"Mirang", a new cultivar for vegetable soybean, was developed fi-om the cross between "Keunol" and "Geunjeongol"a black seed coat with black hilum and yellow cotyledon. Over 3 year of Korea Regional Adaptation Tests (2003-2005) for veg-etable soybean, Mir

A new light green seed coat Azuki bean cultivar, "Yeonkeum" was developed at the National Institute of Crop Science(NICS) and the Yeongnam Agricultural Research Institute (YARI) in 2005. Yeonkeum was selected from the cross between Jaja-sodun and "IT12099

"Danmi 2", a new cultivar for vegetable soybean, was developed from the cross between "Seokryangput" and"YS1307" (Seokryangput/Mi1yang77) at Yeongnam Agricultural Research Institute and released in 2005. The pedigree of'Danmi2", designated as Milyang 145

A new black seed coated soybean cultivar, "Ilpumgeumjeong 2" was developed at the Yeongnam Agricultural ResearchInstitute (YARI) m 2005. Ilpumgeumjeong 2 was selected &om the cross between "Milyang 68" and "Suwon 178". The prelim-inary, advanced and regio

A new soybean cultivar for tofu and soy-paste, "Daemang 2", was developed from the cross between 'Shinpaldal 2' and'Seokryang' by soybean breeding team in the Yeongnam Agricultural Research Institute (YARI) in 2005. A promising line,SS93205-2B-8-3-2-1-1-1

Pod dehiscence (PD), defined as the opening of pods along both the dorsal and ventral sutures, causes the seed to shatter in the field before harvesting and results in loss of seed yields. However, breeding for resistance to PD is difficult due to the complicated genetic behavior and environmental interaction. The objective of the present research was to analyze the genetic behavior of PD for improving the breeding efficiency of resistance to PD in soybean. PD after oven-drying the sampled pod at 40~circC for 24 hours was the most reliable to predict the degree of PD tested in the field. Keunolkong, a dehiscent parent, was crossed with non-dehiscent parents, Sinpaldalkong and Iksan 10. Using their F1~;and~;F2 seeds, PD was measured after oven drying the pod at 40~circC for 24 hours. The gene conferring PD behaved in different manners depending on the genetic populations. In the Keunolkong~times Sinpaldalkong population, PD seemed to be governed by single major recessive gene and minor genes, while several genes were probably involved in the resistance to pod dehiscence in the Keunolkong~times Iksan 10 population. Heritability for PD estimated in F2 population showed over 90~% in the two populations. High heritability of PD indicated that selection for resistance to PD should be effective in a breeding program. In addition, genetic mapping of quantitative locus (QTL) for PD in both populations may reveal that genes conferring PD are population-specific

A new pea cultivar, Cheongmi was developed at the Yeongnam Agricultural Research Institute (YARI) in 2003. It was selected from a cross YP303 (Frescoloy / Upton) // YP113 (Sparkle/Early Bird) /3/ YP115 (Sparkle / Euiseongjaerae) in 1992. The preliminary,

A new vegetable soybean cultivar, “Dajin” (Milyang 125) was selected from a cross Keunolkong / Josaengbaekjo(Introduction) // Keunolkong, and was developed at the Yeongnam Agricultural Research Institute (YARI) in 2003 on the basis of its yield performanc