Discovery

Cynodon dactylon

Scientific name

Cynodon dactylon


Common name

Green couch


Other names (PBR name, trademark, breeder code)

Barazur (protected by Australian Plant Breeder's Rights and United States Plant Patent); BAR 1CD3 (breeder's code); Discovery® (registered trade mark of Sod Solutions, Inc.)


Description

Discovery® is a medium-textured green couch variety that is blue-green in colour green, it has a slow vertical growth rate (and low growth) and is prostrate.


Other comments

Observations to date in South East Queensland to date have seen Discovery® been significantly affected by couch mite during grow-in and once a turf sward has been acheived. Discovery was first sold in the USA in 2009 (Zorin and Loch, 2015 (PBR web site)).

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Available in Sod/turf
Turf price range (per m2) $5.00 - $7.00
Use Sports fields and Parks and Residential
Suitable climate classification Subtropical
Preferred mowing height 11mm - 30mm
Shade tolerance Moderate
Wear tolerance Good
Cold tolerance Moderate
Heat tolerance Good
Salinity tolerance Good
Water requirement High
Fertiliser requirement High
Mowing frequency Low
Thatch production Moderate
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