CDC Marble
CDC Marble is a small-seeded French green lentil variety. In 14 years of testing in the in the co-op and regional trials in Saskatchewan, CDC Marble yielded 103% of the small red lentil check variety CDC Maxim in the Brown and Dark Brown soil zones, and 96% in the Black and Dark Grey soil zones. Although CDC Marble does not have Imidazolinone tolerance, it yields up to 19% higher than the CL French green lentil variety CDC Peridot. CDC Marble is early maturing and rated Moderately Resistant (MR) to Ascochyta blight. CDC Marble does not have PBR protection.
Year Registered
2013
Sub-licensed Outside of SK
No
International Distribution Rights
FP Genetics
Breeder
Dr. Albert Vandenberg, Crop Development Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK
Plant Breeders Rights
No
Strengths
- Early maturity
- High yield compared to other French green lentils
- Improved resistance to Ascochyta Blight compared to CDC Peridot
- Taller in height compared to CDC Maxim – improved harvestability
- Good lodging tolerance
- Plump seed relative to CDC LeMay
Weaknesses
- Not tolerant to imidazolinone herbicides
Trial Locations
- Asquith
- Avonlea
- Cabri
- Elrose
- Hodgeville
- Limerick
- Lucky Lake
- Melfort
- Milden
- Moose Jaw
- Oyen, AB
- Redvers
- Rosthern
- Saskatoon
- Saskatoon (Floral)
- Saskatoon (Sutherland)
- Scott
- St Brieux
- Swift Current