A new chestnut cultivar, Mipung (Castanea kusakuri Blume), was released from Korean native chestnut trees by the chestnut laboratory of the Korea Forest Research Institute (KFRI) in 2005. This cultivar was first selected from a natural population in 1984, and the preliminary, advanced, and regional yield trials for evaluation were carried out from 1985 to 2005. 'Mipung' is a late-ripening cultivar with an optimal ripening date in late September. It has good nut quality for eating raw and processing. Average nut weight is 27.3 g, which is much heavier than that of the control cultivar, Arima (C. crenata). It is also identified as resistant to chestnut blight disease and chestnut gall wasp. The average yield of 8-yearold 'Mipung' was 8.8 kg per tree, which is superior to that of 'Arima'. Origin 'Mipung' (Castanea kusakuri Blume) chestnut was selected in 1984 from superior and indigenous individuals located at Gyohangri, Jumunjin-eup, Gangneung-si, and Gangwondo, Republic of Korea. Since 1984, the cultivar has been vigorous and produced much heavier fruit uniformly throughout the fruiting season. Also, the cultivar has shown resistance to chestnut blight disease and chestnut gall wasp.

New cultivars, `SKK 1' and `SKK 2', of Korean mountain ash (Sorbus alnifolia) that had superior morphological features as woody landscape plants were selected from 5000 seedlings of Sorbus alnifolia. Two clones with genetic variation were selected from 1983 to 1994 as landscape plants with large leaf and unique tree form: `SKK 1', which had large leaf and flower, and `SKK 2', with semi-weeping tree form. New selected cultivars of S. alnifolia were successfully grafted and inherited their mother characteristics. Sorbus alnifolia was difficult to propagate by cutting. Therefore, in vitro propagation methods might be used to propagate the superior cultivars. Shoots with apical and axillary buds were excised from 1-year-old seedlings. The explants were cultured on WPM supplemented with 0.5 mg/L BA. Shoots formed from initial cultures were subcultured at ≈4-week intervals onto the same media. To know the best hormone concentration in shoot multiplication, 0.1–3.0 mg/L of BA and 0.1–1.0 mg/L of zeatin were added to each WPM and MS media. The best shoot proliferation and elongation were obtained on MS medium with 1.0 mg/L BA from the whole shoot with the callus-like tissue, whereas the worst results were obtained from shoot tip. A 13-fold proliferation rate was achieved every 4 weeks.