Effect of Organic Fertilizer and Mulch Sources on Growth and CO2 Assimilation in MM.106 Apple Trees

유기질 비료와 멀칭자재가 MM.106 사과 대목의 생장과 광합성에 미치는 영향*

  • 최현석 (국립농업과학원 유기농업과) ;
  • 롬컽 (미국 아칸소 주립대학교 원예학과) ;
  • 김월수 (전남대학교 원예학과) ;
  • 최경주 (국립농업과학원 유기농업과) ;
  • 이연 (국립농업과학원 유기농업과)
  • Received : 2009.12.29
  • Accepted : 2010.04.16
  • Published : 2010.06.30

Abstract

The study was conducted to investigate the effects of organic fertilizers and mulches on the growth and $CO_2$ assimilation in MM.106 apple trees. Growth and $CO_2$ assimilation of MM.106 apple trees grown in a greenhouse were affected by the nutrient concentrations and carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) ratio in the raw materials of organic fertilizers and mulches. The optimum C:N ratios, which makes microorganism convert the organic N into the inorganic N, were obtained in the organic fertilizer, poultry litter, green compost, and grass clippings, resulting in increasing single shoot height, SPAD, and $CO_2$ assimilation. The SPAD and $CO_2$ assimilation were affected by the treatments 5 weeks after the treatments, and then the tree growth was affected by the treatments 6 weeks later. The most efficient tree growth and development were observed in the 10 to $15\;mg{\cdot}kg^{-1}$ of the inorganic N in a soil, and the N was strongly related to the tree growth and development.

본 연구는 여러 유기질 비료와 멀칭자재에 따른 MM.106 사과 대목의 생장과 광합성 동화량에 미치는 영향을 구명하기 위해서 수행되었다. 유기질 비료와 멀칭 자재의 무기성분 함량과 탄소/질소 비율(탄질비)은 수체 생육과 광합성에 영향을 주었다. 미생물이 유기태질소를 무기태로 전환하기 용이한 이상적인 탄질 비를 나타냈던, 상업용 유기질 비료, 계분, 식물성 퇴비, 그리고 풀 멀칭구가 줄기생장과 SPAD 및 광합성 함량을 증가시켰다. 처리 5주 후에 SPAD 및 광합성 함량이 처리구에 의해 영향을 받았으며, 처리 6주 후에 줄기생장 또한 처리구 간에 유의성을 나타냈다. 토양 내 무기태 질소 함량이 $10{\sim}15mg{\cdot}kg^{-1}$이었을 때 가장 효율적인 수체 생장과 발달을 나타냈으며, 질소함량은 생장과 발달에 유의적인 상관관계를 나타냈다.

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