Phenotyping data from: Genetics of phenological development and implications for seed yield in lentil

Using a historic collection of Australian lentil varieties released between 1988 and 2019, we show that genetic gain in yield (29 kg ha-1 yr-1) associates with faster reproductive development. A focus on five loci related to reproductive development, the lentil ELF3 ortholog Sn, two loci linked to clusters of lentil FT orthologs and two loci without proposed candidates in chromosomes 2 and 5, revealed the potential for introducing novel early flowering alleles into current breeding material for further phenological diversity with potential implications for yield.