Hopyeongbyeo is an anther culture derived Japonica rice (Oriza sativa L.) cultivar from the cross between Hitomebore and Hwajinbyeo by the rice breeding team of Honam Agricultural Research Institute (HARI), NICS, RDA, in 2003. This cultivar has a about 126 days growth duration from transplanting to harvesting. The short and round grain shape of Hopyeongbyeo is translucent with non-glutinous endosperm. Amylose content of rice grain is about 17.8% and high palatability of cooked rice compared with Nampyeongbyeo. This cultivar shows resistant to bacterial blight pathogenes of K1. The milled rice yield of Hopyeongbyeo is about 5.13MT/ha at ordinary transplanting culture in the local adaptability test. Hopyeongbyeo would be adaptable for the southern plain area of Korea.

Boseogchal is a newjaponica rice cultivar developed from the three-way cross ofHwayoung, Tamjin and Sinseonchalat Honam Agricultural Research Institute (HARI), RDA, in 2004. It is a waxy rice with about 117 days of growth duration fromtransplanting to har

Hanmaeum is a new super-yielding japonica rice cultivar developed from a three-way cross of Mi1yang165,YR16365Acp13 and Iksan438 at Honam Agricultural Research Institute (HARI), RDA, in 2004. This cultivar has about 119 daysgrowth duration from transplant

‘Okjeon’ rye (Secale cereale L.) was developed by the National Crop Experiment Station (NCES). It was released in 2001 because of its excellent earliness and yield potential. ‘Okjeon’ was developed from an open pollination with 20 rye lines in 1984. Subse

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

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,

An efficient system of rice microspore culture could contribute to the production of genetically modified rice. The microspores were isolated by mechanical or shed methods. The number of microspores per 100 anthers isolated at uninucleate stage was higher than (or similar to) those at binucleate stage in isolation method with pestle or spatular, but microspore divisions were not easily observed on both stages. On the other hand, pollen division in shed pollen culture was observed more frequently at uninuclear than at binuclear stage. Cold pretreatment at 10~circC for 10 days resulted in the best multicellular division to produce microcalli at 12.5% efficiency in shed microspores. Heat shock at 33~circC for one hour before or after pollen shedding enhanced cell division and callus formation. Out of twelve green regenerants, two were haploids and ten were diploids based on the chromosome analysis of root tips. The size of stoma was 12m m in haploids and 15 ~mu~textrmm in diploids determined by scanning electron microscope (SEM).