NEW VARIETY PREVIEW Here are new varieties that your supplier member companies are introducing for your consideration.

ALKALIGRASS SeaSalt Alkaligrass is a salt tolerant grass with fine leaf texture and good color. SeaSalt is excellent for use on soils with high pH and salinity levels. It is ideal where reclaimed or effluent water is used. Columbia Seeds

BENTGRASS

Flagstick creeping bentgrass (SRP- 1WM) was developed for superior dollar spot resistance over multiple years and locations in both fairway and greens trials. It is a versatile variety with high density and rapid tillering to keep out Poa annua. The high performance makes for lower expenses on fairways, tees or greens. Flagstick is the result of 20 years of research, first at Michigan State and later in cooperation with Seed Research of Oregon. The long term development insures Flagstick will have superior performance wherever it is planted on the course.

Seed Research of Oregon

Puritan (Exp. PSG-NBC or PSG 7NBC) Colonial bentgrass (Agrostis capillaris) demonstrates excellent performance under reduced fertility and can be used for low maintenance lawns and golf courses. Puritan Colonial bentgrass shows superior Brown Patch resistance, stress tolerance and high density. The wear tolerance of Puritan at fairway height of cut is superior to most creeping bentgrasses. It stays green longer in the fall than creeping bentgrass and greens up earlier in the spring. The bright green color blends well with fine fescues for low maintenance turf on golf course tees and fairways, home lawns and parks. Seed Research of Oregon, Pickseed, and DLF

selected for salt tolerance. North Shore SLT features improved drought and heat tolerance, quick establishment and exceptional wear tolerance. With dark green color, North Shore SLT offers early spring green-up and longer fall color retention. Well-suited for golf course tees, roughs, and fairways, sports fields, parks, lawns, and soil stabilization projects, North Shore SLT is adapted to the transition zone and subtropical and tropical climates.

Pure Seed

Musket Colonial bentgrass (Breeder Code: PPG-AT-104) has good color and superior turf quality. It exhibits quick spring green-up, improved summer performance and excellent brown patch resistance. Seed will be available in the fall of 2016. Mountain View Seeds

Vitagreen (PSG PC2) velvet bentgrass has superior turf quality combined with the high density and fine leaf texture of velvet bentgrasses. Vitagreen demonstrates fast establishment and excellent low maintenance performance after establishment. It is darker green than previous velvet bentgrass, retains color into the fall and greens up early in the spring. Vitagreen is cold and snow mold resistant for superior Northern performance, including Scandinavia. Vitagreen is very wear tolerant for greens and other uses. Seed Research of Oregon, Pickseed, DLF

BERMUDAGRASS

Piranha creeping bentgrass (Breeder Code: DC-1) is a drought tolerant, deep-rooted variety that tolerates high heat conditions. It exhibits both brown patch and dollar spot resistance and maintains excellent turf quality. Seed will be available in the fall of 2016. Mountain View Seeds

TPI Turf News July/August 2016

North Shore SLT™ Seeded Bermudagrass is the newest release from Pure Seed Testing, marketed by Atlas Turf International and Pure Seed. Introduced in 2015, this elite seeded bermudagrass with medium- fine leaf texture was specifically

TIFTUF™was selected for its superior drought and wear tolerance. Bred in 1992 at the University of Georgia’s (UGA) Tifton Campus, it was one of 27,700 experimental bermudagrass genotypes. From 1999 through 2001, the 90 most promising genotypes were evaluated under deficit irrigation. TIFTUF maintained its quality and green color the longest. Continuing drought testing in 2011 by the UGA research team, led by Dr. Wayne Hanna and Dr. Brian Schwartz, established that TIFTUF requires 38 percent less water than Tifway. Further testing in 19 drought- stress trials; two sports field wear tolerance trials; and four irrigated, non-stress trials at UGA, The University of Florida, North Carolina State University, Oklahoma State University and Texas A&M, as part of the Federal Specialty Crop research initiative (SCri) grant, established TIFTUF as the university research standard for drought tolerance evaluation. TIFTUF was entered in the 2013-2017 NTEP bermudagrass trials in 20 U.S. locations. Results in 2014 reveal it scored the highest quality ratings at sites in seven states and in the highest statistical group for quality in six others. Fine textured and dense, TiFTUF exhibits superior wear tolerance, early spring green- up, excellent fall color retention and extremely rapid grow-in, delivering truly superior performance, aesthetics and sustainability. The Turfgrass Group

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