b'Manitoba Agriculture Variety GuideO OCANOLAI T h e F u t u r e o f I n d e p e n d e n t 94% All Canadian canola testing sites are divided into long, mid, and short-season zones. Only mid- and long-season zones apply to Manitoba. IYields derived over two or more growing seasons are the best indicator of variety performance. Use single site year data with caution.L C a n o l a V a r i e t y T e s t i n g i n Data donated by the Canola Performance Trials (CPT) Committee for Manitoba sites. For more information visit www.canolaperformancetrials.ca. LS M a n i t o b a North Dakota State University (NDSU) Canola Variety Trials from 2023 season have been included due to no Manitoban trials in 2023. SSite of NDSU Variety Trials was the NDSU Langdon Research Extension Center in Langdon, North Dakota. To see full NDSU reports, please visit E Independent variety trial data is influential https://www.ag.ndsu.edu/varietytrials/canola. EManitobas canola growers will notice an absence in respondents canola purchasing Comments:E of2023ManitobacanolavarietydatainSeed decisionsEVariety descriptions summarize the varieties tested in the 2022 Canola Performance Trials (CPT) and NDSU 2023 Canola Variety Trials.ManitobaasnoindependentvarietytestingD program hit the fields this season.A key finding of the survey showed that 94% of growers Blackleg Resistance Dand agronomists indicated that independent variety data isinfluentialintheircanolapurchasingdecisions. All varieties in the table below have a resistant (R) rating for Blackleg (30% infection of Westar check). Lesions and yield loss can still occur,In the past, a prairie-wide canola variety testing program Respondents indicated that independent testing is highly based on the level of inoculum and blackleg pathotype in the field, in combination with environmental conditions conducive for disease (Canola Performance Trials) was run collaboratively by the development. Some seed distributors have chosen to provide backleg resistance grouping based on major-gene (qualitative) resistance within valued due to the unbiased, cross-company nature of third- that variety in addition to the traditional rating. Labels identifying major resistance genes present will use the letters: A, B, C, D, E1, E2, F, G, H, C ManitobaCanolaGrowersAssociation(MCGA),Alberta partytesting.Intermsofvarietiesbeingtestedinthe and X. Adult-plant (quantitative) resistance remains an important factor. Visit www.blackleg.ca for details on how resistance groups work. CCanola and \x11askCanola. This program concluded after theR 2022 field season as the program was no longer meeting program, 9\x06% indicated that including performance results Clubroot Resistance Rof the newest and common older varieties was importantthe needs of canola growers in its current format. MCGA foraddingconte,ttoresults.Regionalityoftrials,to Clubroot is a long-lived soil-borne disease that can impact canola performance. Using clubroot resistant varietes in Rural Municipalities where O committedtoprovidinggrowersinManitobaaccessto ensuring the variability of Manitoba growing regions are clubroot has been found is highly recommended as a risk mitigation tool. To know for sure if your own fields have clubroot, soil testing is theOindependent canola variety data in 2023 by re-aligning the only way to find out prior to finding galls in the field. See page XX for the map indicating clubroot distribution in Manitoba. Clubroot resistance is represented,wasalsoveryimportanttoproducersand generally termed 1st or 2nd Generation based on genetic source. First-generation clubroot resistance confers resistance to clubroot pathotypes P program with grower priorities and initiating a Manitoba- agronomists.2F 3H, 5I, 6M, and 8N, on the Canadian Clubroot Differential Set (Strelkov et al., 2018). Second-generation sources contain resistance to aPspecific variety testing program. \x13nfortunately, due to the Independentvarietytestingbringsvaluetogrowers varying set of pathotypes outside the original five first-generation pathotypes, but may also have resistance to the original five.S limited support received from industry the program would because its \x1eust that: independent. \x14arieties are tested in a For further information on clubroot resistance labels, please visit www.clubroot.ca, refer to the company website, or speak with your seedSnot have resulted in the robust and valuable variety data small-plotformatthatallowsfortheevaluationoflarge representative.that is MCGAs goal for an updated variety testing program.ThisleftMCGAinauniquepositiontoaskManitobas numbers of varieties across companies, grown under the Pod Shatter Resistancecanolagrowerstheiropiniononindependentvariety same set of environmental conditions, and using the same The pod shatter rating scale was developed by the Canola Council of Canada in 2021. Varieties that have not been rated on the new scale are management practices. These results are e,pected to be marked as Y if they contain some form of enhanced pod shatter resistance, orif they do not/do not have a rating. Numeric pod shatter testing and quantify the value of a future program.usedincombinationwithindustryandretailfield-scale ratings are provided by their respective companies, or may not yet be identified on the new rating system. In uly 2023, over 400 growers and agronomists covering testing results to provide a well-rounded picture of how For a full list of current canola cultivar trait labels, visit https://www.canolacouncil.org/canola-encyclopedia/history-of-canola-seed-development/everyRMinManitobawherecanolaisgrownwere varietiesareperformingacrosstheprovince.\x11mall-plot canola-seed-traits/.surveyed.Thesurveycoveredawiderangeoftopicsindependent testing also provides a unique opportunity forsurrounding independent canola variety testing, includingcomparisons of agronomic traits in addition to yield such ashow this data has been used on farms in the past and what disease incidence, maturity, and pod shatter/drop. LIBERTY LINK CANOLAthemostimportantaspectsofaprogramaremovingforward.Withoverwhelmingsupportfromtheextensive Variety Descriptionsurvey of canola growers and agronomists across BlacklegClubrootPod ShatterTrial LocationHerbicideResistance3Resistance3Resistance4Manitoba,M\x08\x07willcontinuetoworktowards Name(Year)1Tolerance2(Group)(Generation) (Rating 1-9)launching an independent canola variety testing Liberty Linkprogramforthe202\x05growingseason. B3010MMB (2022)LLRRY (6)Its the only way to get aDiscussionswithindustrymemberswillworkto CP21L3CMB (2022)LLRRCS4000 LLMB (2022), NDSU (2023)LLRRYgood idea of all theestablisharobustandvaluableprogram, DKLL 82 SCMB (2022), NDSU (2023)LLR (A,C,G)Y (7.5)varieties available acrossprovidingsupporttoManitobascanolafarmers DKTFLL 21 SCMB (2022), NDSU (2023)LL/TFR (A,C,G)Y (7.6)as they make their variety decisions.L233PNDSU (2023)LLRcompanies. L340PCMB (2022), NDSU (2023)LLRRYL343PCMB (2022), NDSU (2023)LLRRYL345PCMB (2022), NDSU (2023)LLRRYL356PCMB (2022)LLRRYP501LMB (2022)LLRRY (4)P505MSLMB (2022), NDSU (2023)LLRRY (7)P506MLMB (2022)LLRRY (6)1 Trial locations in MB from CPT 2022, trial location by NDSU tested at NDSU Langdon Research Extension Center2 Herbicide tolerance is indicated as LL - LibertyLink, TF - TruFlex, RR - Roundup Ready, CL - Clearfield, OptG - Optimum GLY3 Genetic disease resistance is indicated with an R resistant rating to Blackleg, Clubroot, based on variety descriptions submitted to CFIA.4 The Canola Council of Canada rating system indicates that 1 = poor, 9 = excellent pod shatter resistance.50SEED MANITOBA 2024SEEDMB.CA SEEDMB.CASEED MANITOBA 2024 51'