Market Class: Small Red Lentil
Year Released to Select Seed Growers: 2014
Sub-licensed Outside of SK: SeedNet
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 Proclaim is a high yielding Clearfield® small red lentil that is well-adapted to Saskatchewan. In 10 years of testing in the Co-op and Regional trials in Saskatchewan, CDC Proclaim yielded 105% of CDC Maxim in the brown and dark brown soil zones and 100% in the black and dark gray zones (Table 1). Seed coat colour, cotyledon colour, flowering time, maturity, plant height and seed weight are similar to CDC Maxim. Seed diameter is slightly less than that of CDC Maxim but seed thickness is much higher. Seeds of CDC Proclaim are plumper, therefore more suitable for lentil dehulling. CDC Proclaim is also tolerant to the imidazolinone herbicides imazethapyr and imazamox. CDC Proclaim has PBR’91 protection.
Strengths
- Imidazolinone tolerance
- Seed thickness is greater than CDC Maxim
- Taller than CDC Maxim
- Higher yield compared to CDC Maxim
Neutral
- Similar maturity and height as CDC Maxim
- Good resistance to Ascochyta and Anthracnose (same as CDC Maxim)
Table 1: Agronomic Performance for Small Red Lentils from Co-op and Regional Trials in Saskatchewan
| VARIETY | HERBICIDE TOLERANCE | YEAR OF RELEASE | YEARS TESTED | YIELD % OF CDC MAXIM | DISEASE RESISTANCE** | DAYS TO FLOWER | HEIGHT (CM) | MATURITY RATING | SEED WEIGHT (G/1000) | ||
| AREA 1-2* | AREA 3-4* | ASCOCHYTA | ANTHRACNOSE (RACE 1) | ||||||||
| CDC MAXIM | CL | 2007 | 14 | 100 | 100 | MR | MR | 51 | 34 | EARLY-MID | 40 |
| CDC DAZIL | CL | 2010 | 12 | 92 | 33 | MR | I | 53 | 33 | EARLY-MID | 35 |
| CDC IMPULSE | CL | 2014 | 11 | 107 | 100 | MR | MR | 52 | 37 | EARLY-MID | 44 |
| CDC PROCLAIM | CL | 2014 | 10 | 105 | 100 | MR | MR | 51 | 34 | EARLY-MID | 40 |
| CDC SIMMIE | CL | 2019 | 6 | 109 | 103 | MR | MR | 53 | 34 | EARLY-MID | 39 |
| CDC NIMBLE | CL | 2019 | 7 | 109 | 107 | MR | MR | 52 | 35 | EARLY-MID | 38 |
| CDC REDMOON | NO | 2015 | 10 | 114 | 104 | MR | MR | 52 | 33 | EARLY-MID | 41 |
| CDC CORAL | NO | 2016 | 7 | 110 | 103 | MR | MR | 55 | 33 | EARLY-MID | 37 |
| CDC CARMINE | NO | 2016 | 10 | 111 | 106 | MR | MR | 54 | 34 | EARLY-MID | 40 |
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. Long term yield (left) and relative yield ranking (right) of small red lentil varieties from 10 years of RVT data in SK
