‘Nokwoo’, a mid-late maturing, high dry matter yielding rice (Oryza sativa L.) cultivar with a good early growth and low-temperature germinability, was developed for whole crop silage (WCS) use. It was derived from a cross between a leafy tropical japonica ‘LK1A-2-12-1-1’ with high biomass and good germinability in low temperature and new plant type (NPT), ‘IR72225-29-1-1’ which had low tillering trait, large panicle, dark green leaf, thick and sturdy stem and vigorous root system. This cultivar had about 123 days growth period from seeding to heading, 122㎝ culm length, 29㎝ panicle length, 9 panicles per hill, 144 spikelets per panicle and 1,000-grain weight of 24.4 g as brown rice in central plain region, Suwon. This wide and long leafy WCS rice variety was weak to cold stresses similar to ‘Nokyang’ but was a little resistant to lodging in the field, strong to viviparous germination and good to low temperature germination. In addition, ‘Nokwoo’ was resistant to leaf and neck blast but susceptible to bacterial blight, rice stripe virus and brown planthopper. Its average dry matter yield for three years reached 16.5 MT/ha, 14% higher than that of ‘Nokyang’. This cultivar had 5.3% crude protein and 68.8% total digestible nutrients a little low compared to ‘Nokyang’. In Korea peninsular, ‘Nokwoo’ grows well in central and southern plain and is good to harvest between 15 to 30 days after heading to improve its feeding value and digestion rate of livestock (Grant No. 6072).

‘Jungmo1038', a mid-late maturing, high dry matter yielding rice (Oryza sativa L.) cultivar with glabrous leaf and hull, was developed for whole crop silage (WCS) use. It was derived from a cross between ‘SR24592-HB2319’ with high biomass, smooth leaf and hull and good germinability in low temperature and new plant type (NPT), ‘IR73165-B-6-1-1‘ which had low tillering trait, large panicle, dark green leaf, thick and sturdy stem and vigorous root system. This cultivar had about 125 days growth period from seeding to heading, 99㎝ culm length, 20㎝ panicle length, 13 panicles per hill, 119 spikelets per panicle and 1,000-grain weight of 23.3 g as brown rice in central plain region, Suwon. This hairless WCS rice variety was weak to cold stresses similar to ‘Nokyang’ but was resistant to lodging in the field, strong to viviparous germination and good to low temperature germination. In addition, ‘Jungmo1038’ was resistant to leaf and neck blast but susceptible to bacterial blight, rice stripe virus and brown planthopper. Its average dry matter yield for three years reached 17.2 MT/ha, 21% higher than that of ‘Nokyang’. This glabrous cultivar had 6.6% crude protein and 62.4% total digestible nutrients a little low compared to ‘Nokyang’. In Korea peninsular, 'Jungmo1038' grows well in central and southern plain and is good to harvest between 15 to 30 days after heading to improve its feeding value and digestion rate of livestock(Grant No. 5634).

Soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr) is a short day plant and has been adapted to various climates and environments during cultivation. However, the cultivation area is restricted to a very narrow range of latitudes. To date, nine major genes (E1 to E8 and J) have been reported to control the flowering time and maturity. Here, we evaluated the role of E2, E3, E4, and their paralogue genes in late flowering soybean cultivars under long day (LD) conditions using Soybean yellow common mosaic virus (SYCMV)-based virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) system. A total of nine VIGS constructs were infiltrated into two fully expanded cotyledons and primary leaves. After inoculation with these VIGS constructs on Jangyeobkong, which is a late-flowering cultivar, phenotypic traits were evaluated for the first flowering dates (FFDs) and pod maturities under LD conditions. The FFDs of the silenced plants occurred 50-56 days after sowing (das), while the non-silenced plants bloomed on 60-61 days. We found that the E3 paralogue-silenced plants flowered the fastest and responsive genes were identified to be associated with the promotion of flowering time. As the knock-down of E3 paralogue, expression of E1 was up-regulated, E2 was no difference, E3 and E4 genes were down-regulated in the silenced plants. Expression of GmFT2a and GmFT5a is known to be controlled by E3 and E4. Interestingly, GmFT5a were highly expressed in SYCMV:E3 paralogue-silenced plants, whereas the expression of GmFT2a was not significant. These results support that GmFT5a is able to independently promote flowering under LD conditions.

유진들깨의 개화기 후 5일에 시용한 질소 추비(4 kg/10a)를 통해 생육특성과 단백질 함량, 지방 함량과 지방산 조성 등을 조사하여 들깨의 수량성과 품질 향상의 가능성을 검토한 결과는 다음과 같다. 1. 등숙기의 추비는 대조구에 비해 경장과 주경 마디수, 가지수, 경직경 등에서는 차이가 거의 없었으나 성숙기가 1일 늦었고, SPAD 값은 48.6으로 대조구보다 85% 더 높고 농녹색을 성숙후기까지 유지하였다. 2. 추비구의 수량구성요소 및 수량에서 화방군길이, 화방 군수, 군당삭수는 근소하게 더 많았으나 1000립중이 3.4 g으로 대조구 보다 0.8 g 더 무거워 종실수량은 123 kg/10a로 60% 더 많았다. 3. 추비구의 단백질함량은 33.3%로서 대조구 보다 11.5%나 많았으며 국내 유전자원 17.9~28.5%(Park, 1996) 범위를 능가하였으며 기름함량은 48.4%로서 6.2%나 더 높아 추비효과가 있었다. 4. 추비에 따른 지방산 조성은 대조구에 비해 포화지방산인 palmitic acid와 stearic acid이 감소하였고, 불포화지방산에서 linolenic acid와 oleic acids는 감소하였으나 linoleic acid는 증가한 경향을 보였다. 5. 이상의 결과로 미루어 보아 들깨의 등숙기는 최적생육량과 연계한 적정질소추비는 수량성과 품질 향상을 위해 필요할 것으로 사료된다.

1997년부터 황색 겹꽃 프리지아 품종 육성을 위한 품종을 수집하여, '98년 2월에 'Golden Crown'을 모본으로 하고 'White Wing'을 부본으로 한 교배조합으로부터 240개의 종자를 획득하였다. 실생으로부터 파종 7개월 후 화색이 선명한 황색겹꽃 우수개체를 1차로 선발하였다. 2000년부터 2004년까지 5년에 걸쳐 생육 특성 및 수량 검정을 실시하였으며 안정성, 균일성, 병 저항성, 절화수명, 및 구근 증식력이 우수하다고 판단되어 2