This study was carried out to select the suitable and high leaf yielding broadleaf mustard genotypes for the mid-hill conditions of Nepal. We evaluated seven germplasms of broadleaf mustard (Brassica juncea var. rugosa (L.) Czern.) namely, ‘HRDBLM001’, ‘HRDBLM004’, ‘HRDBLM007’, ‘HRDBLM009’, ‘HRDBLM010’, ‘Marpha Chauda Pat’, and ‘Khumal Chauda Pat’ in the field of the National Horticulture Research Centre, Khumaltar under Nepal Agricultural Research Council during the winter season of two consecutive years, 2019 and 2020. The germplasms were collected from the local diversity centres in the country. The experiment was laid out in the Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) in three replications per treatment. Seeding was done in September, and 28-day-old seedlings were transplanted in the field. The results obtained from the two consecutive seasons revealed that plant vigour was found to be greater in ‘HRDBLM010’ and ‘Khumal Chauda Pat’ (4.7 in the 1 to 5 scale score). The highest leaf weight (65.1 g) was found in ‘HRDBLM010’, followed by ‘HRDBLM007’ (45.6 g) and ‘Khumal Chauda Pat’ (40.9 g). The highest number of leaves was produced by ‘HRDBLM004’ (50 leaves per plant), while leaf weight per plant was the highest in ‘HRDBLM010’ (691.1 g per plant) followed by ‘HRDBLM004’ (535.4 g per plant). Genotype ‘HRDBLM010' produced the highest leaf yield (54.52 MT ha-1), followed by 'HRDBLM004' (44.28 MT ha-1) and ‘HRDBLM007’ (41.65 MT ha-1). Thus, these three germplasms showed superiority among the seven tested germplasms and they could be recommended for cultivation in the mid-hill conditions of Nepal.

1. 딸기(Fragaria×ananassa Duch.) 탄저병(Colletotrichum fructicola) 및 시들음병(Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. fragariae) 은 고온다습한 여름철 육묘기 및 정식 초기에 흔히 발생하여 큰 피해를 주고 있다. 2. 국내에서 육성하였거나 일본, 미국, 유럽 등에서 도입한 63개 유전자원에 대하여 탄저병 및 시들음병 저항성을 평가하고 병저항성 자원을 탐색하였다. 3. 탄저병 저항성 유전자원으로 ‘Hokowase’가 평가 자원 중 유일하게 탄저병 저항성 유전자원으로 판별되었고 ‘Albion’, ‘San Andreas’, ‘Sweet Charlie’, ‘17-11-20’, ‘18-18-11’ 등 5개 유전자원은 중도 저항성 자원으로 구분되었다. 4. 시들음병은 ‘Akihime’, ‘홍실’, ‘만년설’, ‘Sweet charlie’ 등 4개 유전자원이 시들음병 발병도가 1미만으로 저항성으로 판별되었다. 5. 선발계통 중 ‘17-11-20’, ‘18-18-11’ 등 2계통은 탄저병 및 시들음병 등 2가지 주요 병에 대한 중도 저항성 자원으로 분류되었다. 6. 향후 탄저병 및 시들음병 저항성 및 중도저항성을 보인 자원들은 육종 소재로 활용하고 원예적 특성 평가를 통해 품종 육성에 활용하고자 한다.

벼의 잎은 광합성을 위한 주요 기관으로, 동화산물의 생산을 통해 벼의 수량 결정에 영향을 준다. 따라서, 상위엽의 형태적 특징은 다수성 벼 품종의 육성을 위한 필수적인 고려요소이다. 본 연구에서는, 연차간 안정적으로 발현하는 3개의 엽폭 조절 QTL인 qLW4.1, qLW4.2, qLW7을 탐지하였다. 이들은 분석집단에서 나타난 엽폭 표현형 변이의 5.2~44.9% 를 설명할 수 있었다. qLW4.2 영역에 대한 후보유전자 분석 결과, 해당 QTL 영역에서 엽폭 조절 유전자인 NAL1을 발견하였다. 상위엽은 수량에 대해 정의 간접효과 나타냈으며, 그 효과의 크기는 수당립수에 대한 상위엽의 정의 직접효과와 수수에 대한 상위엽의 부의 직접효과에 의해 결정되었다. 한국 벼 유전자원에서 엽폭은 상대적으로 좁은 범위에서 표현형 변이를 나타내었으며, 이는 특정 상위엽폭이 한국 자원에서 선호 되었음을 시사한다. NAL1의 하플로타입 분석결과는 대다수의 한국 자원들이 자포니카형 하플로타입을 지닌 반면에, 모든 통일형 품종들은 인디카형을 지니고 있음을 밝혀냈다. 이러한 결과는 유용 대립유전자형인 자포니카형 NAL1의 도입을 통해 통일형 품종의 다수성 형질을 더욱 향상시킬 수 있음을 의미 한다.

