A new pea cultivar, Cheongmi was developed at the Yeongnam Agricultural Research Institute (YARI) in 2003. It was selected from a cross YP303 (Frescoloy / Upton) // YP113 (Sparkle/Early Bird) /3/ YP115 (Sparkle / Euiseongjaerae) in 1992. The preliminary,

A new vegetable soybean cultivar, “Dajin” (Milyang 125) was selected from a cross Keunolkong / Josaengbaekjo(Introduction) // Keunolkong, and was developed at the Yeongnam Agricultural Research Institute (YARI) in 2003 on the basis of its yield performanc

A new black seed coat soybean cultivar with green cotyledon, Cheongja 2 was developed at the Yeongnam Agricultural Research Institute (YARI) in 2003. Cheongja 2 was selected from a cross Milyang 70 / Ilpeumgeumjeongkong. The preliminary, advanced and regi

A new yellow gerbera (Gerbera hybrida Hort.) cultivar 'old Moon' was developed from a cross between 'Rita' and 'Ruby Red' followed by seedling and line selections at the Flower Breeding Research Institute, Gyeongnam Agricultural Research and Extention Ser

A new bi-colour gerbera (Gerbera hybrida Hort.) cultivar 'Sunny' was developed from a cross 'Princessa' and 'Tamara' followed by seedling and line selections at the Flower Breeding Research Institute, Gyeongnam Agricultural Research and Extension Services

A new mungbean variety Samgang (Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek) was improved from the cross between Keumseongnogdu and V2939 at the Jeollanam-do Agricultural Research & Extension Services (JARES) in 2002. Samgang has erect growth habit, lobed leaflet, green h

A new soy sauce and soy paste soybean cultivar, “Hojang” was developed from the cross between HS12 (Jangyeobkong/Hwangkeumkong) and Suwon153 by the soybean breeding laboratory of the National Honam Agricultural Experiment Station (NHAES) in 2002. The prel

A new sprout-soybean variety, “Dagi” was developed from the cross between Namhaekong and D70-6545 by the soybean breeding laboratory of the National Honam Agricultural Experiment Station (NHAES) in 2002. The preliminary, advanced, and regional yield trial

A new soybean variety, “Sunam” was developed from the cross between Kosuzu and Bukwangkong by soybean breeding laboratory of the National Honam Agricultural Experiment Station (NHAES) in 2002. The preliminary, advanced, and regional yield trials for evalu

A new pink gerbera (Gerbera hybrida Hort.) cultivar ‘Pink Angel’ was developed from a cross between ‘Tamara’ and ‘Nevada’ followed by seedling and line selections at the Flower Breeding Research Institute, Gyeongnam Agricultural Research and Extension Ser

A new red gerbera (Gerbera hybrida Hort.) cultivar ‘Honeymoon’ was developed from a cross between ‘Beauty’ and ‘Sardana’ at the Flower Breeding Research Institute, Gyeongnam Agricultural Research and Extension Services (ARES) in 1998. Characteristic trial

New balloon flower (Platycodon grandiflorum) variety, ‘Jangbaek’, had been developed by pureline selection from some native cultivars collected in Milyang by the medicinal crops research team of the National Yeongnam Agricultural Experiment Station at 200

A new yellow gerbera (Gerbera hybrida Hort.) cultivar ‘Runa’ was developed from a cross between ‘Ansofie’ and ‘Sunset’ followed by seedling and line selections at the Flower Breeding Research Institute, Kyeongnam Agricultural Research and Extention Servic

A new pink gerbera (Gerbera hybrida Hort.) cultivar ‘Smart’ was developed from a cross between ‘Beauty’ and ‘Ansofie’ followed by seedling and line selections at the Flower Breeding Research Institute, Gyeongnam Agricultural Research and Extention Service

Most of recommended potato varieties in Korea are white skin colored. Purple skinned potatoes have been recognized as being effective in the prevention of gastric disease. A new variety “Jaseo” has dark purple skin and white flesh colors, and attractive r

‘Jowon’ is a new early-maturing potato variety for table use. It has spreading growth habit with narrow oval leaves. Its tubers are attractively round with white skin and light yellow flesh color. The yielding ability of Jowon is similar to Superior. Jowo

Transgenic rice plants expressing a Bacillus subtilis protoporphyrinogen oxidase (Protox), the last shared enzyme of the porphyrin pathway in the expressed cytoplasm or the plastids, were compared with non-trangenic rice plants in their growth characteristics such as tiller number, plant height, biomass, and yield. Transgenic rice plants of ~textrmT3 generation had 8 to 15 % and 25 to 43% increases in tiller number compared to non-transgenic rice plants at 4 and 8 weeks after transplanting(WAT); similar values were observed for ~textrmT4 generation at 4 and 8 WAT. However, the plant height in both ~textrmT3 and ~textrmT4 generations was similar between transgenic rice plants and non-transgenic rice plants at 4 and 8 WAT. Transgenic rice plants had 13 to 32% increase in above-ground biomass and 9 to 28% increase in grain yield compared to non-transgenic rice plants, demonstrating that biomass and yield correlate with each other. The increased grain yield of the transgenic rice plants was closely associated with the increased panicle number per plant. The percent of filled grain, thousand grains and spikelet number per panicle were similar between transgenic and non-transgenic rice plants. Generally, the growth and yield of transgenic generations (~textrmT2 , ~textrmT3 , and ~textrmT4 ) and gene expressing sites (cytoplasm-expressed and plastid-targeted transgenic rice plants) were similar, although they slightly varied with generations as well as with gene expressing sites. The transgenic rice plants had promotive effects, indicating that regulation of the porphyrin pathway by expression of B. subtilis Protox in rice influences plant growth and yield.