“Chamgreen” was a domestically developed rye (Secale cereal L.) cultivar in South Korea, known for its quick heading, cold resistance, and abundant yield of forage. The heading date of cv. 'Chamgreen' averaged April 17th, which was 4 days earlier than the standard cv. 'Gogu'. In the early harvesting stage, the plant height reached an average of 119 cm, 7 cm taller than the standard cv. 'Gogu', and the number of spikes per ㎡ was 865, slightly less than cv. 'Gogu's 897. Resistance to cold and powdery mildow remained consistent across four regions nationwide over three years, with an average rating of 0, matching cv. 'Gogu'. Lodging resistance was also rated at 2, equivalent to cv. 'Gogu'. The dry matter yield of cv. 'Chamgreen' was 9.1 tons per hectare, 15% higher than cv. 'Gogu's 7.9 tons. Although the protein content in cv. 'Chamgreen' was 13.5%, 1.6% lower than cv. 'Gogu', the total digestible nutrients (TDN) content was 5.81 tons per hectare, 20% higher than cv. 'Gogu'. Due to its strong cold resistance, cv. 'Chamgreen' allows for winter cultivation through double cropping and rotation systems in various regions across the country.

‘조그린’은 숙기가 빠르면서 추위에 강해 수량이 많은 호밀 품 종을 육성하기 위해 육성한 품종이다. ‘조그린’의 출수기는 평균 4월 15일로 표준품종인 ‘곡우’보다 5일 빠른 조생종이다. 수확시 기의 초장은 117 cm로서 표준품종 ‘곡우’에 비해 6 ㎝가 컸고, ㎡당 경수는 983개로 ‘곡우’의 979개 보다 많은 편이었다. 내한성 및 흰가루병 등에 대한 내병성은 전국 4개 지역에서 3년간의 평 균이 0으로서 ‘곡우’와 같았으며, 내도복성도 3으로 같았다. ‘조 그린’의 건물수량은 ha당 8.1톤으로 ‘곡우’에 비해 4% 많았다. ‘조그린’의 조단백질 함량은 11.9%로 ‘곡우’ 보다 0.8% 낮았으 며, ADF와 NDF 함량은 각각 36.9%와 64.5%로 ‘곡우’보다 높았 다. 또한 TDN 함량은 낮았으나 TDN 수량은 ha당 5.09톤으로‘곡우’ 보다 많았다. ‘조그린’의 종실수량은 평균이 ha당 3.1톤으 로 ‘곡우’와 대등하였다. ‘조그린’은 내한성이 강하기 때문에 전 국의 답리작 및 전작지대에서 추파에 의한 월동재배가 가능하다. 그러나 비료를 많이 주고 밀식을 하면 도복이 발생하여 수확작업 을 어렵게 하고 조사료 품질을 떨어뜨리므로 적정 파종량과 표준 시비량을 준수하는 것이 좋다.

작물 생육 진단에 있어서 군락 엽면적과 군락 피복은 주한 요소 이다. 최근에는 이러한 측정을 디지털 카메라를 활용하여 RGB 식생지수로 작물 생육을 측정하고 있다. 본 연구는 밀 재배 기간 카메라의 노출 값을 다르게 설정하여 RGB 컬러 식생 지수와 군락 엽면적지수 및 군락피복에 대해 평가하였다. 군락 엽면적, 군락 피복 및 디지털 영상 측정은 출수 16일전부터 출수 후 25일까지 하였다. 일출 후 30분 이내에 촬영하였다. 노출 값은 셔터 속도를3 수준(1/60s, 1/340s, 1/640s)으로 하였다. RGB 컬러 식생지수 분석은 파이썬으로 하였다. 실제 군락 엽면적과 군락 피복간에는 정의 상관관계(r2 =0.94)를 보였다. 군락 피복 이미지의 ExG, GLI, NGRDI, ExG-ExR, MExG, TGI, MNGRD 및 MExG-CIVE는 군락 엽면적 지수와 및 군락 피복과는 정의 상관관계를 보였다. 그러나 CIVE와 ExR은 부의 상관관계를 보였다. 본 연구 결과 1/640s 가 1/60s와 1/320s에 비하여 노출이 높게 설정된 것으로 보였다. 또한, 토양과 녹색 영역을 분리하는데 있어서 너무 어린 시기 보다는 출수 전이 가장 잘 분리되었다. 따라서 야외에서의 다양한 광 조건에서는 과도한 노출보다는 광 간섭을 줄이는 기술과 함께 작물의 생육 시기와 기상환경을 고려하여 노출 값이 설정되어야 할 것이다.

