고구마 괴근의 표피에 선모양으로 돌출되어 나타나는 피맥의 발생동향을 조사하고, 경감하기 위한 시험의 결과는 아래와 같다. 1. 고구마 피맥은 표피가 줄무늬로 돌출되어 상품성을 저하시키는 증상으로서 피맥발생은 표피층에 전분이 집적되어 발생하는 것으로 관찰되었고, 조기재배보다 보통기재배에서 발생이 많았다. 2. 고구마 품종에 따른 피맥발생은 건풍미, 연황미, 건미 등 7품종이 3%이하로 적었고, 헬씨미, 보라미는 30%이상 발생하였다. 만중은 피맥발생과 정의 상관관계가 있었다. 3. 고구마 피맥은 생육기간이 진전됨에 따라 증가하다가 삽식 후 120일경에 가장 높았다. 4. 고구마 삽식 후 90일의 적심비율에 따른 피맥발생율은 일정한 경향을 보이지는 않았다. 엽면적지수 4에서 피맥발생율이 가장 적었으나, 일정한 경향을 보이지는 않았고, 경엽절제비율이 높을수록 수량감소가 크게 나타났다.

In Japan, propagation of cyclamen is mainly from seedlings. However, seeds are expensive and germination is slow and non..uniform. Therefore, to achieve genetically uniform propagation, multiplication must be vegetative. The rooted tuberous stems without shoots as sources of explants were cultured on the media containing BA and sucrose. After 30 days cultivation, tuberous roots were produced from the root ends attached to a tuberous stem and its capability was dependent on the type of media. The highest percentage of tuberous root formation was observed in Culture on the medium of 1/3 MS containing 0.05mgL-1 NAA, 0.5mg L-1 BA and 5% sucrose. Growth rates of the tuberous roots were greatly influenced by the cutting positions of a root in explants. The highest growth of was observed if small amount of root end was cut at initiation of tissue culture.

Tuberous root of yacon (Polymnia sonchifolia Poeppig ＆ Endlicher) has not starch, and its brix degree changes during the curing. Therefore its chemical composition changes were investigated according to different curing conditions. Tuberous root contained 87.1% moisture at harvesting, that was decreased to 84.1-86.0% at 30 days after curing in different curing conditions. Brix degree was increased from 5.7 to 14.2-15.8% at 30 days after curing in comparison to at harvesting. Free sugars were detected from tuberous root in yacon by HPLC; that were fructose, glucose and sucrose. Fructose contents were increased from 0.09 to 1.04-1.79% during 30 days in five curing conditions. Glucose contents were shown to increase from 0.03 to 1.04-1.37 %. Sucrose contents were shown to increase from 0.04 to 0.13-0.43%. Tuberous root contained fructose, glucose and sucrose in order of amount that were highest in single-polyethylene film covered green house. Sucrose was little as comparison with fructose and glucose. Fructose and glucose were increased to 16.7 and 40.7 times, respectively, but sucrose was increased little about 6.8 times.