‘Hyangdreamchal’, a new early maturing, aromatic and glutinous rice variety was developed by the crop breeding team of Crop Research & Development Division, GARES, Hwaseong, Korea in 2012. ‘Hyangdreamchal’ was derived from a cross between ‘Jinbuchal’ and ‘Miyakaori’ in 2001. This variety headed on July 28 which was 14 days earlier than ‘Hwaseongbyeo’ in Gyeonggi Province. It showed resistance to lodging with strong culm. It's culm length and panicle length were 71 cm and 20 cm, respectively. This variety has 13 tillers per hill and 92 spikelets per panicle. It was medium grain variety and 1,000 grain weight of brown rice was 20.1g. Its cold tolerance was stronger than ‘Hwaseongbyeo’ however it was susceptible to blast virus disease, bacterial leaf blight and insect pest. The milled rice of ‘Hyangdreamchal’ had a glutinous and aromatic endosperm. The yield potential of ‘Hyangdreamchal’ in milled rice was 4.15 MT/ha under the ordinary culture of the local adaptability test in 4 areas of Gyeonggi Province for three years. This variety would be adaptable to the Gyeonggi Province. (품종보호번호 : 제5568호)

• 이종형(경기도농업기술원) | Jong-Hyeong Lee (Gyeonggi Agricultural Research & Extension Services)
• 한상욱(경기도농업기술원) | Sang-Wook Han (Gyeonggi Agricultural Research & Extension Services) Corresponding author
• 장정희(경기도농업기술원) | Jung-Hee Jang (Gyeonggi Agricultural Research & Extension Services)
• 서재순(경기도농업기술원) | Jae-Soon Seo (Gyeonggi Agricultural Research & Extension Services)
• 장재은(경기도농업기술원) | Jae-Eun Jang (Gyeonggi Agricultural Research & Extension Services)
• 최병열(경기도농업기술원) | Byoung-Rourl Choi (Gyeonggi Agricultural Research & Extension Services)
• 박인태(경기도농업기술원) | In-Tea Park (Gyeonggi Agricultural Research & Extension Services)
• 김광호(건국대학교) | Kang-Ho Kim (Konkuk University, 120 Neungdong-ro, Gwangjin-gu)