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Samgwang
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A Korean high-quality japonica cultivar bred by the National Institute of Crop Science (RDA) from Suweon 361 × Milyang 101 and named in 2003. It has short, round, clear grains, 18.3 % amylose and a very high head-rice ratio.
Bred for quality
Samgwang is a mid-late japonica, heading about two days before Ilpum at Suwon. Its grains are short and round, slightly better in appearance than Ilpum, with similar amylose (18.3 %) and lower protein; 94.5 % of its milled rice comes out as whole grains. Brown-rice 1,000-grain weight is 22.2 g.
In regional trials it averaged 569 kg of milled rice per 10 a, 3 % above Ilpum, with stable yields across sites and years. It resists bacterial leaf blight and stripe virus but not planthoppers, and is recommended for the central plains and mid-altitude areas of the south.
How it connects
Rice
- similar Chucheong (Akibare)
