The soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.], an ediblelegume, has a high protein content in both its hay andgrain, so it is often used as a supplement for other foragesthat have a deficient protein concentration. Therefore, thisstudy investigated the forage quality and yield in the caseof mixed planting of soybean and corn. The forage yield andquality were assessed for three cropping patterns: soybeanmono planting, corn mono planting, and mixed planting ofsoybean and corn. For planting, this study used a forage corncultivar, Kwangpyeongok, and three recombinant inbreed lines,W2, W4, and W11, selected from Glycine soja (PI483463)×G. max (Hutcheson). The mixed planting of soybean and cornproduced a higher forage yield than the corn mono cropping.The crude protein and crude fat content were also increasedwith the mixed planting of soybean and corn when comparedwith the corn mono cropping. Some decrease of ADF andNDF, and increase for RFV in mixed planting of soybeanand corn than corn mono cropping. Therefore, the resultsshow that mixed planting of soybean and corn is aneffective cropping system to improve the forage quality.
This study was performed to develop the efficient phytoremediation model in the paddy soil contaminated with heavy metals by cultivating Pteris multifida and Artemisia princeps with different mixing ratios (1:0, 8:1, 6:1, 4:1). As a result of investigating the heavy metal accumulation of each plant per dried material (1 ㎏), content of arsenic and cadmium was the highest in aerial part of P. multifida (169.82, 1.70 ㎎·㎏-1 DW, each) among the treated group. Lead content was the highest (12.58 ㎎·㎏-1 DW) in the aerial part of P. multifida cultivated with 8:1 mixed planting. But the content of copper and zinc was the highest (33.94, 61.78 ㎎·㎏-1 DW, each) in the aerial part of A. princeps with 8:1 treatment. Regardless of heavy metals, plant uptake from the 1 ㎡ soil was the highest in 4:1 mixed planting group, which showed the best yield of A. princeps.