Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Page 41 Page 42 Page 43 Page 44 Page 45 Page 46 Page 47 Page 48 Page 49 Page 50 Page 51 Page 52 Page 53 Page 54 Page 55 Page 56 Page 57 Page 58 Page 59 Page 60 Page 61 Page 62 Page 63 Page 64 Page 65 Page 66 Page 67 Page 68 Page 69 Page 70 Page 71 Page 72 Page 73 Page 74 Page 75 Page 76 Page 77 Page 78 Page 79 Page 80 Page 81 Page 82 Page 83 Page 84 Page 85 Page 86 Page 87 Page 88 Page 89 Page 90 Page 91 Page 92 Page 93 Page 94 Page 95 Page 96 Page 97 Page 98 Page 99 Page 100 Page 101 Page 102 Page 103 Page 104 Page 105 Page 106 Page 107 Page 108 Page 109 Page 110 Page 111 Page 112more information on Plant Breeders’ Rights, please see www. pbrfacts.ca or the Canadian Food Inspection Agency website at www.inspection.gc.ca. Canola The Alberta Regional Variety Advisory Committee (ARVAC) does not take any responsibility for accuracy or validity of the canola performance data. Diseases, Seed Treatment and Seed Testing • Disease ratings are compiled from various data sources in Alberta and other prairie provinces. • Treat rye and flax seed to control seedling blight, cereal seed for smuts and fusarium, canola seed to control flea beetle, seedling blight and the seed borne phase of virulent blackleg. • Wheat with Moderately Susceptible (MS) or Susceptible (S) ratings for common bunt should be treated with a systemic fungicide as low levels of infection will restrict marketability. • Refer to labels for maximum storage periods of treated seed. • Treated seed must not be fed to livestock, poultry or wildlife, and cannot be sold for feed. • Leaf spot ratings in the wheat tables are a combination of resistance to tan spot and septoria leaf disease complex. • Fusarium head blight (FHB), caused by Fusarium gramine- arum and other species, is an increasing problem in Alberta. The relative ranking of crops from most susceptible to least susceptible is durum wheat, common wheat, triticale, barley and oat. Corn is a host of F. graminearum and can serve as a source of infection when residue is left on the ground. FHB infection is highly influenced by the environment and head- ing date. A resistant (R) tolerance rating for FHB does not equate to immunity. Under severe epidemics, all varieties will sustain damage. All seed should be tested for the presence of FHB and treated with an appropriate seed treatment if required. Producers are advised to choose varieties with the best FHB tolerance whenever possible and always use best management practices to slow the spread of this disease. • Seed used in the Alberta Regional Variety Testing program comes with a “fusarium-free” certificate and trials are inspected for FHB during the growing season. Laboratories participating in the FHB testing program: • 20/20 Seed Labs Ltd., Nisku, AB: 1-877-420-2099 • BioVision Seed Research Ltd., Edmonton, AB: 1-800-952- 5407 • BioVision Seed Research Ltd., Grande Prairie, AB: 1-877- 532-8889 • Parkland Laboratories, Red Deer, AB: 403-342-0404 • Precision Seed Testing, Beaverlodge, AB: 780-354-2259 • Seed Check Technologies Inc., Leduc, AB: 780-980-8324 Abbreviations and Rating Scales • TKW = Thousand kernel weight. • XX = Insufficient data to describe. • Maturity: VE = Very Early, E = Early, M = Medium, L = Late, VL = Very Late. • Resistance Ratings: VP = Very Poor, P = Poor, F = Fair, G = Good, VG = Very Good, EX = Excellent. • Disease Tolerance Ratings: R = Resistant, MR = Moderately Resistant, I = Intermediate, MS = Moderately Susceptible, S = Susceptible. • Kernel Type (winter wheat): HR = Hard Red, SR = Soft Red, HW = Hard White, SW = Soft White. • Awns (wheat): Y = Yes (bearded), N = No (awnless). • Awn Type (barley): R = Rough, S = Smooth, SS = Semi- smooth. • Seed Size (flax): S = Small, M = Medium, L = Large. Other Variety Information For additional information, including varieties not listed in this publication, please call the Alberta Ag-Info Centre toll-free at 310-FARM (3276) or check the Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development website, Ropin’ the Web at: www.agriculture. alberta.ca/rvt. Fact sheet information and tables prepared, reviewed and approved by: Alberta Regional Variety Advisory Committee (formerly the Alberta British Columbia Grain Advisory Committee – ABCGAC) Data preparation and factsheet coordination by: Alex Fedko Coordinator RVT/Crop Research Technologist Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development 48 www.seed.ab.ca | Advancing Seed in Alberta