This study aimed to investigate the growth and phenol content changes of basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) under five different light intensities and photoperiods, maintaining the same Daily Light Integral (DLI) conditions in a plant factory. Basil seeds were sown on a rockwool medium for four weeks and then transplanted. To maintain a DLI 17mol·m-2·d-1, light intensity and photoperiod were set at 16h-295, 18h-260, 20h-235, 22h-215, and 24h-200μ mol·m-2·s-1 and cultivated for four weeks. The harvested results showed that basil plant height, number of lateral branches, and leaf number tended to decrease from the 16h-295 treatment to the 24h-200 treatment. Shoot fresh weight, dry weight, leaf area, leaf width, and leaf length were significantly higher in the 18 h-260 treatment. The total phenolic contents in the 18h-260 treatment was significantly higher by 51.3%, 172.7%, 111%, and 119.7% compared to the 16h-295, 20h-235, 22h-215, and 24h-200 treatments, respectively. Therefore, it is anticipated that cultivating basil under the condition of 18h-260 treatment could yield enhanced growth quality and an increase in total phenolic contents.

본 연구는 다양한 인공 배양토를 조합한 배지를 사용하여 이 에 따른 실내식물의 생육반응을 알아보고 실내 벽면녹화에 최적 의 배지를 개발하기 위하여 수행하였다. 벽면녹화의 경우 식물의 수직식재, 식재공간의 협소 등의 특수성을 고려하면 배지가 가볍 고 보수력과 보비력이 높은 것이 요구된다. 따라서 본 실험에 사 용된 배지의 물리성과 화학성의 측정 결과로부터 벽면녹화에 적 합한 배지는 고형율이 가장 낮고 최대용수량이 가장 높으며 CEC가 비교적 높은 배지3으로 판단되었다. 무늬산호수의 경우 엽수를 제외하면 초장, 엽수, 엽장, 엽폭, 측지수 등의 생육은 배 지 간 통계적으로 차이가 없는 것으로 나타났다. 그러나 전반적 인 생육상황과 배지의 물리, 화학적인 특성을 고려할 때 배지3을 사용하는 것이 바람직하다고 판단되었다. 오색마삭줄의 경우 무늬 산호수와 마찬가지로 초장, 엽수, 엽장, 엽폭, 측지수 등의 전반 적인 생육상황과 배지의 물리, 화학적인 특성을 고려할 때 배지3 이 바람직하다고 판단되었다. 금사철의 경우는 무늬산호수와 오색 마삭줄과는 달리 초장, 엽수, 엽장, 엽폭, 측지수 등에서 전반적 으로 생육이 양호한 배지8이 가장 적당한 것으로 나타났다. 본 실험의 결과로부터 배지에 따라 식물의 생육반응이 다른 것은 각 식물의 생육 습성에 기인하는 것으로 생각되며 식물별 적합한 토 양이 다르다는 것을 나타내고 있다. 따라서 다양한 벽면녹화용 식물에 대해서 적합한 토양을 조사할 필요가 있다고 판단된다.

Tropaeolum majus, with a high decorative and food demand for vertical greening systems, has been utilized to revitalize urban agriculture. The effects of number of non-woven fabrics in a non-water environment and the adaptability of T. majus to this system were investigated. Planting ground composition of the container-type wall vertical greening system was made using non-woven fabric in one, two, three, or four layers. The results showed that the soil water content remained the highest when the non-woven fabric comprised 4 sheets. The morphological properties showed more growth with the 4 sheets than with 1, 2, and 3 sheets. In terms of physiological characteristics, chlorophyll content was mostly high in the 4 sheets, while shoot fresh weight value was in the order of 3 sheets > 4 sheets > 2 sheets > 1 sheet, and root fresh weight value was in the order of 4 sheets > 2 sheets > 1 sheet > 3 sheets. The dry weight of the measured values in the shoot was in the order of 4 sheets > 3 sheets > 2 sheets > 1 sheet while no clear difference was found in the root of each treatment. The difference in the flowring characteristics was not different, but in evaluating the characteristics as a whole, the growth in the three layers of non-waven fabric was the best. In addition, the soil moisture content and the growth characteristics were statistically significant as a positive correlation between the groups. Thus, greater the non-woven fabric, the higher is the adaptability of T. majus to dry stress under soil water-free conditions by maintaining soil moisture content. This showed that it represented an effective alternative as a method of vertical greening system for lower maintenance urban agriculture.

Vertical farming systems offer many advantages in urban spaces. They have also been proposed as an engineering solution to increase the productivity per unit area of cultivated land by extending crop production in the vertical dimension. However, soil water retention is a major constraint affecting the plant environment. This study analyzed the effects of growth environment of Tropaeolum majus and Fragaria spp., on the vertical farming system, by using four different types of cover material types including sphagnum moss (Control), a shading net (S.N.), multi-layered fabric (M.L.F.), and non-woven fabric (N.W.F.). The volumetric soil moisture contents and plant characteristics were investigated from May to September 2014. Plant materials were individually cultivated in hanging baskets measuring 30×17×17 cm, filled with a mixture of soil and perlite, and placed at 1.5m height. Each treatment was performed in quadruplicate and consisted of five plants, amounting to a total of 20 plants. The analysis indicated that different covers were associated with multiple functions and soil water retention improvements may have a positive impact on the vertical farming system. The difference in soil water retention increased in the following order: M.L.F. > Control > N.W.F. > S.N.. Furthermore, the differences in plant height and survival rate increased in the following order: M.L.F. > Control > N.W.F. > S.N. Therefore, M.L.F yielded satisfactory good response for the vertical farming system of cover materials. Our results clearly demonstrate that vertical spaces represent an attractive alternative to urban farming and suggest that further increases in yield may be achieved via different cover materials in vertical farming using hanging baskets.

