Details for: PI 606545, Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. var. dactylon, 'TifEagle'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. var. dactylon
Cultivar:
'TifEagle'
Origin:
Developed – Georgia, United States
Received by NPGS:
16 Jun 1997
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. var. dactylon
Cultivar:
'TifEagle'
Origin:
Developed – Georgia, United States
Received by NPGS:
16 Jun 1997
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Perennial
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Source History
Accession Names and Identifiers
'TifEagle'
Type: Cultivar name

Grif 13970
Type: Site identifier
Group: GRIF
S-9 Research Numbers

TW72
Type: Other or unclassified name

Narrative
Vegetatively propagated and selected for ability to produce high quality turf under close mowing (4 mm or less), lack of seed-head formation at Tifton, GA and Auburn, AL and lower levels of tawny mole cricket (Scapteriscus vicinus) infestation compared with Tifdwarf after year of establishment at Tifton and Savannah, GA. Superior or equal to performance of Tifdwarf in four experiments mowed at 6 mm at Tifton, GA from 1991 to 1996. Superior in turf quality to Tifdwarf on greens mowed at 3 or 4 mm on one golf course in North Carolina in 1993, three golf courses in Georgia and Florida since 1994, one golf course in Florida since 1995, one golf course in Tennessee since 1996 and research plots in Florida and Alabama since 1993 and 1996, respectively. Stimp meter values have been higher than Tifdwarf when mowed at 3 mm. Poa trivalis can be successfully overseeded into Tifeagle. Produces more thatch than Tifdwarf which needs to be controlled by regular verticutting, top-dressing and/or grooming. Produces more stolons and has shorter and narrower leaves than Tifdwarf while internode length is similar for the two hybrids.
Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. var. dactylon
Genus:
Cynodon
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Chloridoideae
Tribe:
Cynodonteae
Subtribe:
Eleusininae
Nomen number:

315474
Verified:
01/11/1990 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. (35 active accession[s])
Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. var. afghanicus J. R. Harlan & de Wet (1 active accession[s])
Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. var. aridus J. R. Harlan & de Wet (1 active accession[s])
Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. var. coursii (A. Camus) J. R. Harlan & de Wet (5 active accession[s])
Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. var. elegans Rendle (2 active accession[s])
Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. var. polevansii (Stent) J. R. Harlan & de Wet (4 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Panicum dactylon L.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Capriola dactylon (L.) Kuntze
Digitaria stolonifera Schrad.

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
EnglishBahama grass  1Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
EnglishBermuda grass  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Englishdevil's grass  1Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Englishhariali grass  11961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
Englishquick grass  1Kellerman, T. S. et al. 1988. Plant poisonings and mycotoxicoses of livestock in Southern Africa
Afrikaanskweekgras  2Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. 1990. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58
Frenchcynodon dactyle  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Frenchgrand chiendent  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
GermanBermudagras  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
GermanHundezahngras  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Indiadhub  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Indiadoob  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguesecapim-Bermuda  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishgrama rastrera  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishzacate de Bermuda  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
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Citations
  • Hanna, W. W. & J. E. Elsner. 1999. TifEagle Bermudagrass. Crop Sci. (Madison) 39(4):1258. Number of accessions cited: 1
Pedigree
Description:
Hybrid between Cynodon dactylon & transvaalensis selected in 1990 as a dense fine-textured off-type grass within a plot of one (mutant no. 2) of 48 putative mutants induced in Tifway 2 with 70 Gy (7000 rads) of Cobalt 60 gamma radiation in 1988.
Intellectual Property Rights
Crop Science Registration. CV-38, BERMUDAGRASS. Issued: 01 Jul 1999.
  • Hanna, W. W. & J. E. Elsner. 1999. TifEagle Bermudagrass. Crop Sci. (Madison) 39(4):1258.

Observations

Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
SUBSETImageImage present in GRIN databasePlant - Image of plant S9.GRASS.IMAGE.CYNODON.GREENHOUSE.2005 Not Available