Plants – Grass – Recreational turf or pasture grass
Plant Patent
2003-11-10
2004-10-12
Grunberg, Anne Marie (Department: 1661)
Plants
Grass
Recreational turf or pasture grass
Plant Patent
active
PP015218
ABSTRACT:
Latin name of the genus and species of the plant claimed: The present invention relates to the genus and species
Zoysia japonica
(L.) Merr.
Variety denomination: ‘Southern Gem’.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a new and distinct asexually reproduced variety of perennial
zoysiagrass
(
Zoysia japonica
(L.)) Merr.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Background of the Invention
This invention relates to a new and distinct perennial
zoysiagrass
cultivar identified as ‘Southern Gem’
zoysiagrass
(herein referred to as ‘Southern Gem’). The inventor, Ronald Nixon, discovered ‘Southern Gem’ under cultivated conditions in a sod field near Midway, Ala. ‘Southern Gem’ was identified as a distinctly different vegetative patch or segregated clonal plant differing by finer leaf texture from the suspected parental variety ‘Meyer’ (unpatented). The inventor asexually reproduced ‘Southern Gem’ by taking vegetative cuttings of the plant material from the field including stolons and rhizomes, cutting the rhizomes and stolons into segments, each with a vegetative bud, and rooted them in potting media near Midway. Ala. Another
zoysiagrass
discovered by Ronald Nixon, the variety ‘Marion’, is the subject of the co-pending U.S. Plant patent application, having application Ser. No. 10/091,876. Another
zoysiagrass
discovered by Ronald Nixon, the variety ‘Serene’, is the subject of the co-pending U.S. Plant patent application, having application Ser. No. 10/093,810.
For purposes of registration under the “International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants” (generally known by its French acronym as the UPOV Convention) and noting Section 1612 of the Manual of Plant Examining Procedure, it is proposed that the title of the invention is
Zoysiagrass
plant named ‘Southern Gem’.
Grunberg Anne Marie
Para Annette H
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