A new malting barley variety, “Oreum”, was developed from the a cross between ‘Kinuyutaka’ and ‘Samdobori’ at
the Honam Agricultural Research Institute (HARI) in 2006. An elite line, YMB2077-2B-24-1-2, was selected in 2003 and
designated as ‘Milyang132’. It showed good agronomic performance in the regional adaptation yield trials (RYT) from 2004 to
2006, and was released with the name of “Oreum” having high yielding and BaYMV resistance. The average heading and
maturing dates of “Oreum” were April 18 and May 24, which were 2 days later than ‘Jinyang’, a leading variety, at RYT.
“Oreum” had longer culm length (75 cm), more spikes per m2 (990), and lighter 1,000 grain weight (35.2 g) than those of
‘Jinyang’ in paddy field conditions. It was showed resistance to BaYMV at the regions of Naju, Jinju and Milyang but moderate
resistance at Iksan. However, the response to other environmental stresses of was similar to ‘Jinyang’ The yield potential of
“Oreum” was about 5.43 MT/ha, 4.93 MT/ha in upland and paddy fields which was about 80%, 35% higher than Jinyang in
the regional adaptation yield trials (RYT), respectively. It has good malting quality including high grain assortment, germination
capacity ratio, water sensitivity and high the malt production and the extract and short filtration speed than those of ‘Jinyang’.