Improving grain yield and quality of japonica rice continues to be a major breeding objective in Korea. In this study we evaluated genetic divergence among four japonica rice cultivars and assessed the relationship between genetic distance and hybrid perf
Sindongjinbyeo is a new japonica rice cultivar developed from a cross between Hwayeongbyeo and YR13604Acp22 line by the rice breeding team of National Honam Agricultural Experiment Station (NHAES), RDA, in 1999. This cultivar has a large grain and about 1
Manpung is a new japonica rice cultivar developed from three-way cross between Nakdongbyeo, Iri390 and Milyang111 by the rice breeding team of National Honam Agricultural Experiment Station (NHAES), RDA in 2000. This cultivar has a short grain shape and a
Mihyangbyeo, a new japonica aromatic rice (Oryza sativa L.) was developed by National Honam Agricultural Experiment Station (NHAES), RDA in 1998. It was derived from the three-way cross among Seomjinbyeo of the disease resistance and high yielding lines,
“Hoanbyeo” is a new japonica rice cultivar developed from a cross between Kanto149 and Milyang95 by the rice breeding team of National Honam Agricultural Experiment Station (NHAES), RDA, during 1990 to 1998. This cultivar requires about 121days of growth