Rye (Secale cereal L.) is the most tolerant to abiotic stress including low temperature, drought, and unfavorable soil conditions among the winter cereals. Rye is the rapid growth of early spring results from increasing areas for the use of the forage and green manure in the middle part of Korea. “Jungmo2509”, a rye cultivar was developed by the National Institute of Crop Science (NICS), RDA in 2014. It was developed from a cross between “Olhomil”, a self-compatible cultivar, and “Synthetic Ⅱ”, a self-incompatible line. “Jungmo2509” is an erect plant type and of a middle size, with a green leaf color, a yellowish-white colored culm, and a yellowish brown-colored, small-size grain. The heading date of “Jungmo2509” was April 23, which was 5 days later than that of “Gogu”, respectively. But “Jungmo2509“ showed greater resistance to lodging compared to that of the check cultivar, with similar to winter hardiness, wet injury, and disease resistance. “Jungmo2509” was a higher to than “Gogu” in terms of protein content (9.4% and 8.0%, respectively), total digestible nutrients (TDN) (55.7% and 55%, respectively). The seed productivity of “Jungmo2509” was approximately 2.08 ton 10a-1, which was 11% lower than that of the check. Almost all rye cultivars are out-crossing due to genes controlling incompatibility, but “Jungmo2509” is higher seed fertility (56%) than that of Gogu (0%). it has self-compatible genes. “Jungmo2509” is erect in plant type and resistance for lodging. Therefore, “Jungmo2509” can produce uniform seeds for processed grains of human consumption and utilize them as parents for breeding the rye hybrids with high forage yields.

This experiment was conducted at Suwon, Korea from 2013 to 2015. The objective of this study was to establish the optimum seeding rate, and to clarify the nitrogen fertilizer level for rye seed production in central and north area of Korea. We used Korean rye cultivar ‘Gogu’ for this test. We employed a split-plot design with three replications. The main plots were designed by three seeding levels (3, 5 and 7 kg 10a-1), but other sub-plots were randomly seeded. The plots were treated with three different nitrogen fertilizer levels (3, 6 and 9 kg 10a-1). The percentage of productive tiller, number of grain per spike, fertility rate, 1 liter weight, and 1000-grain weight decreased as seeding rate increased from 3 kg 10a-1 to 7 kg 10a-1, whereas the number of spike per ㎡ increased. Therefore the grain yields of rye had less of an effect by increasing seeding rate. There was an increase in number of spike per ㎡, number of grain per spike, and fertility rate as nitrogen fertilizer level increased from 3 kg 10a-1 to 9 kg 10a-1, but grain yields significantly not affected by the interaction of seeding rate × nitrogen fertilizer levels. However, the best seeding rate and nitrogen fertilizer level for rye seed production were 5 kg and 5∼6 kg 10a-1, respectively, considering seed and fertilizer reduction and the prevention of pollution by excess fertilization.

‘Saeyoung’, a winter triticale (X Triticosecale Wittmack) for forage, was developed at the Department of Rice and Winter Cereal Crop, NICS, RDA in 2012. The cultivar ‘Saeyoung’ has narrow and long leaves of light green color, middle size and thin culm, and a medium grain of brown color. The heading date and yellow ripe stage of ‘Saeyoung’ was May 3 and May 27, which were similar to check cultivar ‘Shinyoung’, respectively. ‘Saeyoung’ showed a little stronger in cold tolerance and a little weaker in resistance to lodging than the check, and wet injury, powdery mildew, and leaf rust were similar to those of the check cultivar. The forage fresh and dry matter yields of ‘Saeyoung’ at milk-ripe stages were 47.2 and 15.6 MT ha-1, respectively, which was 9% and 4% higher than those of the check. The crude protein content of ‘Saeyoung’ was 0.4% lower than 6.8% of the check, while was higher than the check cultivar ‘Shinyoung’ in neutral detergent fiber, acid detergent fiber. Total digestible nutrients of ‘Saeyoung’ was also 3% lower than 62.8% of the check cultivar. It showed grain yield of 4.1 MT ha-1, which was 11% higher than that of the check. ‘Saeyoung’ is recommended for fall sowing forage crops in areas in which average daily minimum mean temperatures in January are higher than -10 ℃.

