The Growth Potential of Triticale in Western Canada: Appendix

Appendix I. Canadian Triticale Varieties

Spring triticale
AC Alta was developed by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Research Station at Swift Current and registered in 1994. AC Alta yields approximately 6% higher yielding than the check cultivar Wapiti and has similar levels of disease resistance. For seed production this cultivar is best suited to the brown soils of the prairies but like other spring triticale cultivars has excellent forage potential as silage in both the black and brown soil zones.

AC Certa was developed by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Research Station at Swift Current and applied for registration in 1995. AC Certa has excellent disease resistance, improved test weight, sprouting resistance and is one day earlier while maintaining grain yield.

AC Copia was released in 1993 by Agriculture Canada, Swift Current. Its yield is similar or superior to Wapiti under Alberta conditions. It has a high test weight with good disease resistance.

AC Ultima was developed by Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, Swift Current and registered in 1999. It has improved quality for food end use (Hagberg falling number), good disease resistance and 1 day earlier than other current spring triticales. It has a lower test weight than AC Copia and AC Certa.

Banjo was developed by the University of Manitoba and registered in 1990. It has out yielded the other triticale varieties in cooperative tests with better lodging resistance, good test weight and the highest 1000 kernel weight, however it has a lower protein content. Banjo is similar to Frank for disease resistance.

Pronghorn was developed by Field Crop Development Centre, Lacombe and registered in 1995. Pronghorn is two days earlier and has yields equal or superior to the check cultivars. It is adaptable in the long growing areas of western Canada and is moderately susceptible to certain races of stem rust.

Sandro was developed by the Swiss Federation of Agriculture Research and was registered in 1998. It is equal to Pronghorn in maturity, has good lodging resistance with height equal to AC Alta, and good test weight. The test weight is only equal to Pronghorn. We do not have much information on this Eastern Canada variety. It requires a long growing season.

Wapiti was developed by Alberta Agriculture at Lacombe and registered in 1987. Wapiti is a spring triticale with maturity, height, test weight, lodging resistance and sprouting susceptibility similar to Carman but with improved yield and test weight. Wapiti also has resistance to leaf rust, stem rust, loose smut, and bunt that is similar to Carman. Wapiti provides greater resistance to common root rot than Carman as well as a yield advantage in the Brown and Black soil zones. The potential for silage production is comparable to the best barley varieties in the high rainfall areas of Alberta and superior in the dry areas.

Winter triticale
Bobcat was developed by Alberta Agriculture, Lacombe and registered in 1999. It is about 20 cm. shorter, 10% higher yielding, and has similar winter survival to Pika in the parkland areas. It is easy threshing and has short awnlettes which may improve greenfeed production. However, it is lower yielding than Pika in the brown soils.

Pika was developed by Alberta Agriculture Crop Research, Lacombe, Alberta and released in 1990. Pika is similar to Norstar winter wheat in hardiness and higher yielding than Wintri winter triticale. Due to early maturity, Pika may be more suited to seed production in the higher rainfall areas of Alberta than currently available spring triticales. When spring seeded with barley and oat or seeded on its own Pika provides a high yielding long duration pasture in the high rainfall areas of Alberta. Mixtures with oats and barley also provide a high quality silage and fall pasture.

Wintri was developed by the Ontario Agricultural College in Guelph and released in 1980. Wintri is lower in winter hardiness than the winter triticale Pika. Due to early maturity, Wintri may be more suited to seed production in the higher rainfall areas of Alberta than currently available spring triticales. When spring seeded with barley and oats or seeded on its own Wintri provides a high yielding long duration pasture in the high rainfall areas of Alberta. Mixtures with oat and barley also provide a high quality silage and fall pasture.

Appendix II. List of Historical Canadian Triticale Varieties Released Since 1972

Triticale Variety	Year released in Canada	Where Developed	Characteristics
Rosner	1972	University of Manitoba, Winnipeg	Spring
Welsh	1977	University of Manitoba, Winnipeg	Spring
OAC Wintri	1980	Ontario Agric. College, Guelph	Winter
Carman	1980	University of Manitoba, Winnipeg	Spring
OAC Triwell	1980	Ontario Agric. College, Guelph	Spring
OAC Decade	1984	Ontario Agric. College, Guelph	Winter
Beagueleta	1986	Ag. Canada, Charlottetown & CIMMYT	Spring
Wapiti	1987	Alberta Agric., Field Crops, Lacombe, AB	Spring
OAC Trillium	1988	Ontario Agric. College, Guelph	Winter
Frank	1988	Ag. Canada, Swift Current, SK	Spring
Bura	1989	CIMMYT, Mexico	Spring
Pika	1990	Alberta Agric., Field Crops, Lacombe, AB	Winter
Banjo	1991	University of Manitoba, Winnipeg	Spring
AC Copia	1993	Ag. Canada, Swift Current	Spring
AC Alta	1994	Ag. & Agri-Food Canada, Swift Current	Spring
AC Certa	1995	Ag. & Agri-Food Canada, Swift Current	Spring
Pronghorn	1995	Alberta Agric. Crop Research, Lacombe	Spring
Sandro	1998	RAC Swiss Federal Research Station	Spring
Bobcat	1999	Alberta Agric. Crop Research, Lacombe	Winter
AC Ultima	1999	Ag. & Agri-Food Canada, Swift Current	Spring

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