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Registration of ‘Bedazzled’ Kentucky Bluegrass
Author(s) -
Bonos Stacy A.,
Tubbs Steven,
Hignight Kenneth,
Rush Debra,
Bara Ron,
Meyer William A.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of plant registrations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1940-3496
pISSN - 1936-5209
DOI - 10.3198/jpr2008.09.0534crc
Subject(s) - poa pratensis , apomixis , cultivar , biology , lawn , inflorescence , agronomy , resistance (ecology) , botany , poaceae , ploidy , biochemistry , gene
Apomictic reproduction makes breeding Kentucky bluegrass ( Poa pratensis L.) challenging. It is often difficult to identify a cultivar with the right combination of traits that will be successful in the marketplace. ‘Bedazzled’ Kentucky bluegrass ( Poa pratensis L.) (Reg. No. CV‐94, PI 631168) is a turf‐type cultivar released by Turf Merchants Inc., Tangent, OR, in 2002. It was selected as an open‐pollinated progeny of ‘Unique’ Kentucky bluegrass. Bedazzled is comparable to ‘Midnight’ Kentucky bluegrass (the top industry standard) in many characteristics, including turf quality and disease resistance; however, Bedazzled has significantly better spring green‐up compared to Midnight. This combination of traits makes Bedazzled a unique, widely adapted, functional cultivar that should perform well on home lawns, athletic fields, parks, and golf courses in the Northeast, North Central and Intermountain West regions of the United States.