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What’s new in canola varieties?

A look at the lineup of new canola varieties.

Canola breeders continue to push new boundaries. Photo courtesy of Bruce Barker.

New canola varieties continue to hit the market as breeders push the boundaries for yield, agronomic and nutritional benefits. Western field editor for Top Crop Manager, Bruce Barker has assembled a list of new varieties that are being introduced for the 2009 growing season, or are being released in commercial quantities for the first time this year.
The information is provided by the respective canola seed companies.  Growers are encouraged to look at the Canola Council of Canada website for the Prairie Canola Variety Trials and Performance Online Database (www.URL) for performance and agronomic information.  Talk to local seed suppliers to see how new varieties also performed in local trials.

BrettYoung delivers three new varieties 4424 RR  is a Roundup Ready hybrid that can be pre-treated with BioBoost. It is a medium/tall variety with a very high yield potential and excellent standability. It is resistant to Fusarium wilt and is moderately resistant to blackleg.

4434RR is a Roundup Ready hybrid that can be pre-treated with BioBoost. It has shown good yield stability over environments in testing to date. The straw is medium in height with very good standability. It is moderately resistant to blackleg and is resistant to Fusarium wilt.

5505 CL is a hybrid with excellent vigour that has shown excellent yields in the Mid to Long Season Zones.
It is resistant to Fusarium wilt,
moderately resistant to blackleg and has excellent standability.
www.brettyoung.ca

CANTERRA Seeds rolls out new CLEARFIELD variety CANTERRA 1651H   is suitable to all canola-growing zones. It offers high yield potential, excellent lodging resistance and a strong disease package. This top performing CLEARFIELD variety is available exclusively to independent retailers through Univar Canada Ltd.  www.canterra.com

Two new varieties from Cargill Specialty Oils v1037   is a new high yielding Roundup Ready Victory hybrid with very strong agronomics. It has an excellent disease package such as an R rating for blackleg and Fusarium wilt. Outstanding early vigour, excellent harvestability and early maturity, v1037 is as ideal choice for producers to grow in Mid and Long Season Zone.

v2030 is a very competitive Roundup Ready hybrid from yield standpoint. It has excellent early seedling vigor and emergence, harvestability and earlier maturity. This hybrid is very good fit to grow in Long and Mid Season Zone.    www.cargillspecialtycanola.ca

DEKALB brand seed launches two new hybrids DEKALB 72-55 RR   is a Roundup Ready hybrid with excellent yield potential.  It has an MR (30.5 percent of Westar) rating for blackleg resistance, and an R rating for Fusarium wilt. 

With great vigour and emergence combined with excellent standability, 72-55 RR has top end yield potential in an excellent agronomic package. With more than 100 field scale trials conducted in 2008, check www.dekalb.ca for local trial results. Available at all DEKALB dealers.

DEKALB 71-40 CL is a CLEARFIELD variety with a yield potential of 105 percent of 45H72.  It has an R rating for blackleg and Fusarium wilt.  The 71-40 CL variety has very good early season vigour and great yield potential with excellent standability.
Available at JRI, Cargill, Univar, FCL.www.dekalb.ca

Dow AgroSciences plans new Nexera canola in 2009
Dow AgroSciences has been instrumental in establishing the Omega-9 canola oil profile market across North America. Dow AgroSciences plans to introduce the NX4 Series of NexeraTM canola in the spring of 2009. Specific variety attributes and names will be published when the varieties receive official registration from the CFIA. www.healthierfarming.ca

Farm Pure Genetics releases  commercial lots on two hybrids 93H01 RR is a hybrid variety that is seven centimetres taller than the checks (45A65/Q2), maturity equal to the checks and offers good lodging resistance. It has very high yield potential, especially in the mid (121 percent) and short season zones (126 percent), and offers the flexibility of the glyphosate weed control system combined with an MR for blackleg and R to Fusarium wilt. It offers excellent standability and harvestability.

