Abstract
The objective of this study was to find an environment friendly method of ginseng storage disease control using a natural plant extract. Essential oil was evaluated in terms of its antifungal ability against a variety of ginseng storage pathogens, and a variety of essential oils was conducted in order to assess the possibility of applying them as a component of a disease control strategy. Direct treatment with essential oil was demonstrated to exert a ginseng storage control effect. Methyl eugenol and thymol were shown to exert a mycelial growth inhibition effect of 80% on PDA media, using a paper disc containing 200 ppm of essential oil against Botrytis cinerea. The application of direct methyl eugenol treatment to ginseng resulted in a profound control effect. Both spray and dipping treatment of each methyl eugenol as well as thymol, evidenced a disease develoment of 10-20% as compared with the over 80% observed from all non-treated packages. Methyl eugenol in the large packages resulted in a disease index of 0.60 in the two essential oil treatments and also a small diseased area, as compared with the disease index of 1.65 and the wide diseased area observed in the non-treatment groups. Treatment with a mixture (methyl eugenol + thymol) in the synergistic effect test resulted in a relatively wide diseased area, as no discernable synergistic effect was detected. Methyl eugenol and thymol can be utilized as control agents in an environmentally friendly ginseng storage treatment, owing to the avirulent and clear effects detected in this study. In particular, ginseng must be ingested when fresh, and this is why a product for the control of ginseng storage diseases is so necessary.
본 연구는 정유를 이용하여 환경친화적으로 Botrytis cinerea에 의한 수삼 저장병 방제방법을 개발하기 위하여 수행되었다. 정유의 일종인 methyl eugenol은 200 ppm 농도의 배지상에서 80% 이상의 높은 균사 생육억제 효과를 나타냈다. 상온에서 수삼에 직접 처리 시 무처리구에서 80% 이상의 발병률을 보일 때 methyl eugenol이나 thymol 모두 분무와 침지처리구에서 10~20% 이하로 낮게 발병하여 높은 병 방제효과를 보였다. 저온($4^{\circ}C$)에서의 처리결과도 실온과 비슷하게 포장크기와 상관없이 무처리구에 비해 발병률이 매우 낮게 나타나 역시 실용적인 효과가 뛰어났다. 2 kg 이상을 분석한 대포장 실험에서도 무처리구는 발병지수가 1.65를 보인 반면 methyl eugenol은 0.60으로 개체별 발병면적이 상대적으로 매우 좁게 나타났다. 그러나 두 물질(methyl eugenol+thymol)의 혼합처리에 의한 상승효과는 확인할 수 없었다. Methyl eugenol은 잔류독성이 없고 수삼 저장병 발생 억제효과가 뚜렷해 수삼 저장 시 처리할 수 있는 환경친화적 제제로서 활용 가능하며 특히 신선한 상태로 섭취가 가능해야하는 수삼의 특성으로 볼 때 수삼 저장병 방제제로서의 활용가치는 더욱 클 것으로 판단된다.
