본 연구는 국립농업과학원 농업유전자원센터와 일본 NIAS가 보유하고 있는 밀 유전자원 중 한국, 일본, 중국원산 밀 재래종 유전자원 486자원을 대상으로, 국내 적응성판별을 위한 성숙기 특성과 제빵 특성평가를 위하여 분자마커와 SDS-PAGE를 이용하여 고분자글루테닌 조성을 분석하였으며, 또한 이에 대한 원산지별 유전적 다양성을 조사하고 유용자원을 선발하였다. 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, SDS-PAGE와 DNA marker를 이용한 고분자글루테닌 분석결과 기존의 보고와 조성패턴이 일치하는 자원은 전체의 381자원으로 78.6%이고, 이중 24자원은(5.6%)는 재래종 유전자원 특성상 불균일성으로 인해 한 allele에 중첩된 band pattern을 보이는 자원이었으며, 13자원(3.2%)은 기존보고에서 볼 수 없는 새로운 band pattern을 보이는 자원으로 비슷한 유형별로 그룹화해 추후 DNA sequencing 분석이 필요할 것으로 생각된다. 둘째, 한국과 일본 자원의 경우 Glu-A1과 Glu-B1 locus에서 Glu-A1c (null)와 Glu-B1b (7+8) allele이 가장 높은 빈도를 보였으나, 중국 자원의 경우 Glu-A1a (2*)와 Glu-B1c (7*+9)가 가장 높은 빈도를 보여 그 양상이 달랐다. 셋째, Glu-B1d (6+8)과 Glu-B1e (20), Glu-D1b(3+12), Glu-D1c(4+12)는 한국자원만 가지고 있는 특이 allele이었고, Glu-B1f (13+16)과 Glu-D1e (2+10)의 경우 오직 중국자원만 가지고 있는 독특한 allele로서 원산지별로 고유한 allele이 존재하였다. 넷째, 고분자 글루테닌 subunit 조합을 기준으로 하여 PIC 및 UPGMA 분석을 통해 유전적 다양성을 분석한 결과 중국자원(PIC value 0.53)의 경우 한국, 일본 자원(PIC value 0.35)보다 유전적 다양성이 높은 것으로 나타났다. 또한 UPGMA tree상 한국, 일본의 유전자원 대부분이 Group I 에 속하는 것과 달리 중국자원의 대부분은 GroupⅡ에 속해 양국과는 구별되는 특성을 보였다. 다섯째, 총 291자원에 대한 Glu-1점수평가를 실시한 결과, 총 26자원이 10점 만점 자원이었다. 이중 중국원산 자원이 23자원, 한국원산 자원은 3자원이었다. 선호되는 allele인 Glu-D1d를 가진 자원은 만점 자원을 제외하고 총 16점이 있었다. 또한 전체 자원 중에는 6점의 자원이 147자원으로 가장 많았고, 8점 이상의 비교적 우수한 조성의 자원은 84자원이었다. 여섯째, 선발된 만점 자원의 출수기, 성숙기를 조사한 결과, 6월 상순 이전에 성숙한 자원은 16자원으로 특히 이중 3자원(K151847, K151865, K151962)은 극조숙성인 국내품종들의 숙기와 비슷한 5월 하순 성숙해 특히 이용가능성이 높을 것으로 기대된다.

The oriental melon (C. melo var. makuwa), called ‘Chamoe’ in Korean, is a popular fruit crop cultivated mainly in Asia and a high–market value crop in Korea. To provide a genomic resource as a reference genome for the Cucurbitaceae crop improvement, we performed whole genome sequencing of Korean landrace, Gotgam chamoe. We used Illumina HiSeq2000 sequencing platform to generate 89 Gb (205X) of paired and mate pair sequence reads. The pre-processed reads were de novo assembled resulting in 4,764 scaffolds with a N50 scaffold length of 249kb. This assembly represented 379.8Mb which was 84.7% of the 448Mb of the whole genome. The assembled draft was predicted 26,634 genes of which 80% were predicted by known protein or C. melo unigene homology. Approximately 20% of predicted genes were hypothetical. A total of 1,885 non-coding RNA was detected including rRNA. The transposable elements were accounted for 21% (71.6Mb) of the total assembly. All the marker candidates including SSR, INDEL, SNP were mined and presented. The draft genome will provide a useful platform for genomic research and improvement for Cucurbitacea crops.

Although the overall structure of the chloroplast genome is generally conserved, a number of sequence variations have been identified, which are valuable for plant population and evolutionary studies. Here, we constructed a chloroplast variation map of 30 landrace rice strains of Korean origin, using the Oryza rufipogon chloroplast genome (Genbank: NC_017835) as a reference. Differential distribution of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and indels across the rice chloroplast genome is suggestive of a region-specific variation. Population structure clustering revealed the existence of two clear subgroups (indica and japonica) and an admixture group (aus). Phylogenetic analysis of the 30 landrace rice strains and six rice chloroplast references suggested and supported independent evolution of O. sativa indica and japonica. Interestingly, two “aus” type accessions, which were thought to be indica type, shared a closer relationship with the japonica type. One hypothesis is that “Korean aus” was intentionally introduced and may have obtained japonica chloroplasts during cultivation. We also calculated the nucleotide diversity of 30 accessions and compared to six rice chloroplast references, which shown a higher diversity in the indica and aus groups than in the japonica group in lower level substitution diversity.

