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 six years of testing in the co-op and regional trials in Saskatchewan (Table 1), CDC Canary yielded 97% and 98% of the check variety CDC Amarillo in the southern and northern geographies respectively. CDC Canary has PBR’91 protection.
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
- Fair resistance to Mycosphaerella blight resistance and Fusarium wilt
- Moderate yield
Table 1: Agronomic Performance for CDC Canary from Co-op and Regional Trials in Saskatchewan
| VARIETY | YEAR REGISTERED | YEARS TESTED | YIELD % AMARILLO | MATURITY | LODGING (1-9)** | VINE LENGTH (CM) | RESISTANCE TO: | SEED WEIGHT (G/1000) | PROTEIN VS. CDC AMARILLO | ||||||
| 1, 2, & SOUTH 3* | NORTH 3 & 4* | MYCOSPHAERELLA BLIGHT*** | POWDERLY MILDEW | FUSARIUM WILT | SEED COAT BREAKAGE | SEED COAT DIMPLING**** | GREENNESS***** | ||||||||
| CDC AMARILLO (CHECK) | 2012 | 10 | 100 | 100 | MEDIUM | 3.5 | 85 | 4.5 | R | MR | FAIR | FAIR | GOOD | 230 | 23.0 |
| ABARTH | 2012 | 7 | 93 | 90 | EARLY | 3.5 | 75 | 5.0 | R | I | FAIR | GOOD | GOOD | 280 | -0.1 |
| AAC ARDILL | 2013 | 7 | 103 | 99 | MEDIUM | 3.5 | 85 | 4.5 | R | MR | GOOD | GOOD | GOOD | 230 | -1.9 |
| AAC ASHER | 2017 | 3 | 103 | 100 | MEDIUM | 4.5 | 75 | 4.5 | R | I | FAIR | GOOD | 260 | -0.6 | |
| CDC ATHABASCA | 2016 | 7 | 93 | 97 | MEDIUM | 3.0 | 85 | 4.5 | R | I | FAIR | FAIR | GOOD | 300 | +0.5 |
| CDC CANARY | 2017 | 6 | 97 | 98 | EARLY | 3.5 | 85 | 4.5 | R | I | GOOD | FAIR | FAIR | 230 | -0.1 |
| AAC CARVER | 2014 | 5 | 103 | 100 | EARLY | 4.0 | 85 | 5.0 | R | I | GOOD | FAIR | GOOD | 240 | -1.3 |
| AAC CHROME | 2017 | 4 | 105 | 102 | MEDIUM | 4.5 | 75 | 4.5 | R | I | GOOD | GOOD | GOOD | 240 | -1.2 |
| CDC INCA | 2015 | 7 | 104 | 99 | MEDIUM | 4.0 | 85 | 4.5 | R | I | GOOD | GOOD | FAIR | 230 | -0.8 |
| AAC LACOMBE | 2013 | 6 | 96 | 99 | MEDIUM | 3.5 | 85 | 5.0 | R | I | FAIR | FAIR | FAIR | 250 | -0.9 |
| CDC LEWOCHKO | 2018 | 5 | 104 | 103 | MEDIUM | 3.5 | 90 | 4.5 | R | GOOD | GOOD | GOOD | 230 | +0.7 | |
| CDC MEADOW | 2006 | 10 | 92 | 89 | EARLY | 4.0 | 85 | 5.0 | R | I | GOOD | GOOD | GOOD | 220 | -0.6 |
| AAC PROFIT | 2018 | 3 | 101 | 110 | MEDIUM | 4.5 | 90 | R | I | GOOD | GOOD | GOOD | 230 | +0.6 | |
| CDC SAFFRON | 2011 | 10 | 98 | 92 | EARLY | 4.0 | 80 | 4.5 | R | I | GOOD | FAIR | GOOD | 250 | -0.4 |
| CDC SPECTRUM | 2016 | 7 | 104 | 102 | MEDIUM | 3.5 | 85 | 4.5 | R | I | GOOD | GOOD | FAIR | 240 | +0.5 |
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 maturity of CDC Canary (centre) vs. CDC Lewochko (left) and CDC Athabasca (right)
Figure 2. Seed from the 2014 Pea Co-op Test B at Brooks, AB of CDC Canary and check varieties Agassiz and CDC Golden
