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TOP BERMUDAGRASSES FOR SELECTED TRAITS, 2010 NTEP TRIAL DATA
Traffic Tolerance Winter survival Saline Irrigation “Raleigh, NC”
Latitude 36 North Bridge Premier Tifway
BAR 7CD5 Hollywood Latitude 36 Midlawn
North Bridge OKS 2004-2 Patriot
Permier PSG 9Y20K RAD-CD1 Riviera Tifway
“NOTE: Bermudagrasses are listed alphabetically and are ei- ther the top 15 entries for that year/location, or all of the entries “ in the top statistical grouping.
Numbered entries are often still experimental and not yet commercially available.
Seeded entries are listed in red.
“Raleigh, NC - entries listed finished in the top statistical group in each of seven ratings collected in August and Sept.”
“Winter survival was evaluated at Stillwater, OK and Blacks- burg, VA.”
“Las Cruces, NM - the saline irrigation water used had a Sodium Adsorption Ratio (SAR) of 5.41.”
Latitude 36 North Bridge Princess 77 PSG 9Y20K SWI-1113 SWI-1122 Tifway
Two location “Las Cruces, NM” average
being statistically equal to ‘Tifway’ for turfgrass quality. The seeded entries ‘Princess 77’, ‘SWI-1113’, ‘SWI-1122’and ‘PSG 9Y2OK’ also performed statistically equivalent to ‘Tifway’. Additional testing on salt and traffic tolerance should be reviewed before making pur- chasing decisions based on these traits. ■
Kevin Morris is executive director of the National Turfgrass Evalua- tion Program (NTEP), Beltsville, MD, kmorris@ntep.org.
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