CDC Frontier kabuli chickpea

Abstract

CDC Frontier, a kabuli chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) cultivar, was released in 2003 by the Crop Development Centre, University of Saskatchewan, for distribution to Select seed growers in western Canada through the Variety Release Program of the Saskatchewan Pulse Growers. CDC Frontier has a pinnate leaf type, fair ascochyta blight [Ascochyta rabiei (Pass.) Labr.] resistance, medium maturity, medium-large seed size and high yield potential in the Brown and Dark Brown soil zones of the Canadian prairies.