South Korea: Taean stands tall as a leaf perilla seed production complex

[Korea Rural Newspaper Reporter Kwang-jin Yoon] Carefully selected seeds with a germination rate of 80% or more Taean-gun, Chungnam, with an estimated production of 7.5 tons this year, has become the nation's best leaf sesame seed production complex. Recently, according to Taean-gun, the leaf perilla seeds in Taean are mainly produced in'Anmyeon-do perilla seed planting.' Varieties are perilla seeds No. 1, Namcheon, late autumn, upper leaves, etc., to prevent mixing between seeds by harvesting only one variety per farm. After harvesting, seeds with a germination rate of 80% or more are obtained after drying and threshing twice and three germination tests. It is carefully selected and distributed to farmers. The expected production volume this year is about 7.5 tons, and the entire amount is contracted with Geumsan and Miryang, the main production complexes of leaf perilla, and will be supplied in February next year. Taean-gun this year promoted the '2020 Climate Change Response ...