An indica rice cultivar, Milyang23 is a semidwarf plant type with long and slender grains, whereas a temperate japonica rice cultivar, Stejaree45 is a japonica cultivar with short and bold grains. Genetic analysis was carried out to determine the number of quantitative trait loci (QTL), chromosome location, gene action, and effects of QTLS controlling grain length, width, thickness, and shape. The grain traits averages in the recombinant inbred lines (RILs) were near the mid-parent value, but the standard deviations in the RILs were more than those of the parents. A linkage map based on 138 simple sequence repeat (SSR) markers from 12 linkage groups was constructed using the 143 RILs as the base population. The map, spanning 1208 cM of the rice genome with an average interval length of 12.9 cM, was used for QTL analysis. A total of 13 QTLS for grain quality traits were identified. The phenotypic variation accounted for by each QTL ranged from 4.2% to 10.4%, with an average of 6.7%. Among the 13 QTLS, only one QTL accounted for more than 10% of the total phenotypic variation. Each of the traits studied was governed by one or two major QTLs that accounted for the large proportion of the total phenotypic variation. Several minor QTLS explain a small proportion of the total phenotypic variance.

A new peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) variety “Jakwang” was developed from the cross between HYQ(CG)S-10 and Suwon 101 by the Yongnam Agricultural Research Institute(YARI) and Honam Agricultural Research Institute(HARI) in 2003. This variety has Shinpung typ

The objective of this study was to determine the role of storing years with the variation of total phenol and individual phenolic compounds in soybean (Glycine max L.) seeds. The total phenol content varied from 0.36 to 0.42% over four years, with the highest value (0.42%) found at storage for two and three years. Among the nine soybean varieties examined, Daweonkong had the highest total average phenol content (0.58%). The total content of 11 phenolics varied from 730.0 to 1812.8 ~mu~textrmg~;~textrmg-1 over storage for four years, and the highest concentration (1812.8 ~mu~textrmg~;~textrmg-1 ) was found at storage for two years. Myeongjunamulkong (1465.4 ~mu~textrmg~;~textrmg-1 ) had the highest mean content among the nine soybean varieties. The total content of 11 phenolic compounds measured in this study occupied from 20.96 to 47.73% of the total phenol contents. The highest total phenol contents were in seeds with black coats (5279.4 ~mu~textrmg~;~textrmg-1 ), while the highest concentration of individual phenolic compounds were in seeds with green coats (1419.5 ~mu~textrmg~;~textrmg-1 ). Our study suggests that it may be feasible to improve soybean varieties with high functional substances such as phenolic compounds.