Yu Kyeong Shin is a research associate professor at the Department of Horticulture, Jeonbuk National University, South Korea, where she collaborates with Professor Jun Gu Lee on the physiology of vegetable cultivation. She completed her PhD in 2022, with her dissertation entitled “Evaluation of abiotic stress tolerance in vegetable plug seedlings using non-destructive chlorophyll fluorescence analysis.” Cabbage plays a vital role in functional substances such as GSLs (glucosinolates). To cultivate commercial varieties rich in functional GSLs, choosing superior genetic resources from a vast gene pool and establishing a breeding database with higher substance content is essential. A total of 147 cabbage genetic resources underwent screening based on 19 glucosinolate and three sugar standard substances to identify those with outstanding glucosinolate and sugar content. Additionally, cabbage morphology was examined to select commercial varieties tailored to consumer preferences, encompassing leaf shape, head shape, weight, core form, and color. While IT223333 and IT223342 emerged as leading candidates due to their high GSL content, IT223336 was chosen based on sugar content and morphological assessment. This research facilitated the identification of high-performing cabbage genetic resources.
Yu Kyeong Shin won the ISHS Young Minds Award for the best poster presentation at the GreenSys2023: International Symposium on New Technologies for Sustainable Greenhouse Systems in Mexico in October 2023.
Yu Kyeong Shin, PhD, Laboratory of Vegetable Physiology and Environmental Control (VP&EC), Department of Horticulture, College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju, South Korea, e-mail: milkyway_100@naver.com
The article is available in Chronica Horticulturae