Lentils Varieties & Breeding
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Market Class: Large Green Lentil

Year Released to Select Seed Growers: 2021
Sub-licensed Outside of SK: Not Assigned (TBD)
International Distribution Rights: Not Assigned
Breeder: Dr. Albert Vandenberg, Crop Development Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK
Plant Breeders Rights: Applied
CL (Clearfield®) is a Trademark of BASF Inc.

Description

CDC Grimm (IBC-1199) is a large green Clearfield® lentil variety. Disease resistance characteristics for CDC Grimm indicate improved resistance to anthracnose race 1 and is rated as MR which represents the best anthracnose resistance in this market class (both rating & field observation). CDC Grimm is best adapted to the brown and dark brown soil zones. In 8 years of testing in the Lentil Regional Variety Trials, CDC Grimm yielded 1% lower than CDC Lima in the brown and dark brown soil zones and 8% lower in the black and dark grey soil zones (Table 1). In other characteristics, compared to CDC Lima, CDC Grimm has a larger seed size, similar maturity and is 5 cm taller. Application for PBR’91 protection for CDC Grimm has been submitted.

Statistical analysis of 8 years of long-term RVT data ranked CDC Grimm 2nd from the top for yield in the brown & dark brown soil zones and 3rd in the black soil zone among 4 historical and new large green lentil varieties (Figure 1).

Strengths

  • Improved resistance to anthracnose race 1
  • Imidazolinone tolerance
  • Highest yielding large green CL(R) in the brown and dark brown soil zones
  • Taller than CDC Lima, similar to CDC Greenstar

Neutral

  • Similar maturity compared to CDC Lima or CDC Greenstar

Weaknesses

  • Lower yielding than CDC Lima in the Black soil zones

Table 1: Agronomic performance of large 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 Greenland Large Green 2006 19 89 70 38 M/L MR S 64
CDC Impower Large Green 2009 CL 12 82 68 41 M/L MR S 64
CDC Greenstar Large Green 2013 15 99 86 40 M/L MR I 73
CDC Lima Large Green 2018 CL 11 93 92 35 M/L MR S 74
CDC Grimm  Large Green 2021 CL 8 94 84 40 M/L MR MR 75

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 

Figure 1. Relative yield ranking of large green lentil varieties from 8 years of RVT data in Saskatchewan in the south (left) and north (right)

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