Date posted: March 30, 2004

Oilseeds Subcommittee

The Oilseeds Subcommittee is responsible for the testing, evaluation and recommendation of flax, mustard, sunflower and soybean. Categories for merit currently include agronomy, quality and disease. Here are highlights from the 2004 meeting.

Key activity

Support subcommittee independence. The Oilseeds Subcommittee supported two resolutions from the PRRCG executive to dissolve the PRRCG and allow subcommittees to become independent recommending bodies. The subcommittee plans to modify its operating procedures and submit them to CFIA, as a basis for approval as an independent recommending committee for oilseeds in Western Canada.

Seed Sector Review update. The subcommittee session concluded with a brief update on the Seed Sector Review. Canada's seed sector is undergoing a major review and strategic planning process, with a major goal to generate consensus on challenges facing the sector and on options for facilitating constructive change. Feedback from oilseeds interest groups is a key part of the assessment.

Recommended lines

SP2126. Solin flax that features the lowest linolenic acid (1.4 percent) of any cultivars available. Also features higher levels of linoleic acid content (70.9 percent), high oil content, significantly higher meal protein content and large seed weight (5.5 g per 1,000 seeds). It has shown high yield and stability across all soil zones of testing. It is immune to rust and has moderate resistance to Fusarium wilt. (Solin flax is yellow-seeded with low linolenic acid content.) Agricore United.

FP2102. Linseed flax, brown-seeded, with 10 percent higher yield and similar maturity to the check cultivar Flanders, in the Black and Grey (long growing season) Soil Zones. Also has significantly larger seeds (6.5 g per 1,000 seeds), and significant increases in both iodine number and protein content. Better resistance to wilt and Fusarium wilt than Flanders and NorLin, with immunity to rust race 371. AAFC Morden.

FO2107. Linseed flax, brown-seeded and adapted to the Black and Grey Soil Zones. Yields 10 percent higher than Flanders, with similar maturity and larger seed size (6.6 g per 1,000 seeds). Features increases in both iodine number and protein content. Better resistance to wilt than Flanders and NorLin. Immune to rust race 371 and higher levels of resistance to Fusarium wilt than candidate line FP2102. AAFC Morden.

FP2112. Linseed flax, brown-seeded, with 10 percent higher yield than Flanders in the Black and Grey Soil Zones and 12 percent higher yield in the Late-Seeded Co-operative Trial. Earlier maturity than Flanders, with significantly greater seed weight (6.0 g per 1,000 seeds) and oil content. Lodging tolerance equal to Flanders, with immunity to rust race 371 and moderate resistance to Fusarium wilt. U of S CDC.

FP2119. Linseed flax, brown-seeded. Compared to Flanders, has equal yield and maturity across Western Canada, including earlier maturity in the Black and Grey Soil Zones and significantly greater seed weight (5.7 g per 1,000 seeds). Increases in iodine value and linolenic acid level. Lodging tolerance is equal to Flanders, with immunity to rust race 371 and moderate resistance to Fusarium wilt. U of S CDC.

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