Market Class: Large Green Lentil
Year Released to Select Seed Growers: 2018
Sub-licensed Outside of SK: SeCan
International Distribution Rights: Not assigned
Breeder: Dr. Albert Vandenberg, Crop Development Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK
Plant Breeders Rights:
CL (Clearfield®) is a Trademark of BASF Inc.
CDC Lima (IBC-937) is a high-yielding, large green Clearfield® lentil variety. In eight years of testing in the co-op and regional trials, it yielded 92% of CDC Maxim in the Brown and Dark Brown soil zones, and 85% in the Black and Dark Gray zones. Compared to the Clearfield® large green lentil variety CDC Impower, it yielded 10% higher in the Brown and Dark Brown soil zones, and 18% higher in the Black and Dark Gray zones (Table 1). Compared to the conventional large green lentil CDC Greenstar, CDC Lima yielded 6% lower in the Brown and Dark Brown soil zones, however it yielded 5% higher in the Black and Dark Gray zones. CDC Lima performed particularly well at testing locations in Rosthern where it yielded significantly better than CDC Impower or CDC Greenland. In most locations throughout the testing regions, CDC Lima ranked near the top. CDC Lima has similar disease resistance characteristics as CDC Impower. It has a larger seed compared to CDC Impower, which is also thicker making CDC Lima more suitable for lentil dehulling. CDC Lima has PBR’91 protection.
Strengths
- Seed thickness greater than that of CDC Impower
- High yield compared to CDC Impower
- Improved lodging resistance over CDC Impower
- Imidazolinone tolerance
Neutral
- Similar agronomic and maturity characteristics compared to CDC Improve and CDC Impower
- Similar disease resistance as CDC Improve and CDC Impower
Weaknesses
- Slightly shorter than CDC Impower and CDC Improve, more similar to CDC Maxim
Table 1: Large Green Lentil Performance Data from Co-op and Regional Trials in Saskatchewan
| VARIETY | MARKET CLASS | CL | YEARS TESTED | YIELD (% MAXIM) | DAYS TO FLOWER | HEIGHT (CM) | MATURITY RATING | DISEASE RESISTANCE** | SEED WEIGHT (G/1000) | ||
| AREA 1-2* | AREA 3-4* | ASCOCHYTA BLIGHT | ANTHRACNOSE RACE 1 | ||||||||
| CDC MAXIM | SMALL RED | YES | 14 | 100 | 100 | 51 | 34 | EARLY-MID | MR | MR | 40 |
| CDC GREENLAND | LARGE GREEN | NO | 19 | 89 | 70 | 52 | 38 | MID-LATE | MR | S | 64 |
| CDC GREENSTAR | LARGE GREEN | NO | 12 | 98 | 80 | 52 | 40 | MID-LATE | MR | I | 73 |
| CDC IMPOWER | LARGE GREEN | YES | 12 | 82 | 67 | 52 | 41 | MID-LATE | MR | S | 64 |
| CDC LIMA | LARGE GREEN | YES | 8 | 92 | 85 | 51 | 35 | MID-LATE | MR | S | 74 |
Source: Varieties of Grain Crops (SaskSeed Guide)
*Area 1 & 2: Brown & Dark brown soil zones; Area 3 & 4: Black & Dark grey soil zones
**Resistance Ratings: R = Resistant; MR = Moderately resistant; I = Intermediate; S = Susceptible
Figure 1. Long term yield (left) and relative yield ranking (right) of large green lentil varieties from 10 years of RVT data in SK
