W I N N I N G I S N ’ T E V E R Y T H I N G THING IT’S THE ONLY # w i n t e r w h e a t w i n s g r o w w i n t e r w h e a t . c a LENTIL Market Class Variety Overall Yield Overall Station Years of Testing Agronomic Characteristics: Disease Tolerance:6 TSW2 (g) Plant Height (cm) Maturity Rating3 Cotyledon Colour4 Seed Coat Colour5 Ascochyta Anthracnose Varieties tested in the 2017 trials (Yield and agronomic data only directly comparable to CDC Maxim) CDC Maxim (kg ha-1 ) 2904 Small Red CDC Maxim CL1 100 29 40 34 E/M R GR G G Extra Small Red CDC Rosie 97 19 30 35 E/M R GR G G CDC Roxy ▲ 99 9 27 34 E/M R GR G G Small Red CDC Dazil CL 94 25 34 35 E/M R GR G F CDC Impulse CL 97 9 46 37 E/M R GR G G CDC Proclaim CL A 106 6 39 37 E/M R GR G G CDC Scarlet 102 19 38 35 E/M R GR G F Large Red CDC KR-1 104 23 52 39 M R GR G G Small Green CDC Invincible CL 96 28 33 35 E Y G G G Large Green CDC Greenstar 92 9 63 37 M/L Y G G F CDC Impower CL 81 23 67 41 M/L Y G G VP CDC Improve CL 84 23 71 38 M Y G F VP Previously tested varieties (Yield and agronomic data only directly comparable to CDC Maxim) Extra Small Red CDC Impala CL 93- 20 31 35 E R GR G G CDC Imperial CL 82- 17 30 35 E R GR G G Small Red CDC Imax CL 100 19 46 37 E/M R GR G F CDC Redberry 96 17 44 37 E R GR G G CDC Redcliff 110+ 14 39 36 E/M R GR G F Medium Green CDC Imigreen CL 79- 14 61 43 M Y G G VP CDC Impress CL 85- 14 52 38 M Y G G P Large Green CDC Greenland 88- 14 67 39 M/L Y G G VP REMARKS: Weight, diameter and thickness of lentil seeds were dependent upon environmental conditions and agronomic factors. All five trials: Bow Island, Brooks, Lethbridge, Medicine Hat and Oyen were grown in Area 1. A = First year entries (2017). CL= Clearfield variety. ▲ = Applied for PBR protection. = Protected by the 1991 Act of the UPOV Convention. 1 Yields are reported relative to CDC Maxim. CDC Maxim belongs to Small Red Market Class. 2 Thousand Seed Weight. 3 Maturity: E = Early, M = Medium, L = Late, VL = Very Late. 4 Cotyledon Colour: R = Red, Y = Yellow, G = Green; 5 Seed Coat Colour/Patterns: G = Green, GR = Grey, BR = Brown, FG = French Green,T = Tan, MRB = Marbled. 6 Disease tolerance: VP = Very Poor, P = Poor, F = Fair, G = Good. 97 Advancing Seed in Alberta | spring.2018 special crops – performance trials and grower directory