‘Pareunsuperjami’, a early maturing and blackish purple pigmented rice cultivar, was developed from a cross between Heugjinju and Suwon 425. During selected by pedigree breeding method until F8 generation, a promising line, C3GM(CG2-2-70-1-1-3-2-B), was selected and advanced by early maturing and contents of cyanidin 3-glucoside. Advance line designated as the name of 'KNOU 3'. This variety headed on July. 30, 115 days to heading after sowing. The culm length and the panicle length of 'Pareunsuperjami' was 63.5cm and 21.3cm, respectively. The number of panicle per hill was 9.4 and the number of grain per panicles was 98.0. The ratio of fertility of ' Pareunsuperjami’ was about 80.5% and 1,000-grain weight was about 18.8 g, heavier than that of ‘Heugjinju’. ' Pareunsuperjami ' has 3~4 times higher Cyanidine-3-glucoside(C3G) contents compared with ‘Heugjinju’.

• 함태호(한국방송통신대학교 자연과학대학 농학과) | Tae-Ho Ham (Dept. of Agricultural Science, Korea National Open University, Seoul 03087, Korea)
• 권순욱(부산대학교 생명자원과학대학 식물생명과학과) | Soon Wook Kwon (Dept. of Plant Bioscience, Pusan National University, Miryang 46241, Korea)
• 류수노(한국방송통신대학교 자연과학대학 농학과) | Su-Noh Ryu (Dept. of Agricultural Science, Korea National Open University, Seoul 03087, Korea) Corresponding author