AAC Julius field pea

AAC Juliusis a semi-leafless, yellow cotyledonary field pea (Pisum sativum L.) variety developed at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Lacombe Research and Development Centre, Lacombe, Alberta, Canada. It has a maturity of 100 d, one-thousand-seed weight of 210 g, and a lodging score of 3.6 on the scale of 1-9. The seed crude protein content of AAC Julius is 24.8%. AAC Julius is resistant to powdery mildew (caused by Erysiphe pisi), moderately susceptible to mycosphaerella blight (caused by Mycosphaerella pinodes) and fusarium root rot(caused by Fusarium avenaceum and F. solani).