• Journal of the Korean Society of Industry Convergence
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• v.20 no.5
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• pp.351-357
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• 2017

Growing plant in potting media without soil is known as Soilless cultivation. This method is used mostly in greenhouse cultivation to increase horticultural commodities production. Peat moss is commonly utilized as potting media substrate because of its characteristic. However, peat moss price is high because of the quantity of peat moss in nature has been decreased. Recently, most of the research is conducted to find the alternative growing medium to cultivate horticulture plant in potting media. Perlite and rice husk ash were mentioned that had a potent as alternative growing media for seasonal plants to increase agriculture production due to the lack of production area. This study aimed to determine the effect of using different substrate and growth performance of chili. The method used was the soilless cultivation. The chili was planted in the pot with perlite media, rice husk ash media, and peat moss media. The chili was measured after 65 days after planting. The result showed that rice husk ash and perlite were more potentials in chili growth performance than peat moss. Rice husk ash had the significant result of plant height. While, Perlite effect on root length, plant weight, leaf length, and stem diameter. The best alternative for cultivation chili without substrate based on this research was perlite then rice husk ash and peat moss.

• Horticultural Science & Technology
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• v.32 no.1
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• pp.46-52
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• 2014

This study was conducted to compare colony forming unit (CFU) of microorganisms in closed and open soilless culture systems for estimating the possibility for potential disease occurrence. Samples were collected at four different positions in four commercial greenhouses with closed or open soilless culture system using rock wool or coir as substrate, respectively. The distance between sampling positions was 3 cm starting from the substrate and the surface area of each position was $25cm^2$. The CFU of fungi was significantly higher in the open system, while that of bacteria was not significantly different but showed relatively lower in the closed system. Samples collected at the plastic surface of the substrates where little environmental effects occurred from drainage showed lower CFU than any other positions. The principal component analysis showed that samples collected on the drainage pathway highly affected the changes in microbial population in the greenhouse. These results indicated that greenhouses with closed soilless culture are expected to have more advantageous conditions for restraining the microbial growth, resulting in the lower potential of disease occurence in greenhouse ecosystem.

• Magazine of the Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers
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• v.38 no.5
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• pp.106-115
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• 1996

This study was carried out to provide fundamental data for reuse of resources and prevention of environmental pollution Actual states of environmental pollution by biological production facilities were investigated. Various pollution loads and quantity of wastes from greenhouse and animal housings estimated. In greenhouse contents of investigation were wastes of plastic cover, noise of heater and fan, air pollutant of heater, and wastes of soilless culture system, etc. In animal housings, those were actual state of livestock waste treatment and reuse, pollutant mass unit discharge, noise pollution, and malodorant, etc. The main pollutants discharged from greenhouses were wastes of plastic cover, rockwool, and waste fluid of nutrient solution. Developments of waste disposal methods for plastic cover and rockwool are required. And recycle technique of nutrient solution for soilless culture should be developed and propagated. With the buildup of legal control, pollutant mass discharged from livestock wastes are, on the decrease. The other side, reuse of livestock excreta increased. Most animal housings are located near the dwelling house. Malodorant and noise from animal housings have bad effects on the rural living conditions. So developments of integrated complex for small scale livestock farms are required.

• Journal of Bio-Environment Control
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• v.24 no.1
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• pp.39-44
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• 2015

To improve crop productivity with optimal water management in soilless culture, the information of physical characteristics of the root medium including water behavior should be required. The objectives of this study were to analyze the physical characteristics including hydraulic properties of the root media commercially used and to analyze the relationships between actual moisture content and measured one by FDR sensor. The weight of the medium was measured by load cell for calculating the actual moisture content. The accuracy of the moisture content measured by FDR sensor was obtained by comparing with the actual one. The water holding capacity of the coir was lower than those of the rockwool due to the features of large and rough particles of the coir. The moisture content measured by FDR sensor showed large difference from the actual moisture contents measured by loadcell, indicating that the calibration of FDR sensor is needed before starting measurement. The optimum range of moisture content for irrigation control was narrow in the coir than the rockwool due to the lower water holding capacity and rehydration capability of the coir. The results of this study can be useful in establishing adequate irrigation strategies in the soilless culture.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Bio-Environment Control Conference
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• 1994.05a
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• pp.9-19
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• 1994

