브리스톨 훼어리 안개초 고품질 절화 생산을 위한 적정 관수 개시점

Optimum Irrigation Point to Produce High Quality Cut Flowers of Gypsophila paniculata 'Bristol Fairy'

안개초 고품질 절화 생산을 위해 'Bristol Fairy' 삽아묘를 공시하여 토양수분 포텐셜을 영양생장기에는 -3.2, -10.0kPa, 출뢰기 이후에는 -10.0, -31.6, -79.4kPa로 설정하고 토양수분이 관수 개시점에 도달했을 때 10mm씩 관수하여 봄, 가을 연속재배를 하였다. 개화는 영양생장기, 출뢰기 이후 토양수분 포텐셜이 낮을수록 빨라지는 경향이었으며, 그 외 개화기 생육에는 처리 간 차이가 없었다. 봄, 가을 재배 모두 토양수분 포텐셜이 낮을수록 측지장은 짧아지고 화경의 강도는 강해지며, 상위 절간장도 짧아 휘어진 정도가 감소하였다. 특히, 가을 재배 시 토양수분 포텐셜이 높을수록 측지장이 정단보다 높아 원추화서가 파괴되는 경향이 심하였다. 봄 절화의 절화량은 처리 간 유의한 차이가 없었지만, 가을은 토양수분 포텐셜이 낮을수록 증가하였다. 따라서 안개초 고품질 절화 생산을 위한 관수개시점은 영양생장기는 -10.0kPa, 출뢰기 후에는 -79.4kPa이 적정하다고 생각되었다.

This experiment was conducted to investigate the effect of soil moisture content on cut flower quality of Gypsophila paniculata L. 'Bristol Fairy' in spring and autumn cultivations. The soil moisture potential (SMP) set point for irrigation was either -3.2 or -10.0kPa in the vegetative growth stage, and -10.0, -31.6, or -79.4kPa after the budding stage. When soil moisture reached at each set SMP point, 10 mm water was drip-irrigated. Tendency of flowering was earlier as SMP set point was lower in both vegetative growth and after budding stages. No other flower characteristics were found among other treatments. In both spring and autumn cultivations, as SMP set point was lower, the low primary branch length and upper internode length were decreased, the stem firmness was increased, and curvature of cut flower stem was decreased. Especially, in autumn, the higher the SMP set point, the higher the low primary branch than the apex, thus the paniculate inflorescence was deeply destroyed. Yield in spring cultivation was not significantly different among treatments, while that in autumn cultivation increased as the lower the SMP value. It is thought that optimal imgation points during vegetative growth and after budding stages to produce high quality cut flowers are -10.0 and -79.4kPa, respectively.