Pea breeding updateJanuary 11, 2018Tom Warkentin

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CanadaRussiaOtherChinaIndiaUSA

UkraineFrance

LithuaniaEthiopiaAustraliaGermany

SpainUK

Tanzania

Dry pea production in 2016 (million tonnes)Total = 14.36

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USAFranceEgypt

UKPakistan

AlgeriaPeru

TurkeyRussia

MoroccoCanada

Vegetable pea production in 2016 (million tonnes)Total 19.88

Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corporation

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MEADOW CDCAMARILLO CDC

GOLDEN CDCSAFFRON CDC

TREASURE CDCABARTH

ARDILL AACADMIRAL DS

HORNET CDCINCA CDC

DELTAAGASSIZ

THUNDERBIRDLACOMBE AACBRONCO CDC

Insured acres in SK in 2017 - yellow pea

Top 10 insured field pea varieties in 2013 in Alberta

Top 15 varieties by Acres in 2017 Acres

% total insured pea acres

(1,286,933)Breeding Program

CDC Meadow 810,152 65.0% University of Saskatchewan

CDC Saffron 156,547 12.5% University of Saskatchewan

CDC Amarillo 97,286 8.0% University of Saskatchewan

AAC Lacombe 70,440 5.5% Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lacombe

Thunderbird 23,044 2.0% Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lacombe

CDC Striker 15,655 1.25% University of Saskatchewan

CDC Limerick 15,264 1.25% University of Saskatchewan

CDC Raezer 14,347 1.25% University of Saskatchewan

Abarth 12,964 1.0% Limagrain

SW Midas 12,619 1.0% Svalöf Weibull

CDC Golden 5,170 0.5% University of Saskatchewan

Sorento 4,424 0.35% Limagrain

AAC Carver 3,051 0.25% Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Lacombe

Eclipse 3,049 0.25% Limagrain

Garde 2,987 0.25% Limagrain

Total 1,246,999 97.0% Alberta Hail and Crop Insurance 2017

89% of insured acres in Albertaplanted to U of S varieties

Varieties of Grain Crops, 2018

TOP YIELDING YELLOW PEA VARIETIES IN SKYield (% CDC Amarillo) Lodging Prot. vs. Ped.

Variety Years South North Mean Mat (1-9) Breakage Amarillo seed

AAC Chrome 3 105 102 104 M 4.5 G -1.2 SCDC Spectrum } 6 104 102 103 M 3.5 G 0.7 FAAC Carver 4 103 101 102 E 4.0 G -1.6 CCDC Inca } 6 104 100 102 M 4.0 G -1.1 RAAC Ardill 7 102 99 101 M 3.5 G -1.7 RCDC Amarillo 9 100 100 100 M 3.5 F 23.0 CAAC Lacombe 5 98 99 99 M 3.5 F -0.9 CCDC Canary } 5 96 98 97 E 3.5 G 0.0 SCDC Athabasca } 6 93 99 96 M 3.0 F 0.8 FHyline 3 96 96 96 E 4.5 G -1.5 naAgassiz ^ 9 98 93 96 M 4.5 G 0.3 naCDC Saffron 9 98 91 95 E 4.0 G -0.3 CAbarth } 7 93 90 92 E 3.5 F -0.1 CEarlystar 5 92 91 92 VE 5.0 F -1.1 naCDC Meadow 9 91 89 90 E 4.0 G -0.6 C

Alberta – yellow pea

Agri-Facts: Varieties of Pulse Crops for Alberta, 2018; Varieties of Grain Crops, 2018

2017Variety Sites Yield acres (%)AAC Chrome 14 107 0AAC Carver 28 106 0AAC Lacombe 61 104 6CDC Inca 28 104 0CDC Spectrum 14 101 0LGPN4903 14 101 0CDC Amarillo 91 100 8CDC Canary 14 100 0CDC Saffron 47 99 13Abarth 49 98 1AAC Barrhead 28 98 0CDC Meadow 77 96 65CDC Athabasca 14 93 0

Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corporation

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STRIKER CDC

RAEZER CDC

LIMERICK CDC

PATRICK CDC

GREENWATER

SAGE CDC

TETRIS

COOPER

PLUTO

Insured acres in SK in 2017 - green pea

Varieties of Grain Crops, 2018

TOP YIELDING GREEN PEA VARIETIES IN SKYield (% CDC Amarillo) Lodging Prot. vs. Ped.

