This experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of temperature rise on the phenological development and yield of oilseed rape in temperature-controlled plastic houses located at Suwon in 2008 and 2009. Two varieties "Halla" and "Naehan" were grown using 1/5000a Wagner pots in the three plastic houses greenhouses in which temperature was controlled to ambient temperature (AT), AT+1.5℃, and AT+3.0 through the growing season. Compared to the ambient temperature, leaf appearance was speeded up by temperature elevation, resulting in earlier flowering by 7 and 19 days at the treatments of AT+1.5℃and AT+3.0℃, respectively. YGrain yield was decreased by approximately 15% for each temperature elevation of 1.5 ℃. The yield decrease was attributed to the increased sterility and the decreased grain weight under the higher temperature conditio

Although there can be some differences among varieties, the developmental rate of soybean (Glycine max) is mainly influenced by temperature and photoperiod. The objective of this experiment, that is the first step for creating phenology model of soybean, is to investigate the developmental characteristics under different temperature and day length conditions. Considering maturity, employed were five cultivars, Hwaeomputkong, Sinpaldalkong, Taegwangkong, Daewonkong, and Seoritae. They were sown at three different dates and grown under natural day length throughout growing season in 2008, while in another field they were subjected to longday of 16 hours by the supplemental lighting from July 6 to maturity. Developmental processes were investigated every five days after seeding. Days to flowering and final number of node increased in late maturiity cultivars. These traits decreased in delayed seeding, while increased under longday treatment. Even though there were some varietal differences in the slope of the line, V-stage(the number of nodes) of soybean consistently showed the linear relation(r2>0.95) with the sum of effective temperature from emergence to flowering. Daylength would be a cardinal factor that determines development including final number of node and duration of reproductive stage. However, it has not been figured out completely. Further studies will focus on the effect of temperature on reproductive stage and developmental response to daylength.