Market Class: Small Red Lentil
Year Released to Seed Growers: 2014
Sub-licensed Outside of SK: SeedNet
International Distribution Rights: Pulse USA
Breeder: Dr. Albert Vandenberg, Crop Development Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK
Plant Breeders Rights: PBR’91
CL (Clearfield®) is a Trademark of BASF Inc.
Description
CDC Proclaim is a high yielding Clearfield® small red lentil that is well-adapted to Saskatchewan. In 13 years of testing in the Co-op and Regional trials in Saskatchewan, CDC Proclaim yielded 106% of CDC Maxim in the brown and dark brown soil zones and 104% in the black and dark gray zones (Table 1). Statistical analysis of 8 years of long-term Regional Variety Trial data ranked CDC Proclaim 5th from the top for yield in the brown & dark brown soil zones and 2nd in the black soil zone among 7 historical and new small red lentil varieties (Figure 1). Seed coat colour, cotyledon colour, flowering time, maturity, plant height and seed weight are similar to CDC Maxim. Seed diameter is slightly less than that of CDC Maxim but seed thickness is much higher, therefore more suitable for lentil dehulling. CDC Proclaim has PBR’91 protection.
Strengths
- Imidazolinone tolerance
- Seed thickness is greater than CDC Maxim
- Higher yield compared to CDC Maxim
Neutral
- Similar maturity and height as CDC Maxim
- Good resistance to Ascochyta and Anthracnose (same as CDC Maxim)
Table 1: Performance Data of red lentil varieties from the Co-op and Regional Trials in Saskatchewan
| Variety | Class | Year registered | Herbicide Tolerance1 | Years Tested | Yield (% Maxim) | Height (cm) | Maturity Rating | Resistance to3: | Seed Weight (g/1000) | ||
| Area 1 & 22 | Area 3 & 42 | Aschocyta Blight | Anthracnose Race 1 | ||||||||
| CDC Maxim | Small Red | 2007 | CL | 18 | 100 | 100 | 34 | E/M | MR | MR | 40 |
| CDC Dazil | Small Red | 2010 | CL | 13 | 97 | 92 | 33 | E/M | MR | I | 35 |
| CDC Impulse | Small Red | 2014 | CL | 14 | 109 | 103 | 37 | E/M | MR | MR | 44 |
| CDC Proclaim | Small Red | 2014 | CL | 13 | 106 | 104 | 34 | E/M | MR | MR | 40 |
| CDC Redmoon | Small Red | 2015 | None | 13 | 113 | 107 | 33 | E/M | MR | MR | 41 |
| CDC Nimble | Small Red | 2019 | CL | 10 | 108 | 109 | 35 | E/M | MR | MR | 38 |
| CDC Simmie | Small Red | 2019 | CL | 9 | 107 | 104 | 34 | E/M | MR | MR | 39 |
| CDC KR-2 | Large Red | 2013 | CL | 11 | 104 | 90 | 37 | M | MR | MR | 55 |
| CDC Sublime | Large Red | 2019 | CL | 8 | 118 | 107 | 38 | E/M | MR | MR | 53 |
| CDC Monarch | Large Red | 2023 | CL | 7 | 120 | 119 | 37 | E/M | MR | MR | 51 |
Source: Varieties of Grain Crops (SaskSeed Guide)
1CL® indicates Clearfield® variety
2Area 1: Brown soil zone; Area 2: Dark brown; Area 3: Black; Area 4: Dark gray
3Resistance Ratings: R = Resistant; MR = Moderately Resistant, I = Intermediate; S = Susceptible
Figure 1. Relative yield ranking of small red lentil varieties from 8 years of Regional Variety Trial data in Saskatchewan in the brown and dark brown soil zones (left) and black soil zone (right).
