Aac comfort field pea
Citation
Bing, D.J., Beauchesne, D., McLaren, D., Gan, Y., Cuthbert, R. (2019). Aac comfort field pea. Canadian Journal of Plant Science, [online] 99(2), 286-288. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjps-2018-0243
Plain language summary
AAC Comfort is a high-yielding, semi-leafless, green cotyledon field pea cultivar developed at the Lacombe Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, in Lacombe, AB. It is adapted to all field pea growing regions in western Canada. AAC Comfort has late maturity, medium lodging resistance, medium seed size, round seed shape, and good bleach resistance and green colour intensity. It is resistant to powdery mildew, moderately susceptible to Ascochyta blight, and susceptible to fusarium wilt.
Abstract
AAC Comfort is a high-yielding, semi-leafless, green cotyledon field pea (Pisum sativum L.) cultivar developed at the Lacombe Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, in Lacombe, AB. It is adapted to all field pea growing regions in western Canada. AAC Comfort has late maturity, medium lodging resistance, medium seed size, round seed shape, and good bleach resistance and green colour intensity. It is resistant to powdery mildew caused by Erysiphe pisi DC., moderately susceptible to mycosphaerella blight caused by Mycosphaerella pinodes (Berk. & Blox.) Vestergr., and susceptible to fusarium wilt caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. pisi (Linford) Snyd. & Hans.