Excessive water stress can cause severe damage to sorghum and results in significant yield reduction. The aim of this study is to identify quantitative trait loci (QTL) for excessive water stress in sorghum. As a first step, two out of 21 bmr mutants were selected for their superior agronomic performance and Chlorophyll a fluorescence OJIP transient, and were crossed with an elite Korean cultivar, Hwangkeumchal, to construct mapping populations. One hundred ten out of 236 SSR primers showed polymorphism between two parens, which cover ten chromosomes of sorghum from different published SSR linkage maps of sorghum. Development of recombinant inbred lines from the crosses ‘25M2-0698 x Hwangkeumchal’ and ‘25M2-0404 x Hwangkeumchal’ are in progress using the single seed descendent method for generation acceleration.

This study was conducted to determine the optimum number of inter-rows according to distance of drainage furrow (DF) for running-off excessive-water stress (EWS) in paddy field. The most soil water potential was shown in high ridge (distance of DF by 70 cm) cultivation and the soil water potential showed increasing tendency in over four inter-rows cultivation by DF. The growth of soybean reduced by extended inter-row and its reducing level was high, especially, over four inter-rows (DF distance by 2.8 m) because of EWS. The photosynthetic rate decreased in the more extensive field by distance of DF at V5 and R2 stages, especially, in over four interrows cultivation. Also, root activity decreased at wider DF. The yield was reduced with wider distance of DF more extensively, the highest yield of 270 g per m2 at the every row, but yield showed decreasing tendency at over the 4th row (2.8 m) cultivation. Soybean cultivation in paddy field could be founded with DF of every other or 4th row.

검정콩 1호를 공시품종으로 하여 콩의 영양생장기에 15일간 습해처리하고 그에 따른 엽생장 및 지하부의 생리적 반응을 조사한 결과는 다음과 같다. 1. 습해처리기간중 근류는 심토층에서부터 사멸되기 시작하였으며 습해기간이 7일 이상 지속될 경우 전체 근류의 35%이상이 사멸되었다. 2. 습해를 받으면 근류의 Bacteroid층이 균열되기 시작하였으며 습해기간이 지속될 경우 균열 양상은 더욱 심화되었다. 3. 습해기간중 토심 5cm이하에 분포한 뿌리활력은 무처리에 비해 크게 감소하였으며 표토층에 분포한 뿌리는 큰 변화가 없었다. 4. 7일간의 습해처리로 주근의 외피조직 및 유관속조직의 분리현상과 일부 파괴현상이 관찰되었다. 5. 습해처리 기간 중의 엽면적 생장은 정상식물체의 엽면적 생장의 절반에 불과하였다.