pping and/or delayed sowing are practiced. PBA Blitz has improved early vigour over all other red lentil varieties and has an erect plant type. It is rated as resistant to foliar, and moderately resistant to seed, AB and moderately resistant to BGM, similar to Nugget and greater than PBA Flash. It is well suited to no-till and inter-row sowing into standing residue. PBA Blitz is a medium-sized red lentil that is larger than PBA Flash and Nugget, with a grey coloured seed coat. PBA Blitz variety management package (VMP)
PBA Bounty has a similar seed size to PBA Hurricane XT, Nipper and Northfield. Although its disease resistance is less than Nipper, PBA Bounty is moderately resistant / moderately susceptible to AB, moderately susceptible to BGM and has improved tolerance to salinity, similar to PBA Bolt and PBA Flash and greater than Nugget. PBA Bounty will be particularly suited to growers who can benefit from the higher prices that potentially exist for a quality small-seeded red lentil, without compromising yield. PBA Bounty produces a round seed that is slightly larger (10%) than PBA Hearld XT and Nipper but still sold into similar markets for splitting or the production of ‘footballs’, where the seed is kept whole after the seed coat is removed. PBA Bounty has a more prostrate plant growth habit early in the season than all other varieties. PBA Bounty variety management package (VMP)
PBA Flash is an early flowering, red lentil with a medium seed size. It is suited to all current lentil growing areas but is particularly suited to shorter season regions. Its higher yields and earlier maturity improves yield reliability, especially in lower yielding situations. Earlier maturation also makes PBA Flash a variety that is well suited to timely croptopping to control weed seed set. It is moderately susceptible to AB, susceptible to BGM and has improved tolerance to boron and salinity compared to Nugget. PBA Flash has improved standing ability at maturity relative to other lentil varieties, which makes for efficient harvesting. 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 Hurr