CDC Milestone lentil

CDC Milestone is a high-yielding, yellow cotyledon lentil (Lens culinaris M edik.) cultivar developed by the Crop Development Centre, Saskatoon, Saskat chewan. It is intended for cultivation in all lentil production areas of we stern Canada. CDC Milestone was evaluated for yield, resistance to ascochyt a blight (Ascochyta lentis Vassilievsky) and agronomic performance as breed ing line 512-2 in the Lentil Go-operative Yield Trials in 1995 and 1996. It has small seeds with pale green seed coat and is acceptable in the small g reen market class of lentil. CDC Milestone was granted official registratio n (#4836) as a cultivar in Canada by the Variety Section, Plant Health and Plant Products Division, Canadian Food Inspection Agency on 8 December 1998 .