Screening of saline tolerant plants and development of biological monitoring technique for saline stress . 1. Survey of vegetation in saline region and determination of saline tolerance of the plant species of the region.

내염성 식물의 탐색 및 생물학적 염해 모니터링 기술의 개발 1. 염해지 식생분석 및 식물종의 내염성 평가

This experiment was conducted to classify the plant species occurring in the saline reclaimed land by saline tolerance. The vegetation of reclaimed land was composed of various plant species from halophyte to glycophyte showing different saline tolerances. In the investigated saline region, reclaimed land of Youngjong island, Inchun city, 175 species belonging to 32 families were found. Our survey was carried out in two region, having different salinity due to different desalinization. The electricalconductivity (EC) of more saline region showed 48.0mS/cm nd the other region showed 13.0mS/cm. It is assumed that intensity of precipitation and runoff of rainfall may cause salinity gradient in the investigated region. The plant species occurred in the experimental region were classified as 72 species of annual, 42 species of biennial, and 61 species of perennial according to life cycle. For knowing relationship between vegetation of saline region and saline tolerance of occurring species, we tested the saline susceptibility of plant species collected at the saline regions. Testing plants were cultured by nutrient solution containing 200 mM NaCl, the critical concentration of survival in glycophytes. The saline tolerance was graded by the growing capacity in the sand-culture system. The more saline-tolerant species screened by sand culture were Atriplex gmelini, Suaeda asparagoides, Aster tripolium, Suaeda maritima, Salicornia herbacea, and Suaeda japonica. The most saline tolerant family was Chenopodiaceae. Poaceae, Cyperaceae, and Brassicaceae showed relatively high tolerance to saline stress. In the course of growth under the high saline condition, the most noticeable change was the darkening of leaves by increasing of chlorophyll content. The chlorophyll contents were increased with saline stress in most species.

우리나라 염해지의 식생 현황과 식물의 염분에 대한 내성 정도를 알아보기 위해 본 실험을 수행한 결과는 다음과 같다. 간척지를 비롯한 염해지의 주요 우점초종은 명아주과의 나문재, 칠면초, 해흥나물, 퉁퉁마디와 국화과의 갯개미취 등이었으며 탈염이 진행된 곳에는 부들, 갈대, 갯꾸러미풀 등의 화본과 식물이 우점하였다. 염해지의 우점 초종은 양액에 NaCl을 200mM로 첨가하여 실시한 사경재배에서도 강한 내염성을 나타내어 간척지의 식생과 이들의 내염성과는 일치성을 나타냈다. 내염성 식물인 명아주과의 나문재, 해흥나물, 가는갯는쟁이, 칠면초와 갯개미취 등이 내염성이 강한 식물종이었으며, 마디풀과의 개여뀌, 큰개여뀌, 털여뀌와 국화과의 별꽃아재비, 진득찰 등은 내염성이 매우 약한 종으로 나타났다. 갯벌 간척 후 탈염이 진행됨에 따라 초기에는 명아주과의 나문재, 해흥나물, 칠면조 등이 우점하고 이후에는 갯개미자리, 갯질경, 갯골풀, 갯꾸러미풀 등이 우점하게되고 이후에는 물대, 갈대 등이 우점하게될 것으로 추정되었다.