• Proceedings of the Plant Resources Society of Korea Conference
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• 2021.04a
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• pp.11-11
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• 2021

Ferns have been consumed as food in many countries for centuries. As rich sources of protein, fiber, minerals, vitamins, essential amino acids, and fatty acids, ferns provide important nutrients to humans. Eastern bracken (Pteridium aquilinum var. latiusculum (Desv.) Underw. ex A. Heller) is the most popular edible fern in South Korea where, additionally, it has long been used as an edible wild leaf vegetable. Recently, the production of eastern brackens in South Korea (2018) has reached 14,032 tons, for an annual revenue of 83.5 billion won, and even more eastern brackens are marketed if imports are taken into account as well. Most of the common ferns can be propagated using spores. However, fern farmers cultivate seedlings through traditional propagation methods, such as root pruning or rhizome division. These propagation methods exhibit limitations in forming roots and growing-points and are labor intensive. Quality seedlings of eastern bracken can be obtained through spore propagation, but the spores are fine and difficult to handle in the field. In addition, it would require appropriate environmental control. The production of synthetic seeds using encapsulation technology is easy to establish and it can be used to achieve high productivity at low cost. Synthetic seeds contain explants embedded into a seed foam, and they overcome the limitations of micropropagation and offer the possibility of using plug seedlings. Synthetic seed matrix, such as sodium alginate, has the advantages of low cost, low toxicity, and gel stability. The present study aimed to develop and produce synthetic seeds for the commercial exploitation of eastern bracken. Furthermore, we verified spore germination and the extent of gametophyte and sporophyte development achieved with our new synthetic seeds, whose production was intended to solve current problems with the handling, storage, and transportation of eastern bracken.

• Journal of Bio-Environment Control
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• v.32 no.4
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• pp.319-327
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• 2023

To harvest marketable cucumbers, high quality seedlings must be used. Producing seedlings in the greenhouse during the low radiation period decreases marketability due to insufficient light for growth. Supplemental lighting with artificial light of different quality can be used to improve low light conditions and produce high quality seedlings. Therefore, this study was conducted to select the appropriate supplemental light sources on the growth and seedling quality of grafted cucumber seedlings during the low radiation period. Three cultivars of cucumber were used as scions for grafting; 'NakWonSeongcheongjang', 'Sinsedae', and 'Goodmorning baekdadagi'. Figleaf gourd (Cucurbita ficifolia) 'Heukjong' was used as the rootstock. The seeds were sown on January 26, 2023, and grafted on February 9, 2023. After graft-taking, cucumbers in plug trays were treated with RB light-emitting diodes (LED, red and blue LED, red:blue = 8:2), W LED (white LED, R:G:B = 5:3:2), and HPS (high-pressure sodium lamp), respectively. Non-treatment was used as the control. Supplemental lighting was applied 2 hours before sunrise and 2 hours after sunset for 19 days. The stem diameter and fresh and dry weights of roots did not differ significantly by supplemental light sources. The plant height and hypocotyl length were decreased in W LED. However, the leaf length, leaf width, leaf area, and fresh and dry weights of shoots were the highest in the RB LED. Seedling qualities such as crop growth rate, net assimilation rate, and compactness were also increased in RB LED and W LED. After transplanting, most of the growth was not significant, but early yield of cucumber was higher in LED than non-treatment. In conclusion, using RB LED, W LED for supplemental light source during low radiation period in grafted cucumber seedlings improved growth, seedling quality, and early yield of cucumber.