In Korea, 1,212 accessions of garlic are conserved in Namhae, Jeonju, Danyang and Muan with IT (Identity) number. This study was carried out to evaluate characteristics of 163 garlic cultivars conserved in Namhae branch, NIHHS, RDA and search valuable genetic resources for breeding. In horticultural characteristics, there was wide variation for bulb weight, clove weight and clove number per bulb with large coefficient of variation (CV) 40.04%, 43.98% and 39.64% respectively. Alliin content analyzed by HPLC was 16.75±6.22mg·g-1 DW (Dry weight) and had 37.16% CV. The highest alliin content was 32.27mg·g-1 in Local5. In correlation analysis, there were a strong positive correlation between bulb weight and bulb diameter and a non-correlation between clove number per bulb and bulb weight, height and diameter. Major characters included in the principal components were bulb weight, bulb height, bulb diameter, plant height, clove number per bulb, leaf sheath diameter and alliin content. According to characteristics of garlic, 163 germplasms were clustered into 10 groups. In total 10 clusters, the average bulb weight is the heaviest at 5th cluster and average alliin content is the highest at 4th cluster. These clusters will be used for selection breeding program to cultivate garlic that has heavier weight and high alliin content.

국외에서 수집된 단수수 유전자원 100품종을 대상으로 주요형질변이를 탐색하여 우리나라에 알맞은 품종을 선정하고 아울러 육종에 필요한 기초 자료를 얻고자 수행한 연구 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 1. 주요 실용형질의 평균치는 간장 217 cm, 수장 23 cm, 절수 10.5개, 경태 17 mm, 생체수량 36 t ha−1, 출수소요일수 71일이었다. 2. 에탄올 생산에 크게 영향을 미치는 당도 범위는 3.8-20.8 Brix였고, 평균은 12.5 Brix였으며, 20 Brix를 초과하는 고당도인 “Early Folger”과 “Georgia Blue Ribbon” 등 2품종을 선정하였으며 고당도 품종육성에 유망한 유전자원으로 보였다. 3. 건물수량의 범위는 1-44 t ha−1이었고, 평균은 10 t ha−1이었으며, 30 t ha−1을 초과하는 “Sweet open burku head”, “Tinkish”, “MN 2162” 등 3품종을 선정하였으며 셀룰로오스계 바이오에탄올 생산에 유망한 유전자원으로 기대되었다. 4. 주요 형질간의 상관관계는 간장과 절수, 경태, 생체수량,건물수량, 출수소요일수 간에, 당도와 출수소요일수 간에 고도의 유의성이 인정되는 정의 상관을 보였다. 5. 절수는 간장, 경태, 생체수량, 건물수량 및 출수소요일수간에 그리고 출수소요일수는 수장을 제외한 다른 모든 특성들과 고도의 정의 상관을 보였다.

심비디움속 유전자원 48품종에 대하여 RAPD와 URP를 이용하여 유전적 유연관계를 분석하였다. RAPD분석에 는 10mer에 해당하는 random primer (Operon사) 80개 를, URP는 20 mer에 해당하는 12종의 상용 primer를 이 용하였다. 48 품종의 심비디움에는 34종의 동양 심비디움, 7종의 동서양란 교잡종, 7종의 서양 심비디움이 포함되어 있다. 선별된 41개의 random primer와 6개의 URP primer로부터 각각 407, 56개의 다형성 밴드를 획득 하여 총 463개의 마커를 이용하였다. 이들 마커의 크기 범위는 0.4 kb 에서 1.5 kb 에 해당하였다. 유전적 유사도 를 바탕으로 UPGMA clustering 프로그램을 이용하여 dendrogram을 작성하였는데 유전자원 48품종은 유사도 0.638 수준에서 총 4그룹으로 구분되었다.

