Pulse producers in Western Canada have some new crops to choose from for the 2024 season. Here are seven new pea and faba bean offerings from Prairie Fava, SeCan, SeedNet, Stamp Seeds and Valesco Genetics.
Prairie Fava
Allison is a coloured, flower-type faba bean from DL Seeds with excellent processing characteristics. This earlier maturity variety has a smaller seed size and features improved yield and a low vicine/low covicine content.
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Secan
CDC Hickie is a medium-sized, semi-leafless yellow pea with high yield, high protein and a durable seed coat. Relative maturity is 95 days. On average, CDC Hickie yields seven per cent higher than CDC Amarillo, with 0.5 per cent higher protein. Seed size is rated as 230 grams per 1,000 seeds. Vine length and maturity are both considered medium, and it has good resistance to seed coat breakage. CDC Hickie is available through Saskatchewan Pulse Growers in Saskatchewan and in the rest of Canada through SeCan business members.
Seednet
CDC Citrine is a mid-maturity yellow pea with very high yield and very good standability. The protein potential of CDC Citrine is 0.5 per cent higher than CDC Amarillo, and it also has slightly improved resistance to mycosphaerella blight and improved resistance to fusarium root rot. CDC Citrine has good seed characteristics and has good resistance to seed coat breakage.
AAC Planet is a mid-maturity yellow pea with high yield and good standability. The protein potential is 1.4 per cent higher than check varieties, and AAC Planet also features good resistance to seed coat breakage.
Stamp Seeds
DL Nevado is a medium-sized, mid-maturity faba bean from DL Seeds with high yield, higher protein and good standability. It has a low vicine/low covicine content, making it suitable for fractionation and the faba bean flour market. DL Nevado also has a low tannin content, making it suitable as a feed faba bean.
Felix is a small-seeded faba bean variety from Valesco Genetics. Developed by Montana State University, Felix has a black seed coat and seed size is about 210 grams per 1,000 seeds. It is targeted for the cover crop and forage markets.
Valesco Genetics
Victus is a low vicine, low tannin-type faba bean developed by DL Seeds that is similar agronomically to Fabelle in yield, seed size and maturity but has higher protein content, lower vicine content and higher tolerance to chocolate spot. Victus will be available to western Canadian farmers in 2024 either through IP contracts from local processors or from seed companies in Canada and the United States.
