelate 함량은 각각 8.20%와 5.01%로서 3년근이 가장 높은 함량을 보였다. 2. 근의 부위별 약효성분함량은 세근이 가장 많았고, 다음은 기근, 주근순으로 적어졌으며, 함량은 피층부가 중심계보다 엑스, Decursin, Decursinol angelate 모두 월등히 많았다. 또한 수확시기가 늦어질수록 약효성분함량이 증가하였다. 3. 생육단계가 진행됨에 따라 약효성분함량은 감소하였고, 목질화세포가 중심계의 무게와 반년이 증가하는 반면에 피층부의 무게와 두게는 상대적으로 감소하였다.