Bermudagrass Winter Survival and Cultivar Selection – Turfgrass Science at Purdue University

Bermudagrass Winter Survival and Cultivar Selection

With the bermudagrass damage in southern IN and Kentucky , we are fielding many questions on cultivar survival. Following is our winterkill data from 2003 of bermudagrass grown in West Lafayette under fairway conditions. Combining this data and other data from across the country, I would recommend in order the following cultivars of bermudagrass for reseeding or resprigging:

Seeded 
1. Riviera 
2. Yukon
3. Contessa
4. Barbados 

Sprigged/Sod
1. Patriot 
2. Midlawn 
3. Quickstand

 

Live cover of vegetative or seeded bermudagrass cultivars on June 8, 2003 following their initial winter of establishment in West Lafayette, IN.

Cultivar

Ashmore 
Midlawn
Patriot 
OKC 70-18 
SWI-1014 
Yukon 
Quickstand 
Aussie Green
OR 2002 
SWI-1012 
Riviera 
CIS-CD6 
Barbados 
Contessa 
Mirage 
GN-1 
PST-R6LL 
Celebration 
CIS-CD5 
CIS-CD7 
MS-Choice
Sundevil 
Tifsport 

Veg/seed

Veg
Veg
Veg
Veg
Seeded 
Seeded 
Veg
Veg 
Veg
Seeded 
Seeded
Seeded
Seeded
Seeded 
Seeded
Veg 
Seeded
Veg 
Seeded
Seeded 
Veg
Seeded
Veg

% cover

80
80
77 
70
53 
40
37 
30 
28
27 
23
10 
8


3

2




2

Cultivar

Tifway 
Arizona 
B-14 
FMC-6 
Mohawk 
NuMex Sahara 
Panama 
Princess 77 
PST-R68A 
PST-R6U95 
Southern Star 
SR 9554 
SRX 9500 
Sunstar 
SWI-1001 
SWI-1003 
SWI-1041
SWI-1046 
Tift No1
Tift No2
Tift No3 
Tift No4 
Transcontinental

Veg/seed

Veg
Seeded 
Seeded 
Seeded
Seeded 
Seeded
Seeded 
Seeded 
Seeded
Seeded 
Seeded
Seeded 
Seeded
Seeded 
Seeded
Seeded 
Seeded
Seeded 
Seeded
Seeded 
Veg
Veg
Seeded

% cover

2
0

0

0
0








0

0


0


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