풋고추(청양)의 육묘 온도를 주간온도는 같게 하고 야간온도를 달리하여 유묘의 화아분화와 생장 및 포장에서의 생장을 조사하였다. 육묘기간 중의 야간 온도가 높을수록 고추 묘의 엽수, 지상부 생체중 및 건물중이 증가하였고, 화아분화 및 첫 개화일은 단축되었다. 정식 후 초장, 경경, 분지장, 절간장은 저온구($28/11^{circ}C$)에서 증가한 반면 고온구($28/21^{circ}C$)에서 억제되었다. 측지수는 고온구에서 현저히 감소되었으나 온도 처리에 따라 주경에서 발달하는 1차분지의 수는 일정한 경향을 보이지 않았다. 고추 모종의 생장은 저온구에서 억제되었다가 하우스에 정식한 후부터 점차로 회복된 반면, 고온구는 이와 반대의 경향을 보였다.
This study was carried out to investigate effects of different night temperature treatments during nursery period on flower bud differentiation and growth of pepper cv. Cheongyang. Number of leaves, top fresh weight and top dry weight of pepper seedlings were increased with increasing the night temperature during nursery periods. And also flower bud differentiation and days to flowering were accelerated as increasing the night temperature. Plant height, stem diameter, branch length and intermode length of pepper after transplanting were height at the low night temperature ($28/11^{circ}C$), but they were retarded at the high night temperature ($28/21^{circ}C$) treatment. Number of lateral branches was significantly reduced at the high night temperature, but there was no a regular tendency in branching habit of the main stem by temperature treatments. Seedling growth before transplanting was retarded at the low night temperature but gradually recovered after transplanting into the plastic house. However, seedling growth at the high night temperature was shown in contrast to above response of the low night temperature.
