A Bentgrass Breeding Consortium to Support the Golf Industry

Crosses have been made between creeping bentgrass and creeping x colonial bentgrass hybrid plants selected during Phase I of this project, creating new prog- eny populations. Progeny populations will be screened for resistance to dollar spot and snow mold pathogens and will also be evaluated for DNA markers previously associated with resistance to these two dis- eases. Plants will be selected based on both DNA markers and disease evaluations to test the effectiveness of DNA markers as a selection tool. Selected plants will be crossed with additional elite plants to cre- ate additional disease-resistant popula- tions. This research will build upon pre-