초록
천일염의 농업적 활용은 관행농업에서 뿐만 아니라 친환경농산물 생산을 위해 농업인들 사이에서 증가하는 추세이다. 그러나 다량의 천일염을 지속적으로 살포할 경우 토양에 염류가 집적될 소지가 크고, 이로 인해 작물의 생육장해가 초래될 수 있다. 따라서 본 연구는 천일염을 토양에 살포하였을 때의 토양 이화학성과 마늘의 무기성분 함량과 수량에 미치는 영향을 조사하고자 수행하였다. 천일염을 살포하는 양이 증가할수록 토양의 전기전도도, 치환성 나트륨, 염소이온, 황산이온은 표토에서 높아졌다. 그러나, 수확기에는 천일염의 성분이 강우에 의해 심토로 용탈되어 작물이 생육하는 근권에서는 전기전도도, 치환성 나트륨, 염소이온, 황산이온은 감소하였고, 염소이온은 다른 성분보다 더욱 빠르게 심토로 용탈되었다. 토양의 나트륨 흡착비, 치환성 나트륨 백분율, 토양 분산율은 천일염이 투입량이 증가할수록 높아지는 경향이었다. 천일염을 토양에 살포하였을 때 마늘의 무기성분 중에 질소, 칼슘, 마그네슘, 미량원소인 철, 망간, 아연 등의 함량은 줄어들었고, 바닷물에 많은 성분인 염소 성분의 흡수는 증가하였으나, 마늘의 수량에는 큰 영향을 미치지 못하였다.
Farming using natural salts for supply of nutrients to crops is increasing recently. It is necessary to evaluate the salt accumulation in soil and the effects on crop growth by treatment of natural salt. This study was conducted at the organic cultivation fields which garlics were planted. The treatments were no natural salts (control) and plots applied 100~600 $kg\;ha^{-1}$ with natural salts. Soil samples were taken from the 0 to 25 cm depth at 12 and 107 day (harvest time) after natural salts application. The results showed that electrical conductivity (EC), exchangeable Na (Exch.$-Na^+$) and Cl- were increased by application of natural salts. But, pH and exchangeable cations ($K^+$, $Ca^{2+}$ and $Mg^{2+}$) had not significantly differences among treatments. In 300 $kg\;ha^{-1}$ plots of natural salt, the level of EC, Exch.$-Na^+$ and $Cl^-$ in top soil (0-5 cm) was were increased more 0.3, 3.7, and 12.7 times than control plot, respectively. EC, Exch.$-Na^+$, and $Cl^-$ were highest in the top 5 cm of soil and decreased with depth at 12 days after natural salts application, but were decreased in the plower layer (0-15cm) at the harvest time because they were leached with natural rain. An increasing the application level of natural salt resulted in increasing of sodium adsorption ratio, exchangeable sodium percentage, and percentage of soil dispersion. The concentration of nutrient uptake such as total nitrogen (T-N), chloride (Cl) in garlic had significant difference between control and plots applied with natural salts The content of T-N of garlic in plots with natural salt application was lower than control plot, but Cl is higher than control plot.
