This research was conducted to analyze the cultivation performance and meteorological data of winter rye in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, and Daegu for 11 years. The objective was to compare the growth and yield of domestically cultivated Korean rye cultivar “Gogu” and identify the factors influencing them, to determine suitable cultivation areas for Korean rye cultivar in the country. The results of the study showed that both Daegu and Suwon regions possess favorable climatic conditions for winter rye cultivation, with Suwon exhibiting a superior moisture supply compared to Daegu. Furthermore, the analysis of climate suitability revealed that rainfall days and precipitation were significant factors affecting rye cultivation. Through correlation and principal component analysis, the research evaluated the interrelationship between climate, cultivation factors, and winter rye crop performance, as well as identified variations among winter rye cultivation regions. This study provides valuable insights and information for winter rye cultivation in the country, thereby assisting in the decision-making process for selecting optimal cultivation areas.

‘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.

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.

‘Gwangyoung’, a winter forage triticale cultivar (X Triticosecale Wittmack), was developed at the Department of Rice and Winter Cereal Crop, NICS, RDA in 2018. The cultivar ‘Gwangyoung’ has leaves of wide width, medium length, and green color, and spikes of medium length and yellowish-brown color, and a large grain of yellowish-brown color. The heading date of the cultivar ‘Gwangyoung’ was April 22 which was similar to check cultivar ‘Shinyoung’. Its tolerance or resistance to cold, lodging, wet injury powdery mildew, and leaf rust were also similar to those of the check cultivar. The leaf blade ratio of ‘Gwangyoung’ (27.5%) was higher than that of ‘Shinyoung’ (21.2%). The average forage fresh and dry matter yield of cultivar ‘Gwangyoung’ at milk-ripe stages were 50.0 and 17.6 MT ha-1, respectively, which were higher than those (47.7 and 17.1 MT ha-1) of the check cultivar. The silage quality of ‘Gwangyoung’ was lower than that of the check cultivar ‘Shinyoung’ in crude protein content (5.3%) and total digestible nutrients (61.3%), while was higher than the check cultivar in neutral detergent fiber (58.2%) and acid detergent fiber (34.9%). ‘Gwangyoung’ showed the silage of 1 grade and a grain yield of 6.03 MT ha-1.