SUPER ARAUCANA-INIA: UNA NUEVA VARIEDAD DE LENTEJA (Lens culinaris Med.) CHILENA DE GRANO GRANDE (Super Araucana-INIA: a new Chilean large-seed lentil (Lens culinaris Med.) cultivar)

Abstract

SuperAraucana-INIA is the first lentil cultivar developed in Chile by crossing (Araucana-INIA x Tekoa) x De la Mata, which was first done at the Quilamapu Research Center of the National Institute of Agricultural Investigations (INIA) in 1984. Its main characteristic is the production of 70% of the seeds with over a 7mm diameter, which is called "lentejón" in the internal market, and a yield similar to Araucana-INIA. SuperAraucana-INIA is susceptible to the lentil rust caused by Uromyces fabae   f. sp. lentis , making necessary its protection with fungicides, especially when it is planted in dry coastal loam soils in winter and rich lowland soils in spring