콩 품종육성에 있어 잎의 크기가 종실무게와 관련된 형질의 초기 분리세대에서 조기선발 지표로서 활용 가능성을 구명하고자 재래종, 도입종 및 야생종 등 229개 품종 및 유전자원을 대상으로 단엽과 제1본엽 및 제3본엽과 종실 무게와의 상관관계를 조사 분석한 결과를 요약하면 다음과 같다. 1. 시험재료 229개 품종 및 유전자원의 단엽 면적은 $3.2{sim}33.8cm^2$, 제1본엽 면적은 $9.2{sim}29.5cm^2$, 제3본엽 면적은 $7.2{sim}58.9cm^2$, 종실의 100립 무게는 2.7~39.0 g의 범위를 나타내었다. 2. 엽 면적과 종실 무게간에는 높은 정의 상관이 있었고, 상관의 크기는 단엽(r=$0.80^{**}$), 제1본엽($0.75^{**}$), 제3본엽($0.67^{**}$) 순으로 나타났다. 3. 엽의 장폭과 종실무게 사이에는 유의한 정의 상관이 있었고 단엽의 길이(0.71)와 폭(0.79)이 제1본엽, 제3본엽 보다 상관이 높았으며, 엽장보다는 엽폭이 높은 상관을 보였다. 조사된 콩 잎의 장 폭비는 상위엽이 높았다. 4. 콩 종실크기와 관련된 생육 초기선발의 간접지표로서 단엽 크기와 단엽의 폭을 이용하는 것이 제일 유리할 것으로 판단되었다.
This study was carried out to examine whether the leaf size is likely to be used as a selection criterion for large seed genotype in soybean (Glycine. max (L.) Merr.) breeding program. Two hundred twenty nine soybean germplasms which had collected in Korea, United States, China and Japan were used in this experiment. The area of unifoliate leaf, middle leaflet of first trifoliate and third trifoliate leaf ranged from $3.2cm^2$ to $33.8cm^2$, 9.2 to $29.5cm^2$, and 7.2 to $58.9cm^2$, respectively. One hundred seed weight also showed great variation from 2.7 to 39.0 gram. The average leaf area of unifoliate, middle leaflet of first trifoliate and third trifoliate leaf were $15.7cm^2$, $18.1cm^2$ and $32.7cm^2$, respectively, and that of seed average weight was 17.2 gram per one hundred seed. Significantly positive correlations were observed between seed weight and leaf area of unifoliate (r=$0.80^{**}$), first trifoliate (r=$0.75^{**}$) and third trifoliate (r=$0.67^{**}$), respectively. Both the leaf length and leaf width of unifoliate, middle leaflet of first trifoliate and third trifoliate leaf were significantly positively correlated with seed weight and both the correlations of unifoliate were higher than the other leaves. The correlations of leaf width in soybean leaflet were higher than those of leaf length. Leaf length/width (L/W) ratio of upper leaf was higher than that of lower leaf in the leaf size. Both the leaf area and leaf width of unifoliate leaf are the most suitable predictive characteristics of early selection in related to seed weight for soybean breeding program.
