Fargo, North Dakota
February 7, 2008
Cavalier, a conventional
nontransgenic soybean variety, has been developed and released
by the North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station, according
to Al Schneiter, North
Dakota State University (NDSU) Department of Plant Sciences
chair.
Cavalier is expected to replace acreage of Jim and Traill, which
also are NDSU releases.
Cavalier has good lodging resistance and matures a day later
than Jim and three days earlier than Traill, according to Ted
Helms, leader of the NDSU soybean breeding program.
"Averaged across 33 trials conducted in North Dakota from 2004
through 2007, Cavalier yielded 3 percent more than Jim and 2
percent more than Traill," Helms says. "Cavalier has a slightly
lower protein content and slightly higher oil content than Jim.
Cavalier has a yellow hila, which is desirable for a
conventional soybean variety. Cavalier is a 00.7 maturity
cultivar."
Cavalier has moderate resistance to iron deficiency chlorosis,
according to Jay Goos, NDSU Soil Science Department soil
scientist.
Cavalier also has resistance to Phytophthora root rot Race 6,
according to Berlin Nelson, NDSU Department of Plant Pathology
plant pathologist.
Cavalier is named after Cavalier County in northeastern North
Dakota.
It will be allocated through the County Crop Improvement and
Seed Association this spring. The NDSU Research Foundation will
apply for plant variety protection with Title V. Research fees
will be collected, as they have been for many years with all
NDSU soybean varieties.
The North Dakota Soybean Council provided some of the funding
for the development of Cavalier. |
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