This study was carried out to find a new corn cultivar with multiple tillers that is suitable for forage. Materials were developed at the Corn Breeding Laboratory of Chungnam National University. A total of 3,650 accessions were collected domestically and from other countries, including China. Among them, 16 CNU inbreds, tillering and non-tillering, were compared to each other in terms of stem heigh, number of tillers, fresh weight, and dry weight per plant. Of these surveyed traits, the stem heigh at tasseling stage was 140~190 cm and number of tillers per plant ranged from two to four. Fresh weight and dry weight of these lines were higher in the tillered than in the non-tillered sample.

• 나승연(충남대학교 식물자원학과) | Seung-Yeon Na
• 이문섭(미국 일리노이대 농학과) | Moon-sub Lee
• 양재현(충남대학교 식물자원학과) | Jae-Hyeon Yang
• 이경은(충남대학교 식물자원학과) | Kyeong-Eun Lee
• 이희봉(충남대학교 식물자원학과) | Hee-Bong Lee Corresponding author