We investigated the changes in the physicochemical properties of wheat grains during ripening stage to determine the effect of the rise in average temperature on that of wheat grains. The treated average temperatures were 18.3°C(control), 19.9°C(1.6°C increase), 21.5°C(3.2°C increase) in artificial climate room from heading time to harvest. Results showed that the ripening period from heading to maturity tended to be shorter during higher temperature treatment condition. The 1,000-grain weight, grain width, number of florets per spike, and number of grains per spike decreased as the ripening period was shortened. Gelatinization properties were affected by high temperature due to the reduction of starch and amylose contents. As the grain filling period was shortened by high temperature treatments, the crude protein content increased. As the grain filling period was shortened by 6 days, the starch and amylose contents decreased by 10.8% and 5.4%, respectively. However, the crude protein content increased by 1.7% in such a condition. Starch content showed positive correlations between amylose and breakdown. Meanwhile, it showed negative correlations between electric conductivity of leaching water from seeds, crude protein content, peak viscosity, trough viscosity, final viscosity, and setback.

‘Shinseong’, a winter forage triticale cultivar (X Triticosecale Wittmack), was developed at the Department of Rice and Winter Cereal Crop, NICS, RDA in 2015. The cultivar ‘Shinseong’ was selected from the cross RONDO/2*ERIZO_11//KISSA_4/3/ ASNO/ARDI_3//ERIZO_7 by CIMMYT (Mexico) in 1998. Subsequent generations were handled in pedigree selection programs at Mexico from 1999 to 2004, and a line ‘CTSS98Y00019S-0MXI-B-3-3-5’ was selected for earliness and good agronomic characteristics. After preliminary and advance yield testing in Korea for 3 years, the line was designated ‘Iksan47’. The line was subsequently evaluated for earliness and forage yield in seven locations, Jeju, Iksan, Cheongwon, Yesan, Gangjin, Daegu, and Jinju from 2013 to 2015 and was finally named ‘Shinseong’. Cultivar ‘Shinseong’ has the characteristics of light green leaves, yellow culm and spike, and a medium grain of brown color. The heading date of cultivar ‘Shinseong’ was April 24 which was 3 days earlier than that of check cultivar ‘Shinyoung’. The tolerance or resistance to lodging, wet injury, powdery mildew, and leaf rust of ‘Shinseong’ were similar to those of the check cultivar. The average forage dry matter yield of cultivar ‘Shinseong’ at milk-ripe stages was 15 MT ha－1, which was 3% lower than that (15.5 MT ha－1) of the check cultivar ‘Shinyoung’. The silage quality of ‘Shinseong’ (6.7%) was higher than that of the check cultivar ‘Shinyoung’ (5.9%) in crude protein content, while was similar to the check cultivar ‘Shinyoung’ in acid detergent fiber (34.6%), neutral detergent fiber (58.6%), and total digestible nutrients (61.6%). It showed grain yield of 7.2 MT ha－1 which was 25% higher than that of the check cultivar ‘Shinyoung’ (5.8 MT ha－1). This cultivar is recommended for fall sowing forage crops in areas in which average daily minimum mean temperatures in January are higher than －10℃.

국립식량과학원에서 국내 환경에 적합한 조사료용 호밀 품종을 개발하기 위하여 1995년에 ‘조춘호밀’ 등 10개 품종을 방임수분으로 혼합 교배하여 그 중에서 형질이 우수한 ‘SR95POP-S1-140-9-1-3-7-5-3’ 계통을 선발하였다. 선발 계통에 대해 생산력을 검정한 결과 특성이 우수하여 ‘호밀50호’로 계통명을 부여하고 5개 지역에서 3개년간 지역적응성을 검정하였으며, 조사료 수량뿐만 아니라 종실 수량이 높은 것으로 나타나 2013년 직무육성신품종 선정위원회에서 신품종으로 선정됨과 함께 ‘씨드그린’으로 명명되었다. ‘씨드그린’은 초형이 직립이고, 잎색은 농록색이며, 길이는 길고, 폭은 넓은 편이다. 줄기는 황백색으로 중간 정도의 굵기이며, 종실은 갈색이고, 중간 크기이다. ‘씨드그린’의 출수기는 4월 22일로 표준품종인 ‘곡우’ 보다 3일, 성숙기는 6월 16일로 2일 빠르다. 초장은 141 cm로 ‘곡우’보다 3 cm 길다. 한해는 평균 2로 표준품종인 ‘곡우’의 1과 대등한 수준이며, 도복은 ‘곡우’ 보다 약간 강하였으며, 습해와 병해는 발생하지 않았다. ‘씨드그린’의 생초수량은 ha당 39.8톤(곡우 40.8톤), 건물수량은 평균 8.3톤(곡우 8.4톤)으로 ‘곡우’ 보다 약간 적었으나, 종실수량은 4톤으로 ‘곡우’보다 16% 증수하였다. ‘씨드그린’의 조단백질 함량은 10.5%로서 ‘곡우’ 보다 0.8% 높았으며, ADF와 NDF 함량(%)은 각각 38.8%와 66.4%로 ‘곡우’ 보다 낮았으나, TDN 함량(%)은 58.3%로 ‘곡우’ 보다 1.3% 높았으며, TDN 수량 또한 4.81 톤/ha로 ‘곡우’ 보다 약간 높았다.

