Market Class: Small Red Lentil
Year Released to Select Growers: 2015
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:
Description
CDC Redmoon is currently the highest yielding small red lentil with proven performance both in yield trial testing and in field production. In 10 years of testing in the Co-op and Regional trials in Saskatchewan (Table 1), CDC Redmoon yielded 114% of CDC Maxim in the brown and dark brown soil zones and 104% in the black and dark gray soil zones. Seed coat colour, cotyledon colour, flowering time, maturity, plant height, disease tolerance and seed weight are similar to CDC Maxim. Seed diameter is slightly less than that of CDC Maxim but seed thickness is higher making CDC Redmoon more suitable for lentil dehulling. CDC Redmoon has PBR’91 protection.
Strengths
- Very high yield
- Proven field production performance
- Seed thickness is greater than CDC Maxim
Neutral
- Similar agronomic, maturity and disease resistance characteristics compared to CDC Maxim
Weaknesses
- Not tolerant to imidazolinone herbicides
Table 1: Agronomic Performance for Small Red Lentils from Co-op and Regional Trials in Saskatchewan
| VARIETY | HERBICIDE TOLERANCE | YEAR OF RELEASE | YEARS TESTED | YIELD % OF CDC MAXIM | DISEASE RESISTANCE** | DAYS TO FLOWER | HEIGHT (CM) | MATURITY RATING | SEED WEIGHT (G/1000) | ||
| AREA 1-2* | AREA 3-4* | ASCOCHYTA | ANTHRACNOSE (RACE 1) | ||||||||
| CDC MAXIM | CL | 2007 | 14 | 100 | 100 | MR | MR | 51 | 34 | EARLY-MID | 40 |
| CDC DAZIL | CL | 2010 | 12 | 92 | 33 | MR | I | 53 | 33 | EARLY-MID | 35 |
| CDC IMPULSE | CL | 2014 | 11 | 107 | 100 | MR | MR | 52 | 37 | EARLY-MID | 44 |
| CDC PROCLAIM | CL | 2014 | 10 | 105 | 100 | MR | MR | 51 | 34 | EARLY-MID | 40 |
| CDC SIMMIE | CL | 2019 | 6 | 109 | 103 | MR | MR | 53 | 34 | EARLY-MID | 39 |
| CDC NIMBLE | CL | 2019 | 7 | 109 | 107 | MR | MR | 52 | 35 | EARLY-MID | 38 |
| CDC REDMOON | NO | 2015 | 10 | 114 | 104 | MR | MR | 52 | 33 | EARLY-MID | 41 |
| CDC CORAL | NO | 2016 | 7 | 110 | 103 | MR | MR | 55 | 33 | EARLY-MID | 37 |
| CDC CARMINE | NO | 2016 | 10 | 111 | 106 | MR | MR | 54 | 34 | EARLY-MID | 40 |
Source: Varieties of Grain Crops (SaskSeed Guide)
*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
Analysis of 61 site years of RVT data ranked CDC Redmoon in top spot (Figure 1). CDC Redmoon maintained this ranking in 4 out of 9 locations (Rosthern, Hodgeville, Scott, Swift Current). CDC Redmoon also ranked high in Limerick, Elrose and Saskatoon. At all of these sites, no varieties were significantly higher yielding than CDC Redmoon and most older varieties yielded significantly lower (CDC Maxim, CDC Dazil, CDC Scarlet, CDC Imax). At some locations, CDC Redmoon yielded significantly higher than CDC Proclaim, CDC Impulse and CDC Carmine. CDC Redmoon has shown its adaptation to a broad range of geographic locations in SK and is proven to be a top yielding variety.
Figure 1. Long term yield (left) and relative yield ranking (right) of small red lentil varieties from 10 years of RVT data in SK
Figure 2. Direct comparison of CDC Redmoon (exp. name: 3646-4) to CDC Maxim
