Market Class: Small Red Lentil
Year Released to Seed Growers: 2015
Sub-licensed Outside of SK: SeCan
International Distribution Rights: FP Genetics
Breeder: Dr. Albert Vandenberg, Crop Development Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK
Plant Breeders Rights: PBR’91
Description
CDC Redmoon is currently the highest yielding small red lentil in the brown and dark brown soil zone with proven performance both in yield trial testing and in field production. In 13 years of testing in the Co-op and Regional trials in Saskatchewan, CDC Redmoon yielded 113% of CDC Maxim in the brown and dark brown soil zones and 107% in the black and dark gray soil zones (Table 1). Statistical analysis of 8 years of long-term Regional Variety Trial data ranked CDC Redmoon at the top for yield in the brown & dark brown soil zones and 3rd in the black soil zone among 7 historical and new small red lentil varieties (Figure 1). Seed coat colour, cotyledon colour, flowering time, maturity, plant height, disease tolerance and seed weight are similar to CDC Maxim. Seed diameter is slightly less than that of CDC Maxim but seed thickness is higher making CDC Redmoon more suitable for lentil dehulling. CDC Redmoon has PBR’91 protection.
Strengths
- Very high yield
- Proven field production performance
- Seed thickness is greater than CDC Maxim
Neutral
- Similar agronomic, maturity and disease resistance characteristics compared to CDC Maxim
Weaknesses
- Not tolerant to imidazolinone herbicides
Table 1: Performance Data of red lentil varieties from the Co-op and Regional Trials in Saskatchewan
| Variety | Class | Year registered | Herbicide Tolerance1 | Years Tested | Yield (% Maxim) | Height (cm) | Maturity Rating | Resistance to3: | Seed Weight (g/1000) | ||
| Area 1 & 22 | Area 3 & 42 | 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 | None | 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)
1CL® indicates Clearfield® variety
2Area 1: Brown soil zone; Area 2: Dark brown; Area 3: Black; Area 4: Dark gray
3Resistance 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).
