A field experiment was conducted to evaluate the varietal variation of Se concentration and to determine the effects of selenium foliar applications on the productivity and agronomic characteristics of the whole-crop barleys. Se fertilizer was foliar applied at five levels(0, 50, 100, 200, 400 ppm) and two forms (sodium selenite and sodium selenate solution) at stem elongation stage, the middle of April. Cultivar effects on whole-plant Se contents were small and not significant. Regardless treatments, there were no remarkable effects on dry matter yield and forage quality of whole crop barleys. Se contents of plant was higher in selenate application by 3~10 times than selenite. In selenate treatments, as Se levels were raised from 50 ppm to 400ppm the Se contents were increased from 331ppb to 3433ppb and Se contents were positively correlated with the rate of Se application levels. Selenium(Se) is an essential nutritional trace element, which is needed for growth and reproduction in all living animals. But the line between the requirement and harmfulness of Se is narrow since selenium is a highly toxic element. The level of Se in feeds of plant varies depending on plant species, growing season and soil which the plants grow on. Because of low concentration of Se in domestic soils, the selenium availability to plants is limited and it is necessary to supplement feed with selenium. Generally organic Se is less toxic and more efficiently utilized than inorganic Se. Under the condition that antibiotics use in feed are prohibited, selenium enriched whole-crop barley can be one way to improve animal health.

‘Jungmo2502’ awnless barley line (Hordeum vulgare L.) developed at National Institute of Crop Science, RDA in 2011. The Jungmo2502 derived from three-way cross between Millyang100 and F1 (Samheung/Suwon300) in 2000. Subsequent generation were handled by the bulk method in a pedigree selection program. A promising line showed high yield as well as lodging resistance in the yield trial tested at Iksan in 2007 to 2008, designated as Iksan 448. The line in the regional yield trials(RYT) tested in seven locations around Korea for three years from 2009 to 2011. The Jungmo2502 is carrying the growth habit of Ⅳ, green leaf and stem similar to the check cultivar ′Youngyang′. Its heading date was May 3, and maturing time was May 30 in paddy field, which was 3 days later respectively than check cultivar. It was 98 cm of culm length, 607 spikes per m2 and showed more rate of leaf blade, winter hardiness, and resistance to BaYMV than the check cultivar. Average dry matter yield was similar with the check cultivar in paddy field (about 11 ton ha-1). It also showed good qualities as 8.7% of crude protein, 21.9% of ADF (acid detergent fiber), 40.7% of NDF (neutral detergent fiber), and 71.6% of TDN (total digestible nutrients), including high grade of silage for whole crop barley.

Specialty barley extracts were prepared and investigated for its antioxidant activity and biological activity. Hunter L* values of the Iksan 86 extracts had higher than that of the Iksan 87 and Zasoojeongchal extracts. The extraction yields of Iksan 86, Iksan 87, and Zasoojeongchal was 8.08, 6.62, and 7.30%, respectively. The contents of total phenolic compounds of the Iksan 86, Iksan 87, and Zasoojeongchal extracts were 16.24, 15.51, and 13.95 GAE mg/g of sample, respectively. The DPPH radical scavenging activity of Iksan 86, Iksan 87, and Zasoojeongchal extracts were 50.00, 33.27, and 7.56% at a 500 ppm, respectively. The samples showed an inhibition of xanthin oxidase. ACE inhibition effect of specialty barley extracts, Iksan 86, Iksan 87, and Zasoojeongchal, was 39.81, 41.06, and 27.78%, respectively. Tyrosinase inhibition rates (%) of Iksan 86, Iksan 87, and Zasoojeongchal extracts were 26.21, 24.57, and 20.00%, respectively. Results indicated that specialty barley extracts possesses various biological activities including antioxidative capacity, xanthin oxidase inhibition activity, angiotensin converting enzyme inhibition activity, and tyrosinase inhibition activity.

