Market Class: Yellow Pea
Year Released to Select Seed Growers: 2017
Sub-licensed Outside of SK: SeCan
International Distribution Rights: Canterra Seeds Ltd./Meridian Seeds
Breeder: Dr. Tom Warkentin, Crop Development Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK
Plant Breeders’ Rights:
Description
CDC Canary is an early maturing, yellow, semi-leafless field pea variety. CDC Canary was tested for two years in the field pea co-op registration Test “B” in 2013-2014. In these trials, the yield was 110% of the yellow pea check varieties CDC Golden and Agassiz (Table 2). In 10 years of testing in the co-op and regional trials in Saskatchewan (Table 1), CDC Canary yielded 99% and 100% of the check variety CDC Amarillo in the southern and northern geographies respectively. CDC Canary has PBR’91 protection.
Statistical analysis of 8 years of long-term RVT data ranked CDC Canary 14th from the top for yield among 16 historical and new yellow pea varieties in the south and in the north (Figure 1).
Strengths
- Early maturity
- Good lodging resistance, similar to CDC Amarillo
- Medium-long vine length
- Powdery mildew resistance
Neutral
- Medium seed size
- Round seed shape, and slightly blockier than the checks
- Low seed coat breakage percent (similar to CDC Spectrum)
- Moderate protein concentration (similar to CDC Amarillo)
- Moderate cooking time
- Rated fair for seed coat breakage
- Fair resistance to Mycosphaerella blight resistance and Fusarium root rot
- Moderate yield
Table 1: Agronomic performance of yellow pea varieties from Co-op and Regional Trials in Saskatchewan
| Variety | Year Registered | Years Tested | Yield (% Amarillo) | Relative Maturity | Lodging (1-9)** | Vine Length (cm) | Resistance to: | Seed Weight (g/1000) | Protein % vs. CDC Amarillo | ||||||
| Area 1, 2 & South 3* | Area North 3 & 4* | Mycosphaerella Blight3 | Powdery Mildew | Fusarium Root Rot | Seed coat breakage | Seed coat dimpling4 | Greeness5 | ||||||||
| CDC Amarillo | 2012 | 14 | 100 | 100 | M | 3.5 | 85 | 4.5 | R | MR | F | F | G | 230 | 23 |
| AAC Aberdeen | 2019 | 5 | 108 | 107 | M | 3.5 | 85 | 4.5 | R | I | F | F | G | 250 | -1.1 |
| AAC Beyond | 2021 | 5 | 106 | 108 | E | 4.5 | 80 | 5 | R | MR | F | F | G | 220 | 0.3 |
| Boost | 2022 | 4 | 102 | 101 | M | 4.5 | 90 | 4.5 | R | MR | G | G | G | 230 | 1.2 |
| CDC Boundless | 2023 | 4 | 109 | 105 | M | 3 | 90 | 4.5 | R | MR | G | G | G | 230 | 0.8 |
| CDC Canary | 2017 | 10 | 99 | 100 | E | 3.5 | 85 | 4.5 | R | I | G | F | F | 230 | 0.1 |
| Caphorn | 2023 | 4 | 100 | 98 | M | 4 | 80 | 5 | R | MR | F | G | G | 260 | 1.7 |
| AAC Carver | 2014 | 7 | 102 | 100 | E | 4 | 85 | 5 | R | I | G | F | G | 240 | -1.3 |
| AAC Chrome | 2017 | 7 | 106 | 104 | M | 4.5 | 75 | 4.5 | R | I | G | G | G | 240 | -1 |
| CDC Citrine | 2022 | 6 | 108 | 110 | M | 4 | 85 | 4 | R | MR | G | G | G | 220 | 0.3 |