Chloroplast DNA sequences are a versatile tool for species identification and phylogenetic reconstruction of land plants. Different chloroplast loci have been utilized for phylogenetic classification of plant species. However, there is no evidence for a short sequence that can distinguish all plant species from each other. Molecular markers derived from the complete chloroplast genome can provide effective tools for species identification and phylogenetic resolution. Thus, the complete chloroplast genome sequence of Korean landrace “Subicho” pepper (Capsicum annuum var. annuum) has been determined here. The total length of the chloroplast genome is 156,878 bp, with 37.7% overall GC content. A pair of IRs (inverted repeats) of 25,801 bp was separated by a small single copy (SSC) region of 17,929 bp and a large single copy (LSC) region of 87,347 bp. The chloroplast genome harbors 132 known genes, including 87 protein-coding genes, 8 ribosomal RNA genes, and 37 tRNA genes. A total of seven of these genes are duplicated in the inverted repeat regions, nine genes and six tRNA genes contain one intron, while two genes and a ycf have two introns. Analysis revealed 144 simple sequence repeat (SSR) loci and 96 variants, mostly located in the non-coding regions. The types and abundances of repeat units in Capsicum species were relatively conserved and these loci will be useful for developing molecular markers.

Glutenin is the major factor responsible for the unique viscoelastic dough characterisitcs of wheat flour, which determine mixing and bread baking performance(X.Shan et al, 2007). And early maturity is one of the most important cultural characteristic in Korea because of its winter cropping system. This study is to reveal the genetic properties of Asian wheat landrace collection originated from 6 separate regions such as Korea, China, Japan, Afganistan, Iran, Pakistan, Caucasus, and Middle East. Using germplasms maintained in National Agrobiodiversity Center, RDA, Korea, the variations in morphological character and HMW glutenin subunit composition were investigated. In this study, Glu-A1c(null), Glu-B1b(7+8) and Glu-D1a(2+12) alleles are the most frequent in Asian landrace wheats. When it comes to unique composition, Glu-B1aj(8) and Glu-D1q(2+11) subunits are only in Afghanistan wheat. And Glu-B1k(22), Glu-D1l(12), Glu-D1m(10) subunits are only in accessions from Pakistan, Korea, and China, respectively. The accessions from Iran and Caucasus have the highest PIC value(0.57), which shows wheat origin region has high genetic diversity. Grouping by UPGMA anlysis of combination of Glu-1 allele, most accessions from Afghanistan, Korea, and Japan were in the same group despite of geological distance. Contrasively, many germplasms originated from China, Caucasus, and Middle East were in the other same group. The evaluation of bread baking quality by Glu-1 scoring system, 34 accessions are perfect 10. 16 samples from China and 1 Afghanistan among them were also matured before early June, suitable to Korean cropping system. Especially, 3 accessions(K151847, K151865, K151962) had extremely early maturity, ripened before late May. These genetic resources having good gluten quality and early maturity are expected to be used for Korea wheat breeding system.

This study is to raise the utilization of genetic resource of wheat (Triticum aestivum) landrace by evaluating genetic variation related to end use quality of the Far East. Allelic composition of HMW-glutenin subunits encoded by genes of Glu-1 loci associated with bread baking quality was investigated in 324 wheat landrace genetic resources originated from Korea, China, and Japan. The most frequent combination of HMW-glutenin subunits were Glu-A1c, Glu-B1b in Korean and Japanese resources, but Glu-A1a and Glu-B1c were the most in Chinese resources. By using the Glu-1 score system, 24 accessions were evaluated as 10 out of 10. As for genetic diversity, represented by polymorphic information content(PIC) index, the level of variation of Korean landrace(0.245) was lower than that in China(0.569) and Japan(0.294). When it comes to unique composition, Glu-B1f(13+16) and Glu-D1f(2+10) subunits are only in Chinese resources. Glu-B1d(6+8), Glu-B1e(20), Glu-D1b(7+8), and Glu-D1c (7+9) subunits are only in Korean resources. Consequently, this study showed that Chinese landrace collection was the most highly diverse and had distinctive characteristics compared to Korean and Japanese one. Especially, some resources having preferable genetic stock or high Glu-1 score can be valuable for wheat breeding program.