Barley is a good source of dietary fiber, β-glucan, which confer a number of human health benefits. The properties of a white wheat bread could be changed by adding regular and waxy barley flour in small amounts to a white wheat bread recipe. The objectives were to replace wheat flour with different levels of regular and waxy barley flour, and to examine their effects on bread qualities. Barley grains, Sassal(SS) as regular andSachalssal(SCS) as waxy cultivars, were ground usinga hammer mill equipped with 0.8 mm screen. A commercial bread wheat flour (WF) was used as a base flour. The blends with three levels (10, 20, 30%) of barley flour substitution were prepared, and the baking process was followed by the AACC official 10-10A. When barley flour substitution increased, beta-glucan was significantly increased: the highest beta-glucan in the waxy barley flour blends (0.1% in WF, 1.91% in 30% SCS). While WF bread had the highest loaf volume, substituting 20% SS did not statistically (p<0.05) affect the loaf volume, however a significantly lower loaf volume at 30% barley flour. On the other hand, the loaf volume of SCS breads lowered significantly by substitution statistically. The hardness and chewiness increased by replacing barley flour from 10 to 30% progressively: a remarkable increase in adhesiveness at 30% SCS bread. From the results, substitution of 10% barley flour regardless of regular and waxy did not affect bread volume and firmness, being suitable to use 20% SS barley flour without a significant change in loaf volume. From the nutritional point of view, substituting barley flour up to 20% would be an effective way to increase the dietary fiber on white wheat based breads.

Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) and barley byproduct, waxy and non waxy genetic type, were prepared and investigated for its biological activity. The total phenolic contents, tyrosinase and xanthin oxidase inhibition activity of the barley extracts were measured and compared with those of a barley byproducts extracts powder. The contents of total phenolic compounds of the barley byproducts, waxy and non waxy type, were 18.60 and 17.92 mg/g of sample, respectively. Inhibition rates (%) of the mushroom tyrosinase of the waxy type barley and barley byproducts extracts powder were 16.30 and 33.60% at 250 ppm, respectively. Tyrosinase inhibition activity of barley byproduct extracts regardless of waxy and non waxy type showed higher than that of arbutin (5%). The samples showed an inhibition effect of xanthin oxidase. At 2,500 ppm of sample concentration, the inhibition effect of xanthine oxidase of waxy type barley (WB), non waxy type barley (NB), waxy type barley byproducts (WBP), and non waxy type barley byproducts (NBP) was 9.92, 16.06, 14.11, and 13.86%, respectively.

This experiment was conducted to find out optimum priming treatment conditions to the sesame seed as a preliminary study for enhancing sesame germination properties. Effective priming agents and concentrations for sesame seed were K3PO4 , 200 mM and PEG6000, -1.0 MPa respectively. Optimum priming temperature and duration were 15~circC , 4 days in view of germination speed and germination percentage. PEG6000 with -1.0 MPa was selected as an efficient priming treatment condition at 15~circC , 4 days. This study suggested that priming treatment to sesame seed would be an effective technique enhancing sesame seed germination and shortening time to the T50 at the field condition, but the efficiency of priming treatments to the sesame seed would be strongly dependent on individual or integrated conditions of priming agent, concentration, temperature and duration etc.

　A new sprout-soybean cultivar, “oseo”was developed at the Honam Agricultural Research Institute (HARI) in 2007. Hoseo was selected from a cross between Camp and Nattosan. The preliminary, advanced, and regional yield trials to evaluate the performance of Iksan 57 were carried out from 2003 to 2007. This cultivar has a determinate growth habit with purple flower, grayish brown pubescence, yellow seed coat, grayish brown hilum, rhomboid leaflet shape and small seed size (7.4 g/100 seeds). The maturity date of “oseo”is 12 days earlier than the check variety, “ungsan” It has good seed quality for soybean-sprout and resistance to lodging. This cultivar has resistance to soybean mosaic virus (SMV) and necrotic symptom (SMV-N). The average yield of “oseo”was 2.51 ton per hectare in the regional yield trials (RYT) for double cropping carried out for three years from 2005 to 2007.