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Details for: PI 562699,
Cynodon
hybr., 'TIFTON 85'
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Cynodon
hybr.
Cultivar:
'TIFTON 85'
Origin:
Developed – Maryland, United States
Maintained:
National Clonal Germplasm Repository
Received by NPGS:
09 Nov 1992
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Cynodon
hybr.
Cultivar:
'TIFTON 85'
Origin:
Developed – Maryland, United States
Maintained:
National Clonal Germplasm Repository
Received by NPGS:
09 Nov 1992
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Developed
1943.
Maryland, United States
Developer(s):
Burton, Glenn W., USDA, ARS
Gates, R.N., USDA, ARS
Hill, G.M., University of Georgia
Donated
09 November 1992.
Georgia, United States
Donor(s):
University of Georgia
Barker, Reed E., USDA, ARS
Burton, Glenn W., USDA, ARS
Accession Names and Identifiers
'TIFTON 85'
Type: Cultivar name
CCYN 35
Type: Site identifier
CCYN 34
Type: Inventory
Narrative
Plants tall (50cm), large, coarse stemmed, very dark green, with large rhizomes and rapidly spreading stolons. In two clipping tests, produced 26% more dry matter that was 11% more digestible and 10% more succulent than Coastal bermudagrass. Grazed 3 years, produced 47% more LWG/ha than Tifton 78 that produced 36% more than Coastal in an earlier 3-year test.
Cynodon
hybr.
Genus:
Cynodon
Family:
Poaceae
(alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Chloridoideae
Tribe:
Cynodonteae
Subtribe:
Eleusininae
Nomen number:
315695
Comment:
interim designation used in GRIN for
Cynodon
hybrids which lack an acceptable binomial
Verified:
08/29/1990
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Taxonomic Re-Identification:
26 Sep 2000, from
Cynodon
spp. to
Cynodon
hybr.
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Pedigree
Description:
C. dactylon (PI 290884) x C. nlemfuensis (PI 255450 x PI 293606)
Intellectual Property Rights
Crop Science Registration
. CV-20, BERMUDAGRASS. Issued: 01 May 1993.
Burton, G. W., R. N. Gates, & G. M. Hill.
1993. Tifton 85 Bermudagrass. Crop Sci. (Madison) 33(3):644.
Note:
CV-20
Material Transfer Agreement