Lentil Pea & Chickpea Variety Evaluation in Western Triangle

Spring Lentil, Pea and Chickpea Variety Evaluation.Project Coordinators: Chengci Chen and Johnna Heser, MSU/MAES, Central Ag. ResearchCenter, Moccasin, MT.Personnel: John Miller and Gadi V.P. Reddy, MSU/MAES, Western Triangle Ag. ResearchCenter, Conrad, MT.Spring pea, lentil, and chickpea were grown on no-till chemical fallow at Western Triangle Ag.Research Center. While spring pea and lentils were grown on no-till chemical fallow north ofDevon and north of Joplin. Data are summarized in Tables 34 thru 40.The 2012 growing season at WTARC began with temperatures a bit warmer than normal; therewas a less precipitation than the 27 year average, this trend continued throughout the growingseason.Results: Lentil data are summarized in Tables 34 thru 36. The lentil nursery grown at WTARCyielded between 1120 and 1823 lbs/acre (Table 34). With the small green Essex lentil yieldingthe best followed by the medium green CDC Richlea lentil. The lentils grew to an averagemature canopy height of 29 cm (11.4 inches), with an average yield of 1496 lbs/acre.The lentil variety trial north of Devon yielded between 417 and 1254 lbs/acre (Table 35). Themedium green lentil LC01602300R was the highest yielder, followed by the small green lentilEssex. The lentil trial yielded an average of 685 lbs/acre, with a mature canopy height of 28 cm(11.0 inches).North of Joplin the lentil variety nursery yielded between 1479 and 2421 lbs/acre (Table 36).Leading the yield was the medium green lentil LC016002300R, followed by the large greenlentil Riveland. The average yield north of Joplin was 2077 lbs/acre with an average maturecanopy height of 33 cm (13.0 inches).Pea data are summarized in Tables 37 thru 39. The pea variety trial grown at WTARC yieldedbetween 2002 and 3251 lbs/acre with an average mature canopy height of 71 cm (28.0 inches).The highest yielding yellow pea was Pro 793 with Pro 083-7406 yielding slightly less. The greenpea with the highest yield was Stirling with Pro 091-7137 slightly less.North of Devon the pea nursery yielded between 1306 and 2077 lbs/acre (Table 38). The trialmean for pea was 1664 lbs/acre with an average mature canopy height of 60 cm (23.6 inches).Delta, Bridger, and Montech 4152 were the highest yielding yellow pea while Stirling, Arcadia,and K2 were the best yielding green pea.The pea variety trial north of Joplin yielded between 1202 and 2017 lbs/acre (Table 39). Themean yield was 1570 lbs/acre, with an average mature plant height of 63 cm (24.8 inches). Thetwo highest yielding yellow pea were SW Midas and Montech 4152, with the two highestyielding green pea was Arcadia and Stirling.

Chickpea data are summarized in Table 40. The chickpea nursery was grown at WTARC andaveraged between 1311 and 2103 lbs/acre (Table 40). The highest yielding variety was CDCFrontier with CDC Orion yielding the second highest.A similar project will be proposed for FY 2014. The continuation of on and off-station varietytrials help to elucidate researchers and farmers which varieties are better suited for that particularregion in Montana.