Transition of Rice Cultural Practices during Chosun Dynasty through Old References. III. Differentiation of Rice Varieties in the Dynasty

주요 고농서를 통한 조선시대의 도작기술 전개과정 연구 III. 조선시대의 벼 품종 분석

In Nongsajiksul, rice varieties were not appeared but varieties groups were introduced and divided according to growth periods, or 'Sun, Gang, Na'or introduced names of some of local varieties. However, the weather conditions for rice culture in Korea were characterized by 'early drought and late flooding', and winds and rains in summer, so that rice safe harvest by avoiding these disasters was the most important. Thus, development of rice varieties after the 15th century has gradually been adapted for ‘early-seeding and early-harvesting’, and for disaster tolerance. With time, rice varieties, which were early maturing, had awned, had color on panicles, had tolerance for grain shattering, had tolerance for winds, and had good responses to fertilizers, were grown in large areas.rown in large areas.

$\ulcorner$농사직설$\lrcorner$ 단계에서는 품종보다는 품종군 또는 도종류로서의 조만, 치갱유, 또는 몇몇 지방 품종명이 소개되는 정도였으나, 우리나라의 도작기상이 ‘조한만수의’ 특징을 보일 뿐만 아니라 만하의 풍우 때문에 이들 재해를 회피하여 안전수확을 하는 것이 가장 중요하였으므로 15세기 이후의 도종발달은 조파조수집에 적응하고 내재해성을 갖는 쪽으로 서서히 진전되어 왔다. 시대경과에 따라 조도, 유망종, 유수색종, 내탈립종, 내풍성종, 내비성종의 분화와 이들의 정유율증대가 이루어져 왔음으로 알 수 있다.