Variety Years South North Mean Mat (1-9) Breakage Bleach Amarillo seed

CDC Forest } 5 100 101 101 M 4.0 G G -0.2 S

CDC Spruce } 6 95 99 97 M 4.0 F G 0.3 F

CDC Greenwater 8 99 92 96 M 3.5 F G -1.1 C

AAC Comfort 3 91 99 95 M 4.5 G G -0.4 F

CDC Limerick 9 95 89 92 M 3.5 G G 2.8 C

CDC Tetris 9 89 91 90 M 4.0 G F 0.6 na

CDC Pluto 7 93 83 88 M 5.5 G G -0.2 na

AAC Royce 5 92 84 88 M 5.0 F G 0.4 na

CDC Patrick 9 87 85 86 M 4.5 G G -0.9 na

Cooper ^ 8 89 80 85 M 4.0 F F 0.9 na

CDC Raezer 9 81 81 81 E 3.5 G G -0.3 C

CDC Striker 9 81 80 81 M 3.5 VG G 2.0 na

Alberta – green pea 2017

Variety Sites Yield acres (%)CDC Forest 13 111 0LRP1424 13 107 0CDC Greenwater 42 106 0CDC Spruce 13 104 0CDC Limerick 89 100 1CDC Tetris 52 100 0CDC Raezer 52 99 1AAC Comfort 13 99 0AAC Royce 40 96 0AAC Radius 44 92 0CDC Striker 96 89 1

Agri-Facts: Varieties of Pulse Crops for Alberta, 2018; Varieties of Grain Crops, 2018

Varieties of Grain Crops, 2018

Yield (% CDC Amarillo) LodgingForage

Variety Years South North Mean (1-9) Sdwt DMREDRedbat 88 } 4 92 91 92 4.5 190Redbat 8 } 5 93 84 89 5.0 200MAPLECDC Blazer 3 100 97 99 5.0 190CDC Acer 3 84 73 79 6.5 170CDC Mosaic 4 81 74 78 4.0 180DUNCDC Dakota 8 103 99 101 3.5 205FORAGECDC Horizon 4 88 78 83 4.5 170 108CDC Tucker 3 83 77 80 4.0 170 106CDC Leroy 3 82 75 79 5.0 150 104CDC Jasper 2 78 80 79 4.5 180 11140-10 3 68 65 67 8.5 140 100

New yellow pea release for 2018 …CDC 4061-4

Varieties of Grain Crops, 2018; CDC pulse breeding (unpublished data)

Yield Lodg Mat Myco Break. Dimpl Grn Shape Sdwt Prot. Decision

Variety Release southnorth (1-9) (0-9) (1-5)

CDC Golden 2003 91 82 4.5 E 5.0 G G G 2.5 230 23.5

CDC Meadow 2006 91 89 4.0 E 5.0 G G G 2.8 220 22.5

CDC Saffron 2011 98 91 4.0 E 4.5 G F G 2.2 250 22.5

CDC Amarillo 2012 100 100 3.5 M 4.5 F F G 2.5 230 23.0

CDC Inca 2015 104 100 4.0 M 4.5 G G FP 2.5 230 22.5

CDC Spectrum 2016 104 102 3.5 M 4.5 G FG F 2.3 240 23.5

CDC Athabasca 2016 93 99 3.0 M 4.5 F F G 2.9 300 23.5

CDC Canary 2017 96 98 3.5 E 4.5 G F F 3.1 230 23.5

CDC 4061-4 2018 104 102 3.5 M 4.5 G G G 2.2 230 23.5 RELEASE

CDC 3525-5 2018 103 100 4.0 M 4.5 F G G 2.5 235 24.0 DROP

Crop Development Centre –Taking aim at the Future

Pea • Improved visual and nutritional profiles of

the seed•New varieties targeting niche and specialty

markets and uses•Durable disease resistance and improved

agronomic performance• Yield and protein improvements

Thanks!

Photos: Gloria Gingera

Acknowledgements Bunyamin Tar’anKirstin BettBert VandenbergSabine Banniza

Kofi Agblor-CDC Managing DirectorPulse crop breeding labPulse crop molecular labGrains innovation labPulse crop pathology labPulse crop tissue culture labPulse crop graduate students, post-docsBreeder seed crewPlant Sciences admin staff

National/international collaborators

All the best for 2018!

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