Hopyeongbyeo is an anther culture derived Japonica rice (Oriza sativa L.) cultivar from the cross between Hitomebore and Hwajinbyeo by the rice breeding team of Honam Agricultural Research Institute (HARI), NICS, RDA, in 2003. This cultivar has a about 126 days growth duration from transplanting to harvesting. The short and round grain shape of Hopyeongbyeo is translucent with non-glutinous endosperm. Amylose content of rice grain is about 17.8% and high palatability of cooked rice compared with Nampyeongbyeo. This cultivar shows resistant to bacterial blight pathogenes of K1. The milled rice yield of Hopyeongbyeo is about 5.13MT/ha at ordinary transplanting culture in the local adaptability test. Hopyeongbyeo would be adaptable for the southern plain area of Korea.

Boseogchal is a newjaponica rice cultivar developed from the three-way cross ofHwayoung, Tamjin and Sinseonchalat Honam Agricultural Research Institute (HARI), RDA, in 2004. It is a waxy rice with about 117 days of growth duration fromtransplanting to har

Hanmaeum is a new super-yielding japonica rice cultivar developed from a three-way cross of Mi1yang165,YR16365Acp13 and Iksan438 at Honam Agricultural Research Institute (HARI), RDA, in 2004. This cultivar has about 119 daysgrowth duration from transplant

Research Institute (HARI), NTCS, RDA, in 2004. This cultivar has a short grain shape and about 123 days growth duration from trans-planting to harvesting under the reclaimed saline area of the south-western and the mid-western coastal plain and Honam plai

‘Okjeon’ rye (Secale cereale L.) was developed by the National Crop Experiment Station (NCES). It was released in 2001 because of its excellent earliness and yield potential. ‘Okjeon’ was developed from an open pollination with 20 rye lines in 1984. Subse

Manpung is a new japonica rice cultivar developed from three-way cross between Nakdongbyeo, Iri390 and Milyang111 by the rice breeding team of National Honam Agricultural Experiment Station (NHAES), RDA in 2000. This cultivar has a short grain shape and a

Inweolbyeo is a japonica rice (Oryza sativa L.) variety developed by Unbong Substation, National Honam Agricultural Experiment Station, RDA in 1998. It was selected from progenies from a cross between Fukei 127 and Unbongbyeo by pedigree breeding method.

Four different rice varieties, Sindongjinbyeo, Dongjin #1, Saegyehwabyeo, and Iksan 467, were transplanted under three different nitrogen levels and two different seedling numbers per hill to obtain basic information on panicle traits under different cultural conditions and to propose the ideal panicle structure in Japonica rice. Sindongjinbyeo and Iksan 467 were characterized by more primary rachis branches (PRBs) per panicle and more grains on PRB than other cultivars. The two varieties also had fewer secondary rachis branches (SRBs) per PRB and fewer grains on SRB per PRB. These characteristics, consequently, resulted in higher ripened grain rate, contrary to that of Dongjin #1 and Saegyehwabyeo. In the correlation coefficient analysis, PRB number per panicle and grain number on PRB per panicle were positively correlated with ripened grain rate, while SRB number per panicle, number of grains on SRB per panicle, SRB number per PRB, number of grains on SRB per PRB and grain number per panicle were negatively correlated with ripened grain rate. Therefore, the number of grains on PRB per panicle, SRB number per PRB and the number of grains on SRB per PRB were the appropriate criteria for determining and achieving higher ripened grain rate in rice. High ripened grain rate over 90% was obtainable with over 12.5 PRBs per panicle and 63 grains on PRB per panicle, and with under 1.7 SRBs per PRB, 5 grains on SRB per PRB, 130 grains per panicle, and 14 panicles per hill. The study recommended that for over 90% high ripened grain rate, the critical limiting factors should be under 2 SRBs per PRB, 6 grains per PRB, and 130 grains per panicle, irrespective of the PRB number per panicle and the number of grains on PRB.