Details for: PI 511312, Cynodon sp., 'TIFTON 78'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Cynodon sp.
Cultivar:
'TIFTON 78'
Origin:
Developed – Georgia, United States
Received by NPGS:
17 Aug 1987
PI Assigned:
1987
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Plant
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Cynodon sp.
Cultivar:
'TIFTON 78'
Origin:
Developed – Georgia, United States
Received by NPGS:
17 Aug 1987
PI Assigned:
1987
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Plant
Source History
Developed

Georgia, United States

Developer(s):
Donated
17 August 1987.
Georgia, United States
Comment: Joint contribution of USDA-ARS and the Georgia Coastal Plain Experiment Station, Tifton, Georgia.
Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
'TIFTON 78'
Type: Cultivar name

Narrative
Plants sterile, vegetatively propagated. Plants taller, spread faster, establish easier and start spring growth earlier than Coastal. Plants produce more rhizomes, is more winterhardy than Callie. Immune to rust. Cold tolerant.
Cynodon spp.
Genus:
Cynodon
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Chloridoideae
Tribe:
Cynodonteae
Subtribe:
Eleusininae
Nomen number:

300163
Comment:
catch-all record for unidentified or unnamed plants of Cynodon
Verified:
01/10/2000 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
EnglishBermuda grass  1Seed Regulatory and Testing Division, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S.D.A. State noxious-weed seed requirements recognized in the administration of the Federal Seed Act (updated annually).
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Pedigree
Description:
Tifton 44/Callie
Intellectual Property Rights
Crop Science Registration. CV-17, BERMUDAGRASS. Issued: 01 Jan 1988.
  • Burton, G. W. & W. G. Monson. 1988. Crop Sci. (Madison) 28(1):187. Note: CV-17