Non-Peer ReviewedThe pulse crop breeders at the Crop Development Centre (CDC)/Department of Plant Sciences are developing improved cultivars of lentil, field pea, chickpea, dry bean and faba bean for producers in western Canada. General objectives include improvement of yield, disease resistance, earliness, and quality for diverse markets

Bett, K.E.

Tar’an, B.

Vandenberg, A.

Warkentin, T.D.

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Pulse crop breeding update

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Pulse crop  breeding update March 16, 2011 Food production is down, hunger is up and prices are rising  Published Wednesday, Jan. 05, 2011 11:51PM EST Last updated Thursday, Jan. 06, 2011 3:02AM EST UN issues warning after its price survey of 55 foodstuffs in December reaches record level The Globe and Mail Large green Variety Years Tested* Yield  % CDC Milestone Maturity Rating Seed Weight (g/1000) Area 1 & 2 Area 3 & 4 Laird‡ 15 78 72 VL 67 CDC Glamis 11 84 83 VL 60 CDC Grandora 10 78 84 VL 69 CDC Greenland 9 104 87 ML 64 CDC Impower CL 4 98 80 ML 64 CDC Improve CL 5 86 88 M 67 CDC Plato 11 99 89 ML 62 CDC Sedley 9 81 85 M 68 CDC Sovereign 10 90 89 L 66 Small red Years Tested* Yield  % CDC Milestone Height (cm) Days to Flower Maturity Rating Seed Weight (g/1000) Area 1 & 2 Area 3 & 4 CDC Blaze‡ 9 84 82 30 47 E 34 CDC Cherie 3 124 na 32 51 EM 39 CDC Dazil CL 3 121 na 33 53 EM 35 CDC Imax CL 4 108 102 35 51 EM 45 CDC Impact CL 5 88 87 30 47 E 34 CDC Maxim CL 4 111 119 34 51 EM 40 CDC Redberry 8 105 111 34 50 EM 42 CDC Redcliff 4 121 123 35 51 EM 38 CDC Redcoat 4 117 106 33 50 EM 39 CDC Red Rider 6 103 98 34 52 EM 45 CDC Rouleau 6 104 107 33 52 M 37  Recalling 2010  Lentils:  Whole Food for the Whole Planet split desi ‘Dal’ desi flour  ‘Besan’ CDC Corinne CDC Corinne Desi chickpea dehulling efficiency  Variety Dal recovery (% weight) CDC Vanguard 78 CDC Cabri 77 CDC Corinne 76 Canning  quality of Canadian kabuli chickpeas CDC Frontier CDC Orion CDC 493-24 (30 min cooking time) CDC 493-24 Good canning quality! !Chickpeas:  Whole Food for the Whole Planet KABULI Years Tested  Yield (% Amit)  Seed Weight (g/1000) Area 1 Area 2 Variety Amit (B-90) ^ 12 100 100 258 CDC Frontier 9 106 104 347 CDC Luna 8 100 100 366 CDC Orion 4 110 106 434 CDC Alma 2 108 98 353 DESI Years Tested Yield (% CDC Vanguard) Seed Weight (g/1000) Area 1 Area 2 Variety CDC Vanguard 8 100 100 219 CDC Cabri 8 92 96 304 CDC Corinne 8 108 103 243 CDC Cory 2 111 102 254 2011 Varieties of Grain Crops KABULI Ascochyta Blight  Maturity Variety Amit (B-90) ^ 4.6 L CDC Frontier 4.4 L CDC Luna 5.4 ML CDC Orion 5.0 ML CDC Alma 5.8 L DESI Ascochyta Blight Maturity Seed Shape Seed Coat Colour Variety CDC Vanguard 5.1 ML P T CDC Cabri 4.6 M P T CDC Corinne 4.2 M A/P T CDC Cory 4.2 M A/P T Other characteristics Ascochyta Blight at pod filling period: 0-9 scale;  0 = no symptoms;  1 = <2 % plant area affected (PAA);  2 =  2-5 % PAA;  3 =  5-10% PAA;  4 = 10-25% PAA;  5 = 25-50% PAA;  Plants with rating 6 usually show large lesions,  Plants with score 7 or higher usually exhibit coalescing lesions with stem girdling.   