83S01 RR is a composite hybrid variety that is seven centimetres taller than the checks (45A65/Q2), matures two days earlier than the checks, and offers excellent performance across the canola growing area. It offers the flexibility of the glyphosate weed control system combined with an MR for blackleg and R to Fusarium wilt. It offers excellent standability and harvestability. www.farmpureseeds.com

Pioneer Hi Bred
45H28 is a new hybrid with the Roundup Ready gene.  It offers outstanding yield potential and very high oil content.  Solid agronomics and rated R for blackleg and Fusarium wilt.  Yields 103 percent of 45H26. Available exclusively from Pioneer Hi-Bred sales reps.  

45S51 is the first hybrid in the Pioneer Hi-Bred lineup with improved field tolerance to sclerotinia. Excellent yield potential and contains the Roundup Ready gene.  Available exclusively from Pioneer Hi-Bred sales reps.  

43E01 is an early maturity hybrid with very good yield potential and built-in glyphosate tolerance. With strong early growth and standability, it is available exclusively from Pioneer Hi-Bred sales reps.  

D3150 is a new hybrid with the Roundup Ready gene.  Excellent yield potential and outstanding oil content.  Now available from DuPont Crop Protection at select Independent and Co-op retailers.  

D3151 is a new hybrid with outstanding yield potential and oil content. Excellent standability and contains the Roundup Ready gene. Now available from DuPont Crop Protection at select Independent and Co-op retailers.  www.pioneer.com

SeCan launches open-pollinated variety
Rugby canola is a new open-pollinated Roundup ReadyRM Argentine canola variety developed by LembkeRM. Rugby was the top-yielding open-pollinated variety in the 2007 Prairie Canola Variety Trials (PCVT) with an average yield level of 89 percent of the hybrid check varieties. Rugby’s yield can also be compared to 46A65 – the open-pollinated check variety used in the Cooperative Registration Trials (Coop Trials) in western Canada. On average, over two years of coop testing (2005 and 2006) Rugby yielded 105 percent of 46A65.

The variety has strong straw and a “Resistant” rating for blackleg. The height (approximately 107 cm) and the medium maturity of Rugby are similar to several other check varieties such as 46A65, 5020 or 45H21. Rugby also carries a high percent oil content in its seed – approximately one percent higher in oil content than check varieties like 46A65. Dollar for dollar comparing seed costs, Rugby offers canola producers excellent value; high yield at an affordable price. www.secan.com

Viterra five new varieties on line
Proven 9554 – The highest yielding Roundup Ready hybrid available. This high yielding hybrid from Viterra’s breeding program was the top yielding variety in western Canada’s public data co-op trials in 2007. This variety also offers excellent lodging tolerance, solid disease tolerance, and medium maturity completes this superior choice for all producers.

Proven 9553 – This high yielding Roundup Ready hybrid from the Pioneer Hi-Bred breeding program offers excellent yield potential and oil percentage. Available exclusively at Viterra, 9553 also offers excellent lodging tolerance, high oil content and great disease tolerance.

XCEED 8570 – An open-pollinated Juncea canola variety with CLEARFIELD(RM) resistance that offers excellent yield potential and yield stability. Inherent traits lead to increased tolerance to frost, heat and drought, as well as increased shatter resistance. The increased shatter resistance provides producers the opportunity to straight-cut combine this canola crop. Additional agronomic information will be available later
this fall.

XCEED 8571 – An open-pollinated Juncea canola variety with CLEARFIELDRM resistance that offers excellent yield potential and yield stability. Inherent traits lead to increased tolerance to frost, heat and drought, as well as increased shatter resistance. The increased shatter resistance provides producers the opportunity to straight-cut combine this canola crop. Additional agronomic information will be available later
this fall.

Proven 9552  – A Roundup Ready open-pollinated from Viterra’s breeding program is the highest yielding variety of that type. Excellent lodging tolerance and medium maturity make this an excellent choice for an open-pollinated variety. www.viterra.ca