Market Class: Kabuli Chickpea
Year Released to Select Seed Growers: 2021
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 Pearl is a smaller seeded kabuli chickpea with improved resistance to Ascochyta blight and imazamox herbicide tolerance (Solo ADV as per PMRA label registration). In 2 years of head-to-head testing in the regional chickpea trials (2019 – 2020), compared to the check “Amit”, CDC Pearl yielded 104% in both the brown and dark brown soil zones (Table 1). This is lower than the recent kabuli varieties CDC Lancer and CDC Orkney, however the main advantage of Pearl is its improved disease resistance. This variety also has earlier maturity compared to CDC Leader and CDC Orion. Seed size is smaller than other kabuli varieties making seeding more economical. Application for PBR’91 protection for CDC Pearl has been submitted.
Strengths
- Herbicide tolerance (imazamox)
- Improved resistance to Ascochyta blight
- Earlier maturity vs. CDC Leader
Neutral
- Similar agronomic and maturity characteristics compared to CDC Palmer and CDC Orkney
Weaknesses
- Lower yield than CDC Lancer
Table 1: Agronomic Performance for Kabuli Chickpea CDC Pearl vs. Other Kabuli Chickpea Varieties (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 | DAYS TO MATURITY | DAYS TO FLOWER | HEIGHT (CM) | RVT SEED WEIGHT (G/1000) | 2020 BREEDER SEED (G/1000) | HERBICIDE TOLERANCE: SOLO® ADV (IMAZAMOX) | |
| AREA 1* | AREA 2* | ||||||||||
| AMIT (B-90)CHECK | non VRP | PBR ‘78 | KABULI | 100 | 100 | 4.4 | 108 | 55 | 49 | 246 | N/A |
| CDC FRONTIER (95NN29) | 2003 | – | KABULI | 107 | 111 | 4.6 | 111 | 55 | 45 | 332 | – |
| CDC ORION (491-5) | 2010 | – | KABULI | 76 | 72 | 6.7 | 111 | 51 | 45 | 395 | – |
| CDC LEADER (493-24) | 2011 | – | KABULI | 102 | 92 | 5.3 | 109 | 57 | 39 | 370 | – |
| CDC PALMER (1041-3) | 2014 | PBR ‘91 | KABULI | 107 | 93 | 5.5 | 108 | 52 | 42 | 399 | – |
| CDC LANCER (3662) | 2019 | APPLIED | KABULI | 107 | 106 | 5.0 | 106 | 53 | 45 | 346 | 367 |
| CDC ORKNEY (1748-1) | 2020 | APPLIED | KABULI | 108 | 106 | 5.1 | 108 | 53 | 48 | 359 | 361 |
| CDC PASQUANEW | 2021 | APPLIED | KABULI | 91 | 84 | 5.1 | 109 | 53 | 49 | 406 | 423 |
| CDC PEARLNEW | 2021 | APPLIED | KABULI | 104 | 104 | 4.7 | 107 | 52 | 48 | 287 | 328 |
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
