Effects of Soil EC on Seed Germination, Seeding Growth, Initiation of Female Flower and Fruit Growth of Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) Plants

토양 EC가 오이의 종자발아, 유묘의 생장, 자화착생 및 과실비대에 미치는 영향

Seed germination, seedling growth, plant establishment after transplanting, set of female flowers, and subsequent fruit growth were examined in cucumbers grown in soils having varying electrical conductivities (EC) of $1.0-5.0dS{\cdot}m^{-1}$ adjusted by adding different amount of a commercial compound fertilizer (N : $P_2O_5$ : $K_2O$ = 21 : 17 : 17). Slower seed germination was recorded in soils having EC value of $3.0dS{\cdot}m^{-1}$ or higher and little or no germination took place in soils with EC $4.0dS{\cdot}m^{-1}$ until 8 days after sowing. Suppression of seedling growth was apparent in soils having EC level of $2.5dS{\cdot}m^{-1}$. All seedlings died eventually at EC level of $3.5dS{\cdot}m^{-1}$. Leaf color became progressively dark green with the increase in EC from 1.0 to $3.0dS{\cdot}m^{-1}$. The first female flower was formed at higher node and the number of days required for the first flowering of female flower increased with the increase in EC values up to $3.0dS{\cdot}m^{-1}$. Occasionally, leaf yellowing and self-topping symptoms appeared in plants grown in soils having EC level of $3.0dS{\cdot}m^{-1}$.

복합비료로 EC(1:5)를 $1.0-5.0dS{\cdot}m^{-1}$로 조절한 토양에서 오이종자의 발아, 유묘생장 및 이식후의 묘생장과 암꽃의 착생 및 과실비대에 대하여 조사하였다. 종자발아는 EC $3.0dS{\cdot}m^{-1}$ 이상에서는 발아속도가 매우 늦었고 EC $4.0dS{\cdot}m^{-1}$에서부터는 파종 8일까지 거의 발아하지 않았다. EC $2.5dS{\cdot}m^{-1}$ 이상이 되면 유묘의 생장이 억제되기 시작하였고 $3.5dS{\cdot}m^{-1}$ 이상에서는 고사하였다. EC $3.0dS{\cdot}m^{-1}$까지는 잎이 농록색이 되었다. EC가 $1.0dS{\cdot}m^{-1}$에서 $3.0dS{\cdot}m^{-1}$까지 높아질수록 제1번 자화 개화소요일수가 늘어났고 자화 착생절위도 높아졌다. EC $3.0dS{\cdot}m^{-1}$에서는 유묘의 잎의 황화현상과 순멎이가 발생하였으나 매우 불균일하였다.