CDC Plato

Thursday, 01 October 2009 11:55

CDC Plato is a high-yielding, yellow cotyledon lentil cultivar developed by the Crop Development Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. It is suitable for the large green market class of lentil and is intended for cultivation in all lentil-growing areas of western Canada. CDC Plato flowers 2 d earlier and matures 1 d earlier compared to CDC Glamis. Seed weight is about 66 mg, 3% greater than CDC Glamis. The seed coat colour of CDC Plato is light green, similar to that of CDC Glamis, and has yellow cotyledons. CDC Plato is resistant to ascochyta blight, similar to CDC Glamis Developed in 2002 •    Yield: 1752 kg ha–1 •    Days to flower: 59 •    Days to maturity: 96 •    Plant height: 40 cm •    Protein content %: 28.7% •    Seed weight: 96 g 1000–1 Go to table of lentil varieties