arvesting. It may be more prone to pod drop in hot, windy conditions, so timely harvest is required. PBA Flash is well suited to medium red lentil grain markets, similar to PBA Ace, PBA Bolt and Nugget, particularly for splitting. Where its seed is large enough, PBA Flash can be sold into markets that traditionally take large-seeded types like Aldinga. PBA Flash generally has a smaller grain than Aldinga and PBA Jumbo and should never be considered as a replacement for Aldinga when marketing. PBA Flash variety management package (VMP)
PBA Herald XT is a mid-late flowering and maturing lentil similar to Nipper in many agronomic characteristics, including short height, small seed size and grey seed coat colour. It is resistant to ascochyta blight (AB) and moderately resistant to botrytis grey mould (BGM). PBA Herald XT was released as a ‘herbicide tolerant’ lentil (XT) because it has shown improved tolerance to applied flumetsulam (e.g. Broadstrike®) applied at the registered rate for lentil. It also has improved tolerance to residues of some sulphonyl urea (SU) and imi herbicides, but plant-backs will not change on the relevant herbicide labels. Crop safety is increased with this variety. Imazethapyr (e.g. Spinnaker®) can be used on PBA Herald XT only under an APVMA permit. PBA Herald XT variety management package (VMP)
PBA Hurricane XT is the second lentil variety to be released with improved tolerance to the herbicide imazethapyr. It has a reasonable disease profile in that it has been rated MR to ascochyta blight (AB) and MR/MS for botrytis grey mould (BGM), but will require protection for BGM in disease prone areas, particularly in early sown crops. Plant height and early vigour are improved over Nipper and PBA Herald XT, along with improved weed competition and harvestability. From long-term NVT results, PBA Hurricane XT is the highest yielding of the small red lentils. Crop safety is increased with this variety. Imazethapyr (e.g. Spinnaker®) can be used on PBA Hurricane XT only under an APVMA permit.PBA Hurricane XT variety management package (VMP)
PBA Jumbo is a large-seeded red lentil and a direct replacement for Aldinga and is to be itself superseded by PBA Jumbo2. It is suited to most current lentil growing areas where it has consistently yielded around 15% higher than Aldinga. Attaining larger seed size is more likely in medium to high rainfall zones. PBA Jumbo is moderately susceptible to BGM and this disease will need to be managed in BGM-prone areas. Its resistance to foliar and seed AB is improved over Aldinga. Plant type and lodging susceptibility is similar to PBA Jumbo2 and Aldinga and so it is well suited to no-till, inter-row sowing into standing residue. PBA Jumbo has improved tolerance to soil boron and salinity over Aldinga and Nugget. It has a seed size and shape similar to Aldinga (20% larger than Nugget) and a grey seed coat. PBA Jumbo is well suited to the post-harvest grading out and removal of small broadleaf weed seeds (e.g. vetch). Milling quality is better than Nugget and it is well suited to premium large red split lentil markets (e.g. Sri Lanka). PBA Jumbo variety management package (VMP)
PBA Jumbo2 is a large-seeded red lentil that supersedes PBA Jumbo and is the highest yielding lentil variety available in Australia. PBA Jumbo2 long-term yields are 9–13 per cent higher than PBA Jumbo and it out-performs all other current varieties in medium-rainfall lentil growing regions. This mid-maturing, broadly adapted large red variety is resistant to ascochyta blight (AB) and botrytis grey mould (BGM) and with these attributes will assist in achieving consistent high grain quality for the market and is suitable for early sowing to maximise yield. PBA Jumbo2 variety management package (VMP)
Nipper has resistance to BGM but its resistance to AB appears to have broken down in high lentil intensity areas of South Australia. Vegetative and podding sprays for AB are now recommended for this variety in disease-prone areas. Nipper has a small seed size, similar to PBA Herald XT. Like PBA Herald XT and PB