Eunsoo Lee

High Yielding and Multiple Disease Resistant Sesame Cultivar ‘YoungWoong’

Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) is a valuable oilseed crop; however, low yields and mechanical harvesting challenges limit its production. To address these issues, a high-yielding and disease-resistant sesame cultivar, ‘YoungWoong’, was developed via mutation breeding using ‘Geonbaek’ seeds irradiated with 300 Gy of γ-ray...