Lentils Varieties & Breeding
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Market Class: Large red lentil with green seed coat

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:

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 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

Figure 1. Relative yield ranking of red lentil varieties from 9 years of Regional Variety Trial data in Saskatchewan. Ranking is from BLUP (Best Linear Unbiased Prediction) statistical analysis. 

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  30  47  13  45 
CDC KR-2  23  43  23  50 
CDC SUBLIME  33  40  16  54 

Source: CDC Pulse Breeding Group, U of S 

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