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Canola performance trial results

Canola Performance Trial (CPT) results for 2017 are loaded into the online searchable database at canolaperformancetrials.ca. Canola growers can use this valuable online tool to finalize seed decisions for 2018.

CPTs compare leading canola varieties in small-plot and field-scale trials. With the tool, growers can filter results to province, season zone and herbicide-tolerance system. They can also search all varieties or do head-to-head comparisons of two or three varieties. With each search, days to maturity, height, lodging and yield results are provided in easy-to-compare graph format.

“What growers get from this site are independent, third-party data on new and familiar canola varieties – essential information in making variety choices,” says John Guelly, chair of the CPT Governance Committee.

The online tool also provides the option to compare varieties for a number of years. The CPT program has been running since 2011, and all data collected over the past seven years is available. For a compilation of 2011-16 data, the ‘Canola Variety Selection Guide: Featuring CPT Summary Data’ booklet is posted in the Trials Summaries section at canolaperformancetrials.ca.

CPT trials for 2017 also included field-scale comparisons of clubroot-resistant varieties and pod-shatter tolerant varieties in straight-combining trials. These results are available in the 2017 CPT data booklet, and will be added to the online database soon.

“I encourage growers to take some time over the winter to explore the site and read the summary booklets to make full use of all the work involved in generating this data,” says Guelly.

Alberta Canola, SaskCanola and the Manitoba Canola Growers Association funded the 2017 CPT program, along with contributions from the British Columbia Grain Producers Association. The Canola Council of Canada (CCC) delivers the program on their behalf.

January 3, 2018  By Top Crop Manager