A New Soybean Cultivar, “Sokang” for Sprout with Small Seed Size, Disease Resistance and High Yielding

Abstract

A new sprout-soybean cultivar, Sokang was developed from the cross between Namhaekong and Camp by the soy-i-als for evaluation and selection were carried out from 2000 to 2004. Sokang had a determinate growth habit with white flower,grayish brown pubescence, yelow hilum, and lanceolate leaflet shape. The maturity date of Sokang is three days earlier than thatghisoflavone (4.5 mg/g) and amino acid (295 mg/g) contents. It has about 9.5 g per 100-seed weight and resistance to lodging. It alsoshowed resistance to soybean mosaic and necrotic symptom of Soybean mosaic virus which is a severe soybean disease. The aver-002to 2004, which was 2 percent higher than the check variety, Pungsan.