이 시험은 양질 조사료의 연중생산에 알맞은 각 시기별 국내 육성 귀리 적품종을 선발하기위해 하파용인 하이스피드, 다크호스, 스완(도입종)과 추파형인 삼한, 동한, 조한 및 내한성이 약한 쌀귀리인 선양, 대양, 조양 등 각각 생태형이 다른 9개 품종을 공시하고 3월부터 11월까지 한 달에 2회씩 파종한 후 유숙기에 수확하여 생육, 조사료 수량성 및 사료가치를 평가하였다. 출현 및 출수소요일은 춘파에서 하파로 갈수록 짧아지다가 하파에서 추파로 갈수록 길어지는 경향이었다. 초장은 파종기가 춘파에서 하파로 갈수록 짧아졌으며, 추파의 경우는 파종기가 빠를수록 초장이 길었다. 생초및 건물수량은 춘파보다 추파에서 많았으며,춘파와 추파 모두에서 파종기가 늦어질수록 유의하게 감소하였다. 그리고 각 절기별 생산성으로 볼 때 추파에서는 추파형> 쌀귀리> 하파형 귀리, 춘파에서는 하파형> 쌀귀리> 추파형귀리, 하파에서는 하파형> 쌀귀리> 추파형 귀리 순으로 수량이 높았다. 조단백질 함량은 춘파인 3월 9일 파종구에서 평균 5.4%로부터 하파인 8월 17일 파종에서 평균 13.5%로 파종기가 여름에 가까워질수록 증가하다가 그 이후추파에서 10% 수준을 유지하였다. NDF, ADF및 TDN 함량은 춘파나 추파에 비해 8월 17일과 9월 10일에 파종한 하파구에서 NDF와 ADF함량이 낮고 TDN 함량이 높은 경향을 보였다.파종기별 TDN 수량은 10월 12일 추파구에서780 kg/10a로 가장 높았고, 3월 23일 춘파구에서 627 kg/10a로 그 다음이었으며, 8월 17일 하파구에서 182 kg/10a으로 가장 낮았다. 추파구에서는 10월 12일 파종으로부터 만파할수록 TDN 수량이 감소하였다. 각 절기별로 조사료생산에 적합한 우수 품종은 춘파의 경우 하이스피드 조양 다크호스 스완, 하파에서는 다크호스 스완 조양 하이스피드, 월동용 파종에서는 삼한 조한 동한이었다. 하파용으로발된 다크호스, 하이스피드, 스완 (도입종)과 쌀귀리 품종 조양은 춘파에서도 높은 수량성을 보여 춘파나 하파 등에서 광범위하게 활용할 수 있는 것으로 확인되었다.

본 연구는 간척지에서 재배가 가능한 내염성 보리 품종육성을 위한 기초정보를 얻고자 겉보리 두 품종을 대상으로 생육초기 염 스트레스에 따른 생리적 반응과 잎 프로테옴의 발현양상 변화를 분석한 결과는 아래와 같다. 1. 토양의 염 농도가 증가함에 따라 보리의 건물중은 무처리구에 비해 유의적으로 감소하는 경향이었으며, 상록보리는무처리구에 비해 건물중 감소가 작았으며, 선우보리는 컸다. 2. 염처리에 따른 잎의 엽록소 함량을 나타내는 SPAD 값은상록보리가 57.6으로 47.6인 선우보리보다 높았으며, Na+의 함량은 선우보리에서 유의적으로 높았고, K+/Na+의 비율은 상록보리에서 높은 경향을 보였다. 3. 이차원전기영동에 의하여 염 스트레스에 의한 잎 프로테옴의 발현양상을 분석한 결과 47개 단백질 spot이 발현양의차이를 나타냈다. 품종별로 발현양이 증가한 단백질 spot은 상록보리와 선우보리에서 각각 17개와 14개로 나타났고, 발현양이 감소한 단백질 spot은 상록보리와 선우보리에서 각각 28개및 27개로 확인되었다. 4. 염처리에 따른 발현양의 차이를 보이는 18개 단백질을 동정한 결과 ribosomal protein 등 기능과 스트레스와의 관련성이 보고된 10개의 단백질과 ankyrin repeat domain protein등 스트레스 조건에서의 역할이 명확하지 않은 4개의 단백질및 Os02g0753300 등 기능 및 스트레스와의 관련성을 알 수없는 2개의 단백질이 동정되었다.

