Market Class: Small Green Lentil
Year Released to Seed Growers: 2014
Sub-licensed Outside of SK: SeCan
International Distribution Rights: FP Genetics
Breeder: Dr. Albert Vandenberg, Crop Development Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK
Plant Breeders Rights: PBR’91
Description
CDC Kermit is a high-yielding, small green lentil with improved lodging tolerance. CDC Kermit is not imidazolinone tolerant. It is well-suited to the Dark Brown and Brown soil zone regions that produce green lentils. In 14 years of testing in the co-op and regional trials in Saskatchewan, it yielded 106% of CDC Maxim in the Brown and Dark Brown soil zones, and 97% in the Black and Dark Grey zones. This represents a 12% yield advantage vs. CDC Imvincible in the brown and dark brown soil zones and 16% in the black and dark grey soil zones (Table 1). CDC Kermit has PBR’91 protection.
Strengths
- Improved yield vs. CDC Imvincible
- High yielding small green lentil
- Good lodging tolerance
Neutral
- Early-mid maturity
- Seed characteristics similar to CDC Viceroy and CDC Imvincible
- Similar disease resistance as CDC Imvincible or CDC Jimini
Weaknesses
- Not tolerant to imidazolinone herbicides
Table 1: Agronomic performance of small green lentil varieties from Co-op and Regional Trials in Saskatchewan
| Variety | Class | Year Registered | Herbicide Tolerance | Years Tested | Yield (% Maxim) | Height (cm) | Maturity Rating | Resistance to: | Seed Weight (g/1000) | ||
| Area 1 & 2 | Area 3 & 4 | Aschocyta Blight | Anthracnose Race 1 | ||||||||
| CDC Imvincible | Small Green | 2009 | CL | 14 | 94 | 81 | 33 | E | MR | MR | 34 |
| CDC Kermit | Small Green | 2014 | 14 | 106 | 97 | 36 | E/M | MR | MR | 34 | |
| CDC Jimini | Small Green | 2021 | CL | 8 | 108 | 99 | 36 | E/M | MR | MR | 38 |
Co-op and Regional trials in Saskatchewan, Source: Varieties of Grain Crops (SaskSeed Guide)
*HT = Herbicide Tolerance. CL indicates Clearfield© variety.
**Area 1: Brown soil zone; Area 2: Dark brown; Area 3: Black; Area 4: Dark grey
***Resistance Ratings: R = Resistant; MR = Moderately resistant; I = Intermediate; S = Susceptible
