왕벚나무 성목(43-58년생)의 삽목묘 대량증식 방법을 밝히기 위해 삽목시기별, 옥신처리별 및 삽수부위별로 자동안개관수장치가 설치된 무가온 비닐하우스에 삽목을 실시했으며, 삽목묘의 가로수 식재 성공여부를 검토하기 위해 발근된 삽목묘를 묘포장에 이식하여 생육특성을 조사하였다. 각 처리에 따른 평균 발근율의 분산분석 결과는 고도의 유의성(P < 0.0001)이 나타났다. 시기별 평균 발근율에서 6월 1일의 삽목(61.4%)이 8월 1일(23.6%)보다 2배 이상 높아 6월 1일이 적합한 시기로 나타났다. 발근율이 가장 좋은 옥신처리는 IBA 1,000㎎ㆍL?¹와 IBA 500㎎ㆍL?¹ 처리에서 각각 90.8%, 89.2%로 나타났으며, 발근율에 대한 각 처리간의 상호효과(P < 0.0001)가 인정되었다. 삽수부위에서 상단부 + IBA 1,000㎎ㆍL?¹ 처리가 발근율 96.7%로 가장 높게 나타났다. 삽목묘의 묘포장 이식 활착률 역시 옥신처리간에 고도의 유의성(P < 0.0001)이 인정되었으며, 잎이 있는 삽목묘의 평균 이식활착률은 46.5%로 낮았으나 IBA 1,000㎎ㆍL?¹ 처리는 79.2%로 높았다. 그러나 잎이 없는 삽목묘의 이식활착율은 8.7%로 대부분 고사하였다. 활착된 삽목묘와 접목묘 및 실생묘의 생장특성을 비교한 결과, 생장(수고, 근원경), 뿌리수, 가지수, 잎수 등에서 고도의 유의성(P < 0.0001)이 나타났으며 삽목묘가 월등히 우수하였다. 본 연구의 결과는 자동안개관수장치로 안정적인 습도조절과 온도유지가 가능한 삽목실에서 6 - 7월의 삽목실시, 상단부 삽수의 선택, IBA처리 및 8월에 발근된 삽목묘의 묘포장 이식을 통해 개량된 왕벚나무의 대량증식과 성공적인 가로수 식재가 가능할 것이다.
This study was conducted to develop an efficient mass propagation method for the mature Prunus yedoensis Matsumura (43 to 58 years old). Cutting was conducted depending on cutting time, auxin treatments (IBA and NAA treatments mixed with talc powder), and cuttings position on shoots in a plastic house equipped with a fog system without heating. Rooted cuttings were transplanted to a nursery bed, and their growth characteristics were investigated in order to check whether the cuttings are successful or not for roadside tree planting. The average rooting rate was highly significant (P < 0.0001) in all treatments: cutting on June 1st (61.4%) was more than two times greater in rooting rate than that on August 1st (23.6%); IBA 1,000 ㎎ㆍL?¹ (90.8%) and IBA 500 ㎎ㆍL?¹ (89.2%) showed much greater rooting rates than those of the other treatments; upper part of the cuttings treated with IBA 1,000 ㎎ㆍL?¹ showed the highest rooting rate, 96.7%. The interactions among treatments in the average rooting rate were also significant. There were significant differences (P < 0.0001) among the auxin treatments in the survival rate of leafed cuttings transplanted to a nursery bed. The average survival rate was 46.5%, and IBA 1,000 ㎎ㆍL?¹ treatment was the highest in leafed cuttings 79.2%, but most of leafless cuttings were dead. There were significant differences (P < 0.0001) among the cuttings, grafts, and in the seedlings height, diameter at root collar, the number of roots, branches, and leaves, etc., and the cuttings was the best. We can expect a possibility of mass propagation of improved P. yedoensis Matsumura and a high planting survival rate through the transplanting of cuttings to a nursery bed in which the cuttings should be the following conditions: cutting in June to July, use of the upper part of cuttings, IBA treatment, and rooting in August in a cutting-greenhouse equipped with a fog system.