Abstract
Organic pear (Pyrus pyriforia) fruits have remarkably increased in Korea since year 2000 due to increase consumer's demand for the fruit, and the farmers are keep trying to change their cultivation system that is replaced from conventional farming to organic-base farming for the fruit. However, there is little information for the soil properties, tree nutrition, and tree growth at organic orchards in Korea. Therefore, this study was established to investigate for the chemical properties of soils and leaf and bud characteristics of a conventional and organic pear trees in experimental orchards for two years. Commercial (Sanwool, YoungHwa Co., Korea) compost was applied to the orchard soils with conventional farming systems for two years for pear trees (10 to 15 year old trees) in KyungSan, Korea. The compost application increased pH, organic matter content, cation exchange capacity (CEC), and, microbial biomass in the soil. The compost treatment also increased specific leaf weight and foliar $P_2O_5$ concentration as well as leaf and floral bud sizes.
본 실험은 미생물이 포함되어있는 환경 친화적인 상업용 유기질비료(compost)를 2년 동안시용함으로서, 토양 내 화학성과 '신고' 배 수체생장을 향상시킬 수 있는 지를 알아보기 위하여 수행하였다. 시판된 유기질 비료 처리는 토양 내 미생물생체량과 토양 pH, 유기물함량, 그리고 양이온 치환용량을 관행재배 구에 비해서 증가시켰다. 유기질 비료 처리에 의해 개선된 토양환경은 엽 내 무기성분 함량에는 크게 영향을 미치지 못했으나, 엽 두께를 증가키시고, 엽과 꽃눈 수를 증가시킴으로서, 배 수체생장에 크게 영향을 미친 것으로 판단된다.
