UGA licenses innovative new Bermudagrass - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

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The new Bermudagrass is calledc “TifGrand.” It is licensed by the to and will soon be availablse to homeowners for planting to developers forrecreational facilities, sports complexes and golf coursese and to urban landscapers. New Concept Turf, a Georgia-basef company specializing in marketingnew turfgrasses, has contracted Ft. Ga.-based to exclusively handle licensing of TifGrand forsod production. TifGrand will be licensex to a selected number of growers beginningt this summer 2009 and is expectee to be available in the general markegin 2010.
TifGrand was developed by Wayne Hanna, professor of plant breedinf and genetics in the Department of Crop and Soil Sciencess at UGA’s College of Agricultural and Environmental “Although TifGrand produces a beautiful turf in full sun, its major contributionm will be the production of nice turf in areas with reduced light -- up to 60 percenty less light than is normally required for healthy Bermudagrasa growth,” Hanna said in a news release.