종남벼는 고품질 안전 다수성 품종을 육성할 목적으로 '91/92년 겨울철에 고품질이면서 단간 내도복 내병성인 밀양 96호에 숙색이 좋고 밥맛이 양호하고 초형이 양호한 YR12734-B-B-22-2를 교배하dUT다. 1992년 여름철에 F1 수식 이미지식 물체를 양성한 후 '93 여름에 F2 수식 이미지양성하여 개체별로 1립씩 채종후 '93/'94겨울철 세대단축온실에서 F5 수식 이미지세대까지 1수 1계통으로 고정시키고 F6 수식
Jongnambyeo, a new japonica rice cultivar(Oryza sativa L.), is a mid-late maturing ecotype developed by the rice breeding team of National Yeongnam Agricultural Experiment Station(NYAES) in 2001 and released in 2002. This variety originated from the cross of Milyang96/YR12734-B-B-22-2(in 1991/1992 winter) and was selected by means of a mixed method of bulk and pedigree breeding. The pedigree of Junambyeo, Milyang 169 designated in 1999, was YR15161-B-B-B-57-2-3. It has about 79cm in culm length and tolerant to lodging. And this variety is resistant to bacterial leaf blight(K1), stripe virus and moderately resistant to leaf blast disease. Milled rice kernels of "Jongnambyeo" is translucent with non-glutinous endosperm and clear in chalkness and good at eating quality in pannel test. The yield potential of "Jongambyeo" in milled rice is about 5.60MT/ha at ordinary fertilizer level of local adaptability test. This cultivar would be adaptable to the Yeongnam plain and southern coastal of Korea.