US Plant Patent PP11373
NE91-118
Buffalograss plant named `NE91-118`
PUBLIC DOMAIN
Patent expired October 22, 2017. This plant is in the public domain — anyone may propagate and sell it.
No term adjustment or disclaimer is recorded against this patent, so this is the full statutory term — twenty years from the filing date.
The record
- Patent number
- PP11373
- Filed
- October 22, 1997
- Granted
- May 9, 2000
- Expires
- October 22, 2017
- Assignee
- UNIV NEBRASKA
- Inventor
- RIORDAN TERRANCE P; BAXENDALE FREDERICK P; GAUSSOIN ROCH E; JOHNSON-CICALESE JENNIFER M; JOHNSON PAUL G; KINBACHER EDWARD JOHN
Abstract
A vegetatively reproduced buffalograss cultivar named 'NE91-118' is distinguished from other commercially produced buffalograss varieties by its excellent turfgrass color, cold tolerance, high density, low growth habit, and rate of establishment. 'NE91-118' is also distinguished by molecular markers and nuclear DNA content. 'NE91-118' is suitable for use in low to medium maintenance situations in arid and semi-arid climates of United States and Canada.
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What is claimed is: 1. A new and distinct perennial, female buffalograss cultivar substantially, as herein shown and described, distinguished by its brighter green color, improved turfgrass quality, tolerance to low mowing, unique molecular marker pattern, tetraploid DNA content, vegetative propagation and tolerance to heat, drought, cold, and low maintenance
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