‘조아미’는 국립식량과학원 상주출장소에서 중산간지 재배에 알맞은 고품질 벼를 육성하고자 일본품종 ‘Yukara’와 중국품종 ‘Tonggae112’가 교배된 조합에 밥맛이 좋은 ‘삼백벼’를 삼원교배한 이후 계통육성시험에서 YR20557-1-1-3-B-3을 선발하였고, 2004년부터 2005년까지 생산력검정시험에 공시한 결과 수량성이 높아 ‘상주 36호’라는 계통명을 부여하였다. ‘상주 36호’는 2006년부터 2008년까지 3년간 지역적응시험에서 표준품종
A new rice cultivar, ‘Joami’, was developed by the rice breeding team of Sangju Substation, National Institute of Crop Science (NICS), Rural Development Administration. It was selected by a bulk and pedigree methods from a cross-combination among ‘Sambaegbyeo’, ‘Yukara’, and ‘Tonggae112’. A promising line of YR20557-1-1-3-B-3 was designated as ‘Sangju 36’ in 2006. Local adaptability test of ‘Sangju 36’ was conducted at ten sites throughout the Korean peninsula during three years from 2006 to 2008. ‘Sangju 36’, thereafter, was registered as ‘Joami’ in 2008. The cultivar headed on July 30 in the test of local adaptability. Endosperm of ‘Joami’ is translucent with clear chalkiness and has 5.4% higher head rice ratio than that of ‘Odaebyeo’. The yield potential of ‘Joami’ in milled rice is about 5.40 MT/ha under ordinary fertilizer level of local adaptability test, which was 6% higher than that of ‘Odaebyeo’. In an alpine area of Korea, the rice variety needs a cold tolerance and a resistance to blast disease. ‘Joami’ showed a tolerance reaction at Chuncheon cold tolerance screening nursery and exhibited resistance reaction to blast disease in nation-wide disease screening nursery. Therefore, ‘Joami’ would be well adaptable to mid-mountainous area at central and southern part of Korean peninsula.