Detailed Introduction to the Soybean Variety Canada No. 1

Canada No. 1 is a new soybean standout introduced from Canada in 2002 by Zhao Wenchen, a senior agronomist at the Agriculture Bureau of Shanting District, Zaozhuang City, Shandong Province, with strong support and assistance from the district's rural credit union, and then tested, demonstrated, and promoted; it has already won the recognition of local growers.

Characteristics and traits: the plants of this variety branch in a fan shape, with a peculiar plant form. Plant height is generally 70-80 cm, and high-yielding plants reach over 1 m in height.

A single plant generally sets about 300 pods, of which pods with 3-4 seeds make up about 80%, with some 5-seeded pods; yield per plant is 180-250 g, and 1000-grain weight is 290 g. The seeds are egg-shaped, golden in color, and of excellent market quality; when made into tofu, they can produce more than 30% more tofu than ordinary soybeans. This variety is tolerant of continuous cropping and of heavy fertilization, with thick stems and resistance to lodging. After more than two years of trial planting, it generally yields about 10000 kg per hectare, with a maximum of 13000 kg. The growth period for spring sowing is about 105 days, while for summer sowing it is only 75 days.

Key cultivation techniques: the spring sowing period is from late March to mid-to-late April, and the summer sowing period is from mid-May to mid-June; generally about 252000 plants are planted per hectare, with 26-32 kg of seed used per hectare.