Market Class: Large red lentil with green seed coat
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Year Released to Select Seed Growers: 2020
Sub-licensed Outside of SK: Not assigned
International Distribution Rights: Not assigned
Breeder: Dr. Albert Vendenberg, Crop Development Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK
Plant Breeders Rights: PBR’91
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CL (Clearfield®) is a Trademark of BASF Inc.
Description
CDC Sublime (IBC-1264-1) is a high-yielding large red Clearfield® lentil variety. This variety yielded 120% of CDC Maxim in the 2016-18 Lentil Co-op trials. Over 8 years of testing in the Co-op and Regional Trials in Saskatchewan, CDC Sublime yielded 118% of CDC Maxim in the brown and dark brown soil zones and 107% in the black and dark grey soil zones (Table 1). Maturity and disease resistance characteristics are similar to CDC Maxim. CDC Sublime is taller than CDC Maxim. Seed size is slightly less than current large red lentil varieties however seed thickness is greater (Table 2). CDC Sublime has PBR’91 protection. CDC Sublime has a red cotyledon with a green seed coat colour making it unique to the marketplace. Grading protocols to distinguish red cotyledon lentils with green seed coats from green lentils will be established by the Canadian Grain Commission. To prevent potential admixture of these lentils with large green lentils, CDC Sublime is only available through closed-loop, contract production.
Strengths
- High yield compared to CDC Maxim and CDC KR-2
- Thicker seed than CDC KR-2
- Tall in height
- Imidazolinone tolerance
Neutral
- Similar agronomic and maturity characteristics compared to CDC KR-2
- Similar disease resistance as CDC Maxim and CDC KR-2
Weaknesses
- Green seed coat
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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Table 2: Seed Thickness Distribution of CDC Sublime in the 2018 Lentil RRT in Western Canada
VARIETY | SEED THICKNESS DISTRIBUTION (% SEED OVER): | ||||||||
ROUND HOLE SCREEN (MM) | SLOTTED SCREEN (MM) VA2.6 > 6.5/64 | ||||||||
6.4 > 16/64 | 6.0 > 15/64 | 5.6 > 14/64 | 5.2 > 13/64 | 4.8 > 12/64 | 4.4 > 11/64 | 4.0 > 10/64 | 3.6 > 9/64 | ||
CDC MAXIM | 0 | 2 | 6 | 30 | 47 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 45 |
CDC KR-2 | 2 | 23 | 43 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 50 |
CDC SUBLIME | 4 | 33 | 40 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 54 |
Source: CDC Pulse Breeding Group, U of S
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