A new peanut variety “Pungan”(Arachis hypogaea ssp. hypogaea L.) was developed at the Department of Functional
Crop, NICS(National Institute of Crop Science), in Milyang in 2008. It was developed from the cross between the high-yielding
cultivar “Saedl” and the very short stem cultivar “Satonoka”. “Pungan”, a Virginia palnt type, has 20 branches with long ellipseshaped
large grains. The 100 grain weight was 88 g, 7 g heavier than the check variety Daekwang. This variety is more resistant
to late leaf spot and web blotch compared to Daekwang, a check variety. Moreover, it is lodging resistant owing to its short
stem. “Pungsan” outyielded the check variety by 16% with 4.67 MT/ha in regional yield trials.