• Lentils
• Disease Management
• Sustainability
• University of Saskatchewan

Objective

To strategize the incorporation of certain resistance genes into specific lentil market classes in order to develop a long-term strategy for the deployment of durable resistance to anthracnose.

Outcome

This research confirmed that interspecific germplasm provides good resistance not only to race 1 of C. truncatum, but also to the more aggressive race 0, that, based on surveys, appears to be more prominent in the population of the pathogen. It was also shown that the risk of resistance breakdown is low, therefore the development of cultivars with resistance derived from these interspecific lines is a good investment in economic as well as ecological terms. This will result not only in reduced production costs (as a result of lower fungicide use), but will also contribute to the sustainability of the lentil crop.