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http://dx.doi.org/10.7235/hort.2015.14124

Changes in Moisture Contents of Rice-hull Based Root Media and Growth Responses of 'Seolhyang' Strawberry during Vegetative Propagation  

Park, Gab Soon (Buyeo-gon Agriculture Technology Center)
Kim, Yeoung Chil (Department of Horticultural Science, Kongju National University)
Ann, Seoung Won (Department of Horticultural Science, Kongju National University)
Kang, Hee Kyoung (Department of Horticultural Science, Kongju National University)
Choi, Jong Myung (Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Chungnam National University)
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Horticultural Science & Technology / v.33, no.1, 2015 , pp. 47-54 More about this Journal
Abstract
This research was conducted to investigate the changes in moisture retention capacities of expanded rice-hull (ERH)-based root media and their influences on the growth of mother and daughter plants in vegetative propagation of 'Seolhyang' strawberry. The proportion of water at the container capacity of ERH medium was in the range of 20 to 23%. This range was lower than the 60 to 66% of strawberry-specialized medium, the 30 to 34% of soil mother material (SMM) and the 30 to 35% of loamy sand. The moisture content of ERH was reduced to 10 to 12% at 8 hours after irrigation, and there were large variations among replications of ERH medium. Among four kinds of root media formulated to contain ERH, the medium of ERH + coir dust (CD) (55 + 45%, v/v) had 26.5 and 32.5% water contents at 20 and 40 days after irrigation to daughter plants, respectively. The m edia o f ERH + sandy loam (S L) and E RH + S MM showed similar trends i n moisture r etention. The pH and EC i n the all root media tested were in the range of 6.7 to 7.1 and 0.03 to $0.08dS{\cdot}m^{-1}$, respectively. The pHs and ECs measured at 20 and 40 days after irrigation were not significantly different in each root medium. Among the root media formulated to contain ERH, the growth of daughter plants was the highest in the treatment of ERH + SL (55 + 45%, v/v). As the blending rate of coir dust was elevated in the ERH + CD media, moisture retention capacity increased gradually, but the growth of daughter plants became worse even though the medium showed higher moisture retention capacity than other root media tested. The growth of roots and aboveground tissues of daughter plants deteriorated in the root media formulated by blending ERH + perlite (PE) at various ratios. The results of this research suggest the optimum formulations of root media and management of moisture content in raising of strawberry daughter plants when ERH is a component of root media.
Keywords
container capacity; daughter plant; EC; mother plants; pH;
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