Date posted: March 15, 2006

Prairie Recommending Committee Pulse & Special Crops

The Prairie Recommending Committee Pulse & Special Crops evaluates lentils, beans, field peas and other special crops grown on the Prairies.

Key activity

Finalizing new committee. Final processes were discussed as part of the transition of the former Pulse and Special Crops Subcommittee to an independent recommending body, with the new name "Prairie Recommending Committee Pulse & Special Crops." The new committee has the power to deal directly with CFIA on recommending candidate cultivars and addressing issues.

Lupin trial added. The committee accepted guidelines for testing and support for registration of sweet lupin cultivars, which have generated new interest for production in Western Canada.

Pea co-op funding. Members discussed funding issues for the pea co-op. Rising costs of conducting the pea co-op brought up the need to increase the co-op entry fee, but those fees are already seen has being quite high. It is feared that if the entry fee is further increased it will reduce the number of lines entered, which may further threaten the co-op viability. The Committee also went through all procedures for registration trials of the various crops, and updated them to fit new standards and goals.

Recommended Lines

C99037. Annual Canarygrass (glabrous). A high yielding, brown-seeded line with glabrous hulls. University of Saskatchewan, Crop Development Centre.

GTS 546. A high yielding, early maturing navy (pea) bean line for the Canadian prairies, especially the Red River Valley of Manitoba. Resistant to race 73 of anthracnose. Gen-Tec Seeds Ltd.

L02B662. Pinto bean line with high yield potential, upright growth habit and lodging resistance. Resistant to race 73 of anthracnose, moderately resistant to white mould and resistant to yellow and orange strains of bacterial wilt. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lethbridge Research Centre.

1006S-1. Great Northern line with high yield potential, large seed size and resistant to race 73 of anthracnose. University of Saskatchewan, Crop Development Centre.

LGBC. A large green Clearfield (imidazolinone tolerant) lentil line similar to CDC Sedley. University of Saskatchewan, Crop Development Centre.

Cebeco 4149. Yellow field pea line with high yield and lodging resistance. Resistant to powdery mildew. Cebeco.

CDC 1007-6. Yellow field pea line with high yield, early maturity and rounder seed shape. Resistant to powdery mildew. University of Saskatchewan, Crop Development Centre.

CDC 1308T-10. Yellow field pea line with high yield and rounder seed shape. Resistant to powdery mildew. University of Saskatchewan, Crop Development Centre.

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