‘Jungmo2501’ (Avena sativa L.), a winter oat for forage use, was developed by the breeding team at the National Institute of Crop Science, RDA in 2010. The following is the characteristics of ‘Jungmo2501’ that is characterized as light green leaf, yellow brown culm and whitish yellow grain. The heading date of ‘Jungmo2501’ was about 3 days earlier than that of check cultivar ‘Samhan’(May 7 and May 10, respectively). Its plant height was 11 cm longer than 103 cm of the check, and the leaf blade ratio of aerial parts was 26 % higher than the check (11.8% and 9.4%, respectively). The cold tolerance, resistance to lodging and wet injury of ‘Jungmo2501’ were similar to those of the check. The average forage dry matter yield of ‘Jungmo2501’ harvested at milk-ripe stage was 5% higher than the check (15.5 ton ha -1 and 14.7 ton ha -1 , respectively). ‘Jungmo2501’ was higher than the check in terms of protein content (6.6% and 5.9%, respectively), neutral detergent fiber (58.5% and 57.6%, respectively), and acid detergent fiber (34.5% and 32.1%, respectively), while total digestible nutrients was lower than the check (61.6% and 63.6%, respectively), and TDN yield was 0.37 ton ha -1 more than that of the check (9.71 ton ha -1 and 9.34 ton ha -1 , respectively). The silage grade of ‘Jungmo2501’ estimated by Flig score showed level Ⅱ, meaning good quality. Fall sowing cropping of ‘Jun

콩 관련 제품을 생산하는 과정에서 발생되는 부산물은 가축의 사료 및 퇴비 등에 이용되고 있으나 일부는 폐기물로처리되어 추가 비용 및 각종 환경오염을 유발하는 등 사회적인 문제점으로 지적되고 있다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 가공 부산물로 다량 발생되는 콩 배아를 활용하여 생리활성물질인 isoflavone과 soyasaponin을 동시에 분리하는 방법을개발하고자 실시하였다.1. 콩 배아 methanol 추출물을 preparative C18 column에 주입하고, 210 nm의 파장에서 0.5% 초산 용액 30%로부터100% acetonitrile까지 분당 15mL의 유속으로 53분간흘려주어 isoflavone과 soyasaponin 분획을 동시에 분리하였다.2. Preparative C18 column으로 분리된 isoflavone 및 soyasaponin분획은 동결건조시켜 isoflavone 분말 ISF-1과 soyasaponinSAP-1, SAP-2, SAP-3 및 SAP-4의 분말을 얻었다.3. Isoflavone 분획 ISF-1의 재분리는 젤투과 컬럼에서100% acetonitrile을 분당 5 mL가 되도록 흘려주면서254nm 파장에서 관찰하여 2종의 분획 ISF-1-1 및ISF-1-2을 분리하였다.4. 분리된 2종의 isoflavone 중 ISF-1-1은 그 조성이daidzin, glycitin 및 genistin 이고, ISF-1-2는 genistin 단일물질이 주성분인 것으로 나타났다.5. 분리된 4종의 soyasaponin 중 SP-1은 soyasaponin A계열인 Aa(MW: 1364), Ab(MW: 1436), Ac(MW: 1420),Ae(MW: 1202), Af(MW: 1274), SAP-2는 B계열인 Ba(MW: 958), Bb(MW: 942), Bc(MW: 912)와 E계열인Bd(MW: 956), Be(MW: 940), SAP-3는 B계열인 Ba,Bb, Bc, E계열인 Bd, Be와 DDMP계열인 βg(MW:1068), SAP-4는 B계열인 Ba, Bb, Bc, E계열인 Bd, Be와 DDMP계열인 βg, βa(MW: 1038)가 주성분임을 알 수 있었다.

