A new soybean variety, ‘Joongmo 3009’ (Milyang 222) was developed at the National Institute of Crop Science (NICS) in 2012. ‘Joongmo 3009’ was released by pedigree selection from the cross between ‘Cheongja 2(Milyang 121)’ and ‘Daemangkong’. It has determinate growth habit, white flower, brown pubescence, brown pod color, green seed coat, green cotyledon, spherical seed shape, oval leaf shape and large seed size (29.3 grams per 100 seeds). It was late 16 days in maturing date than the check cultivar ‘Cheongjakong’. The average yield of ‘Joongmo 3009’ was 2.91 ton per hectare, which was higher 36 percentage than the check variety, in the regional yield trials carried out in three adaptable locations of Korea from 2010 to 2012. The number of breeder’s right is ‘5474’

• 한원영(농촌진흥청 국립식량과학원) | Won-Young Han Corresponding author
• 김현태(농촌진흥청 국립식량과학원) | Hyun-Tae Kim
• 고종민(농촌진흥청 국립식량과학원) | Jong-Min Ko
• 윤홍태(농촌진흥청 국립식량과학원) | Hong-Tae Yun
• 백인열(농촌진흥청 국립식량과학원) | InYoul Baek
• 이병원(농촌진흥청 국립식량과학원) | Byung-Won Lee
• 이영훈(농촌진흥청 국립식량과학원) | Young-Hoon Lee
• 하태정(농촌진흥청) | Tae-Jung Ha
• 신상욱(농촌진흥청 국립식량과학원) | Sang-Ouk Shin
• 이석기(농촌진흥청) | Suk-Ki Lee
• 정찬식(농촌진흥청 국립식량과학원) | Chan-Sik Jung
• 최재근(강원도농업기술원) | Jae-Keun Choi
• 이종형(기도농업기술원) | Jong-HyungLee
• 이승수(전라남도농업기술원) | Seung-Soo Lee
• 김동관(라남도농업기술원) | Dong-Kwan Kim
• 이은자(경상북도농업기술원) | Eun-Ja Lee
• 강항원(농촌진흥청 국립식량과학원) | Hang-Won Kang