국립식량과학원에서 국내 환경에 적합한 조사료용 호밀 품종을 개발하기 위하여 1995년에 ‘조춘호밀’ 등 10개 품종을 방임수분으로 혼합 교배하여 그 중에서 형질이 우수한 ‘SR95POP-S1-140-9-1-3-7-5-3’ 계통을 선발하였다. 선발 계통에 대해 생산력을 검정한 결과 특성이 우수하여 ‘호밀50호’로 계통명을 부여하고 5개 지역에서 3개년간 지역적응성을 검정하였으며, 조사료 수량뿐만 아니라 종실 수량이 높은 것으로 나타나 2013년 직무육성신품종 선정위원회에서 신품종으로 선정됨과 함께 ‘씨드그린’으로 명명되었다. ‘씨드그린’은 초형이 직립이고, 잎색은 농록색이며, 길이는 길고, 폭은 넓은 편이다. 줄기는 황백색으로 중간 정도의 굵기이며, 종실은 갈색이고, 중간 크기이다. ‘씨드그린’의 출수기는 4월 22일로 표준품종인 ‘곡우’ 보다 3일, 성숙기는 6월 16일로 2일 빠르다. 초장은 141 cm로 ‘곡우’보다 3 cm 길다. 한해는 평균 2로 표준품종인 ‘곡우’의 1과 대등한 수준이며, 도복은 ‘곡우’ 보다 약간 강하였으며, 습해와 병해는 발생하지 않았다. ‘씨드그린’의 생초수량은 ha당 39.8톤(곡우 40.8톤), 건물수량은 평균 8.3톤(곡우 8.4톤)으로 ‘곡우’ 보다 약간 적었으나, 종실수량은 4톤으로 ‘곡우’보다 16% 증수하였다. ‘씨드그린’의 조단백질 함량은 10.5%로서 ‘곡우’ 보다 0.8% 높았으며, ADF와 NDF 함량(%)은 각각 38.8%와 66.4%로 ‘곡우’ 보다 낮았으나, TDN 함량(%)은 58.3%로 ‘곡우’ 보다 1.3% 높았으며, TDN 수량 또한 4.81 톤/ha로 ‘곡우’ 보다 약간 높았다.
“Seedgreen” (Secale cereal L.), a new rye cultivar was developed by National Institute of Crop Science (NICS), RDA in 2013. It was developed from an open pollination from within 10 rye varieties or lines including “Chochun” in 1995. The line “SR95POP-S1-140-9-1-3-7-5-3” was selected for its excellent agronomic appearance, and was placed in yield trials for three years from 2008 to 2010. The new cultivar was designated “Homil50” and was placed in regional yield trials at the five locations around Korea from 2011 to 2013, during which time the name “Seedgreen” was given. This cultivar is an erect plant type and of a long size, with a dark-green leaf color, a yellowish-white colored, medium-diameter culm, and a brown-colored, medium-size grain. The heading and maturation dates of Seedgreen were April 22 and June 16, which were 3 days and 2 days earlier than that of “Gogu”, respectively. Seedgreen also showed better winter hardiness and a greater resistance to lodging and wet injury compared to those of the check cultivar. Over three years, the average dry matter yield of Seedgreen was 8.3 ton ha-1 (fresh yield = 39.8 ton ha-1), which was harvested in late April and was lower than that of the check cultivar Gogu. The seed productivity of Seedgreen was approximately 4 ton ha-1, which was 16 % more than that of the check. Seedgreen was higher to than Gogu in term of protein content (10.5% and 9.7%, respectively), total digestible nutrients (TDN) (58.3% and 57%, respectively), and TDN yield ha-1 (4.81 ton and 4.77 ton, respectively). This cultivar is recommended as a fall sowing crop in areas where the average daily minimum-mean temperatures are higher than -12℃ in January, and as a winter crop for whole-crop forage before the planting of rice or green manure around Korea.