The objectives of this study were to assess plant growth of the flowering shrub species for adapting to growing on hanging baskets in the vertical greenery system with different cover materials and substrates for low maintenance effectively utilizing rainfall. Water amount taken up by the fabric cover was higher than that by the plastic film cover. Evaporated water amount from the fabric cover was much slower than that from the plastic cover. A higher ratio of hydrophilic polymer to the substrate resulted in higher substrate water content within the same cover material. The relative growth rates of plant height, leaf width and stem diameter were higher when the Cotoneaster horizontal was grown in the vertical greenery system with the fabric cover, whereas the leaf number and survival rate were higher with the plastic film cover. The relative growth rates of plant height, leaf width and leaf number and the survival rate was higher when the Euonymus fortunei ‘Emerald n Gold’ was grown in the vertical greenery system with plastic film cover than those with both fabric cover and hydrophilic polymer treatment. In contrast, the stem diameter of Euonymus fortunei ‘Emerald n Gold’ was higher in the plants grown in the vertical greenery system with the fabric cover at a 1.0% ratio of hydrophilic polymer to substrate than that with plastic film cover. The highest stem diameter of Spiraea × bumalda ‘Gold Mound’ was observed in the plant grown in the vertical greenery system with fabric cover and at a 1.0% ratio of hydrophilic polymer to substrate, while there was no significant difference in the plant height. The leaf number was decreased with increase in the ratio of hydrophilic polymer to substrate, while the leaf width was decreased. The survival rate of Spiraea × bumalda ‘Gold Mound’ was higher than 80% regardless of treatments. In particular, the highest survival rate was observed in the plastic film cover treatment after overwintering.

무늬 베고니아(Begonia rex) ‘Harmony’s Red Robin’은 독특 한 적색 무늬로 잘 알려지고 인기 있는 실내식물이다. 하지만, 실내 에서는 광환경이 불량하여 무늬의 색상이 퇴색하는 경향이 있어 관 상가치가 감소된다. 본 실험은 무늬 베고니아 ‘Harmony’s Red Robin’ 잎의 적색 무늬 발현에 미치는 광질의 효과를 조사하기 위 해 실시하였다. 실내에서 광원으로 형광등(F)과 LED-백색광(W), 적색광(R), 청색광(B), 녹색광(G), 황색광(Y)과 적·청혼합광(RB, 적색:청색=4:1) 등 7가지로 광 처리하였다. 실내 조건은 기온 25±4℃, 상대습도 60±5%였다. 모든 처리 광원의 광도는 60μ mol·m-2·s-1로 조정하였고 12시간 일장조건으로 8주간 처리하였 다. 그 결과, 생육 특성은 RB, W, B LED에서 양호했다. 전체엽수 는 RB와 B에서 증가했고 총엽면적과 잎의 생체중은 RB, W, B에 서 처리 간에 가장 많이 증가했다. 무늬 발현 특성 중 무늬 비율은 LED RB와 B에서 양호했고 무늬의 적색 발현은 B에서 가장 양호 하였다. 결론적으로, 실내에서 무늬 베고니아 ‘Harmony’s Red Robin’의 적색 발현을 향상시키기 위해 LED 청색광을 적용하는 것이 효과적이나 식물 생장과 인간의 시야 및 미적 환경 등을 고려 할 때 LED 백색광과의 적절한 조합비율의 적용을 위한 추가적인 연구가 필요할 것으로 생각된다.

In this study, a vertical type LPE system has been developed for III-V semiconductor compounds single crystal growth. On the basis of the experience & basic study using this system, the system modification has been carried out for a ultra thin multi-layer single crystal. The temperature fluctuation was within ±0.006℃ at 800℃, temperature uniformity for graphite boat around was within ±0.15℃ at 650℃, and cooling rate was controllable from 2.2℃/min to 0.05℃/min. As a result it is considered to satisfy the condition to grow a ultra thin layer single crystal of III-V semiconductor compounds.

Shortening the lasing wavelength(particularly below infrared ; the visible region) of laser diodes is very attractive because it can provide a wide range of applications in the fields of optical information, measurement, sensor, the development of medical instrument, and optical communication through plastic fibers. According to the recent researches on the field, InGaAsP/GaAs was suggested as a material for red-light laser. In this study, in order to grow InGaAsP/GaAs epitaxial layer on InGaAsP/GaAs by LPE, we used GaP and InP two phase solution technique for 670nm and 780 nm region, respectively. Through the X-ray diffraction measurement for the epitaxial layer grown from the experiments, we found that the lattice mismatch of In0.46Ga0.54As0.07P0.93/GaAs and In0.19Ga0.81As0.62P0.38/GaAs was about +0.3% and +0.1%, respectively.

In this paper the results for thin multi-layer InGaAsP(1.3μm)/InP crystal growth by vertical liquid epitaxial growing furnance have been presented. The growth rates of InGaAsP layer and InP layer at cooling rate of 0.3℃/min and the growing temperature of 630℃ were obtained as 0.11 μm/min and 0.06 μm/min, respectively, by the uniform cooling with two phase solution technique.