Market Class: Small Red Lentil
Year Released to Seed Growers: 2019
Sub-licensed Outside of SK: SeedNet
International Distribution Rights: Not assigned
Breeder: Dr. Albert Vandenberg, Crop Development Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK
Plant Breeders Rights: PBR’91
CL (Clearfield®) is a Trademark of BASF Inc.
Description
CDC Simmie (IBC-1235) is a high-yielding small red Clearfield® lentil variety. In 9 years of testing in the Co-op and Regional Variety Trials, CDC Simmie yielded 107% of CDC Maxim in the in the brown and dark brown soil zones and 104% in the black and dark grey soil zones (Table 1). Statistical analysis of 7 years of long-term Regional Variety Trial data ranked CDC Simmie 4th from the top for yield in the brown & dark brown soil zones and 5th 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 and disease resistance characteristics are similar to CDC Maxim. Seed size and thickness is slightly less than CDC Maxim. CDC Simmie has PBR’91 protection.
Strengths
- High yield compared to CDC Maxim
- Imidazolinone tolerance
Neutral
- Similar agronomic and maturity characteristics compared to CDC Maxim
- Similar disease resistance as CDC Maxim
Weaknesses
- Seed thickness less than CDC Maxim
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).
