Market Class: Kabuli Chickpea
Year Released to Select Seed Growers: 2020
Sub-licensed Outside of SK: Pending
International Distribution Rights: Not assigned
Breeder: Dr. Bunyamin Tar’an, Crop Development Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK
Plant Breeders Rights: Applied
Description
Kabuli chickpea variety CDC Orkney (1748-1) is a high-yielding kabuli chickpea. In 2 years of head-to-head testing in the Chickpea Regional Variety Trials (2019 – 2020), CDC Orkney yielded 108% and 106% of the check variety Amit in the brown and dark brown soil zones respectively (Table 1). In the head-to-head comparison, it yielded similar to CDC Palmer and 6% higher than CDC Leader. CDC Orkney matures 1 day earlier than CDC Leader and has the advantage of imazamox herbicide tolerance (Solo ADV as per PMRA label registration). This variety has improved resistance to Ascochyta blight vs. CDC Leader. Seed size is smaller than CDC Palmer or CDC Leader. Application for PBR’91 protection for CDC Orkney has been submitted.
Strengths
- Herbicide tolerance (imazamox)
- High yielding herbicide tolerant Kabuli chickpea
Neutral
- Similar agronomic and maturity characteristics compared to CDC Palmer and CDC Leader
- Similar disease resistance as CDC Leader
Weaknesses
- Smaller seed size than CDC Palmer
Table 1: Kabuli Chickpea Agronomic Performance Data (yield data represents 2 years of head-to-head data from the 2019 – 2020 Chickpea Regional Trial in Western Canada)
| VARIETY | YEAR OF RELEASE | PBR STATUS | TYPE | YIELD % AMIT | ASCOCHYTA BLIGHT RATING** | DAYS TO MATURITY | DAYS TO FLOWER | HEIGHT (CM) | SEED WEIGHT (G/1000) | HERBICIDE TOLERANCE: SOLO® ADV (IMAZAMOX) | |
| AREA 1* | AREA 2* | ||||||||||
| AMIT (B-90)CHECK | – | PBR ‘78 | KABULI | 100 | 100 | 4.4 | 108 | 55 | 49 | 246 | NO |
| CDC FRONTIER (95NN29) | 2003 | – | KABULI | 107 | 111 | 4.6 | 111 | 55 | 45 | 332 | NO |
| CDC ORION (491-5) | 2010 | – | KABULI | 76 | 72 | 6.7 | 111 | 51 | 45 | 395 | NO |
| CDC LEADER (493-24) | 2011 | – | KABULI | 102 | 93 | 5.3 | 109 | 57 | 39 | 370 | NO |
| CDC PALMER (1041-3) | 2014 | PBR ‘91 | KABULI | 107 | 93 | 5.5 | 108 | 52 | 42 | 399 | NO |
| CDC LANCER (3662) | 2019 | APPLIED | KABULI | 107 | 106 | 5.0 | 106 | 53 | 45 | 346 | YES |
| CDC ORKNEY (1748-1) | 2020 | APPLIED | KABULI | 108 | 106 | 5.1 | 108 | 53 | 48 | 359 | YES |
| CDC 3647 | 2021 | APPLIED | KABULI | 104 | 104 | 4.7 | 107 | 52 | 48 | 287 | YES |
| CDC 3652 | 2021 | APPLIED | KABULI | 91 | 84 | 5.1 | 109 | 53 | 49 | 406 | YES |
Source of Yield Data: 2019 – 2020 Chickpea Regional Trials in Western Canada
Source of Agronomic & Disease Ratings: SaskSeed Guide
*Area 1: Brown soil zone; Area 2: Dark brown
**Ascochyta Blight rating: where 0 = no disease; 9 = completely blighted