Hydroponics, Nutriculture, Soilless culture 라고 불리워지는 양액재배는 결코 새로운 기술은 아니지만 최근 집약적 생산을 위한 공장적 재배 등을 통해서 다시 주목을 받고 있다. 과거에는 재배관리의 어려움 때문에 전문가 이외에는 재배가 곤란했지만, 최근 재배관리의 자동화경향 때문에 비전문가에 의한 관리도 가능하게 되고 있다. 양액재배는 토양재배에 비하여 여러가지 장점을 가지고 있다. 양액관리를 위한 장치의 개선과 적용작물의 선택, 생력관리기술이 확정되었고, 연작장애 대책, 안정적 계획생산, 무공해식품의 평가가 높기 때문에 양액재배 면적은 서서히 증가하는 추세라 할 수 있겠다. (중략)

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Bio-Environment Control Conference
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• 2002.11a
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• pp.203-211
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• 2002

원예용상토의 국내 소개는 1980년대 후반에 해외 제품 중 유럽산 Black Peat Moss가 주재료로 사용된 상토(Soilless Media, Potting Soil)를 농가에 처음으로 보급하기 시작하였고, 90년대 초반에는 코코넛 열매의 부산물인 Coco Peat(Coir Dust)을 유기물 주재료하고 무기물재료로 Zeolite를 혼합한 국내산 상토가 처음으로 제조 공급되었고, 그 이후로는 유기물은 Peat Moss와 Coco Peat를 혼합 또는 단용으로 하고 무기물 재료는 Zeolite, Perlite, Vermiculite 등을 첨가한 다양한 제품이 소비자에게 공급되기에 이르렀다. (중략)

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Bio-Environment Control Conference
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• 1997.11a
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• pp.34-35
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• 1997

무토양재배에서의 효율적인 관수량 결정은 정확한 증산량에 근거한다. 작물의 생육과 환경과의 관계 분석을 위해서 실제의 재배시스템 전체를 대상으로 하여 증산량을 연속적으로 측정하는 것은 현실적으로 어려우며, 가능하더라도 대규모의 시설이 필요하다. 따라서 작물의 실제 증산량을 위해서 개체 측정 등의 대표치를 이용하는 방법이 적용되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 일반적인 증산량 측정을 위해서 정량펌프를 이용한 측정 시스템의 구축 및 이 방법을 이용하여 관수량 제어를 위한 환경과 증산량과의 관계를 분석하였다. (중략)

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Bio-Environment Control Conference
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• 1997.05a
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• pp.59-61
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• 1997

무토양재배시스템은 가급적 경량화이면서 집약적인 형태를 가지며, 환경보존차원을 위하여 밀폐형 순환식 재배시스템이 중시되고 있다. 무토양재배시스템은 DFT에서 NFT나 고형배지로 갈수록 외기의 환경변화에 대하여 비교적 근권부근의 환경변화가 크기 때문에 노출되어 있는 뿌리에 영향을 미치는 것으로 사료된다. (중략)

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Bio-Environment Control Conference
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• 1997.05a
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• pp.62-64
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• 1997

작물생육은 근권 부근의 온도와 밀접한 관계가 있다. 따라서 외부환경의 영향을 받기 쉬운 단순 경량화된 순환형 무토양재배시스템내의 양액 또는 배지의 온도 변화를 파악하여 환경조절을 통한 적정 생육환경을 조성할 수 있다면, 작물의 생산성에 기여할 수 있다. 본 연구는 순환식 무토양재배시스템의 위치별 온도 분포 및 배양액의 공급 과 온도변화와의 관계를 분석하였다.

• Horticultural Science & Technology
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.25-26
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• 1998

Nutrient supplying by a metering pump often produces the inaccuracy in the rate of inflow than expected. In this study, we developed the transpiration estimation system using the metering pump to measure the continuous supplying rate as well as to estimate the accurate transpiration rate. The system showed the stable characteristics by eliminating the fluctuations in the head loss of nutrient tank. The direct proportionality between the supplying time and the supplied nutrient solution was obtained. The exact correlation between the integrated solar radiation and the transpiration rate using the system was calculated, and correlation coefficients between the two factors were 0.98 in the NFT system and 0.92 in the aggregate system. This results suggest that the integrated solar radiation was an important factor to directly decide the supplying volume of nutrient solution in soilless culture system. The deveolped system using the metering pump in the study was able to control the supply of the nutrient solution to the crops adjusting to the variation of solar radiation.