Rice quality should be considered as a primary consumer requirement. Regarding marketing, characteristics such as appearance, physicochemical properties, and palatability of brand rice are of high economic importance. Therefore, this study was conducted to select the optimal rice cultivars representing the commercial rice brands of Gyeongsangbuk-do province in Korea. Various rice grain quality components, grain appearance, several physicochemical properties of rice grain, and texture or palatability of cooked rice grains of ten cultivars (namely ‘top quality rice’) cultivated at three different locations, such as inland mountainous and southern plain areas of Gyeongsangbuk-do province in 2013~2014, were evaluated, and the obtained data was analyzed. ‘Hiami’ showed slightly higher protein contents and lower palatability of cooked rice than the other rice cultivars. Rice production and head rice yield produced at Gumi were the highest. The protein content of milled rice produced at Andong, an inland mountainous region, was approximately 0.3% point lower than that from other locations, whereas the amylose content of milled rice was approximately 1% point higher than those from the other plain regions, Daegu and Gumi. We evaluated the texture, Glossiness value determined using a Toyo teste meter and palatability of cooked rice of ten cultivars. The hardness of cooked rice produced in Andong was slightly lower than that produced in Daegu and Gumi, and additionally, the palatability of cooked rice produced in Andong was the best, followed by that producted in Gumi and Daegu. Considering rice yield and grain quality in the major rice cultivation areas of Gyeongsangbuk-do province, the rice cultivars that may be suitable for each region could be recommended mid-late maturation: ‘Younghojinmi’ and ‘Mipum’ in Daegu, ‘Daebo’, ‘Samgwang’, Chilbo’ and ‘Younghojinmi’ in Gumi, ‘Samgwang’, ‘Jinsumi’ and ‘Sukwang’ in Andong. These results obtained in this study imply that the selected cultivars with high yield and quality could be recommended with high priority to rice farmers in the regions.

A new peanut(Arachis hypogaea ssp. fastigiata L.) variety “Hwaseon(Milyang50)” with the high yield potential was developed at the Department of Functional Crop, NICS, in Milyang in 2013. This was developed from the crossing line between cultivar “Iksan 31” with large grain and high quality and “SP9614” with short stem. “Hwaseon” which is Shinpung plant type has 41cm of main stem length and 10 branch number per plant. Each pod has two grains with long ellipse shape of brown testa and yield components is composed of 45 mature pods of per plant, 84g of 100-seed weight, 79% of pod shelling ratio in the regional yield trials(RYT). Seed quality showed 47.3% of crude oil and 27.6% of protein content. This variety also showed more resistant to early leaf spot, and stem rot, compared with check variety “Daekwang”. In the regional yield trials “Hwaseon” outyielded check variety by 12% with 4.78 MT/ha for kernel.

A new peanut variety “Sangan”(Arachis hypogaea ssp. fastigiata L.) showed the highest yielding of Korean varieties was developed at the Department of Functional Crop, NICS, in Milyang in 2011. This was developed from the crossing line between cultivar “Palkwang” with high quality and “local collection” with short stem. “Sangan” which is Shinpung plant type has 44cm of main stem length and 10 branch number per plant. Each pod has two grains with long ellipse shape of brown testa and yield components is composed of 40 mature pods of per plant, 96g of 100-seed weight, 79% of pod shelling ratio in the regional yield trials(RYT). Seed quality showed 48.5% of crude oil and 29.1% of protein content. This variety also showed more resistant to early leaf spot and web blotch, compared with check variety, Daekwang. In the regional yield trials “Sangan” outyielded check variety by 15% with 4.87 MT/ha for kernel.

A new covered barley variety, 'Daeyeonbori' was developed from the cross between Milyangketbori, a stabile for machine harvest, and Olbori by the barley breeding team in the National Yeongnam Agricultural Experiment Station (NYAES) in 1999. An elite line,

우리나라 japonica형 품종을 배경으로 육성된 12개 웅성불임계통과 12개 임성회복계통들의 수량에 대한 조합능력을 조ㆍ중ㆍ만생군별로 검토하고 이들간 일대잡종들의 잡종강세정도와 미질특성을 검정한 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 1. 공시된 웅성불임계통 중 오대벼 A, 화성벼A, 이리 386벼, 낙동벼 A, 팔굉 A와 임성회복계통중 오대벼 R, 호성벼 R, 이리 386 R, 팔굉 R, 화청벼 R 등의 수량에 대한 조합능력이 우수하였다. 2. 웅성불임계통과 임성회복계통간의 일대잡종에서 수량에 대한 heterobeltiosis는 조생군에서 -17%～15%, 중생군에서 -4～22%, 만생군에서 -46%～30%였다. 3. 일대잡종에서 수량에 대한 standard heterosis는 조생군에서 표준품종 화진벼에 대해 0～26%, 만생군에서 표준품종 화정벼에 대해 -38～26%였다. 4. 잡종강세정도가 정인 조합군에서는 수당영화수, 수수 등이 수량과 상관이 높았고, 부인 조합군에서는 임실율, 천입중 등이 수량과 상관이 높았다. 5. 공시된 일대잡종벼의 amylose 함량은 대부분조합에서 20% 미만이었고, 알칼리붕괴도, 심복백, 투명도, 장폭비 미질 관련 형질도 양호하였다.