Lentils Varieties & Breeding
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Market Class: Small Red Lentil

Year Released to Select 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: Applied

CL (Clearfield®) is a Trademark of BASF Inc.

Description

CDC Simmie (IBC-1235) is a high-yielding small red Clearfield® lentil variety. In 4 years of head-to-head testing in the Lentil Regional Variety Trials, CDC Simmie yielded 108% of CDC Maxim in the in the brown and dark brown soil zones and 97% in the black and dark grey soil zones (Table 1). In 6 years of testing in the Co-op and Regional Trials in Saskatchewan, CDC Simmie yielded 109% of CDC Maxim in the brown and dark brown soil zones and 103% in the black and dark grey soil zones. 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. Application for PBR’91 protection for CDC Simmie has been submitted. 

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
*CL® 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

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