• Journal of Bio-Environment Control
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• v.26 no.1
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• pp.35-42
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• 2017

This research was conducted to investigate the influence of post-planting fertilizer concentrations on the growth of seedlings and changes of nutrient concentrations of media in tomato seedling production through sub-irrigation. Two root media such as peat moss (grade of 0 to 6 mm, PM06) plus perlite (grade of 1 to 2 mm (PE2)(7:3, v/v) and peat moss (grade of 5 to 15 mm, PM515) plus PE2 (7:3, v/v) were formulated and filled into 72-cell plug trays. After seeds of 'Dotaerang Dia' tomato were sown and germinated at $28^{\circ}C$, the trays were moved to greenhouse and seedlings were raised 35 days. When the cotyledons were emerged, post-planting fertilizers of 13-2-13, 15-0-15 and 20-9-20 ($N-P_2O_5-K_2O$) were applied in a sequence. The fertilizer concentrations based on N in each plug stage were differed with $25mg{\cdot}L^{-1}$ in three treatments. The fertilizer solutions were supplied when the weight of plug trays decreased to 40 to 50% compared to container capacity. The root media were collected in 1, 2, 4, and 5 weeks after sowing and were divided into top, middle, and bottom parts, then were analysed for pH, EC and macro-nutrient concentrations. The seedling growth was investigated 5 weeks after sowing. The pH and EC in PM06+PE2 was higher than those of PM515+PE2. The bottom and mid-part had higher pH and lower EC compared to upper part in each medium. The differences of EC between upper and bottom parts were around 2 times in each medium. The $NH_4-N$ and K concentrations in program 3 of PM06+PE2 showed the highest concentrations among all treatments. The $NO_3-N$ concentrations in PM06+PE2 increased gradually and this rising tendency become severe as post-planting fertilizer concentrations were elevated. The seedling growth in terms of fresh and dry weights was the highest in the treatment of program 2 in PM06+PE2 among all treatments tested. Above results indicate that the gradual increases of fertilizer concentrations from 25 to $125mg{\cdot}L^{-1}$ in plug stages 2, 3, and 4 plug stages are desirable for

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Bio-Environment Control Conference
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• 1999.04a
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• pp.54-57
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• 1999

플러그묘의 생육과 밀접한 관계를 갖는 플러그묘 개체군(이하 '묘개체군'이라 칭함) 내외에서의 미기상 요소는 기류속도의 영향을 크게 받는다. 식물묘공장과 같이 인공광을 이용한 반폐쇄 생태계에서 품질이 균일한 플러그묘 생산 시스템 개발을 목적으로 수행된 기초 연구에서 김과 고재(1996a, 1996b, 1996c, 1997), Kim 등(1996)은 플러그묘 생산용 풍동 설계 및 공기역학적 특성의 구명, 기류속도가 묘개체군 내외에서 기온ㆍ상대습도ㆍ포차ㆍ$CO_2$ 농도 분포에 미치는 영향, 묘개체군의 순광합성 속도 측정 등에 관한 연구 결과를 보고한 바 있다.(중략)

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Agricultural Machinery Conference
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• 2003.02a
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• pp.139-144
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• 2003

식물묘(transplant)는 육묘 후 포장에서 정식이 이루어지는 묘를 의미한다. 묘소질은 묘가 지녀야할 속성으로서 초장, 절간장, 엽색, 엽의 두께, 엽형, 괴근 형태 등은 묘의 외관과 관련된 묘소질에 해당하며, 광합성속도, 근활력, 엽록소 함량 등은 생리적 묘소질에 해당한다(Kim, 2002). 묘소질이 우수한 묘, 즉 외관이 우수하며, 병충해에 오염되지 않고, 생리 생태적 상태가 우수한 우량묘를 재배에 이용하면 정식 단계에서 활착 환경에 쉽게 적응하거나, 재배 과정에서 비료, 농약, 자재, 관리 노력 등을 적게 투입할지라도 수량이 증대되거나 품질 향상이 기대되므로 향후 우량묘에 대한 수요가 크게 증가할 것으로 예상된다(김과 박, 2002). (중략)

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Agricultural Machinery Conference
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• 2003.07a
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• pp.402-406
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• 2003

