Gahwang is an excellent chipping cultivar with yellow flesh, short oval tuber shape and mid-early maturity. Its yields were a little higher than Atlantic through the regional trials with five locations. It has a lower incidence of internal brown spot comp

Shinnamjag is a round, smooth, white-skinned, and fleshed potato cultivar with erect plant shape and early maturity. It has excellent table quality. Its yields are high, especially with prominent marketable yield compared to Superior, a leading potato cul

‘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

To find out the effects of humidification and hardening of rice (Oryza sativa L. cv. Ilpumbyeo) seeds on the germination, both normal and artificially aged seeds with 60% germination rate were humidified at 40, 60, and 80% RHs and 25~circC for five weeks or hydrated for 6, 12, 18, and 24 hours at 25~circC from one to five cycles for hardening. Relative humidity and duration of humidification did not affect the germination rate of normal seeds, while reduced the time to get 50% germination rate (T50 ) by 1.0～1.6 days compared to that of normal seeds at 25~circC . Aged seeds humidified at 40 and 60% RHs did not affect the germination rate and T50 regardless of relative humidity and duration of treatment, while at 80% RH, the germination rate decreased and T50 increased significantly with the duration of humidification. Hardening of normal seeds reduced T50 by 0.7～1.1 days without changes in the germination rate. However, the germination rate and T50 of aged seeds soaked in water for 6, 12, and 18 hours were similar regardless of soaking/drying cycles, while hardening of artificially aged seeds with 1～4 cycles in 24 hours soaking increased the germination rate by 11-16% and reduced T50 by 1.4～2.0 days.