CDC Plava oilseed flax

CDC Plava oilseed flax (Linum usitatissimum L.), registered in 2015 by the Crop Development Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, is targeted to the shorter growing season, Dark Brown, Black, Grey, and Dark Grey soil zones of the Northern Prairies. This cultivar has a high seed yield (106%) compared with cultivar (cv.) CDC Bethune and a medium maturity rating equal to cv. Prairie Thunder. It has medium oil content (47.0%), alpha-linolenic acid content (57.8%), seed size (6.1 g thousand seed weight, TSW), and good lodging resistance. It is resistant to North American races of rust caused by Melampsora lini, and moderately resistant to wilt caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. lini.The accepted manuscript in pdf format is listed with the files at the bottom of this page. The presentation of the authors' names and (or) special characters in the title of the manuscript may differ slightly between what is listed on this page and what is listed in the pdf file of the accepted manuscript; that in the pdf file of the accepted manuscript is what was submitted by the author