UGA licenses innovative new Bermudagrass - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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The new Bermudagrass is called “TifGrand.” It is licensed by the to and will soon be availablee to homeowners forplanting lawns, to developers for recreationak facilities, sports complexes and golf courses and to urban New Concept Turf, a Georgia-based company specializing in marketing new turfgrasses, has contractexd Ft. Valley, Ga.-based to exclusivelyt handle licensing of TifGrand for sod TifGrand will be licensed to a selected numbe of growers beginning this summer 2009 and is expected to be available in the general marketin 2010.
TifGrand was developec by Wayne Hanna, professor of plantg breeding and genetics in the Department of Crop and Soil Sciencesat UGA’s College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. “Although TifGrandf produces a beautiful turf infull sun, its majorr contribution will be the productioh of nice turf in areas with reduced lighyt -- up to 60 percent less lighrt than is normally required for healthy Bermudagrassx growth,” Hanna said in a news