Storage root yield of sweetpotato was decreasing owing to continuous sweetpotato cropping, debasement of soil physical properties, increasing incidence of pest and disease. This study was conducted to evaluate the changes in physicochemical properties of the soil owing to subsoiling (subsoiling to 50 cm depth), and the effect on growth and yield of sweetpotato. The subsoiling treatments included subsoiling treated every year for two years, subsoiling in the first year, and no subsoiling control. The soil physical properties measured were bulk density, hardness, porosity, three phase. Bulk density, porosity, soild (%) of three phase were improved by subsoiling in topsoil and subsoil. Main vine length and vine yield in subsoiling soil were higher than those in no subsoiling soil, but those were not significantly different. Yield of marketable storage root in subsoiling soils treated every year for two years and treated in the first year was more increased 17% and 20% than no subsoiling soil, respectively. The number of marketable storage root per plant was also higher in subsoiling soils than no subsoiling soil, but it was not significantly different. Soluble solid contents and total free sugar contents of storage root of sweetpotato were not significantly different among the treatments. These results show that improving soil physical properties by subsoiling could promote high yield of marketable storage root in continuous sweetpotato cropping field.
밭전환 1년차 논의 토양물리성 악화를 개선하고 사료용 옥수수 생육을 증진시키기 위한 심토파쇄의 효과를 살펴본 결과 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 1. 심토파쇄에 의해 토심 25~35 cm 층위의 토양의 경도가 크게 감소하였고 토층 15~30 cm에서 가밀도, 공극율 및 고상비율 등 하층토의 토양물리성이 개선되는 것으로 나타났다. 2. 심토파쇄 추가 시 옥수수의 간엽 및 이삭의 생육이 크게 증가하였으며, 특히 이삭당 립수의 증가가 이삭중을 크게 증가시키는 것으로 나타났다. 3. 심토파쇄 추가 시 옥수수는 이삭 및 간엽의 수량증가에 의해 TDN 수량이 19~39% 증가하였으며, 특히 습해에 의해 생육이 불량한 2011년도의 옥수수의 생육촉진 효과가 컸다.