A new sesame variety ‘Milsung’ was developed from Yeongnam Agricultural Research Institute, National Institute ofCrop Science, Rural Development Administration in 2007. Cross was made by ‘Iri 4’ and ‘Suwon 131’ with high quality andyields capacity and disease resistance. And ‘Milsung’ was followed by breeding methods of pedigree selection, yield performancetrials and regional yield trials by the sesame breeding team at the National Institute of Crop Science. ‘Milsung’ has a few branchwith tri-capsuled, bi-loculi and quadri-carpellates. And the color of flower is light pink. Flowering date of ‘Milsung’ was Jul1st which was two days earlier than that of the check variety ‘Yangback’. Maturing date of ‘Milsung’ was Aug 20th which wassame to that of the check variety ‘Yangback’. Plant height of ‘Milsung’ was 129 cm which was similar to that of the check.But ‘Milsung’ had 27 capsuled nodes which was more than those of the check. So ‘Milsung’ showed very dense capsuled shape.Disease and disaster resistance including phytophthora blight and lodging were similar to the check. The yield of ‘Milsung’ was98 kg/10a which increased by 5% compared to that of the check. Oil content of ‘Milsung’ was lower than that of the checkbut higher in protein. Oleic acid composition of fatty acid was 45.8 percent. The contents of sesamin is 2.8 mg/g and those ofsesamolin is 3.0 mg/g.