| CDC Engage | 2023 | 4 | 107 | 107 | M | 3.5 | 85 | 4.5 | R | I | G | G | G | 240 | 0.7 |
| CDC Hickie | 2021 | 7 | 107 | 106 | M | 3.5 | 85 | 4.5 | R | MR | G | G | G | 230 | 0.5 |
| CDC Inca | 2015 | 12 | 104 | 102 | M | 4 | 85 | 4.5 | R | I | G | G | F | 230 | -0.6 |
| AAC Julius | 2021 | 5 | 110 | 105 | E | 4 | 85 | 4.5 | R | MR | G | G | G | 210 | 0.4 |
| CDC Lewochko | 2018 | 10 | 104 | 104 | M | 3.5 | 90 | 4.5 | R | I | G | G | G | 230 | 0.9 |
| AAC McMurphy | 2023 | 3 | 102 | 101 | M | 3.5 | 85 | 4.5 | R | MR | F | F | G | 250 | 0.6 |
| CDC Meadow | 2006 | 12 | 93 | 90 | E | 4 | 85 | 5 | R | I | G | G | G | 220 | -0.5 |
| AAC Planet | 2022 | 3 | 107 | 102 | M | 3.5 | 90 | 4.5 | R | MR | G | G | G | 220 | 1.2 |
| AAC Profit | 2019 | 6 | 103 | 109 | M | 4.5 | 90 | 4.5 | R | I | F | G | G | 230 | 0.8 |
| CDC Spectrum | 2016 | 12 | 105 | 103 | M | 3.5 | 85 | 4.5 | R | I | G | G | F | 240 | 0.7 |
| CDC Tollefson | 2021 | 7 | 109 | 108 | M | 3 | 90 | 4 | R | MR | G | G | G | 240 | -0.3 |
| CDC 5791 | 2024 | 4 | 107 | 103 | M | 4 | 90 | 4.5 | R | MR | G | G | G | 250 | 0.6 |
| CDC 5845 | 2024 | 4 | 108 | 107 | M | 3.5 | 90 | 4 | R | MR | G | G | G | 240 | 0.6 |
Source: Varieties of Grain Crops (SaskSeed Guide)
*Area 1: Brown soil zone; Area 2: Dark brown; Area 3: Black; Area 4: Dark grey
**Lodging score: 1 = Upright; 9 = Completely lodged
***Mycosphaerella blight score: 1 = No disease, 9 = Completely blighted
****Seed coat dimpling: Very Good = 0-5%; Good = 6-20%; Fair = 21-50%
*****Greenness: Good = 0-15%; Fair = 16-40%
Table 2: Agronomic Performance of CDC Canary Compared to the Checks (Pea Co-op Test B, 2013-2014)
| VARIETY | YIELD (KG/HA) | YIELD (% MEAN OF CHECKS) | DAYS TO MATURITY | VINE LENGTH (CM) | LODGING (PRE-HARVEST)* | SEED WEIGHT (MG) | SEED SHAPE** | SEED COAT BREAKAGE (%) | CRUDE PROTEIN (%) | COOKING TIME (MIN)*** |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDC GOLDEN (CHECK) | 4472 | 97 | 97 | 87 | 4.7 | 210 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 23.7 | 10.4 |
| AGASSIZ (CHECK) | 4797 | 104 | 98 | 90 | 4.2 | 223 | 2.6 | 4.6 | 22.7 | 10.4 |
| CDC CANARY | 5103 | 110 | 97 | 95 | 3.9 | 232 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 22.7 | 16.7 |
| CV | 8.3 | |||||||||
| LSD 05 | 293 | 0.8 | 3.8 | 0.5 | 7.7 | 0.2 | 2.6 | 0.7 | 7.0 | |
| # Locations | 22 | 20 | 16 | 23 | 19 | 20 | 4 | 9 | 2 |
Source: CDC Pulse Breeding Group, U of S
*Lodging score: 1 = Upright; 9 = Completely lodged
**Seed shape: 1 = Round; 5 = Cubic
***Cooking time = Mattson cooking time (min)
Figure 1. Relative yield ranking of yellow pea varieties from 8 years of RVT data in SK in the south (left) and north (right).
Figure 2. Relative maturity of CDC Canary (centre) vs. CDC Lewochko (left) and CDC Athabasca (right).
Figure 3. Seed from the 2023 Pea RVT of CDC Canary (left) compared to CDC Amarillo (centre) and CDC Spectrum (right).