’Dahan’ (Avena sativa L.), a winter oat for forage use, was developed by the breeding team at the Department of Rice and Winter Cereal Crop, National Institute of Crop Science (NICS), RDA in 2011. It was derived from an original cross between the F1 hybrid of ‘Sprinter’ and ‘73625’ and ‘Gwiri26’ (PA7507-37). Subsequent generations followed by the cross were handled in bulk and pedigree selection programs at Suwon. A line, ‘SO99027-GB-B-113-4-4-3’, was selected for cold tolerance and good agronomic characteristics and designated as a line name of ‘Gwiri75’. The line ‘Gwiri75’ was subsequently evaluated for cold tolerance, earliness, and forage yield in four different locations, Yesan, Iksan, Kimjae, and Jeju, from 2009 to 2011 and finally named as ‘Dahan’. Over 3 years, the average forage dry matter yield of ‘Dahan’ harvested at milk-ripe stage was 15.6 MT ha-1, compared with 14.1 MT ha-1 of check cultivar ‘Samhan’. Though similar in heading date to the check cultivar, ‘Dahan’ had tall plant length and lodging resistance. The feed value of ‘Dahan’ was superior to the check cultivar in percent total digestible nutrients (TDN) and TDN yield per ha. ‘Dahan’ is recommended primarily for winter planting use in the areas where daily minimum mean temperatures are averaged higher than -6 ℃ in January, and excluded in mountain area where frost damage is presumable.

To develop the STS (Sequence Tagged Site) marker for discrimination between oat cultivars used the EEG (Euchromatin Enriched Genomic) DNA library in oat. The EEG DNA library was constructed the Mcr A and Mcr BC system in DH5 alpha bacterial cell line. About 3,500 EEG colonies had been constructed by using junk DNA exclusion. About 800 colonies were selected that included insert DNA more than 500 bp. It was analyzed the genetic information by using blast searches of NCBI web site. More than three hundred STS primer sets were developed using sequencing data of selected colonies and about 90 primer sets which showed single band were selected in Olgwiri. It was applied to twelve oat cultivars including Olgwiri and has been shown polymorphism at 15%. PCR product which amplified with selected STS primer was treated with six endonucleases and was showed polymorphic bands. These primers could be useful for specific allele tagging in mapping populations and germplasm and for the study of functional genomics of oat.

The object of this study was to use genomic information obtained from wheat-rice sequence to develop genome-specific PCR primer for Agp-L gene involved in starch biosynthesis. Intron locations in wheat were inferred through alignment of wheat cDNA sequence of Agp-L with rice genomic sequence. Exon-anchored primer which amplify across introns allowed sequencing of introns from the three genomes provided the basis for genome-specific primer design. The single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) was identified and this SNP could be converted into cleaved amplified polymorphism sequence (CAPS).

To facilitate breeding of lines with either the Ppd-D1a or ppd-d1a, we screened 342 F2 progenies from a cross between Laura (photoperiod insensitive, Ppd-D1a) spring wheat and SWP5304 (photoperiod sensitive, ppd-d1a) for their time to heading under 10 hour day length, and with a set of 37 microsatellite primers previously mapped to chromosome 2D. Bulk segregant analysis was used to identify tow linked microsatellite loci. The Ppd-D1a locus was flanked by Xgwm484 with 13.7 cM distance and Xgwm455 with 27 cM. These markers may be useful in selection of the desired photoperiod sensitivity in segregating populations grown in Northern latitude.

In this lysimeter experiment, temporal changes of water percolation rate, irrigation requirement and No3 －-N leaching were investigated under different cultural practices that were no-till direct seeding on flooded paddy (NTDSF), till direct seeding on flooded paddy (TDSF), and transplanting. The highest water percolation rate of 3,001 l/m2 was measured in NTDSF. Others were 2,551 l/m2 and 2,210 l/m2 in TDSF and transplanting. Water percolation rate in NTDSF and TDSF was increased by 36% and 15% compared to transplanting. Water percolation rates in all cultural practices were increased remarkably from the reproductive growth stage and relatively large amount of water loss through percolation was measured even after the reproductive growth stage. A total irrigation requirement was 3,469 l/m2 in NTDSF and 2,898 l/m2 in TDSF. That was equivalent to 45% and 21 % of increase compared to 2,389 l/m2 in transplanting. The largest No3 －-N leaching through the entire rice growing period was 701 mg/m2 in NTDSF and was followed by 494 mg/m2 in TDSF and 465 mg/m2 in transplanting. The ratios to the total amount of No3 －-N leaching at the vegetative growth stage, reproductive growth stage and ripening stage were 31 %, 41 % and 28% in NTDSF; 21 %, 48% and 31 % in TDSF; and 18%, 48% and 35 % in transplanting.