Effects of Different Pruning Time on Bush Growth and Fruit Production of Southern Highbush Blueberry ‘Scintilla’ Cultivated in a Heated Plastic House

Mi Geon Cheon; Seo Hyoun Lee; Kyung Mi Park; Seong-Tae Choi; Yeon Hyeon Hwang; Young Ho Chang; Jin Gook Kim

doi:10.12791/KSBEC.2021.30.3.183

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Effects of Different Pruning Time on Bush Growth and Fruit Production of Southern Highbush Blueberry ‘Scintilla’ Cultivated in a Heated Plastic House 전정시기가 가온재배 남부하이부쉬 블루베리 ‘신틸라’의 신초 생장과 과실 생산에 미치는 영향

31 July 2021. pp. 183-187

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Abstract

Appropriate pruning is very important for southern highbush blueberries cultivated in a heated plastic house to control their severe crowding within the bush canopy after harvest. Pruning treatments at different times were evaluated to find out an appropriate pruning time to southern highbush ‘Scintilla’ cultivation with heating. Seven-year-old (2018) bushes, grown in 180-L containers, were summer-pruned on May 20 (35－39 days after harvest) and June 20, or dormant-pruned on December 20 (5 days before flowering), consecutively in both 2018 and 2019 removing 30% of the total woods. May pruning activated occurrence of shoots the following years, increasing number of shoot by 17 to 49% and total shoot length by 18 to 32% compared with those of the dormant pruning. Fruit characteristic was not significantly affected by different pruning times the previous year. The first year pruning treatment did not influence the yield the following year, but the second year consecutive May pruning significantly increased yield per bush by 7% compared with the dormant pruning. The results indicated that summer pruning in May could be favorable to promote shoot growth and to maintain stable yield.

Keywords

container cultivation

fruit quality

hydroponics

shoot growth

summer pruning

본 연구는 가온재배 조건에서 수확 후에 수관이 복잡해지는 문제가 발생하는 남부하이부쉬 블루베리 ‘신틸라’의 안정된 수체 생장과 과실 생산에 적합한 전정시기를 구명하고자 수행되었다. ‘신틸라’ 품종을 180L 용기에서 재배하여 2018년(7년생)과 2019년(8년생)에 하계전정은 5월 20일(수확 후 35－ 39일경)과 6월 20일(수확 후 65－69일경)에 12월 전정구(관행)은 12월 20일(개화 전 5일)에 2년 연속 목질부 생장량의 30%를 제거하는 방법으로 동일하게 처리하였다. 5월 하계전정으로 이듬해 신초생장이 촉진되었는데, 12월 전정구보다 주당 신초수는 17－49%, 주당 총신초장은 18－32% 많았다. 본 연구에서 전정시기에 따른 과실 특성 차이는 없었다. 주당 수량은 처리 1년차 이듬해인 2019년에는 차이가 없었으나, 2년 연속 처리한 이듬해인 2020년에는 5월 전정구가 12월 전정구보다 7% 높아 유의한 차이를 보였다. 이러한 결과로 가온재배 ‘신틸라’ 블루베리는 수확 후 5월에 하계전정을 하는 것이 신초 생장을 촉진하여 과실의 생산성을 높이는데 유리한 것으로 판단되었다.

키워드

과실 특성

신초생장

용기재배

양액

하계전정

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Publisher :The Korean Society for Bio-Environment Control
Publisher(Ko) :(사)한국생물환경조절학회
Journal Title :Journal of Bio-Environment Control
Journal Title(Ko) :생물환경조절학회지
Volume : 30
No :3
Pages :183-187
Received Date : 2021-07-06
Revised Date : 2021-07-22
Accepted Date : 2021-07-23
DOI :https://doi.org/10.12791/KSBEC.2021.30.3.183

Journal of Bio-Environment Control ISSN:1229-4675(Print) 2765-3641(Online) 생물환경조절학회지

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