6 = 50-75% PAA,  7 = 75-90% PAA;  8 = >90% PAA; 9 = plants dead;    2011 Release – Kabuli NAME Long term Yield  (% Amit - Area 1) Long term Yield (% Amit - Area 2) Seed weight (g/1000 seeds) Amit (B-90) 100 100 258 CDC Frontier 106 104 347 CDC 493-24 108 106 373 NAME 2010 Mean Asco. Blight (0-9 scale)  2010 Mean Maturity (1 – 4 scale)  2010  % Green Seeds Amit (B-90) 4.7 2.0 8 CDC Frontier 4.4 3.3 90 CDC 493-24 4.2 2.2 10 Maturity scale: 1 = early; 2 = medium; 3 = late; 4 = very late Peas:  Whole Food for the Whole Planet 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 '000 ac Insured acres, yellow pea (SCIC) CDC Golden Delta Eclipse CDC Meadow CDC Mozart DS Admiral CDC Bronco Varieties of Grain Crops 2011, Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture YELLOW PEA VARIETIES - LONG-TERM MEANS IN SK Variety Yrs South North Mean Myco PM Fusarium Agassiz ^ 6 111 112 112 F VG F Hugo 3 112 110 111 F VG G Argus 3 109 111 110 F VG F CDC Centennial 5 106 112 109 F VG F CDC Meadow 8 106 109 108 F VG F CDC Bronco 8 109 104 107 F VG F Thunderbird ^ 6 106 106 106 F VG F CDC Golden 8 106 101 104 F VG F CDC Hornet 5 103 104 104 F VG F CDC Treasure 6 100 107 104 F VG F Polstead ^ 7 102 105 104 P VG P CDC Mozart 7 104 101 103 F VG F Reward ^ 5 98 107 103 F VG F CDC Prosper 6 99 103 101 F VG G CDC Minuet 5 100 101 101 F VG F Cutlass 11 100 100 100 F VG F Canstar ^ 5 96 101 99 P VG G CDC Handel 5 103 93 98 P VG F DS Admiral ^ 6 93 103 98 F VG F Eclipse ^ 11 98 98 98 F VG P Sorento ^ 5 99 97 98 F VG F SW Capri ^ 4 94 101 98 F P F SW Midas ^ 5 96 91 94 F VG F Delta  4 93 92 93 P P --- 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 '000 ac Insured acres, green pea (SCIC) CDC Striker CDC Sage Cooper SW Parade Nitouche Scuba CDC Montero Varieties of Grain Crops 2011, Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture GREEN PEA VARIETIES - LONG-TERM MEANS IN SK Variety Yrs South North Mean Myco PM Fus Lodg Bleach Sdwt CDC Pluto 3 109 102 106 F VG F G G 160 CDC Tetris 4 104 106 105 F VG G G G 210 Stratus ^ 7 105 99 102 F VG P F F 270 CDC Patrick 6 100 102 101 F VG G G G 190 Cooper ^ 9 103 97 100 F VG F G G 270 CDC Striker 11 93 100 97 F P G G G 230 Camry ^ 5 96 90 93 F VG P G F 260 CDC Montero 6 91 89 90 F VG F F F 230 Tamora ^ 5 92 87 90 F VG P G F 290 Nitouche ^ 7 86 91 89 F P F G G 250 SW Sergeant  5 88 87 88 F VG F G G 200 Venture 4 89 82 86 P P P F F 220 CDC Sage 5 80 84 82 F VG G G G 220 CDC Hornet  yellow CDC Pluto  small green CDC Tetris  blocky green CDC Horizon  forage CDC Mosaic  maple CDC Dakota dun Pea varieties released in 2010  Certified seed in 2013 Grain yield Variety 2008-10 2010 2008-09 DTM LODG SW Shape SCB (%) ECLIPSE 98 104 94 104 3.3 247 2.7 4 CUTLASS 104 100 106 102 3.7 235 2.8 5 CDC 2093-22 113 118 110 103 2.9 249 2.4 2 LSD05 0.9 0.5 6.3 0.2 3 NLocation 34 13 21 21 19 21 21 8 Yellow pea variety CDC 2093-22 2011 release CDC 2093-22 yellow pea – Nasser farm (Saskatoon), 2010 Grain yield Variety 2008-10 2010 2008-09 DTM LODG SW Shape Dimp SCB % Bleach MB FW % PM CDCSTRIKER 106 124 94 102 3.2 247 1.8 9 2 3.0 5.9 10 S COOPER 106 106 106 105 3.7 275 3.0 24 11 3.3 6.2 44 R CDC 2235-4 105 118 98 103 3.1 228 2.1 11 3 2.7 5.5 15 R LSD05 0.9 0.5 6.3 0.2 3 0.2 1.3 29 NLocation 34 13 21 21 19 21 21 6 8 21 2 2 2 Green pea variety CDC 2235-4 2011 release In New Delhi  newspapers Jan 29, 2011. Food inflation rate 18%. Preston Ave, (Saskatoon) Sept 14, 2010 Variety1 Years Tested Yield   Corn Heat Units Days to Maturity # seeds/lb Distributor RR Rosco 2 100 2450 125 2800 Hyland Seeds NSC Warren RR 2 100 2350 123 3062 NorthStar   Isis RR 2 102 2400 127 2830 Brett Young NSC Argyle RR 2 102 2475 128 2300 NorthStar   LS 0028RR 2 104 2400 128 3600 Delmar LS 0036RR 2 104 2425 129 3600 Delmar 1 All varieties in this table are Roundup Ready type.  For complete list see Seed Manitoba 2011 (www.seedmb.ca). Varieties of Grain Crops 2011, Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture   Pulse breeding crew   Pulse pathology crew   Breeder seed crew Photo credit: A. Mikic 

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