DPPH(l, 1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl) free radical scavenging activity assay was used to analyze antioxidant activities in 78 pigmented rice germplasms. Out of 79 varieties taken, 28 varieties showed >70%, 27 varieties showed 61-70% whereas the rest of the varieties showed less than 60% antioxidant activity. In relative total anthocyanin content, Tingga loko( 1.972mg%), Ane bonak(l.965mg%), Pulut mbiring(1.926mg%), and so on were present at concentration given in the descending order, which lies within the range of 0.028 -1.972mg%.

Isoflavone contents in soybean seeds are affected by both genetic and environmental factors. Correlation analysis between these factors and isoflavone contents are considered as valuable inputs when breeding improved soybean cultivars. In this study, the seeds of 49 soybean accessions grown in Korea were grouped as black, yellow, green, yellowish-green, pale yellow, and green with a black spot based on their seed coat colors. The contents of 12 isoflavones were analyzed and the association between isoflavone content and seed coat color was determined. The accessions were also grouped as early, intermediate, and late-maturing based on their days to maturity. Out of the 12 isoflavones, 11 were found in 2 accessions, 9 in 18 accessions, 8 in 11 accessions, 7 in another 11 accessions, and 6 in 7 accessions. The total isoflavone content (TIC) in black, yellow, green, yellowish-green, pale yellow, and green with black spot soybeans was in the ranges 2.110 ~ 5.777, 2.487 ~ 4.733, 2.185 ~ 4.413, 2.681 ~ 4.065, 1.827 ~ 4.085, and 3.376 ~ 4.133 ㎎/g, respectively. The average TIC was highest in green with black spot soybeans (3.616 ㎎/g), and lowest in pale yellow soybeans (2.875 ㎎/g). Besides, the average TIC was lowest in early maturing accessions compared to late- and intermediate-maturing accessions. TIC was strongly correlated to malonylgenistin (r = 0.91) and malonyldaidzin (r = 0.78) contents, and poorly correlated to glycitein (r = 0.04) and malonylglycitin (r = 0.18) contents. Also, days to maturity showed strong correlation with malonylgenistin (r = 0.47) content and TIC (r = 0.38). The principal component analysis outlined accessions with high TIC and diverse isoflavones along the first and second components, respectively. The results of the present study depicted that green soybeans with a black spot could be sources of high TIC. Furthermore, late-maturing accessions with diverse isoflavones in their seeds could be useful in future agricultural systems in Korea.

본 연구에서는 쓴메밀 74개 유전자원의 종자 표현형 및 화학 형과 관련된 8개 주요형질을 평가하였으며, 그 결과를 바탕으로 주성분분석 및 군집분석을 수행하였다. 또한 rutin 고함유 자원 등 기능성 쓴메밀 육성재료로 활용가능한 유망 유전자원을 선발하였다. 쓴메밀 유전자원의 종자크기는 일반메밀보다 작은 평균 5.2 × 3.4 ㎜였으며, 종피색은 흑갈색이 45.9%로 가장 많았다. 종자모양은 달갈형과 타원형이 주를 이루었다. 쓴메밀 종자의 유용성분 평균 함량은 rutin이 1,393 ㎎/100 g DW였다. Flavonoid 함량 범위는 253-2,669 ㎎/100 g이었으며, polyphenol 함량 범위는 209-1,823 ㎎/100 g 으로 나타냈다. 쓴메밀 유전자원의 주성분 분석 결과, 제3주성분까지 적용하였을 때 전체 분산의 68.55%를 설명할 수 있었다. 제1주성분에는 rutin, flavonoid 및 polyphenol, 제2주성분에서는 종자길이, 제3주성분에서는 종자폭의 비중이 큰 것으로 나타났다. 이를 바탕으로 5개의 군집으로 구분할 수 있었으며, 유전자원을 구분하는 가장 중요한 형질로는 rutin, flavonoid 및 polyphenol이었다. 쓴메밀 유전 자원 중 5개 자원(HLB1004, HLB1005, HLB1007, HLB1009, HLB1013)이 높은 rutin 함량을 보였으며, 이러한 유용자원들은 향후 기능성 육종소재 개발에 효과적으로 활용가능할 것으로 기대된다.

Pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan) is an important legume species that produces seeds that are rich in phenolic compounds and dietary nutrients. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the agricultural characters, phenolic and nutritional contents, and antioxidant capacities of seeds from 82 pigeon pea germplasms cultivated in the Republic of Korea. The accessions exhibited compact (24.39%), semi-spreading (74.39%), or spreading (1.22%) growth habits and determinate (89.02%), indeterminate (8.54%), or semi-determinate (2.44%) flowering patterns. Days to 75% maturity ranged from 30 to 72 d, and yield per plant ranged from 6.00 to 148.60 g. Meanwhile, total phenolic, crude protein, crude fiber, and dietary fiber contents ranged from 16.42 ± 0.62 to 29.67 ± 0.43 ㎎ gallic acid equivalent per g of dried extract, from 16.76 ± 6.74% to 22.61 ± 0.05%, from 4.70 ± 0.24 to 8.63 ± 0.02%, and from 12.98 ± 0.71 to 33.19 ± 1.50%, respectively. In addition, DPPH radical-scavenging capacity ranged from 1.61 ± 0.10 to 16.04 ± 2.30 ㎎ ascorbic acid equivalent per g of dried extract, and Trolox equivalent antioxidant capacity ranged from 3.03 ± 0.86 to 42.24 ± 0.72 ㎎ Trolox equivalent per g of dried extract. Phenolic content was correlated with both DPPH radical-scavenging capacity (r = 0.63) and Trolox equivalent antioxidant capacity (r = 0.29). Nine accessions (IT170290, IT170291, IT170270, IT170276, IT170379, IT170386, IT170388, IT170418, and IT170340) exhibited early maturity, compact and erect growth habits, and above average antioxidant activities and phenolic and protein contents. In addition, accessions IT170290 and IT170291 were especially promising pigeon pea germplasms to grow, owing to various favorable characteristics (e.g., high yield and dietary fiber content). Hence, these accessions could be useful cultivars to the Republic of Korea if considered in future agricultural systems.

Background : Recently, the shortage of first planted ginseng field has increased direct seeding cultivation in paddy. Therefore, the demand for the development of ginseng varieties suitable for direct seeding cultivation in paddy has increased. So the aim of this study was selection ginseng varieties and germplasms suitable for direct seeding cultivation in paddy. Methods and Results : We used 13 varieties and 191 lines of Korean ginseng (Panax ginseng C. A. Meyer) in this study. Ginseng Seeds were harvested at the end of July 2013, sown in mid-November, and were grown for four years in paddy. In 2017, the survey was conducted on 27 items of growth characteristics in accordance with the standards for survey of ginseng variety, and the degree of diseases and physiological disorders. Among ginseng varieties, the growth of Gopoong, Sunwon and Gwumjin were excellent. However, the incidence of physiological disorder was low in Gumpoong and Geumsun. Among the genetic sources, the growth of 7 ginseng lines, such as G04092, G04098, M05015, G07053, G10069 and G10093, were excellent. However, the incidence of physiological disorder was low in 10 lines of ginseng, such as G04020, G04061, G04081, G04092, G05054, G07052, G07053, G10069 and G10093. Conclusion : This result suggests that 5 varieties and 10 lines of ginseng showed outstanding growths in paddy. In the future, we will review the characteristics of root and the content of ginsenosides of ginseng variety and elite lines.