During the last decade, considerable progress has been made to understand the molecular mechanisms of M. grisea infection in rice plants and 10 rice blast R genes have been identified and characterized via map-based cloning methods. In case of rice germplasm, the genetic backgrounds of each germplasm accessions are not uniform and the evaluation for pathogenicity is difficult. To solve these problems, we applied the single resistance gene markers to rice germplasm accessions. A molecular survey was conducted to identify the presence of major blast resistance (R) gene in 363 accessions of Korea landrace rice germplasm. The results revealed that the resistance gene Pik-p (100%), Pib (98%), Pi-d(t)2 (98%) and Piz (76%) were widely observed in tested rice germplasm, but Pita-2, Pik and Pi39 gene were identified in less than 10 accessions. Most of landrace contain the four or five different resistant genes, but these results was not consist of field nursery screening. 13 accessions were shown the blast resistance in field nursery screening and Pik-p, Pib, Pi-d(t)2 and Piz genes were observed in these accessions. The evaluation results of blast resistance genes in rice germplasm will help in breeding of multi disease resistant varieties.

강화도, 울릉도 및 제주도 일원에서 2008년 11월 28일부터 동년 12월 31일까지 5회에 걸쳐 수집단이 작물 토종 유전자원을 탐색 수집한 결과 총 60작물 460점을 수집하였다. 강화도에서는 43작물 295점을 수집하였으며, 울릉도에서는 24작물 49점을 수집 하였고, 제주도에서는 42작물 116점을 수집하였다. 전체 수집한 작물 토종중 식량자원은 14작물 252점(54.8%)이었고, 원예작물이 117점(25.4%)이었으며, 특용작물은 91점(19.8%) 이였다. 식량작물 토종수집 결과는 3개도 공히 콩, 강낭콩 등이 가장 많았고 그 다음으로 옥수수, 수수가 많았다. 강화도에서 수집한 분홍감자와 울릉도의 울릉감자는 소멸직전의 귀한 작물 토종이었다. 원예작물 토종 수집결과 호박, 시금치, 갓, 오이, 상추 순으로 많았다. 강화의 긴호박, 토종오이, 시금치와 울릉도의 오이, 호박 및 제주도의 무, 얼갈이 배추, 고추 등은 오래 재배하여 온 가치 높은 토종자원들 이었다. 특용작물 토종 수집결과 참깨, 들깨, 박, 피마자 등이 많이 수집되었으며 제주도와 강화도에서 수집한 댑싸리는 오래전부터 내려오는 유용한 자원들이다. 수집된 작물 토종의 농가재배 년 수는 대체로 31-50년(작목별로 48.4~53.6%)이 가장 많았다. 대를 물려서 재배 하여 온 토종작물도 13.1~18.7%였다. 농가에서 작물토종을 보유하고 있으면서 분양해준 농부들은 여자가 82.9%로 남자 17.1%에 비하여 훨씬 많았으며, 씨앗은 61~80세(74.3%)의 여성들의 손에 의하여 보존되어 왔음을 보여주었다.

Barley landraces harbor significantly higher genetic diversity than modern cultivars. Diversity of agronomic and morphological traits was investigated for 386 accessions of Korean landrace barley which were back-introduced from Okayama University, Japan. Among the accessions, 279 were covered barley and 89 naked barley. Seeds were sowed in late October and major growth characteristics were investigated at maturity and after harvest. The traits evaluated exhibited higher variation with respect to the CV, ranging from 47 to 60. The trait exhibiting the greatest variation was flag leaf width (FLW, CV=60 with 2.8x difference between minimum 0.6 and maximum 1.7). Those traits exhibiting least variation were heading date (HD, CV=47.2 with 31 days difference between the earliest and the latest) and seed number per spike (SNS, CV= 48.9 with 2.8x difference between minimum 36 and maximum 72). The other eight traits [maturity date (MD, CV= 53.7), culm length (CL, CV= 55.4), flag leaf length (FLL, CV= 51.6), spike length (SL, CV= 54.3), awn length (AL, CV= 54.4), whole spike length (WSL, CV= 52.9), spike density (SD, CV= 52.7), seed rows of spike (SRS, CV= 50.1)] were intermediate in their level of variation with respect to the CV. The first, second and third principal components explained about 30.3%, 17.0% and 13.4% of the total variation of the traits, respectively. The traits which contributed more positively to PC1 were SL, SD, WSL and AL. The traits which contributed more positively to PC2 were SRS and SNS, and those contributed more positively to PC3 were FLL and FLW. The Korean landrace barley accessions contain significantly diverse variation to explore for the improvement of agronomic and morphological traits of current elite cultivars. This work was supported by a grant from Regional Subgenebank Support Program of Rural Development Administration, Republic of Korea.

Genetic diversity of Korean landrace rice accessions was assessed with microsatellite markers. The 214 alleles weregedfrom 3 for SSS locus to 37 for RM206 locus with an average number of 12.6 alleles per locus. Gene diversity values according tothe 17 mic

The Korean native rice collection consists of landrace and weedy strains. The weedy strains are represented by two dis-tinctive populations, Share and red rice. The 242 representative accessions of Korean native rice collection were selected basedon the p

The mode of inheritance and allelic relationship of resistance genes in a Korean landrace, Guju and a Korean weedy rice, Geumleungaengmi 33 were studied using Korean isolate (HB9101, race K1) of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae. The analysis of F₁