Effect of Fruit Thinning and Foliar Fertilization under the Low Light Intensity in Oriental Melon(Cucumis melo L. var. makuwa MAKINO)

저광도 조건시 참외의 적과와 엽면시비 효과

  • Published : 2003.03.01

Abstract

This experiment was conducted to find out the method of preventing decrease in the marketable yield of oriental melon (Cucumis melo L. var. makuwa MAKINO) under low light intensity. By maintaining low light of 400 $\mu$mol$.$m$^{[-10]}$ 2$.$S$^{-1}$ from 10 days after fruit set to fruit enlargement period, the photosynthetic rate and chlorophyll contents of leaf were reduced. Leaves which had no urea application showed largely decreased photosynthetic rate The content of soluble solids was lower$.$ in the low light than natural light treatment. Regardless of foliar application of urea, % fermentation fruits was under 4% in the natural light treatment and over 10% in the low light treatment. The less the fruit thinning, the greater was % fermentation fruits under low light condition. The % fermentation fruits were 39% and 40% in no fruit thinning treatment. The harvest was delayed under low light condition regardless of foliar fertilization. As the number of thinned fruits was decreased, the harvest time was delayed more. Marketable yield per plant sharply decreased under low light intensity. Compared with natural light, the yield under low light treatment was 16∼34%. The treatment fertilized with 0.5% urea on leaf had 34% greater harvest index of marketable yield than other treatments. In conclusion, when the long low light condition from 10th day after fruiting was forecasted, thinning two fruits out of six fruits and two times foliar fertilization with 0.5% urea should be applied.

참외재배시 저광도 조건시 상품수량의 급격한 저하를 막기 위하여 본 연구가 수행되었다. 과실 비대기에 해당되는 착과후 10일부터 400 $\mu$mol$.$m$^{-}$2$.$S$^{-1}$정도의 저광도 조건이 지속되면 광합성 속도도 떨어지고, 엽록소 함량도 낮았으며 특히 요소 무엽면시비구의 광합성속도는 크게 저하되었다 당도에 있어서는 자연광에 비해 저광도 처리구가 전반적으로 낮았는데, 착과수가 많고 무엽면시비구일수록 낮았다. 발효과 발생률은 요소 엽면시비 유무에 관계없이 자연광에서는 4% 미만으로 발생되었는데, 저광도 조건에서는 10% 이상 발생되었다. 특히 저광도 조건에서 적과수를 적게 한 처리구일수록 발효과 발생률이 높았는데, 적과를 하지 않은 처리구는 각각 39와 48%로 매우 높은 발생율을 보였다. 수확시기 지연은 요소 엽면시비 유무와 관계없이 자연광에 비해 저광도 조건에서 늦어지는 경향을 보였는데, 적과수가 적을수록 지연정도는 심했다 주당 상품수량에 있어서는 저광도 조건하에서 자연광에 비해 16∼34% 수준 정도로 매우 낮은 수량을 보였는데, 요소 0.5% 액을 엽면시비하고 2개를 적과한 처리구가 34%수준으로 자연광에 비해 다른 처리보다 높은 상품수량을 보였다. 따라서 참외재배시 과실 착과후 10일경부터 강우 등에 의해 장기간 저광도 조건이 지속될 것으로 전망되면 상품수량의 급격한 저하를 막기 위하여 주당 6개의 착과 과실중에서 2개를 적과하고, 요소 0.5%액을 2회 정도 엽면시비 해주는 것이 바람직 할 것으로 사료된다.

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