Background : Stable ginseng production is highly dependent on specific climate conditions. Recently, ginseng yield and quality are negatively affected by climate changes, particularly global warming. Thus, it is imperative to apply a new systematic cultivation method and to develop new varieties with enhanced heat resistance to cope with elevated temperatures. Up to date, ginseng breeding program has mainly focused on the quantity and process ability of red ginseng. New varieties with increased resistance to diverse abiotic stresses need to be developed. Methods and Results : In this study, 13 varieties and 100 germplasms were screened for resistance to heat stress. To measure heat resistance, seedlings were transplanted to a pot 3 times in threes. Two months later, the pot was placed in a temperature chamber at 46℃ for 1 hour, a critical condition that ginseng appears to stop cellular respiration. After waiting for 1 day, the pot was examined for survival rate and fluorescent reaction. Fluorescent reaction was tested according to Nedbal et al. (2000) and Park et al. (2010) and with an image fluorometer. After testing chlorophyll fluorescent reaction, Fm/Fo, Fv/Fm and Rfd were used as screening indices for high temperature resistance. It was found that the adequate values for Fm/Fo, Fv/Fm and Rfd were over 2.2, over 0.55 and over 0.8, respectively. Also, the degree of the above-ground damage is investigated in the 4-year old field. Under our heat stress conditions, susceptible varieties (Chunpoong) and germplasm lines showed drooping and wilting leaf phenotypes, whereas the leaves of a resistant line (named Eumseong 11) remained healthy. Eumseong 11 had the highest values with 2.3, 0.61 and 0.98 in fluorescent test. In addition, compared to the susceptible lines which were wilted in 4-year old field, no detrimental phenotypes were observed in Eumseong 11. Conclusion : ‘Eumseong11’ was selected as a superior line with increased resistance to heat stress. We are now testing how Eumseong11 responds to other abiotic stresses. Our effort will contribute to increase the farmers' income.

In this study, agronomic characteristics and fatty acid composition of 121 flax (Linum usitatissimum L.) germplasms were analyzed. The flax germplasms had a fairly short growth period of 75-95 days. The plant height at maturity varied from 52 to 124 cm. The flower color varied from white to lilac and even purple. Early flowering flax germplasms had white flowers and were resistant to lodging. In early flowering flax germplasms, all agronomic characteristics, including growth period, plant height, branch number per plant, stem diameter, number of capsules per raceme, seed number per capsule, 1000-seed weight, and seed yield, were decreased. The average fatty acid composition of 121 flax germplasms comprised palmitic acid (5.3%), stearic acid (4.3%), oleic acid (29.7%), linoleic acid (13.1%) and linolenic acid (46.4%). The total content of unsaturated fatty acids ranged from 84~94% with an average of 88%. Among the fatty acids, linolenic acid (omega-3) content was the highest with a range of 36~54%. In five selected flax germplasms (Hollandia 1803, Red son, C & F Res Br 1767, Wiera, and Ireland 1657) with high linolenic acid (≥51%), total lipid and protein contents were 30~36% and 5.4~6.9%, respectively. Overall, flax can practically be adoptable into cropping systems in South Korea and utilized as a scenery crop, since flax has a short cultivation period with diverse flower colors.

Miscanthus has been considered as the most promising bioenergy crop for lignocellulosic biomass production. In Korea, M. sacchariflorus and M. sinensis can be found easily in all regions. It is a great advantage to utilize as important species with respect to genetic and cross-breeding programs materials for creation of novel hybrids. For successful breeding programs, it is important to precisely understand the variability of flowering traits among Miscanthus species as breeding parents materials. In this study, flowering traits were observed daily in 960 germplasms of two Miscanthus species (M. sacchariflorus and M. sinensis) for growing seasons over 2 years. The flowering process was divided into three stages. ST (sprouting time) was recorded when first leaf of the plant emerged on soil. FS1 (flowering stage 1) and FS2 (flowering stage 2) were recorded when flag leaf was firstly observed, and 1 cm of panicle was showing on at least one stem, respectively. For 2013 and 2014, the latest germplasms exerted flag leaf, i.e. September 30 (DOY of FS1 164.1) and September 4 (DOY of FS1 141.0) occurred M. sacchariflorus cv. Geodae 1 and M. sacchariflorus cv. Uram collected from Southern Korea (Jeollanam-do), while Miscanthus germplasms collected from northern Korea (Gyeonggi-do) which emerged the earliest flag leaf in July and August, significantly decreased DOY. For DOY from ST to FS2, M. sacchriflorus germplasms ranged from 140 to 190 days, and 110 to 170 days for 2013 and 2014. The highest frequency showed to 160 days for 2013, and 150 days for 2014. In M. sinensis germplasms, the highest frequency showed to 180 days for 2013, and 170 days for 2014. In the results of correlation between the day of years from ST to FS2 for 2013 and 2014, M. sacchriflorus and M. sinensis showed high coefficient of correlation (0.70 and 0.89). It can be supposed that flowering characteristics of Miscanthus are largely affected by the unique phenotypic characteristic of native habitat than environmental factors of the current planted site. This study for flowering traits of Miscanthus may provides an important information in order to expedite the introduction as breeding materials for creation of new hybrid.