묘생산 시스템은 크게 개방형과 폐쇄형으로 구분된다. 개방형 묘생산 시스템은 시스템 내부와 외부의 공기ㆍ물ㆍ열 등의 교환이 가능한 시스템을 의미한다. 현재 실생묘, 삽목묘, 접목묘 등은 일사가 투과되는 온실 또는 묘포장에서 생산된다. 그러므로 온실 또는 묘포장을 이용한 묘생산 시스템은 개방형 묘생산 시스템에 해당한다. 개방형 묘생산 시스템에서는 외부기상의 변동에 따라 시스템 내의 기온, 상대습도, 광량, 기류속도, $CO_2$ 농도 등의 물리적 환경요인이 변화하므로 이들 환경 요인을 일정한 수준으로 제어하기가 쉽지 않다. 때문에 균일한 묘소질을 지닌 묘의 계획적 생산이 근본적으로 불가능하다. (중략)

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Bio-Environment Control Conference
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• 1997.05a
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• pp.74-79
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• 1997

플러그묘의 생육과 밀접한 관계를 갖는 플러그묘 개체군(이하 '묘개체군' 이라 칭함) 내외에서의 미기상 요소는 기류속도의 영향을 크게 받는다. 인공광을 이용한 반폐쇄생태계에서 품질이 균일한 플러그묘 생산 시스템 개발을 목적으로 실험을 수행한 금과 고재$^{(1)~(4)}$ , Kim등$^{(5)}$ 은 최근들어 플러그묘 생산용 풍동 설계 및 공기역학적 특성의 구명, 기류속도가 묘개체군내외에서 기온ㆍ상대습도ㆍ포차ㆍ$CO_2$ 농도의 분포에 미치는 영향, 묘개체군의 순광합성 속도 측정 등에 관한 연구 결과를 보고한 바 있다. (중략)

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• v.28 no.6
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• pp.531-536
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• 2003

This study was carried out to develop a vacuum nozzle seeder for large seeds and performance was tested on seed feeding, arranging. and sowing peformance. The results of this study were as follows： The operation of feeding device of the seeder was programmed to operate a period of setting time after sowing 6 rows. The setting time was decided based on a discharged seed by the angular speed of feeding roller. The arranging accuracy of 'tuktozwa', 'hukjong' and 'chambak' was 96.4％, 95.2％ and 89.4％ respectively. The working performance was 75.6sheet/hr which was 3.8 times higher than that of manual work. An average seeding rate of 1 grain was 97.8％.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Bio-Environment Control Conference
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• 2001.04b
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• pp.95-99
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• 2001

플러그묘의 보급이 확산되어지면서 이의 효과적인 생산에 대한 인식이 높아지고 있다. 그러나 대량 생산을 위해 셀 수가 많은 트레이에 종자를 파종할 경우 시간의 경과에 따라 작물은 도장하게 된다는 점이 문제로 나타난다. 묘의 도장방지를 위해서는 개체간 충분한 공간을 두어 육묘하는 것이 좋지만 이 경우 생산비가 증가하게 된다. 이에 대한 공정육묘상의 생육조절방안으로는 상토내 수분ㆍ양분 조절, 주야간 온도차이(Lim등, 1997), 자외선 이용(Inamoto 등, 195), 생장조절제 이용(Gilbertz, 1992; Kacia, 1997) 방법 등이 보고되고 있다. (중략)

• Journal of Bio-Environment Control
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.12-17
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• 2002

Tn establish the criteria for appropriate seedling production method in the summer, the effect of container size and seedling age on the growth and yield were evaluated with tomato. The seedling quality was higher when seedlings were grown polyethylene in 9cm pots than in 72 cell plugs. Seedling quality increased with increase in seedling age in polyethylene pots, whereas seedling age did not affect seedling quality in plug trays. Fruits matured earlier on plants started from pot-grown transplants for a long duration than with plug tray-grown transplants for a shorter duration. Not only total yield in 4 months, but the early yield in the first 2 months, was higher with pot-nursed transplants than with plug tray-nursed transplants. With pot-grown transplants, The early yield in initial 2 months was the lowest in 25 day-old transplants, whereas there was no significant differences between 35- and 45-day-old transplants. Seedling age did not affect the cumulative yield for 3 months after the first harvest. With plug tray-grown transplants, the cumulative yield tar initial 3 months was the highest in plants grown for 35 days in the nursery, followed by 25 day and 45 day. However, there were no significant differences among seedling ages in the total yield.