特用作物의 種子更新 現況과 問題點

Present status and problems in oil crops seed renewal systems in Korea

Past progress of varietal improvement and current systems for seed production and distribution of several important industrial crops were discussed. Main problems for seed production and distribution appeared in this review are legal restriction of the number of industrial crops involved in the major crop seed law, registered seed production without financial support by govermental base, two-way systems for distribution of certified seed and incomplete seed production systems for F₁ variety of rape. The alternative ways to solve the problems are the legal involvement of more industrial crops needed pure seed production, financial support by governmental base for seed production like as rice and corn, unification of certified seed distribution systems, and F₁ seed production of rape by seed company or by governmental institution.