Market Class: Small Red Lentil
Year Released to Select Seed Growers: 2014
Sub-licensed Outside of SK: SeCan
International Distribution Rights: Pulse USA
Breeder: Dr. Albert Vandenberg, Crop Development Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK
Plant Breeders Rights:
CL (Clearfield®) is a Trademark of BASF Inc.
Description
CDC Impulse (IBC-479) is a high yielding Clearfield® small red lentil that is well-adapted to the Brown and Dark Brown soil zones. In 14 years of testing in the co-op and regional trials in Saskatchewan, CDC Impulse yielded 109% of CDC Maxim in the Brown and Dark Brown soil zones, and 103% in the Black and Dark Grey soil zones (Table 1). Seed type is larger in diameter making CDC Impulse seeding costs higher. CDC Impulse has PBR’91 protection.
Statistical analysis of 8 years of long-term RVT data ranked CDC Impulse 2nd from the top for yield in the brown & dark brown soil zones and 4th in the black soil zone among 7 historical and new small red lentil varieties (Figure 1).
Strengths
- High yield compared to CDC Maxim
- Highest yielding CL small red lentil in the brown and dark brown soil zones
- Imidazolinone tolerance
- Seed weight and diameter is greater than CDC Maxim.
- Taller than CDC Maxim
Neutral
- Similar in disease ratings and lodging resistance compared to CDC Maxim
Table 1: Agronomic performance of red 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 Maxim | Small Red | 2007 | CL | 18 | 100 | 100 | 34 | E/M | MR | MR | 40 |
| CDC Dazil | Small Red | 2010 | CL | 13 | 97 | 92 | 33 | E/M | MR | I | 35 |
| CDC Impulse | Small Red | 2014 | CL | 14 | 109 | 103 | 37 | E/M | MR | MR | 44 |
| CDC Proclaim | Small Red | 2014 | CL | 13 | 106 | 104 | 34 | E/M | MR | MR | 40 |
| CDC Redmoon | Small Red | 2015 | 13 | 113 | 107 | 33 | E/M | MR | MR | 41 | |
| CDC Nimble | Small Red | 2019 | CL | 10 | 108 | 109 | 35 | E/M | MR | MR | 38 |
| CDC Simmie | Small Red | 2019 | CL | 9 | 107 | 104 | 34 | E/M | MR | MR | 39 |
| CDC KR-2 | Large Red | 2013 | CL | 11 | 104 | 90 | 37 | M | MR | MR | 55 |
| CDC Sublime | Large Red | 2019 | CL | 8 | 118 | 107 | 38 | E/M | MR | MR | 53 |
| CDC Monarch | Large Red | 2023 | CL | 7 | 120 | 119 | 37 | E/M | MR | MR | 51 |
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
Figure 1. Relative yield ranking of small red lentil varieties from 8 years of Regional Variety Trial data in Saskatchewan in the brown and dark brown soil zones (left) and black soil zone (right).
