CDC Dorado Yellow Flax
Updated October 30, 2022

CDC Dorado Yellow (Golden) Flax - finds its market niche with high marks for nutritional benefits.

SeedNet | Technical Bulletin |

Bred at the Crop Development Centre at the University of Saskatchewan, CDC Dorado is a high-yielding yellow flax with better oil content, linolenic acid content, and a good disease package among other positive characteristics.

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Main Strengths:

  • ​Significantly higher oil and meal protein
  • ​Has ALA (α-linolenic acid) content of 64%, - the highest ever released by the CDC
  • Higher iodine value & higher linolenic acid content
  • Larger seed size and shatter-resistant
  • It is immune to flax rust caused by Melampsora lini (Ehrenb.) Thüm. and is moderately resistant to wilt and powdery mildew

CDC Dorado is suited to all flax-growing areas of western Canada. In regional trials, yields were significantly higher than the checks in the longer growing seasons of the black and dark grey soil zones and equal to check yields elsewhere.

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